Schools on the west coast

uhh, berkeley, ucla have excellent academic programs

even uc san diego is good at this point

University of Washington and UC Irvine can be added to that list

Occidental

College is what you make of it, you can go to any school and get a good education. For running try the school s already named, as well as Oregon and Portland.

Washington State has been good at times, as has Pepperdine. Chico State has had a few good runners, I think maybe long beach state has as well. Seattle Pacific is at times a good DII option.

Willamette in Oregon and Puget Sound in Washington are good D III programs as far as running goes. I think the programs already listed are excellent. It depends entirely on what size school you want to go to and what your academic interests are, but I think some of the best schools have been named already in this thread.

What year was Pepperdine good? And what were the names of those runners? I like that school

crazy streaker wrote:

1900-2200 SAT wise

What?

What is going on with the school system?

Isn't 1600 a perfect SAT?

And there is the other thread with the kid making a 5.0 GPA?

Is this really happening?

Any of the Claremont Colleges...

http://www.claremont.edu/

Prospective Student Athlete...

http://cms.claremont.edu/questionnaire/

they added a writing section, worth an additional 800 points, to the SAT.

Pepperdine has a pretty bad program right now, near the bottom of the WCC, which isn't a very good conference to begin with (sans Portland). That said, Portland is a very good school with a team who takes school just as seriously as running (cummulative 3.3something team gpa, only behind Stanford). Oregon is NOT great academically, neither is WSU. Portland, Washington, UCLA are the three that stick out to me here as both strong academic and running programs. And of course Stanford, as you already mentioned.

hate to break it to you guys, but this kid is not good enough to run on those teams.

If you want to go to a strong track program, consider this: Almost the entire PAC-10 conference is presently ranked in the Trackwire 25. But academically, Oregeon is almost dead last in their segment in the US News and World Report list of best colleges. The Arizona schools are also not that strong academically.

Stanford and Cal are among the best universities in the world. USC is ranked academically by US News with UCLA and Michigan and presently #2 in track by Trackwire on the mens side, but unless you are running 800 or shorter, you probably don't want to go there.

Not on the west coast, but one that should be mentioned to an east coaster is the University of Texas at Austin. One of the best public universities in the nation and also one of the best track programs....and if you don't get a track scholarship, it is probably the best bargain in education, especially to out-of-staters.

and of course cal

how bout this? wrote:

Portland, Washington, UCLA are the three that stick out to me here as both strong academic and running programs. And of course Stanford, as you already mentioned.

University of California at Davis.

Shrink wrote:

Washington State has been good at times, as has Pepperdine. Chico State has had a few good runners, I think maybe long beach state has as well. Seattle Pacific is at times a good DII option.

SPU? For girls yes...for guys heeeeelllllllllll no.

do I know you?

thanks for some of the schools. I am looking for a D1 school. My pr's as of my junior winter track season are 5k XC-15:35 2mile-9:28 1600-4:20 (prs are slightly modified).

Those pr's aren't good enough for Stanford, Oregon or any top 10 Cross Country school in the nation. Unless you want to be a scrub that is. Try...

U of Washington.

U of Portland.

USC

UCLA

Willamete U.

Lewis and Clark (great college, sucky track program)

Hell in the grand scheme of things... do you think you should choose the best college education, or the best college track program? You aren't going to run for a living, lets hope you use your head for a living. Go for the best education and ENJOY the track experience.

Just my 2 cents.

Me Too! wrote:

Those pr's aren't good enough for Stanford, Oregon or any top 10 Cross Country school in the nation. Unless you want to be a scrub that is. Try...

U of Washington.

U of Portland.

USC

UCLA

Willamete U.

Lewis and Clark (great college, sucky track program)

Hell in the grand scheme of things... do you think you should choose the best college education, or the best college track program? You aren't going to run for a living, lets hope you use your head for a living. Go for the best education and ENJOY the track experience.

Just my 2 cents.

understand your point but I dont see myself remaining a 9;28 4:20 guy for much longer. By the end of this season I will no doubt be much faster on both sides. And those r my jr year times. My mile time has dropped over 10 seconds and my 2 mile time has dropped 30 secnods in the last 10 months. Thanks though. Does USC have a XC program?

Obviously most of the schools mentioned are good in both academics and track/xc. Pepperdine is a nice school but there men's track program is non-existant. They went through a coaching change, and a lot of the guys got the boot. In cross country they are at the bottom of the conference (besides St. Mary's) But if you aren't fast enough to run at the previous schools mentioned (i.e. Stanford, Oregon, etc.) WCC schools could be a good option. Loyola Marymount, USF, SCU, etc.......all good academic schools and building programs.