Fast Junior Male Runner wrote:
I don't get it. I have run a 15:48 as a junior and my soph track times were 9:19 and 4:17. Schools have contacted both slower and faster runners than me. I placed well at my state meet and my grades are good. I smoke a little braha but they don't know that. I expect to run Power5, get money, work hard and contribute. Seriously wtf?
At the end of my junior year, my parents signed me up for some mailer company called college bound student athlete or similar. It was like $1000 (in the year 2000) but sent out a 1-page bio- and resume of my athletic and sporting highlights to hundreds of schools. The fall of my senior year I got about 15-20 calls a week rom different schools and ended up running in a D-1 school. The calls were actually kind of distracting during XC season, but helped get my name out there and learn how to talk to coaches and figure out which schools had my major. It also widen my horizons and took me across the country for school. amazing service for not much money.
I was a 16:09 5k, 49.8 400m, 1:56.5 800m, 4:29 1600m runner. I was only running 25-30 miles per week, so schools probably saw tons of potential in me (ended up running 4:06 and 1:51 but never broke 15:00) I was also a 4.0 guy
you are a super good runner, you should be getting action if you have decent grades and don't run 75 miles per week...