Low / Non-partycolleges?

Utah man wrote:

Lightning7 wrote:

Have any of you been on recruiting visits for colleges in the West - any level (lower D1, D2, D3) and could give suggestions for colleges where team does not seem to party / drink much?
Ones to avoid?

BYU is the obvious one, although unless you are individually podiuming at NXN/Footlocker you probably won't make the team.

I'd say really any of the Utah schools.

Utah Valley is on the rise, they've had to get much stricter recruiting standards the last year or two, because even the BYU rejects these days are 9:10/4:15 type guys.

SUU down in Cedar City has seen some strong success, although that might be a fairly hard team to make.

Honestly I think the best answer is Salt Lake Community College. Their current coach was an assistant at BYU and most of their roster will be LDS which means no drinking/partying. They are arguably the best non D1 program in the nation, and are still really new.

You could always try some Idaho schools as well. I have friends who went to College of Idaho, and College of Southern Idaho. Both of those schools are decent non-D1 options to train at until you can make it somewhere else.

Boise state had a bit of a reputation for partying a few years back, but they have new staff and are trying to recruit closer to home, so I doubt it will be much of a party school.

Hayduke wrote:

Utah man wrote:

BYU is the obvious one, although unless you are individually podiuming at NXN/Footlocker you probably won't make the team.

I'd say really any of the Utah schools.

Utah Valley is on the rise, they've had to get much stricter recruiting standards the last year or two, because even the BYU rejects these days are 9:10/4:15 type guys.

SUU down in Cedar City has seen some strong success, although that might be a fairly hard team to make.

Honestly I think the best answer is Salt Lake Community College. Their current coach was an assistant at BYU and most of their roster will be LDS which means no drinking/partying. They are arguably the best non D1 program in the nation, and are still really new.

You could always try some Idaho schools as well. I have friends who went to College of Idaho, and College of Southern Idaho. Both of those schools are decent non-D1 options to train at until you can make it somewhere else.

Boise state had a bit of a reputation for partying a few years back, but they have new staff and are trying to recruit closer to home, so I doubt it will be much of a party school.

I would be careful with any Utah school that isn’t BYU. They usually are attended by Jack Mormons avoiding BYU

gidbob wrote:

Hayduke wrote:

I would be careful with any Utah school that isn’t BYU. They usually are attended by Jack Mormons avoiding BYU

Having been to 2 states schools in Utah, those people are definitely there, but I would still say the student bodies as a whole are less into partying than most. At the very least it isn't hard to find people who aren't into it. Isn't hard to find those that are either, and at SUU I met some track athletes on both sides of that. I didn't meet a ton of distance guys, but I met a couple at church and they didn't seem to be the "Jack Mormon" type. I met a decent amount of the distance women at Utah State that definitely were not that, but not too many of the men. But really I bet you could find plenty of the party or non party types at any state school there.

Redrocksaretoocrazy wrote:

gidbob wrote:

Having been to 2 states schools in Utah, those people are definitely there, but I would still say the student bodies as a whole are less into partying than most. At the very least it isn't hard to find people who aren't into it. Isn't hard to find those that are either, and at SUU I met some track athletes on both sides of that. I didn't meet a ton of distance guys, but I met a couple at church and they didn't seem to be the "Jack Mormon" type. I met a decent amount of the distance women at Utah State that definitely were not that, but not too many of the men. But really I bet you could find plenty of the party or non party types at any state school there.

Maybe not SUU, however it might be a different case now considering they seem to only recruit Mormons now. A few years ago when SUU was respectable and always making XC nationals, their top team partied hard.

I heard a story about one of their top guys getting sent to the hospital due to alchohol poisoning, and another top athlete missing a flight back home after XC nationals because they were so hungover they left all their luggage at the hotel. Another got arrested for stealing and they would do countless beer miles on the Cedar high track (strava).

All stories I heard about their All-Americans (outdoor track & XC).