I'm a freshman is high school, (class of 2027) and am hoping to run in college. My two main events are the 110 hurdles(19.03) and triple jump (34'1). What are some schools I should be looking at, preferably in the pacific northwest. (I live in Washington)
this is way premature, you're not going to know right now what majors/careers you want to pursue, what grades and scores you will have, what quality school you will fit, or for sports purposes how fast you will get. the high hurdles also go up 3" for college.
for sports purposes you just need to focus on getting better. where i grew up you'd be off the back varsity and near the back JV. that's not when to think about college. you're about 3 secs off even a low level college time.
if you can get to 16 or below, or around 40' TJ, the pecking order, in order of dificulty, would go something like frontier conference (NAIA, montana and dakotas) then northwest conference (D3, washington and oregon) and great northwest (D2, alaska and the northwest).
but you're way shy of the back of the pack for college right now. focus on HS. have you tried 300H?
I tried the 300h, but I didn't like it and wasn't very good (51.something)
I coach jumps in Oregon. I agree with the advice provided by VIT, but feel obliged to point out that 40 feet in the TJ is way too short for D1 or D2. I wouldn't even allow someone to walk on at my little community college unless he has jumped over 42 feet, although last year I let a guy who had jumped 41-8 in high school and had already made the team as a 16.0 HH do the triple jump - he jumped 43-9 after a couple of meets.
Any recommendations on what to do this off-season?
I would work on weights, doing plyometrics; these are fast, explosive movements that prepare your body for sprinting better than normal bodybuilder-type weight training. Common exercises include RDLs, cleans/power cleans, and full/half squats. There are a number of good programs online that you can find, just make sure you research a variety, figure out what makes them work, and see if you can combine the elements you like. Also particularly important for 110H is flexibility, I would try and seriously practice stretching something like 4 times a week (although my muscles tighten up a lot). Ideally, you would like to be way better than hands touching your toes and have good hip mobility. If you have access to any hurdles in the offseason, keep up with hurdle drills and even implement some of the things you guys did at practice during the season. If you think technique is your problem, this is your go-to. Even without hurdles, you can still go to the local middle school track and try to practice starts, run some 30-60 meter flys to work on speed. Then, if possible, I would try and film myself some practices so I can see what I look like (for example, if you come out of your drive phase too quickly after your start, you can notice that on film).
The athletes who make the most growth are students of the sport. Right now it is difficult to say what your time potential might be, just put in consistent work to become more explosive and flexible while working on your technique too and you should definitely be south of 19 seconds next season. Good luck!
Thanks! Right now, I lift on my own in the mornings, and do football practice after school, and that will continue during the summer. Then I plan to do swim while working on hip mobility and other flexibility on my own time, still lifting in the morning.