Scholarship Question

I doubt that you would qualify. I am not certain, but I believe that you probably already used your NCAA eligibility by doing your undergrad work in Britain.

D1, D2, and D3 are "divisions". The big schools are D1 (like Texas, Cal, Oregon, Arkansas, etc). There are many good schools that are in D2 and D3. Alot of good runners come out of those schools and some are very competitive.

NAIA is not associated with the NCAA at all. They have their own rules.

I suggest going to the NCAA's website to check on eligibility. Good luck.

There is a chance you could be eligeble for a season or two, if you have completed your degree in three years then you would have two years to compete in the US, even at DI level while working on your masters.

The rules can be complex, and if you are over the age of 21 you can lose a year of elegibility for every year that you've raced after that..... as I say very complex.

As a general rule you will have a better chance of becoming eligeble at an NAIA or a DII school, in that order. DIII teams do not offer athletic scholarships. My suggestion is to contact some schools that interest you, and see what the coaches think. good luck - you can do it!

times?

Thank you guys - very helpful responses so far. 1.52 half miler, would hopefully be running 1.51 by the time I went.

Would it be so bad to run for an NAIA college? I get the feeling that people don't have a particularly high view of NAIA but if I went to a good track school, where I am eligible and was offered a scholarship, would this be so bad?

[quote]wjw0006 wrote:

I doubt that you would qualify. I am not certain, but I believe that you probably already used your NCAA eligibility by doing your undergrad work in Britain.quote]

If you don't know what you're talking about then please shut up

uk800guy wrote:

I'm thinking of maybe doing my masters degree in the US (I'm British)

Show some pride in your country. If you are from Scotland or NI I can understand trying to hide that and imply you are English. But if you are from England so it. Stop bowing down to these tossers who try to make you feel bad to acknowledge you are a true son of the Queen.

I am English but usually when I tell an American that a ten minute conversation follows about what the difference is between being English and British! Anyway, is being English really something to be overly proud of?

uk800guy wrote:

Anyway, is being English really something to be overly proud of?

We had the greatest empire in the history of the world, the sun never set on it, we had Churchill, we alone withstood against the NAZIs until America joined us, we spread democratic ideals and the rule of law over most of the world, virtually every nation that is free today outside of Europe was a former colony of ours, our language has spread throughout the world making it easy for people of many nations to communicate and share ideas, we started the industrial revolution making life better for untold millions...THAT is what it means to be English. Show some pride in it and be damn glad your not French.

ask on the uniathletics boards? there will be people who know there for sure.

uk800guy wrote:

I am English but usually when I tell an American that a ten minute conversation follows about what the difference is between being English and British!

Send them to this thread:

It is not that bad to run NAIA, in fact it is not bad at all. You can get a good education even at the graduate level and athletics can be competitive as well. Just find the right school, I'm fairly sure that you can still compete in NAIA.

Where can I find a list of NAIA and NCAA Div II colleges? Thanks

Good luck mate!

Read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

We shouldn't use this forum to respond to tossers like Cromwell but I fear I have to try. First of all, you, if you are english (note the small 'e' to represent your small brain and small mindednes), need to be reminded that you live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of which England forms a part.

There are many nice English people, and then there are wankers like you who think that they are superior because the nation perpetrated some of the worst atrocities known to mankind upon other nations on the basis of 'colonising' the world (aka indocrinating them in a culture - often Christianity), robbing them of their land and riches, and imposing the 'english' will on others who neither needed it nor wanted it. Unfortunately, while England and the English did have a major part, so did the populations of other parts of the UK of GB & NI. And, most of those populations aren't too proud of that fact.

However, the main reason I object to your diatribe is the assumption that only English people did anything to protect Europe during the two World Wars, and that the 'english' invented the industrial revolution. Go and read some history.

As for attrocious comment on an athletics notice board

that one should be damn glad your (sic) not French: why? Because they don't have an institution like Loughborough where it is deemed acceptable for so-called talented athletes to have records for the'chunder-mile' and the naked 400!! I'd gladly be French in that case. I have yet to see athletes from any other country behave as appallingly as many of our athletes do; and that is not to mention the rest of the population on holiday or at home.

Grow up, smell the coffee, and realise the world doesn't owe England anything - you plundered it just as you have the other home nations!

Dear Cromwell,

you are being an absolute f*ckhead. This poor guy is simply saying that he's THINKING about applying to some schools in the US (for reasons he didn't even MAKE specifically known to you). He is simply asking for some adivce on schools and the differences between Divisions and NAIA. Maybe you should get over yourself and your background and either answer is actual question or just SHUT UP.

Had, withstood, spread, was, started, what have you done for us lately?

Wow! Didn't realise this thread would turn into a debate about the past glories of the British empire! Thanks for all those with helpful suggestions.

Final question: What is the slowest time realistically needed for a full ride/substantial scholarship at a D1, D2 and finally NAIA college?

Thanks again.

Sorry, should have stated that I'm wondering about the 800m and 1500m events. Thanks.