Hi, I was just curious if any former/current runners at Cornell or people in the know could let me know what sort of walk-on standards they had for guys distance (800m, 1600m, and 3200m) and if I would be required to run these times by the end of spring track, or by the time the team began training during the summer/school year? Any information would be awesome, thanks.
I think most ivies would consider a 4:30ish guy.
Sage Canaday ran a 4:30 mile in HS and he ran on the team. Granted, he's a distance-guy and ran 15:17 5k in HS as well.
Best way to find out is email the coach. This guy appears to be the distance assistance coach:
http://www.cornellbigred.com/coaches.aspx?rc=3053&path=mtrack
. I'd email him.
In general, most good D1 programs will let you walk on if you run 4:20/9:20 or better as a Senior.
Good luck!
Zeb himself was a walk-on at Cornell and he definitely didn't run a 4:20 mile in high school (probably not even close), so he's probably going to be happy to take a certain number of walk-ons.
I don't know how things have been lately, my guess is that rather than a walk-on time standard there's probably going to be a tryout period and you're probably going to need to be faster than some of the other prospective walk-ons.
Contacted the coach about 4 years ago with a 4:32 as a junior and he said they're looking for 4:16 guys
hgfhdss wrote:
Contacted the coach about 4 years ago with a 4:32 as a junior and he said they're looking for 4:16 guys
Gotta love it. Every D1 coach says that, and then they still, somehow, put guys in meets that run over 4:00 for the 1500. That couldn't possibly be because they are bad coaches who turn 4:16 milers in 4:05 1500-ers, right? So it must be that they take more than just the cream of the crop...
Zonker Harris wrote:
hgfhdss wrote:Contacted the coach about 4 years ago with a 4:32 as a junior and he said they're looking for 4:16 guys
Gotta love it. Every D1 coach says that, and then they still, somehow, put guys in meets that run over 4:00 for the 1500. That couldn't possibly be because they are bad coaches who turn 4:16 milers in 4:05 1500-ers, right? So it must be that they take more than just the cream of the crop...
If I were an Ivy League coach, I would reject a coach or athlete who contacts before being admitted about a 4:30 time. To show any interest to someone who might never produce at the D1 level is risky...kid goes there and then can't run faster than a 4:18 mile in college and badmouths the coach because their hopes were raised too much. If a kid gets in and wants to walk on after that with a 4:30 PR, then I'd be more likely to at least give them a shot.
D1 schools don't need 4:30 milers.
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