My School is forcing me to Quit running?

Focus on running while you are in high school and college. Play golf when college is done.

You should call another meeting with all of these people. tell them that you have now decided to do neither, until the lot of them grow up. Put it in their corner.

Why can't you play golf for school but run through a club team or something. That seems ridiculous btw. You shouldn't have to quit one. Abby steiner was recruited for both sprint and soccer I think

10/10 almost got me

Dude, I love running, if I had the times, I would run in college no doubt. But You are not me. You are an incredible Golfer by the sounds of it. And a very talented runner, also seems you have the mindset needed to put in the work to advance tremendously in running.

It seems like you love both, and have the ability to compete in both while in high school. I assume you could win Golf state as long as you have a good day, and you could be competing for top place(s) in a 2 mile this year or the next state Track and Field. You could do both of these at the same time. Sounds like you have developed the skills for both. Do both sports through high school, sign with whichever sport you enjoyed the most. If that is Golf, go all in for golf after Senior track season. If it is running, you'll be in that mindset as soon as golf is done, do whichever you enjoy the most in college. At the end of the day, you probably don't have what it takes to be a pro in either sport, so it is most important to have fun. Find a career you find interesting/seems fun in college, and you will be set for life. Big thing that I find important is that when you finally make the decision to compete in one of the 2 in college, make sure you take other things into consideration other than: I enjoy playing this sport the most. I gave up a sport a while back even though I enjoyed the actual game better than Track, I just understood the people who would be with me during Track I enjoyed much, much more.

A happy athlete will reach much more potential than one who isn't enjoying it as much. There are genetically good athletes all over the place, the desire to compete and improve is what makes an athlete different.

PS: The message about telling your coaches you are going to do neither is pretty good. Put into perspective with your coaches etc. what you think is important to you and what you will like. Don't let others tell you how to live your life. Good luck bro

Which one has way more potential for good money at the top level?… it’s not running.

if you’re that good at golf you have a chance to go pro and make a very nice living. Your running times are good, but you’d need to be world class to make similar money (probably still not comparable). Run on the side and enter 5ks in the off-season.

What a crazy story. What does running 50 miles a week take you? 8 hours? How many hours per week do you spend watching internet nonsense, gaming, with your girlfriend, swimming, at the mall, hanging out with your friends, or watching TV? Are they telling you to quit all of this other activity also?

It is extremely unlikely you will end up a pro golfer or a pro runner. So, get away from these idiots, quick. Change schools or quit both teams and compete as an independent. Sometimes it is best to be weak willed and just give in/up and do what you are told… but not in this case.

F them dudes.

Go to the school board and report all of them.

If other students have done two sports in the same season then they are screwed. They can't pick and choose who gets to do two sports.

Doing both might actually help both. Good luck.

There will be plenty of time for golf when you’re old and retired.

The coach that accepts this is your true coach - stick with them.

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I didn’t even get half way through it

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The giveaway is that your "small school" has separate track and xc coaches...and they have assistants.

BS.

Go with golf

School of about 580

We have a head track coach, one of our school paraprofessionals, who formerly coached XC until 2-3 years ago.

Our head football coach (my math teacher) is our mid- and long-distance coach ("Assistant Coach").

My XC coach (my English teacher) coaches soccer in the spring rather than track.

My golf coach is, well, my golf coach (a retired teacher from our school).

Our football assistant coach is our golf assistant coach (also a school paraprofessional).

And we have 1 graduate assistant type coach helping with sprinters and jumpers.

In my mind, it is a small school. All our coaches for every sport come from the pool of teachers. And most either coach or help coach more than one sport.

I think you are in a strong position to fight this if athletes in the past have been allowed to do two sports at once. In most states this is a local school decision, not a league or state decision. Is there an official school policy, approved by the school board, that addresses this? If not, you and your parents should go to a school board meeting and during the public comment period give them the facts. Athletes have been allowed to do this in the past, these coaches and administrators pulled you into an unexpected meeting and told you to choose just one, and that you want to continue to do both. Also, tip off a local newspaper or TV reporter and have them be at the school board meeting.

If you want to do both you are going to have to fight for it and not just accept what the coaches and administrators are demanding.

I would say to tell them that if you can't do both you're going to run. Just because they probably want you to golf.

I will tell you this- as far as your future is concerned, when you are out in the world, working, with a family, etc, you won't have time to do both. You'll have to choose.

I have many friends my age (I'm 64) who tell me that golf was a mistake because they were totally out of shape and unhealthy where as I, who has run since 7th grade, am healthy and very active.

I would say to choose running, you're good and I think you'd enjoy it in college more.

Just my very humble opinion.

Concentrate on golf and go to school for free.

Finish track season this year. Golf on the side, weekends. Then transfer to another school. The coaches and athletic department have serious issues that I do not have time to get into

"I walk into a room with my athletic director, my personal running coach, my golf coach, my assistant golf coach, my head track coach, my head XC coach, and my assistant track and XC coach"

you WAY overdid it. 0/10