D1 schools to walk on to in the south

1. LSU

2. Stephen F. Austin

3. McNeese

4. UTA

okay, so did you list these schools because of the ease of walking on there, because they are good at developing runners, or both?

And is this from experience?

Rookie823 wrote:

okay, so did you list these schools because of the ease of walking on there, because they are good at developing runners, or both?

And is this from experience?

Yes, yes, and somewhat. All schools listed have pretty solid academic programs, coaches, ability to develop runners, and are open to walk-ons. I never walked on to any program, but can assure you I've seen plenty of okay HS runners become pretty good at LSU. And having raced other runners at the other schools I listed (with similar HS credentials as myself), I think they do a great job of development as well.

Liberty is a school known for developing walk ons

W&M is weaker than previous years, this may lead to them taking more walk ons, when they usually want recruits

App State - great training environment and take a lot of walk ons usually

VA Tech has gotten a lot faster recently

Romulus wrote:

Liberty is a school known for developing walk ons

Problem with Liberty is you have to sell our soul.

You be able to finagle your way into getting a scholarship at a D2 school if you milk the bad coach stuff. You should check out queens university of charlotte they are rebuilding and have money to pass out.

What do you guys think about Texas tech or Arkansas? The reason being that I've already been accepted there

A guy of your talent would do well at SFA or McNeese, Texas A&M-CC, UT-A, UT-SA, That's the particular schools that I would look into, depending upon your major. McNeese won the southland conference this past year and does a great job developings 4:30 guys (as do the above mentioned schools) into conference champs while also having national class talent on the team as well, they(McNeese) are the only school listed in Louisiana though. (msu alum bias)

maybe look into Houston, HBU, UT-PA as well. Plenty of in state choices for a texas kid.

Easy Vahrenkamp...NCAA Violation.

Sxsw. You are so behind. I don't know when you got your information, but UTA, McNeese, and UTSA could care less about 4:30 milers now. They have become much more selective over the past few years.

To even be competitive in the Southland you have to be running 4:10 indoor! Seriously check your facts before spewing nonsense.

As to the OP, yes there are plenty of schools that you could walk on to AND still receive attention. (As opposed to getting neglected at more competitive distance school) You would however be able to help schools like Sam Houston, Oral Roberts, Southeastern, and Northwestern State.

OP, instead of going to one of these schools simply because they are easy to walk on, why not go to the best academic choice and give it your best shot? As a former D1 All-America runner, I can assure you that it is WAY more important to spend you college days focusing on academics, even if you are a solid runner.

Don't sacrifice the ability to go to a solid academic school to run at Queen's College. I am not trying to be mean, but come on... Think about what you want to do with your life and pick the best option for your future. You can always do Club Track somewhere if you don't make the Varsity team.

webfoot wrote:

Problem with Liberty is you have to sell our soul.

Well this get's the creepy post of the day award. "Our soul"? GTFO, bro. You're creeping me out.

Davidson is D1 and uses a campus wide race for Freshmen at the start of the academic year to encourage walk-ons (and to provide the XC team members with great cake).

I'll second App State, Curcio is a good guy who knows what he's doing.

You could also try Georgia Tech. Their guys are running in the 25:00 to 27:30 range for XC right now, but they've had some exceptional guys in the past. David Krummenacker won at least one NCAA title while he was there (and a World Indoor Championship after graduating). Drosky is also a good guy. The caveat is that the school is very hard academically.