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7 years ago 12/03/2016 11:05am EST

I'm a sophomore in high school and this is my second season/year or running. Freshmean year I wasn't the fastest in the 5k with a time of 19:40, and a decent 4:58 mile. This year for XC I managed to run 18:03. Im just curious how good this 5k is and how much I can expect to improve in the mile. I would like to make it to states for the mile but the qualification time is 4:26. How reasonable is it to aim for this time ?

Also is there anything else I can do to maximize my chances of getting faster.

800m last year was some where around 2:08 I think

And this is a complete separate question but what do I have to run/ do to be able to run in college maybe get a scholarship

7 years ago 12/03/2016 11:15am EST

re: Ship60

lol @ "The one mile"!

7 years ago 12/03/2016 12:09pm EST

re: Ship60

Looks like you need to work on both speed and endurance. Hate to tell you this, but neither 18:03 nor 2:08 translate anywhere near a 4:26. I'm going to assume your mileage isn't too high since you're a sophomore in high school, so I would definitely try to bump that up. Combine that with some speed work and maybe you'll get there

7 years ago 12/03/2016 12:54pm EST

re: Ship60

I was in almost the same situation as you when I was in high school. As Freshman, my 400/800/1600/5k were 55/2:07/over 5/~20. I ended up becoming mostly sprinter. Your ratios suggest the possibility of excelling at shorter distances. Consider testing out open 100-400s at a meet if your coach lets you do one or two.

7 years ago 12/03/2016 1:09pm EST

re: Ship60

I'll address your question about running in college:

If you're looking at top DIII schools like MIT and CMU you should get your track pr's in the 2:05/4:30/10:00/16:00-30 ranges.

I don't know about DII schools because most of them are academic trash, but to run (not necessarily race often) for most DI schools you'll probably be able to get a spot with 1:55/4:20/9:20/15:45 range, but to run at top-tier schools or to get a significant scholarship you'll need more like 1:50-1:52/4:05-4:15/8:50-9:05/14:50-15:15

7 years ago 12/03/2016 2:01pm EST

re: SWAZ

SWAZ wrote:
If you're looking at top DIII schools like MIT and CMU you should get your track pr's in the 2:05/4:30/10:00/16:00-30 ranges.

Last year MIT brought in three freshman under 1:53 in the 800. First of all, DIII schools don't give athletic scholarships, so that answers that part. If you want to go to a good DIII school and run there, you need much faster PRs than what that guy said I would say, if possible, 1:56/4:25/16:00 for you. Anyone could run at a bad DIII school and right now you could probably run at a bad DI school as well.

7 years ago 12/04/2016 12:05am EST

re: Ship60

You have no potential. Turn to the pornography business.

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