I had someone ask me a question about DIII eligibility about was having difficulty getting a straight answers. I know that this board would be able to give me the straight stuff right away.
This guy is going back to school (got a B.A. back in '04) and is now getting a B.S. He never competed, is he eligible to run CC or T&F?
Thanks.
10 semesters of full time studies to use your seasons of eligibility.
ONLY if you're at the school you graduated from.
D3 does NOT allow for graduate student "transfers", so you'd only be eligible if graduated from the same school.
The second poster is correct in that you have 10 semester, no clock like D1.
And there is no "a" in eligibility.
He didn't compete, and the person in question is not a grad student anyhow.
You have 5 years from the time you graduate HS to complete 4 years of eligibility. Also you may transfer to another school only if you enroll In a graduate program that your alma mater doesn't offer.
Coach H wrote:
You have 5 years from the time you graduate HS to complete 4 years of eligibility.
Go tell that to Christy Cazzola, a 27 year old DIII XC champion who graduate high school. DIII is a little different. You can start at any age, but once you start you have 5 years to complete 4 years of eligibility.
you have 10 semesters to complete 4 years of eligibility from the time you start college. Doesn't matter if you start college as a 500 lb slob and have never run. Once you graduate, you can only compete for the college from which you graduated. Doesn't matter if you'd never run a day in your life at this point. These are the d3 rules. Your buddy would have 2 semesters to compete for a d2 school. He could potentially get 2 years of track or xc by not taking classes in the fall of spring. He has 1 year of d3 eligibility at the college he graduated from and no NAIA or D1 eligibility. These are the rules. There is NIRCA. Plenty of graduate students who have used up their eligibility run nirca for a year or 2 before they move on to road racing.
PDong - suck it.
Everyone else, thank you.
He's still not eligible to compete at this school, unless he graduated from THAT school.
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