Could you run 4 years of D1 XC and then 4 years of T&F after that?

The clock starts when you either start college or do your first season in NCAA. Either way, you can't do 4 years in NCAA in one season and then 4 years in a different. That'd be like doing 4 years of indoor track and then switching to 4 years of outdoor track. Doesn't work that way. In some sports the clock starts after graduating high school. I believe tennis is like this, because there were some problems with people playing overseas for a couple years and then coming back to the NCAA and dominating the NCAA as an older athlete.

Go to BYU. You can compete in as many XC and track seasons as you'd like.

You have five years to complete four years of athletics, which includes one redshirt year. Exceptions to this rule include an additional medical redshirt (common for football players who redshirt as freshmen and then get injured and have to miss another year or the mission-related absences common to Mormons.

The fifth year can include graduate school. My sister didn't run as an undergrad, but then she went to another school for a Master's degree and had one season of eligibility.

4 seasons total even byu.

If you are just throwing this out there and this is not a real life issue, that is one thing, you may have to transfer to accomplish your goal. Didn't this situation come up with a couple of UNM athletes during UNM's peak XC seasons? Didn't a couple females run four years for UNM then participate a couple extra years as T&F athletes at other universities?

No you cannot wrote:

The clock starts when you either start college or do your first season in NCAA. Either way, you can't do 4 years in NCAA in one season and then 4 years in a different. That'd be like doing 4 years of indoor track and then switching to 4 years of outdoor track. Doesn't work that way. In some sports the clock starts after graduating high school. I believe tennis is like this, because there were some problems with people playing overseas for a couple years and then coming back to the NCAA and dominating the NCAA as an older athlete.

This. Regardless, if you're thinking you want to be on the 8-year plan to graduate then you probably won't be eligible for long.

is this theory or a real situation? wrote:

If you are just throwing this out there and this is not a real life issue, that is one thing, you may have to transfer to accomplish your goal. Didn't this situation come up with a couple of UNM athletes during UNM's peak XC seasons? Didn't a couple females run four years for UNM then participate a couple extra years as T&F athletes at other universities?

They would've had to be granted medical redshirts beyond the lone regular redshirt season for each sport.

Gentleman Savage wrote:

No you cannot wrote:

The clock starts when you either start college or do your first season in NCAA. Either way, you can't do 4 years in NCAA in one season and then 4 years in a different. That'd be like doing 4 years of indoor track and then switching to 4 years of outdoor track. Doesn't work that way. In some sports the clock starts after graduating high school. I believe tennis is like this, because there were some problems with people playing overseas for a couple years and then coming back to the NCAA and dominating the NCAA as an older athlete.

This. Regardless, if you're thinking you want to be on the 8-year plan to graduate then you probably won't be eligible for long.

However, looking at the OP's subject line inquiry entirely at face value:

"Could you run 4 years of D1 XC and then 4 years of T&F after that?"

Yes, if you transfer to a D2 school that might be possible and certainly NAIA schools will let you do just about anything at any age. If intending to stick to D1 school(s), then still no.

Gentleman Savage wrote:

is this theory or a real situation? wrote:

If you are just throwing this out there and this is not a real life issue, that is one thing, you may have to transfer to accomplish your goal. Didn't this situation come up with a couple of UNM athletes during UNM's peak XC seasons? Didn't a couple females run four years for UNM then participate a couple extra years as T&F athletes at other universities?

They would've had to be granted medical redshirts beyond the lone regular redshirt season for each sport.

You are guessing. You are not siting statutes.

is this theory or a real situation? wrote:

Gentleman Savage wrote:

They would've had to be granted medical redshirts beyond the lone regular redshirt season for each sport.

You are guessing. You are not siting statutes.

I've dealt with the clearinghouse, as an athlete and a coach. And the word you're reaching for is "citing."

Gentleman Savage wrote:

is this theory or a real situation? wrote:

You are guessing. You are not siting statutes.

I've dealt with the clearinghouse, as an athlete and a coach. And the word you're reaching for is "citing."

Great! Cite statutes or quit making up stuff.

At byu: leave high school at 19, a redshirt, a medical redshirt, two years on a little "mission," 4 years xc, then 4 years indoors, then covid year, then 4 years outdoors, plus assorted other years. Leave byu at 39.

Why do you care? There are no age groups. I think the rules should allow for situations just like you described.

In D3 you have ten semesters to use four seasons of eligibility in a given sport. So you could attend for four fall semesters and run xc for four years, then attend for four spring semesters and have four seasons of track.

they're filthy wrote:

At byu: leave high school at 19, a redshirt, a medical redshirt, two years on a little "mission," 4 years xc, then 4 years indoors, then covid year, then 4 years outdoors, plus assorted other years. Leave byu at 39.

Actually, at BYU you can run more seasons than most other schools. Connor Mantz will more than likely be in his 40s when he is done. Back in the day, when current BYU coach Ed Eyestone ran at BYU, there was a guy that was 58 on the team. I can't remember his name but he was at BYU for nearly 40 years. He had really long and involved missionary work if I am remembering correctly. Google it.

Bears' quarterback Jim McMahon, who went to BYU, was in his late 30s when he graduated.

Are there any age restrictions? An Ok St quarterback started his college career late and graduated at 28. If this was routine I’d expect more HS athletes sitting out of college a year or two to prep for better college offers before starting their NCAA clock.

“Brandon Kyle Weeden (born October 14, 1983) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. After pursuing a baseball career from 2002 to 2006, Weeden enrolled at Oklahoma State to play college football. Selected 22nd overall by the Cleveland Browns during the 2012 NFL Draft, he was the NFL's oldest first round selection at age 28.”

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they're filthy wrote:

At byu: leave high school at 19, a redshirt, a medical redshirt, two years on a little "mission," 4 years xc, then 4 years indoors, then covid year, then 4 years outdoors, plus assorted other years. Leave byu at 39.

Actually, at BYU you can run more seasons than most other schools. Connor Mantz will more than likely be in his 40s when he is done. Back in the day, when current BYU coach Ed Eyestone ran at BYU, there was a guy that was 58 on the team. I can't remember his name but he was at BYU for nearly 40 years. He had really long and involved missionary work if I am remembering correctly. Google it.

Bears' quarterback Jim McMahon, who went to BYU, was in his late 30s when he graduated.

You are so pathetic!

No!