I am a freshman at a major confrence, division 1 school, on a relatively good xc/track team. I was a pretty good runner in highschool and got a very large amount of money to come to this university. Now after a horrendous xc season in which I have run slower then I can remeber my coach said he is going to reduce my scholarship. My question is, is this a normal occurance for a scholarship to be reduced for lack of performance, especially only after 1 season here? Anyone been through a similar situation?
I have followed exactly what this coach wants me to do and my running has plummanted since this summer when I was in great shape. How should I react to this? Should I quit the team and run unattached, transfer, or smply stay on the team? I like the guys on the team and being an athlete at this university but I dont enjoy running slow, which is making my college experiance not very enjoyable. Thanks