I don't really have a chance of qualifying realistically, but I could maybe be top 35 if I had a good race. Its a 7 hour drive for me and I went last year. My question is will college coaches be confused or mad i'm not going? i'm a senior btw
I don't really have a chance of qualifying realistically, but I could maybe be top 35 if I had a good race. Its a 7 hour drive for me and I went last year. My question is will college coaches be confused or mad i'm not going? i'm a senior btw
No one cares if you run. If you do, and perform well, more coaches will notice. If you have already wrapped up your season and have offers, go with that.
ppppppp wrote:
I don't really have a chance of qualifying realistically, but I could maybe be top 35 if I had a good race. Its a 7 hour drive for me and I went last year. My question is will college coaches be confused or mad i'm not going? i'm a senior btw
No one will be mad at you. It's a personal decision if you want to run or not.
It can help if you do and perform well, but it's not necessary. A good explain if they ask is that you are taking a planned break then ramping up for Indoor. What you don't want to do is go and run like dung.
If you are shooting for a scholarship, you should go. If you're trying walk on, no one cares where your prs came from. Skip footlocker and run a turkey trot if it doesn't matter.
It certainly won't hurt you if you run - go for it! I wasn't able to HS and I really wish I could have ran. You really have nothing to lose by running it and from what my buddies who ran it said it was fun.
If you are already being recruited it doesn't matter. If you are not being recruited then: a) track times matter a lot more. b) if you think you are a longer distance/cross specialist your state and maybe more local nxr race can prove yourself by PLACE not time
Kenosha's First Mile wrote:
No one cares if you run. If you do, and perform well, more coaches will notice. If you have already wrapped up your season and have offers, go with that.
I second this. If you do well, it could help, but most likely it won't be much different than the performances you've shown all season, so going won't really help or hurt your chances. I've coached at every level other than DI and do not have any preference as to whether or not recruits go to these post season meets. If they go and do well, they might impress me more, but otherwise whether or not they go has next to zero influence on me recruiting them.
ppppppp wrote:
I don't really have a chance of qualifying realistically, but I could maybe be top 35 if I had a good race. Its a 7 hour drive for me and I went last year. My question is will college coaches be confused or mad i'm not going? i'm a senior btw
Why would they be mad. They honestly don't care about you.
D1 coach here. If you're not making the finals then I'd go with whatever decision you make! Coaches won't really care. Your track times speak for themselves. Any knowledgable XC coach doesn't care what your xc times are like unless comparing them to other recruits in the same race.
nobody cares if you went or didn't go, unless you have a realistic chance at making the finals. If you have to ask if you should go, you shouldn't go as you've made up your decision already!
im not going thanks for the help!
college coaches won't be super invested over whether or not you wet to a certain meet, especially if it is far and you're not favored to win. as long as your times are respectable and consistent and you show improvement throughout the years that's what key. and especially with distance, they'll look at track times far more than cross since xc times are so variable.
ppppppp wrote:
I don't really have a chance of qualifying realistically, but I could maybe be top 35 if I had a good race. Its a 7 hour drive for me and I went last year. My question is will college coaches be confused or mad i'm not going? i'm a senior btw
It won't matter but you are only in HS once and will never have this opportunity again. Plus if you are truly competitive you'd want to know how high up you can finish.
The way I would look at it is this: Is there a performance you are capable of having that will noticeably increase your pr or college stock? If you feel you've had a strong season, ie peaked for state and delivered your optimum performance somewhere along the line, then I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you've been killing workouts and feel prepared to run one of your best races, then I'd say to consider it.
Judging by the way you structured your post, though, it sounds like you don't particularly want to race Footlockers, and I imagine if you were convinced that you could deliver a status-changing performance you'd definitely want to go, so if I were you I'd shut it down and get ready for track season. People that are prepared to give their best performance don't usually ask whether or not they should perform at all on Letsrun.