Tufts... go Jumbos
Tufts... go Jumbos
Wheaton college in MA is actually an excellent liberal arts school with a very good track team.
I run for Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Placed 8th in DIII xc nationals, ranked 5th among liberal arts colleges by US News and World Report. Contact me on AIM, sn robbienox.
If you're checking out DIII liberal arts schools in the Pennsylvania area, there are plenty of good ones.
Not all of these colleges consider themselves liberal arts focused, but the top women teams at the Mideast regionals this year included Allegheny, Dickinson, Elizabethtown, and Haverford. On the men's side you had Haverford, Elizabethtown, Allegheny, Carnegie Mellon, Widener, and Dickinson. All teams listed above scored less than 200 in the team standings for their respective races.
Is it true that there is a guy at Carleton named Robert Nach...something who is destroying the program? I just heard this.
Iona
Oberlin\\\'s new athletic director and XC coach are very good. The AD was the coach at Stanford and the coach was a 1:30-ish 5K guy who seems to really know what he\\\'s doing. They\\\'re number one runner made great strides (cut off almost two minutes on his 8K time) this year under the new coaching.
Haverford is your best bet, if you're serious about school and running, and low on the BS, then you'll have a great 4 years and rack up a few PR's to boot.
what major? that might narrow it down
hillsdale college
Check out Amherst. The coach, Erik Nedeau, is a very nice guy and a sub-4 miler himself (he made it past the first round of the 1500m trials just a few months ago). I would highly recommend their program and coach. He knows what he's doing even if the mens team isn't tearing it up.
Dartmouth! not sure what your definition of "small" is, but in terms of student population it's smaller than a lot of D3 schools and is definitely focused on liberal arts. Running program is solid - they may not have made NC's this year, but it's D1 running and considering what you're looking for in terms of academics, I would definitely classify it as a good running program.
Ashland University in Ashland Ohio. Strong in academics and athletics. Coach Gallagher is certainly one of the most knowledgable around. Great program also for post-graduated to excell.
Go to Grinnell. Good coaches. Great team camaraderie. You will have as much fun as is legally allowed in the state of Iowa. And them kids is just wicked smart. (And they aren't spoiled like they are at Middlebury.)
I'd second Ashland, it nestled the Canadian university champion for a couple of years, letting him take the entire country by total surprise.
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Belmont University...contact Coach Langdon. Great program, great guys. They're redshirting a bunch of guys next fall and making a shot at nats in 2 years.
yah Belmont wouldnt be a bad idea. They might nab Andrew Bumbalough, if so that would be a huge boost. A shot at Nats is not out of the question for that school.
Yes, Grinnell is certainly an excellent school and the xc and t&f programs are very good. Coaches (husband and wife) both had international experience as athletes (though in pole vault and high jump, respectively) and are very welcoming of all levels of athletes. Men's xc has won conference something like 19 out of 20 years now. Several individual national xc qualifiers over the years and the team has qualified once or twice, narrowly missed this year in tough central region. Academics are first-rate, all facilities excellent, faculty the best. The town is very small and about an hour from both Iowa City and Des Moines but few mind. Yeah, I went there. I suggest you check it out.
I'm biased- had twins at Carleton and Grinnell- both are great, both have good running programs and traditions. Will and Evelyn Freeman at Grinnell are great folks. Does Coach Terriquez still do the XC at Carleton, Robbieknox? Athletes are mad smart, too.