Hello, I was accepted to Marist college and was wondering if anyone had any additional information on their program or school in terms of coaching, mileage, progress etc.. I'm not particularly fast, however(4:40), however I've hard that the coach has a history of turning 10 flat guys into all conference runners. I'm looking to double major in political science and journalism there and the cost would be as much as a state school for me due to scholarships and grants. Thanks.
I think I recall at least one previous thread about Marist. If you search it, maybe helpful info.
2021hsrunner wrote:
Hello, I was accepted to Marist college and was wondering if anyone had any additional information on their program or school in terms of coaching, mileage, progress etc.. I'm not particularly fast, however(4:40), however I've hard that the coach has a history of turning 10 flat guys into all conference runners. I'm looking to double major in political science and journalism there and the cost would be as much as a state school for me due to scholarships and grants. Thanks.
Marist is a party school full of druggies. The coach is a nice guy but a below average coach.
The history of turning 20 flat guys into all conference runners is extremely overstated. It's probably only happened a few times in his long coaching career, and only with talented guys that were undertrained in HS.
They have 32 guys on their cross country roster and only 1 coach so you wouldn't get any individual attention. One sized fits all training program that doesn't work for the majority of athletes.
I mean this in the nicest way possible: “Does it Mattrer?” If Marist is the right school for academics and location and cost then what does the running matter? At this level it’s an extra-curricular activity like it was meant to be. Sports teach you valuable life lessons and only the very few make a profession out of it. Enjoy school and enjoy running for as long as you enjoy it.
Yours will be the dumb school in town since Vassar College is there.
Also, the team is the Gored Foxes. That's a weird name for a mascot.
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Pete (the head coach) may give you a chance if you reach out to him for the cross country team but if he does give you a chance you gotta put some work in or you'll never make the indoor or outdoor track rosters. As far as your major is concerned, Marist is a good fit for those areas of study, especially for journalism. Only downside runningwise is that Marist does not have a track on campus so track workouts have to be done at nearby Vassar College although that option is currently closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
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