D1 Recruiting

Those are very good times, especially the sub 15 track 5k. We’re any of these time trials recorded? In a non COVID year, those times are certainly D1 material at a competitive school.

Reach out to some strong academic schools & provide video/strava/garmin/results -- whatever you have. Those times are good enough for D1 somewhere. Think about where you want to be versus whatever is gonna stick.

3-mile CC? You sound like IL runner.

The soph times were excellent.

How did you come up with 4:16 and 1:56?

I am not saying you are wrong, but there are those in better weather running in CC races and in track meets (or TTs) and getting their times posted.

What did you do your junior year? Any TTs?

With your GPA, if you anticipate being focused on academics while in college, seek out the top schools and see what they say.

If you don't anticipate being as focused on academics, then there are very good schools (ranked 20-40) that should be great for you.

If your goal with this thread is to induce a scholarship offer from an elite school, I wonder if this is the correct path.

I had sports cancelled my senior year, so I had very little interest from coaches for scholarships, and I turned down the couple that I did get from smaller schools.

I walked-on to a top D1 program, but the asst coach who led the team to the top got replaced just before I arrived, and the new asst coach was not good enough. I should have gone somewhere else to have a successful NCAA career. As it was, I was thwarted in my career and rather than transfer after the 1st year, I worked a year and came back to a new coach, but that was three track seasons gone.

Therefore, if the great asst coach had still been at the D1 program, I would have had a great 1st year and probably got a scholarship, because I was expected to be one of the best my senior year in HS.

However, in hindsight, I should have gone somewhere else or taken one of the scholarships offered.

I didn't care about grades. With your grades, and with the way the job markets have evolved, where you graduate from will make a big difference in your career prospects.

You ran 14:32 in XC and have no D1 interest? You are obviously only interested in the fastest schools. You should attend your D1 state school which is almost always the best bargain.

Have you applied anywhere or do you have any other scholarships? You could probably contribute on almost any team. What part of the country do you live in? Where would you wanna go if you didn’t run? Can you parents help pay for college or are you gonna be relying on yourself?

Runner12393 wrote:

Hello I am a senior in high schools. My prs are 9:19 for the 3200. Sub 15 5k on the track, 14:32 xc 3 mile. These were in time trials over the year. I also ran a 4:24 and 1:59 as a sophomore but have not been able to run those events since sophomore year. I assume I am in 4:16 and 1:56 shape right now as a senior. I have not had any traction with d1 schools. Is it too late? Am I too slow? What schools would be a good fit. I have a 4.2 gpa as well. What should I do?

Have you taken a campus tour of any schools yet?

Schedule tours, send an email to all of the coaches, then on the day of your tour, show up to the xc/tack offices and introduce yourself. Once you get on campus, coaches know that you are serious about considering the school.

1600m506pr:-/ wrote:

Have you taken a campus tour of any schools yet?

Schedule tours, send an email to all of the coaches, then on the day of your tour, show up to the xc/tack offices and introduce yourself. Once you get on campus, coaches know that you are serious about considering the school.

Please don't do that.

If I don't have a rapport with an athlete then I really don't want them showing up to my office to talk with me.

Email coaches and make everything crystal clear and easy to find. You should have:

Name

High School

Graduation Year

Major if you know it

Express interest in their program

List of times

Link to Milesplit

Thank them for their time

You can send that email to Head and Assistant coaches. If they aren't responding then they either aren't interested or you need to evaluate if you really want to run for them. Showing up at our office isn't going to impress us, it's just going to create a situation where a coach will feel defensive since we either know nothing about you or read your email and decided that we weren't going to respond.

Some coaches are horrible with communication. There is no harm in replying to the first email with a, "Hi coach, I just wanted to follow up and see if I would be a good fit for your program."

Coaches don't ignore athletes that would make a positive impact on their program.