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I'm a high school sophomore and my current PR in the 800 is 1:59.3. My goal this week at districts is 1:58 and hopefully >1:58 at state if I am able to make it there. I was just wondering if you all thought my times were on track to have a SHOT (not saying anything is guaranteed, I know I'm not that fast) to make a D1 team, either on partial scholarship or as a walk-on. Also, what kind of progression would I need to see these next couple years to be in a position to make one of these teams. |
| havefun |
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depends on the d1 school |
| xcblong |
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so what would you say for a spectrum, like from say Gonzaga to Stanford or Colorado |
| xcblong |
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Hey any input would be greatly appreciated! |
| SOM |
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I would say with your time you could walk on to a Lower level D1 school. Best bets is to run at a good D2 like western Washington (came up off the top of my head). If you want to walk on to a D1 school that has an alright program I would say sub 1:57. If you want to walk on to a good D1 school you need something like a sub 1:55 or 1:54. Good luck kid. |
| xcblong |
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Thanks man, my goal senior year is 1:53 or 1:54, so I'm gonna work my butt off to try and get there |
| sf |
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You will be a more attractive recruit if you are more than a one trick pony. Try some 400's and 1600's and see what you can do. Cross country? A good way to see recruits times is to go to Dyestat. They have a college recruit list - not complete but pretty good - it has season bests listed for recruits, arranged by college or by state. They also have archives there that go back for years. You can get a pretty good idea from that of the kind of athletes they are looking for. For Stanford, for example, if you are just an 800 guy, you are probably looking at 1:51 range. |
| xcblong |
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I'm a 1600/800 guy who does cross country as well. My new distance coach for track just made us do less miles than were used to so we were undertrained for this season and my 1600 suffered. My 1600 this year was 4:33 although I felt like I should've been under 4:30. In cross country my 5k PR is 16:32 and hopefully >16:00 this coming junior year |
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I would say focus on high school math and master the "greater than" and "less than" symbols. You should take my advice because I'm a > 1:43 800m guy |
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Hey dont listen to these prideful people. Your only what? a freshman or sopmore with those times, thats really good. keep running and if you train correctrly and work hard you could become a possible D1 scholarship type of a guy. Good Luck kid |
| xcblong |
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Sorry for flipping that around haha but I currently have an A in calculus, I'm not too worried about math. |
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Too soon to tell |
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The D-1 team near me, and it's a Big Ten school, signed a guy who ran 1:54 as a junior, 50 for a 400, 4:22 for the mile. That same year they took a walk on who had PR's of 51, 1:56 and 4:47 in his senior year. 1:57 will probably get you on a D-1 roster somewhere. |
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It'll vary greatly depending on how many scholarships the schools have available, how deep a program they already have, and how much they pay attention to your times vs. placing at championship races vs. the training you've done to get there. In general, though, a 1:56 can probably walk on at most any school, a 1:54 should get you noticed by D1 schools, and a 1:52 can probably get you some scholarship money from bigger D1 schools. As others said, it will also help quite a bit if you are good at multiple events. |
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