running distance in college for girls

contact 5 or 6 schools that you would like to run at. Any upper to mid tier programs would love to have a 10:4x and 4:5x girl running for them.

Pick schools that you want to go to. They should have a recruitment questionnaire form on their website. Email or call the coaches and ask them.

Running in college (whether it is d1, d2, or d3) isn't that crazy nor complicated. Relax, it will be easy and fun. You'll be devoting a few hours everyday to running practice, so develop good time management and study habits. Have fun!

You need to be more proactive. Honestly, your local schools should know about and be recruiting you by now. My guess is that you are in a smaller, less populous area that most coaches don't frequent for results.

Pick about 5-8 schools you are interested. Then go to their school website and get the track coach's phone number and fill out their online form. Then call the track coach. Then e-mail him or her, too.

Then play the waiting game. Don't talk about money or scholarships. Just say you want to run in college and you are interested in learning more about their program. You can drop the fast times in the e-mail because sub-5:00 is usually eye-opening.