How often does Wetmore at CU offer runners a full ride? I’ve heard some of the best nationally ranked boys still only get maybe half? Do some D1 schools have more money than others?
most track and field athletes, even the stars, don't get full rides. there just isn't that much money to go around.
but there are perks - like free meals, free medical, free rent, (most schools have a townhouse or condo where athletes live for free) they can even help you get massive discounts on all your textbooks.
the UCLA track locker room even has free laundry. I know it seems like a trivial thing but imagine the money you save over 4 years.
most track and field athletes, even the stars, don't get full rides. there just isn't that much money to go around.
but there are perks - like free meals, free medical, free rent, (most schools have a townhouse or condo where athletes live for free) they can even help you get massive discounts on all your textbooks.
the UCLA track locker room even has free laundry. I know it seems like a trivial thing but imagine the money you save over 4 years.
These many of these 'perks' you mention would be part of a full (or some percentage of an athletic scholarship.... especially rent and free books). The laundry perk exists for student athletes at nearly all D1 schools.
Hardly anywhere does someone get a true full ride base solely on athletics for track (especially for the men)
However, there are all kinds of ways to get you to “no cost” by combining aid from different sources. A kid might have a bill of zero but is on some academic, pell grant, some need based, and throw 40% athletic which includes 40% of a cost of attendance check.
Some schools have load of funny money, others it is super limited
most track and field athletes, even the stars, don't get full rides. there just isn't that much money to go around.
but there are perks - like free meals, free medical, free rent, (most schools have a townhouse or condo where athletes live for free) they can even help you get massive discounts on all your textbooks.
the UCLA track locker room even has free laundry. I know it seems like a trivial thing but imagine the money you save over 4 years.
These many of these 'perks' you mention would be part of a full (or some percentage of an athletic scholarship.... especially rent and free books). The laundry perk exists for student athletes at nearly all D1 schools.
maybe 'perk' was the wrong word. I just meant theres a lot more included in an athletic scholarship than just tuition.
and I had no idea laundry was a common thing. just walked thru the locker room one day and saw players doing laundry and thought, 'that's pretty convenient.'
We had laundry service where I went to school for all athletes. I dropped off my dirty clothes and they would be washed waiting for me in my cubby the next day
I had other friends at other schools who would simply leave their clothes in their locker and they would be washed and folded, back in their locker the next morning
These many of these 'perks' you mention would be part of a full (or some percentage of an athletic scholarship.... especially rent and free books). The laundry perk exists for student athletes at nearly all D1 schools.
maybe 'perk' was the wrong word. I just meant theres a lot more included in an athletic scholarship than just tuition.
and I had no idea laundry was a common thing. just walked thru the locker room one day and saw players doing laundry and thought, 'that's pretty convenient.'
A full athletic scholarship would include everything you mention. A partial athletic scholarship might only be tuition & books (or less/more).
Some people say they are on a full when they receive a partial athletic scholarship, plus some academic scholarship money (and NIL).
If you’re a guy, very little chance you get a full ride at any top program. I know multiple top 10 NCAA XC and top 5 NCAA track athletes. None on full ride unless they’re foreign. Usually around 75% at this level
There’s the allocation of scholarships allowed by the NCAA and then there is what a school can afford. So not every school can afford to give the full amount the NCAA allows. For D1 it’s 12.6 for men and 18 for women(making full rides more common on the women’s side). That has to cover both the track and cross country programs. “Power 5 schools” are more likely to be able to afford this. CU should be able to afford the full allocation. Different programs have different strategies for using their scholarships. Oregon used to have a very small team. If you were getting a scholarship it would be more likely to be closer to a full scholarship. CU tends to have more athletes on the team and spread it around more. So 10% is common at CU. The nice thing is that even at 10%, if a school can afford it, the NCAA allows the school to cover rent and meals plus other perks that another poster mentioned. You do not have to be full ride to receive those benefits.
One of the other posters was correct in that Mark and Heather base it off what they think you can do at conference and nationals. In order to be in consideration for a full ride at CU, you’d have to be someone they think can compete for a national title or at the very least a conference title. Someone getting a full ride is more likely to have earned their way up there and performed very well in collegiate meets. I don’t know exactly how common it is for Mark and Heather to offer a full ride to a high schooler, but I would expect it to be pretty rare.