Any Walk-Ons here?

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15 years ago 01/26/2011 8:50pm EST

Just curious to see if anyone on here has walked on to a university team or if they are planning on walking on, and if so

-how you went about it

-what division was the school

-your times, most importantly in comparison to the rest of the athletes on the team

-how was your experience on the team once you walked on

I am debating potentially contacting the coach at my school to see if it would be possible to walk on and I just want to make sure I'm not totally crazy for thinking about this

For reference, my university is D1 but there are multiple girls on the roster with some slow times, I'm talking 21-25:xx 5k's and no they are not sprinters doing XC for kicks

15 years ago 01/26/2011 9:17pm EST

re: hokierunner

I walked on at my D3 school, I emailed the coach when I was thinking about going to the school, when I applied, when I got in, and when I decided to attend. Each time the response was, "you are not someone we would recruit, but you are welcome to tryout." I was second to last on the team freshman year, but by sophomore year was contending to be top 7. My team is great, once you are on the team, you are just as much a team member as anyone else.

I would just email the coach and tell him/her you are interested, or if you already attend the school, stop by his/her office.

15 years ago 01/26/2011 10:05pm EST

re: hokierunner

No walk-ons allowed here. Please leave.

15 years ago 01/26/2011 10:27pm EST

re: hokierunner

I was a runner on a D1 team that was around 30-40th and the coach would not let any female who ran slower than 19 in the 5k walk on.

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