Best Mountain School

Ole Miss, Vanhoy can drug anybody to 4-flat

Head to Gunnison, my man.

Bridgeport CA

University of Vermont. They don't call them the Mountaineers fer nuthin.oh, wait that's West Virginia U, that bastion of higher ed.

Are you smart? Colorado School of Mines.

University of New Hampshire

University of Vermont

Wannabe Transfer wrote:

I am currently at a midwest D1 school and am not liking the coaching and the environment. I'm relatively fast, and should be able to run sub-15 for 5k this year. What schools (preferably at altitude) would take me with a time like this? I'd be open to a nationally ranked D2 school, or pretty much any D1 school. Any suggestions?

Check out Appalachian State. Whether or not you consider 3333 feet to be altitude is up to you (NCAA gives small conversion) but great area to train. You get to train at Cone Park nearly every day (see:

) although the winter in Boone blows quite literally. You do have a unique 300m indoor track...

Montana State U?

NAU?

Yeah, it's D1 but up your game bro

Getting into Mines wouldn't be a problem... sounds like it would be a lot of dudes there though

Wannabe Transfer wrote:

I am currently at a midwest D1 school and am not liking the coaching and the environment. I'm relatively fast, and should be able to run sub-15 for 5k this year. What schools (preferably at altitude) would take me with a time like this? I'd be open to a nationally ranked D2 school, or pretty much any D1 school. Any suggestions?

You left out one crucial piece of information. Do you want a school that will give you scholarship or are you fine as a walk-on?

You could possibly walk-on to Adams State, Western State, Colorado Mines, BYU(maybe), Colorado State(maybe), Southern Utah(maybe), etc

Or try for some scholarship* at Montana State, UCCS, Fort Lewis College, CSU-Pueblo, Metro State, Black Hills State, Idaho State, New Mexico State, Texas Tech, Wyoming, Utah Valley.

*But of course some of those school may not offer any scholarship.

no one mentioned weber state or utah state yet. i'm a student at the U of Utah, unfortunately no men's team.

Anyone know what the flat track conversion times are? Friend trying to hit an SEC qualifier

nbskis wrote:

no one mentioned weber state or utah state yet. i'm a student at the U of Utah, unfortunately no men's team.

I considered mentioning both but wasn't sure if he would be a walk-on or get scholarship. So I wasn't sure which category to put it in.

I wouldn't need a scholarship, my grades should get me enough money as it is.

D1 altitude schools out west, at your level:

Montana State

Idaho State

Wyoming

Utah State

Weber St

Utah Valley

New Mexico

Northern Colorado

There are guys in BYU's club program who run 14:30 because they can't make the NCAA team. Stick to D2.

I call BS on this claim. There's no way that Eyestone doesn't throw a 14:30-45 guy at least a token slot on the big boy roster.

Heck, Nico Montanez, their leader at NCAAs this past fall, has never broken 14:35 for 5k. His best PB is a 10K just south of 30 min.

Sure, he probably improved a great deal between last spring and this past fall, but the above times nevertheless prove that the standard for membership on the varsity squad is not nearly as high as you allege.

Show me the $$$$$ wrote:

I call BS on this claim. There's no way that Eyestone doesn't throw a 14:30-45 guy at least a token slot on the big boy roster.

Last year BYU had 8 guys under 14:30 in the 5000m:

McMillan, Connor SO-2 13:53.53

Fletcher, Aaron SR-4 13:55.64

Shawhan, Dylan SR-4 13:58.86

Linkletter, Rory FR-1 13:59.60

Young, Clayton FR-1 14:04.16

Harper, Jonathan JR-3 14:19.43

Briggs, Mitchell JR-3 14:22.31

Hanson, Spencer SO-2 14:29.16

+ Another guy sub 30 in the 10000m:

Montanez, Nicolas SR-4 29:56.45

If you're running over 14:30 I think he might allow you to travel and do some races, but you wouldn't be racing when it counts.

I imagine that a