22.6 200 worthy of a walk-on spot?

6th best puts you on the edge of being cut. So if he does go out and continues to only run 22.6 this year, don't be surprised if he gets cut. It's not like the 100/400 where they need several runners to always fill out a 4x100, or a 4x400. So if his best event is the 200 and he'd be worse than 6th in the 100 or 400 then he's really got to perform. And if he doesn't do better than 6th on the team then he won't be racing very much, they can typically only travel I believe 32 athletes to track meets and that's for all events. 6th best in an event isn't usually going to be traveling.

But I could see the coach giving him a shot, hopefully he can take advantage of it and get faster and be a contributor to the track team.

Don't look at where that would put him on the team. Look at where it would place in conference. If it isn't in the top 25, probably not worth the coaches time. His other events also make a difference, if he is even worse in the 100 or 400m there might not be a lot of potential. Teams have roster limitations, and this isn't HS. Colleges need guys who can come in and help now. And in my past experiences, the bottom of the roster, never score a point guys cause more problems than they are worth.

It might not be the right way but it is the way it is.

American football athletic grants at D-1 universities at one time had no cap, then 120 young men, now 85 for the best D-1 Am. football universities and 63 lads for the remaining D-1 Am. football universities. It used to be understood, informally that Am. football team at a university would allow some Am. football players to skip spring practice to participate in T&F. With 85 or 63 man team roster, D-1 Am. football teams are not as willing to share athletes. This is an opportunity for this 22.6 200m lad. Start practicing throwing javelin. Based on the way Steve Scott raced, I am going to guess a young Steve Scott was about a 22.6 200m man. You knew 200m was not really D-1 type 200m speed, correct?

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Don't look at where that would put him on the team. Look at where it would place in conference. If it isn't in the top 25, probably not worth the coaches time. His other events also make a difference, if he is even worse in the 100 or 400m there might not be a lot of potential. Teams have roster limitations, and this isn't HS. Colleges need guys who can come in and help now. And in my past experiences, the bottom of the roster, never score a point guys cause more problems than they are worth.

It might not be the right way but it is the way it is.

Pretty accurate, imo.

If the school had few sprinters and needed some training fodder that might be a better situation but it sounds like they have a lot of sprinters already.

Best pitch (if its true) to highlight potential due to little or no serious coaching in HS. But if he came from a quality program, that won't fly.

Allyson Felix just ran that at Pre. Sure it was a bad race in the twilight of her career, but I'm sure any college would like to have Felix quality on their squad.

800m training is applied science wrote: You knew 200m was not really D-1 type 200m speed, correct?

Kind of? I know it's not blazing but is not slow either. Honestly, I was a mid-D runner and don't have a command of the sprint marks like I do for the 800/1500. Thus the reason for the post. Who knows though - the kid is brand new to sprinting and has the strength to run under 50 in the 400 right out of the gate. At a minimum, he's worth replying to via email. Thanks for the responses from you and the others.

You should have no problem walking on to any D1 Womens team

Ca$hclay wrote:

800m training is applied science wrote: You knew 200m was not really D-1 type 200m speed, correct?

Kind of? I know it's not blazing but is not slow either. Honestly, I was a mid-D runner and don't have a command of the sprint marks like I do for the 800/1500. Thus the reason for the post. Who knows though - the kid is brand new to sprinting and has the strength to run under 50 in the 400 right out of the gate. At a minimum, he's worth replying to via email. Thanks for the responses from you and the others.

Is he your son or are you a coach or cousin or uncle? Is he built like Andre de Grasse or Fred Kerley or somewhere in the middle? What about having the young man work on his javelin throwing skills like I asked previously? Possibly sub-50 400m and D-1 is not a reason for most D-1 coaches to respond. Javelin or work on 400mH. You know why your calls and emails are not being taken seriously.