Hello! I am a senior female XC runner and I feel like it's almost too late to reach out to schools and the better ones probably have their freshmen for next season picked out.... but obviously this is a long shot but just curious.. I don't know who to reach out to.
BYU.
USC had to find on campus walkons this year.
Really? Google is telling me they are the best in the states.. they might not want me lollll
trackandcrosscountryrunner wrote:
Really? Google is telling me they are the best in the states.. they might not want me lollll
Lolllll! So funny! Lollllll
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what are your times
if you're canadian there may be some visa issues
College coach perspective. Don't start searching from the bottom of the barrel. Start with the schools you're genuinely interested in then work your way down the list. A good email that shows interest goes a long way.
We're still actively recruiting seniors and have a few new ones pop up on our radar each week.
Worst case scenario you get no reply or a polite no.
trackandcrosscountryrunner wrote:
Hello! I am a senior female XC runner and I feel like it's almost too late to reach out to schools and the better ones probably have their freshmen for next season picked out.... but obviously this is a long shot but just curious.. I don't know who to reach out to.
I just got back from pre nationals. I think you would be surprised by teams roster depth. Start calling and emailing coaches and asking who has room for next fall. Good luck
USC W XC i think put an ad in the school paper looking for bodies and still only shows 10 kids on the team roster webpage.
my cynical suggestion would be look up d1 XC regional results from last year and work your way from last place forward. pretty much every d1 team does their local regional. the worst in those regionals would be the most obvious teams to contact if you just had to run d1 someplace. they may also be poorly funded.
USC aside, unless you're very fast, i would spend very little time looking at power conferences.
bluntly without knowing your times it's hard to know whether you'd be better off fishing in a lower scholarship division or d3. for d3 it would not be too late for most schools.
V wrote:
College coach perspective. Don't start searching from the bottom of the barrel. Start with the schools you're genuinely interested in then work your way down the list. A good email that shows interest goes a long way.
We're still actively recruiting seniors and have a few new ones pop up on our radar each week.
Worst case scenario you get no reply or a polite no.
That is why I suggested BYU.
my 800m is 2:16, 1500m is 4:46, 3km is 10:30, 5km is 18:44, 8km is 32:20. I know they aren't that fast but I was anemic junior year and I'm still recovering all of these pbs are basically from my sophomore year. My 8km is from this year so I'm atleast kind of as good as my sophomore year now, and I keep feeling better every month so I don't know.
Thank you for that!
Really? What kind of issues?
Also, just wondering what times do college coaches typically look for when recruiting? I see some recruiting sites that say my times would only be good enough to walk on a team but then when I do research most of their runners were running my times or slower as a senior in high school. Just kind of wondering if there's a point in reaching out if they have very fast qualifying times
Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and Cornell. You need decent grades for the first 6 mentioned.
Look at some of the D1 schools in New England. America East conference, is typically not a tough conference. U Mass Lowell is my alma mater. They offer numerous majors.
Thanks!