3:00 pm here. Time to train again today. I'll catch you later.
I didn't know Central Arizona was in Texas.
RunCoach is from South Plains CC in Levelland, Tx. A good program, but I haven't seen any good Americans come out of there lately.
I didn't go there, but went to another one in the midwest. I went in as a 16:06 (HS CC 5K), 9:46, 4:29, 2:05. Came out as a 32:07, 15:12, 1:57, 25:35 (8K CC). Nothing great, but I did make good improvements in 2 years. I would encourage going to Juco. It is all about what you make it to be. But once you get to D1, academics and athletics take a huge step up!
I agree, going the JC route gives you a second chance at the ride. I ran 9:23 in H.S. then choked at the Minnesota state meet and all offers were pulled. I went to Golden Valley Lutheran in Minneapolis MN and had a good two years and ended up getting a full ride to Murray State University in Kentucky. The JC gave me a better chance in the classroom with small classes not like the big U's. Good luck with your search.
if you go JUCO probably a good idea to go in the state where u plan on attending a 4 year school or at least in the region. if you plan to go to a uni in a different state from the juco, talk to the advisors and see what credits will transfer and which won't.
i went to a Juco, then to a 4 year. 9:20high school, 14:30 juco, 14:01 4 year.
ps,. i took a hell of a lot more drugs at the 4 yr school than i did in juco.
The JUCO route was great for development. In my case I wasn't very highly recruited in HS as a 9:36/4:26 guy, but was able to make an impact on the JUCO scene as a Freshman. It wasn't quite as overwhelming as it would have been to jump into a Div I program and it gives you two more years to develop and prove yourself to College/University coaches. After a few NJCAA All American awards I got my scholarship to a 4 year school, and I wouldn't change a thing. My JUCO, Danville Area Community College, had a pretty good relationship with my University, Eastern Illinois University, both great programs, so you can find programs that work together like that. There were several runners in my time in JUCO, both foreign and American, that went on to pretty big things at Universities...just off the top of my head: Eliud Njubi, James Karanu, Brandan Leslie, Chris Duncan, Mark Meneffee, Shadrack and Silverus Kimeli, the list goes on and on...it's not a bad way to go. Good luck...KO
KyleOB, I went to a JUCO a couple years after you. I have seen your progress and think if you can run that well, so can I. What are your current PR's?
Coming out of JUCO I had PRs of 4:05-1500, 8:45-3K, 15:24-5K, 31:55-10K, when I gruaduated from EIU I had progressed to 3:52-1500, 8:22-3K, 14:18-5K, and 29:36-10K, I didn't race much this fall or winter as I was fighting with injuries and adjusting to my new training program and have just come back from 7 weeks of nothing due to two stress fractures...hopefully I'm back on track though and will continue to improve now that I'm healthy. What JUCO did you go to, and what year(s)? Best of luck...KO
Runcoach is from a Texas school maybe South Plains or something
spokane is in the nwaacc, but not yet affiliated with juco. Great place to run, but scholarships are very limited if there are any at all.
South Plains College is a great school I have competed with them on several occasions. They dont have many great american distance runners but the have some studs to train with almost every year. The school record in the 800 is like 1:45 so I think they know what they are doing. Central Arizona is not a good distance program they just snagged some distance kids from under South Plains College. South Plains has some good american 800m kids coming in next year I heard.
Anyone who goes to JUCO is a loser. I'm sorry but you are incredibly stupid for hoping you will have a great running career when you transfer. It simply won't happen. Do me a favor.
Take your daddy's shotgun and put the long end of it into your mouth. Make sure it's loaded. Press the trigger with your foot and say good night.
These people who talk shit about JUCO either went and burned out themselves or are just completley stereotyping. I went to a JC out of high school for the same reasons you stated...I was put on a full athletic scholarship, and didn't pay a dime for school for the first two years. I would have never had a shot for a scholarship at a D1 school out of high school. Now I am competing in my senior year at a division 1 university and have never regretted going to JC. It was not difficult to change coaches after two years, you just have to make sure your new coach's philosophy fits somewhat into your old coach's (unless, of course, you want to make a change). If you work hard, and STAY FOCUSED, going to a JC can be super beneficial.
best part about juco is you can be all american in anything you want..
what grade ya in
You talk a big game for a guy who has no clue! Tom Pappas, went to a junior college and last time I checked he is not a loser. Guys that get on chat lines and get tough about things they don't understand are losers. Use some buckshot loser!
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WRONG!
um actually he is right. arizona juco's are best! and they do whoop the other juco schools. if you look at the xc nationals results, you'll see that in the team results, in the top 6 overall, 4 of them were from arizona. arizona juco's took 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th as a team at nationals. thats pretty damn good. so to the kid who is asking about juco,,if out of state is an option, i'd look into one of the schools in arizona.
Check out Central Oregon Community College in Bend. Great town, loads of trails, moderate altitude (4,000 ft.) with easy access to higher stuff. They feed to both Oregon and Oregon State academically. Truth be told, if have good JUCO grades and decent running credentials you should have no problems transferring to all but the most elite programs.