question for soon-to-be senior in hs

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21 years ago 07/23/2002 6:08am EDT

i am going to be a senior in high school this fall, so naturally i'm narrowing down my list of schools to which i want to apply. i am interested in competing in college, but the strength of the team/ the coach will not play a large role at all in my decision to attend a particular school. my times aren't fast enough to earn a lot of money on scholarship, but i'm hoping they are just fast enough to get a little attention, and maybe a coach's recommendation could put me over the top in terms of earning admission to the school. what should i do to contact the coaches at the schools i'm applying to? should i just send an email telling them about my times? any help would be appreciated. thanks

21 years ago 07/23/2002 6:17am EDT

re: hsrunner

an email will work. some coaches have their athletes or student workers check their email, but they will get back to you. include you times (cross country is nice, but track times are better because courses vary so much). include any honors, district or state championship finishes, and some academic info. keep it short. coaches that are worth running for are very busy and put most of their time into the athletes that are already on the team. end with some contact info such as a phone number and a good time to call. they call also always send an email back to you. good luck

21 years ago 07/23/2002 6:43am EDT

re: a runner

When you have narrowed down your choices then do some campus visits. There is no substitute for seeing the place where you will be for the next 4-5 years and for meeting the coach and some of your future team mates face-to-face.

21 years ago 07/23/2002 10:24am EDT

re: hsrunner

Yea, you should e-mail the coachs, I made the mistake of just waiting and seeing what coaches called me. It limited my options on where i was gonna be able to goto school

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