Name D1 schools who use all Track Scholarships for distance runners

Probably the UP Pilots.

go to ncaa.org and look at all the schools sponsoring xc, then compare against the list of schools sponsoring track. There you have a start. Now, how many actually fund to 12.5 scholarships is where the legwork comes in. Let us all know the results...

portland does use all of thier track scholarships on distance guys. however, they have far less than 12.5 full scholarships. Its mroe like 7 i believe.

Gonzaga.

oklahoma state?

Dave Smith gave a pretty detailed description of why OK State does it this way, and it had to do with overall gender equity in the entire athletic program.

Without looking anything up, though, just offhand, I can't think of any top track person at Colorado who is not a distance runner.

okok wrote:

oklahoma state?

Read the f'ing post or get lost.

While I am not sure if they are fully funded, I am pretty sure Butler spends all their money on distance runners. They have a non-distance runners on their roster, but I believe they are all walk on.

American

Not nearly fully funded, however

I would venture that Stony Brook and Providence both do this...however, whether there are 12.5 scholarships available is another story...

iona

riley stops wrote:

While I am not sure if they are fully funded, I am pretty sure Butler spends all their money on distance runners. They have a non-distance runners on their roster, but I believe they are all walk on.

Franklin did this for sure at Butler, I'm not sure what the new coach is doing.

Georgetown

Syracuse

Villanova

Each school MAY have one or two out of 12.5 devoted to something non-distance/mid-D based... not the case with all Big East though... Notre Dame and Uconn spread it fairly equally, which is why they perform better as a team in track.

UTEP?

iona and providence for sure

marist-- how ever much they have

quinnipiac-- until they cut their program

my college coach said distance runners are a dime a dozen and one sprinter that could score 40 points in a big meet was worth more to a team that a bunch of distance guys that you could maybe get 2 good events out of them if he was lucky... that's track

there is a trend for XC-only programs to offer scholarships--kind of a deal w/ the devil.... tuition $$$ and the end of your development

Villanova certainly doesn't. they routinely waste a few a year.

Jeremy Dodson is on full scholarship (and nationally ranked) and other sprinters and field event people are on partials.

Duke doesn't have 12 scholarships, but they usually use all the ones they do have on distance

I'd like to see our football team use all 80+ scholarships on offensive linemen.

I mean we can't win our conference championship in football so why not just have a great group of offensive linemen.

I know, that is absurd.

Yet you knuckleheads say with a straight face that having a track and field program with just distance runners is a legitimate strategy.