Something like 5 flat as a frosh, low 4:4x or high 4:3x as a sophomore. When did you get your first letter, where was it from.... and when did the letters start really coming in? I just received my first letter today (sophomore hoping to crack 4:40 this season)
Well, if it's a letter from a coach (and not, say, based on a PSAT score or something), then I'd have to think you did something worthwhile in cross-country season.
The only college that tried to recruit me, back in the day, was for academics. Times change. Now kids with even decent (not outstanding) scores on the PSAT/PACT will get letters from dozens of schools.
D3 coaches will contact runners their junior year if they run decent times. If it is an aggressive coach, it may only take breaking 10 minutes in the 3200. If you are talking D1, it doesn’t happen unless you contact them first. The only kids to be contacted by legitimate D1 schools without initiating it will have run national class times. Read some of the posts regarding kids running solid times of 4:15 - 4:20 and having trouble getting any D1 coaches to respond.
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D3 coaches will contact runners their junior year if they run decent times. If it is an aggressive coach, it may only take breaking 10 minutes in the 3200. If you are talking D1, it doesn’t happen unless you contact them first. The only kids to be contacted by legitimate D1 schools without initiating it will have run national class times. Read some of the posts regarding kids running solid times of 4:15 - 4:20 and having trouble getting any D1 coaches to respond.
Yup, I was 4:14 as a soph (way above middle of the road) and I got letters from just about every school in the country that summer and following Fall.
Are you talking about a recruiting-related letter or just an academic letter for a decent PSAT score?
Because everyone gets "letters" from colleges if they took the PSAT
My junior year I got my first letter from a small school. I looked up their results and could already beat every runner on that team. Instead, I walked on at the best small school in the nation where I was about 28th best!
I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.
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