I know a 5:20 miler who walked on to a D3 program. He actually stayed there for all 4 years and eventually got a sub 17 5K on the track.
On the sprints side, I know a 12.7/25.9 sprinter who walked on. IIRC, he got down to a 12.4/25.2 before graduating.
Both of them were males.
I wasn't even a 6:20 miler in high school but kept on and got faster than the 5:20 guy.
I know someone that couldn't break 6 in the mile in HS but went to a popular D3 track school and ran all 4 years. Never ran under 34 minutes in the 8k. He truly loved running and was a really nice guy but he just wasn't talented at all. His times are slow but his heart was the biggest on the team.
HRE wrote:
I wasn't even a 6:20 miler in high school but kept on and got faster than the 5:20 guy.
Hi HRE, we have talked and discussed this, I could not break five minutes in the mile in HS. I stuck with running because I loved it and 16 years later I ran a 2:24 Marathon......
My best 3 mile xc time in high school was 17:54.
Growth spurt.
Never trained more than 55 mpw and got down to 15:46for 5km, 31:51 for 10km and 1:12:05 for the half.
Still running 38 minutes for 10km at age 56.
Late developer wrote:
My best 3 mile xc time in high school was 17:54.
Growth spurt.
Never trained more than 55 mpw and got down to 15:46for 5km, 31:51 for 10km and 1:12:05 for the half.
Still running 38 minutes for 10km at age 56.
Wow, your 10K time at age 56 is impressive.
4:55 hs started goes to 4:03 end of year 4
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