I know an athletic scholarship for me is unrealistic. I'm applying to a lot of BIG 10 D1 schools and I was wondering could I walk on? I don't mind red shirting for 1-2 years, I just want to train with the guys and get better and be able to compete once i'm ready. Will D1 coaches let you do that?
My times are...
5k: 18:22 (stress fracture/ little training)
800m: 2:07
1600m: 4:47
And i'm still currently training. I hope to hit 4:30 and sub 2!
Considering D1 Coaches are really strict, probably not. They will have you do a time trial and if you don't hit the qualified time then they won't allow you to train with them.
These are D1 schools not D3.
You can only redshirt 1 year.
If you find a really poor D1 school, and hit your sub 2 and sub 430 goals then MAYBE they'll let you walk on or at least try out. I might think about club teams at the big ten schools you apply to though if I were you. There will be athletes in those clubs that are more than able to push you to improve.
What are clubs teams? What do clubs teams do? Are they collegiate athletes?
Yeah, I'd also reccomend doing club xc at any of the big 10 schools.
I know that Illinois has a very good club team
Short answer. Probably not with those times. I walked onto mid tier di program. Had hs prs of 2 flat 4:30 9:39 15:40 cross 5k . The coach, who was more open minded than most di coaches just had a 5k time trial in August for Walkons and anyone who broke 16:40 could keep training with team. Usually 7 or 8 would try, 3 or 4 would make the time but only 1 or 2 would last more than a couple weeks. One or two guys in four year period had moderate X success off of high school times similar to mine.
If you are going to di school for other reasons, I would suggest volunteer managing. Literally filling up water cooler, recording times, marking courses, etc. You will learn more about coaching and training and might have opportunity to travel with team. You can train separately by yourself with less stress and injury risk.
If you already had sf in hs I would warn you off even attempting di level training without building up mileage and dropping Prs by yourself. Good luck-
Club teams are students at a particular school who train and race together. Their team is for example, Iowa track club or Michigan track club. Typically you'll have to pay some dues but most clubs have a coach to help you with training and obviously you'll have people to run/build friendships with.
We even would do our long run with a couple of the club team guys sometimes just because they were cool dudes and were solid runners.
There are definitely some D1 schools that would let you walk on with those times, just not in the Big 10.
A lot of DI schools would let you walk on. Alot of DI are pretty bad.
Bro I run at a mediocre D1 school and I ran a 2:07 in one of my 800 reps in practice!!
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