Chances of Getting a Skolly

stop calling a scholarship a "skolly", no one says that

And if you drop down to sub 4:16 by outdoor you can likely get more than 30% from a power 5

25% max. Preferred walk-on if you keep calling it a skolly.

sped wrote:

stop calling a scholarship a "skolly", no one says that

THIS!!!

Using that word should result in a 3-day ban at least.

Best bet is to contact your state school because you will do no better than a walk-on spot at P5. Many wont take you at all. Go for the instate tuition and plan to break 4:20 in the spring and you will be an inexpensive instate guy.

100% email the schools your interested in with the subject line "skolly" and the subject of the email is just your PRs listed above.

good advice wrote:

100% email the schools your interested in with the subject line "skolly" and the subject of the email is just your PRs listed above.

^ do this ^

Think I know who you are so you are either posting during school or this is your over-zealous dad again.

You cruised those times as a soph and you'll likely improve more this year as a junior. If you get those times down to 4:18 and 9:18 during indoor then another 2-3 seconds in outdoor you'll be there. You should get some academic "scholly" assistance so that will help. Oh, and don't do stupid stuff.

I'm jelly, you'll prolly get a skolly.

Sorry guys I’ve been calling it a skolly for years and hear others call it that at meets. I think it sounds cool to say it like that. To each their own I guess.

Glad I’m on the right track and plan to bring my times way down this year. Perhaps get my 1600/3200 down to 4:15 and 9:15. Obvi I’ll have another year to keep dropping and want that P5 Skolly.

High School Prodigy wrote:

Sorry guys I’ve been calling it a skolly for years and hear others call it that at meets. I think it sounds cool to say it like that. To each their own I guess.

Glad I’m on the right track and plan to bring my times way down this year. Perhaps get my 1600/3200 down to 4:15 and 9:15. Obvi I’ll have another year to keep dropping and want that P5 Skolly.

“Obvi”? Jesus Christ

Christ on an effing bike wrote:

High School Prodigy wrote:

Sorry guys I’ve been calling it a skolly for years and hear others call it that at meets. I think it sounds cool to say it like that. To each their own I guess.

Glad I’m on the right track and plan to bring my times way down this year. Perhaps get my 1600/3200 down to 4:15 and 9:15. Obvi I’ll have another year to keep dropping and want that P5 Skolly.

“Obvi”? Jesus Christ

prolly just his trolly showing

If you have an indoor season I would recommend focusing on dropping your 800 time, running higher miles as well so you can shine outdoors. I don't know what your 400m PR is but I would guess it's not as fast as you'd like and bringing those shorter distance times down will help you run great over 3200 and 1600, which are definitely your strengths. Don't take this to mean that you should tons of speed work, just try to get in shorter races to practice running fast at the end of a tiring week.

*you should do. I need more coffee

mcvred wrote:

If you have an indoor season I would recommend focusing on dropping your 800 time, running higher miles as well so you can shine outdoors. I don't know what your 400m PR is but I would guess it's not as fast as you'd like and bringing those shorter distance times down will help you run great over 3200 and 1600, which are definitely your strengths. Don't take this to mean that you should tons of speed work, just try to get in shorter races to practice running fast at the end of a tiring week.

Thanks, that is some good advice and I’ll talk to my coach after winter break to get his thoughts. I really want to put some fast times out there this spring. I’ve been slowly building my miles up to about 50 per week.

Average P5 full ride requires 8:48 and 4:03. 50% takes 8:55 and 4:05. Look at the top 10 guys in the conference from last year and assume you have to hit 10th to get any money which is probably around 14 minutes and 4:05.

Christ on an effing bike wrote:

High School Prodigy wrote:

Sorry guys I’ve been calling it a skolly for years and hear others call it that at meets. I think it sounds cool to say it like that. To each their own I guess.

Glad I’m on the right track and plan to bring my times way down this year. Perhaps get my 1600/3200 down to 4:15 and 9:15. Obvi I’ll have another year to keep dropping and want that P5 Skolly.

“Obvi”? Jesus Christ

Seriously man cut me some slack. I don’t care if your not up with the lingo of 2018.

With times getting there I’d imagine a potential skol to some school. Not sure how many runners at Purdue, Nebraska, Miami, Etc etc can hot those marks assuming you bring it down. Perhaps these schools put little resources in distance but if you get to 9:10 and 4:15 I think you’d get a lot.

Purdue had 7 guys run equivalent to sub 9 for 2 mile indoor. You guys are clueless on what it takes to get a scholarship. You need to be capable of 8:40 3200 to score points in the Big 10.

Of course man, always listen to your coach, it seems he's done a great job coaching you so far. Was your 800m PR run fresh or did you have a race in your legs? I don't know your 400m PR but it sounds like you could at least run 1:57 or better.