I am looking at St. Michael's College (VT) for my son. I think the level of competition on XC will be about right for him and he likes to ski in the winter (doubt he can make the team). What kind of training goes on after XC season, since there is no T&F team? Do the distance guys compete indoors? Outdoors?
I went to Clarkson University in NY. Many of the xc runners did ski in the winter, but there was a strong group that ran through the winter as well. I'm sure St. Mike's has a similar situation. You can always run unattached in track meets if that's what he wants.
Have him ask someone currently on the team. Facebook makes this easy.
I run for a team that has no track. We are pretty solid, but for track we still have mandatory practice but no meets are mandatory to my knowledge. I am only a freshman though and there have been some changes I think from last year to this year as to what is allowed. I would assume that it is something similar since they would probably want to have some success in the fall.
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I went to St. Lawrence University and it's much better than Clarkson.
I go to a D1 xc only program in California. The NCAA allows 5 competitions in the non-traditional season. We do a few road races and a few track meets. You can race all you want as an unattached athlete. The NCAA allows less practice hours in the spring so we do some distance work on our own without a coach present.
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I went to St. Lawrence University and it's much better than Clarkson.
You blow our team out of the water. The whole having a track team and a year round program is huge because it attracts more serious runners.
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