University of florida running team options

btw I am a woman

Join the club team there. I hear they have a nice sized club team.

Hi there! I would suggest Team Florida Track Club. It costs $$ but it's worth it! Practice is 3x per week. You'll get a group of women your speed to train with and coaching. Plus, if you hit 19:30 for 5k in one of their time trials or a race, you'll get to join the Elite team and get a singlet to race in.

https://www.teamfloridatrackclub.com/

Also, the UF Running Club meets for group runs that you can join even if you don't go to their workouts.

heard that's a downside haha...couldn't bring myself to give up a full-ride for it tho. I am a morning person so that should work out. Thanks for the advice!

Sounds good Ill check it out. Is the club near to the campus because I don't have a car?

I think Solinsky is the coach there? If you gain the freshman 40, he knows how to work with that....well.

Congratulations on getting into UF. It's a good school and a cool running community. I second the comment about Team FTC. I have not personally been coached by Enoch but he's a knowledgeable coach and his program sounds like a good fit for your goals. The club team is all UF students based on campus and seems to go up and down in quality depending on the student leadership. Might be a great option or they might be a bunch of hobby joggers depending on the year. The Triathlon group at UF has been pretty consistent and some serious runners who don't really plan to do triathlons will join them for track sessions and long runs. Good luck and Go Gators!

I'll third the suggestion you sign up to be coached by Enoch and run for Team FTC.

But be ready to get up early and suffer in the late spring, summer, fall heat and humidity.

runcloser wrote:

Hi, I'm a high school senior in Wisconsin and have been running for 8 years. I work extremely hard, but only have a pr of 20:30 for 5k xc. .

Did you run against Roisin Willis in a CC meet?

UF was considered the top academic university in FL, ranked in the 50s for the US.

A scholarship is great.

Going to class? Well, what with classes being online, you will be used to the sub-culture at UF where there are a number of students who rarely attend classes, but watch video-taped lectures at their convenience. This practice has resulted in an interesting secondary market for practice exams for finals.

Weather is great, unless you don't like humidity.

Students were always known for partying at most any university in FL.

beachbum wrote:

runcloser wrote:

Hi, I'm a high school senior in Wisconsin and have been running for 8 years. I work extremely hard, but only have a pr of 20:30 for 5k xc. .

Did you run against Roisin Willis in a CC meet?

UF was considered the top academic university in FL, ranked in the 50s for the US.

A scholarship is great.

Going to class? Well, what with classes being online, you will be used to the sub-culture at UF where there are a number of students who rarely attend classes, but watch video-taped lectures at their convenience. This practice has resulted in an interesting secondary market for practice exams for finals.

Weather is great, unless you don't like humidity.

Students were always known for partying at most any university in FL.

This term, spring 2021, most classes at UF are "hyflex" - meaning mostly online with a few students allowed in the classroom. Who knows what the situation will be in fall 2021.

I am confused because Florida only provides a $500 scholarship. My son is a national merit scholar and he checked into every decent school.

I had to call and ask to see if they offer full-ride, but what they mean by $500 is a college-sponsored scholarship which is a placeholder that eventually, once reaching finalist standing is converted into a Benacquisto Scholarship which is a full-ride scholarship. All Florida public universities offer this. I found searching very confusing as well. I also found the other top schools to be the university of texas at Dallas and the University of Maine that gives out full rides to national merit finalists.

Yep, I have run against Rosin Willis in the spash xc meet she is very fast haha. Thanks for the advice!

It says that the max is $21k which is nearly a full ride for Florida residents but out of state residents are left with a cost of about $22k after the $21k is applied.

It has been changed in 2019 to include out of state students here's the link! https://admissions.ufl.edu/pdf/publications/2019/UF_scholarships_2019.pdf

I'm sorry, but reading your questions I don't think you understand how serious athletics are at SEC schools. Florida is a power in Track & Field and is a serious contender for the National title each year. There is a big difference in mentality. It sounds like you definitely belong on the club team - which is fine. I think you would be overwhelmed by the time requirements of a varsity program.

I want double or triple practices a day and want to spend my time solely running and studying. I will do whatever it takes to become professional in the future, if that's not the mentality needed to run at SEC schools, then your right I don't want to run at SEC. I am very ready for the time requirements since that is all I want to do. My times are slow which is why I asked questions about other options, I want to be there but they most likely will not want me, so my questions were based on how to find a serious program if I don't make it on the team. However, it doesn't matter to me what other people say because I know I am capable of doing whatever I put my mind to. It might take me longer to get on an elite level than other girls who have been genetically gifted since birth but eventually, they will become satisfied and I will still be there working hard. You don't know me very well anyway, but thank you for your opinion:)

You are not fast enough. Too bad that you already made your National Merit choice.

You will need to improve by 2 minutes (at least) to have a chance of walk on spot at the University of Florida . . . there are Girls high school teams in Florida where your time of 20:30 would not even make their varsity line up. There are, however, good club teams and solid recreational runners in the Gainesville area with whom you could train.