What would be the best colleges to go to in order to drastically improve? Also, are there any colleges that might offer a partial scholarship? Just looking for suggestions, thanks!
What would be the best colleges to go to in order to drastically improve? Also, are there any colleges that might offer a partial scholarship? Just looking for suggestions, thanks!
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Ummm...ever heard of D3?
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4342305&page=0
Go Juco.
Hope you're smart enough to get some athletic money, too.
Find a top 10 team this fall and look for one that isn't pathetic in academics so at least you can transfer without losing time toward your degree.
Honestly, you're not a money contender. But I'm sure there are D3 schools that would love to have you. Good luck.
Go to where you are best academically, walk onto the team and train with them.
Drastic improvement is only done with drugs, the best chance anyone ever has at becoming professional running caliaber is to remain injury free throughout college while missing very few days of running for that 1461 days.
This totally depends on what you look like
o.O wrote:
Go to where you are best academically, walk onto the team and train with them.
Drastic improvement is only done with drugs, the best chance anyone ever has at becoming professional running caliaber is to remain injury free throughout college while missing very few days of running for that 1461 days.
Professional? WTF?
serious response here: i'm a D-3 coach, and I regularly get 19:15 to 20:45 girls who run low 18's to high 17's by their senior year. consistent training and dedication are the two key ingredients to success.
i'd like to talk to you about the opportunities that are available, but i'm pretty sure there are rules against recruiting via online message boards. if you were to post your name and email address, then things are different.
pics please
serious response wrote:
serious response here: i'm a D-3 coach, and I regularly get 19:15 to 20:45 girls who run low 18's to high 17's by their senior year. consistent training and dedication are the two key ingredients to success.
i'd like to talk to you about the opportunities that are available, but i'm pretty sure there are rules against recruiting via online message boards. if you were to post your name and email address, then things are different.
Really? I coach a 17 year old who split a 19:22 5000m during a 25min tempo workout last week and wasn't totally done-in when finished.
randomcoach wrote:
Really? I coach a 17 year old who split a 19:22 5000m during a 25min tempo workout last week and wasn't totally done-in when finished.
Your point?
Young lady--I'm sure you have the good sense not to post your name and e-mail address here. If "serious response" is indeed serious, he/she could post another response and simply click off "hide e-mail address from others". The general advice you have received, however, is sound: DIII is the way to go. My son plays DIII soccer and loves it. You need to consider the quality of school you'll be able to be admitted into, and what geographical areas interest you, and then you can proceed from there. Good luck.
serious response wrote:
serious response here: i'm a D-3 coach, and I regularly get 19:15 to 20:45 girls who run low 18's to high 17's by their senior year. consistent training and dedication are the two key ingredients to success.
i'd like to talk to you about the opportunities that are available, but i'm pretty sure there are rules against recruiting via online message boards. if you were to post your name and email address, then things are different.
Most of the people responding to your question clearly know nothing about your question. As a former D1 runner who walked on but earned a 0.5 scholarship by junior year and as a former D1 assistant coach, I assure you that running 19 flat for 5k cross as a junior puts you in a reasonable position to get a partial scholarship at many D1 schools.
If you have good grades and test scores (MANY coaches care a great deal about your academic potential), have comparable track times, show solid improvement this fall as a senior, and build a connection with the coaching staff at the schools that interest you the most, you have good odds of running at the sort of D1 school that finishes around the middle of a mid-major conference.
Work hard, good luck, and don't let the clowns get you down. (Obviously, don't send anyone your contact information via a message board - no coach would ask you to do that.)
BTW, I did not mean to imply that you should not consider schools other than D1. As others pointed out, think first about the education, and think about the city and region.
However, D3 cannot offer scholarships, if that is a factor for you.
Again, go get after it, and good luck!
What do you think is the fastest a 19 minute girl could run in college?
19 minutes?
If you have ran for several years now, probably high 16s is about the best you can do as a 19 flat girl as a junior. There are plenty of high 18 girls who break 17 in college (and you could be a high 18 girl your senior year of HS). But consider this. This girl named Rosa Del Toro ran multiple years in HS and topped out at 19:26 at the CA state meet, and now she runs 16:45 on the track and is an NCAA regional qualifier
http://www.directathletics.com/athletes/track/3246526.html
She went the community college route, steadily improved and I assume given the times she runs, now has a scholarship at an NCAA D1 school