Need help finding a good school to transfer too???

Wyoming.

Altitude, plenty of places to run on trails and dirt roads, even full out-of-state tuition is in your cited range, a complete but small university with a full range of majors.

I?ll go out on a limb here, and assume that if you go to a MAC school now, you?re probably not gearing up academically for something like the Dukes and Amhersts being mentioned above. No insult intended. Wyo?s not a joke school like some, but not in the Ivy League quality range either. Just a good school.

I'll also assume that if you've got the level of talent to run at a place like CU, you'd already be there. Again, no offense intended.

Pretty good coach at UW, and getting in some talent to replace the late departed team members from last year.

I have been injuried the last two years of comp. so i haven't be able to run any fast times. I have a reacurring hip/ IT band injury. Thus the need to get off the roads.

And im not from Buffalo. try more west...

Just state your poster name inthe email.

Hey come to Western State.

Its good running here and the team is awesome.

Im pretty sure i know who you are(from michigan) and you would fit in prefect with the times you have have ran.

so give me a email back and i'll talk to the coach..

hope running starts going better!!!!

later

Douggy Fresh

The point was, it does say something for u.g. programs at state schools, you know the kind with low tuition rates, like what Plato is looking for? Why are the private school dorks blindly offering up places like Duke and Williams to someone who is looking for cheap tuition?? You can pay roughly the same for CU, WSC, CSU, or ASC. But you'll find better u.g. academic programs at CSU and CU than the other two. Do you think that's just some kind of coincidence?

For Plato, CSU or Wyoming, as someone else offered, would be two worth checking out.

Two schools that I think might fit your bill would be the Univeristy of Tennessee in Knoxville and Univeristy of Arkansas Little Rock. Both have good out of state rates and I have worked with the coaches at both institutions. Tennessee has had a lot of success on the Track in recent years while UALR has won both the men's and women's CC titles the last two years. The head coach at UALR is Kirk Elias while at UT the distance coach is George Watts. In my opinion both programs have a lot to offer with great atmosphere, local flavor, and things to do at both locations. Just a thought. Good luck in your search.

UNM is on the upswing, got some good local kids running about your range, and is ready to make the next step. Matt Henry is a great guy (dealt with him as an opposing coach in HS), and a "player's coach". ABQ is a great place to train, altitude plus a few elites around, and UNM is a solid school. Check the tuition, etc. I'm not sure what that is for out-of-state. (it's dirt cheap in-state).

Decent academic schools out west not mentioned that come to mind. 1. UTEP with a long distance tradition, supportive comminuty and located at 3,500'. 2. Washington State, which just hired Colorado assistant Jason Drake and is intent on building a solid distance program--Pullman is nowheresville but actually a pretty good place to train. 3. California's Div. II schools: Humboldt State, Chico State, Cal-Poly, UC-Davis are all solid bets and don't cost an arm and a leg. Davis in particular is a fine school. 4. University of Montana, hired Montana State's track coach and they're going to be up-and-coming soon. 5. Montana State, is already starting to make some noise, may make NCAAs this year. 6. University of California at Berkeley, has been terrible for the past five years but one of the nation's premiere academic schools. Cal finally dumped their track coach Erv Hunt, hired decathlete bronze medalist Chris Huffins, and will be fully funding scholarships for the first time since the 1980s. They also have a brand new track. Look for them to be re-energized and rise quickly in the Pac-10 XC scene in the next few years. 7. Idaho State University, has had a good distance program from time to time and they train at altitude.

What if you're not fast, but want a *good* program to get fast. What schools take and are kind to walk-ons?

You know what they say about "Players' Coaches?"

They get fired !

Northern Arizona would also fit the bill. Tuition rates for spring 2003:

http://www4.nau.edu/bursar/fees_spr_2003.htm

Same for UTEP:

http://finsvcs.utep.edu/StudentBusinessServices/TuitionInformation.htm

By contrast, C.U. is quite a bit higher in comparison, at least regarding tuition for non-resident students:

http://www.colorado.edu/prospective/freshman/finances.html

see: bob knight? (^;

Cross Hogg wrote:

You know what they say about "Players' Coaches?"

They get fired !

Yea i heard Montana isnt to bad. plus its great running up that way too.

App. state is up in some elevation and i heard there trying to start some high preformance running program out that way.bUT my friend who goes to UNC said that App. St. is in the middle of no where. but they are D-1 and that steepler Flamgethi (sorry on the spelling) ran for them.

I think the best bet for yea with the times you have ran would be

Northren Arizona, K-state/ Kansas, CSU.

you are pretty dang fast and i have no idea why you want to transfer from the school your at you guys are allready solid.

but thats just my opion

but good luck in what you do!!!