I've tried researching a little, and the results seem to be all over the place (for example, some guy said he went there with a 10:02 3200, while others said 9:20 would still be tough to get in with). Anyone have personal answers/experience/stories/tips?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApwovnUIBF5UdEpPZjVQN1ZNMjQ0TTV4ZWVEQW9MelE#gid=0
Those are the performance standards.....I hope the link works.
It might help to get the name correct first:
University of Colorado at Boulder
(not Colorado University)
Also... if you have to ask the standards, then you probably aren't good enough for the team.
Wetmore is generous as far as walk-ons go, but there is no way he took a 10:02 guy.
Send him an email, that's all the "research" you need. If he's interested he'll get back to you. He's weird about recruits. He didn't return an email back to one of my friends who was a 4:22, 9:2X kid (altitude). But he offered someone else I knew a TINY scholarship who hadn't ran as fast as those marks.
Butttt, the kid had run like 1:54-1:55 and was new to the sport. I think he saw potential.
wetmore likes athletes with character, and not athletes who are characters.
coloradod2 wrote:
Wetmore is generous as far as walk-ons go, but there is no way he took a 10:02 guy.
Send him an email, that's all the "research" you need. If he's interested he'll get back to you. He's weird about recruits. He didn't return an email back to one of my friends who was a 4:22, 9:2X kid (altitude). But he offered someone else I knew a TINY scholarship who hadn't ran as fast as those marks.
Butttt, the kid had run like 1:54-1:55 and was new to the sport. I think he saw potential.
In one of his least popular moves, the President of the University of Colorado spent $780k to establish the "brand" and naming specifications.
http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_17152265
The approved way to refer to the University where Mark Wetmore coaches track/cross country is:
University of Colorado Boulder
see
http://brand.colorado.edu/resources/faqs
The lack of punctuation or "at" is similar to that of the University of California system.
Informally many people refer to CU, but it is indeed not normal to say Colorado University or UC. Rationale reasons for this practice remain obscure. see
http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=28035
To answer the first poster's question, there are no running requirements to be accepted as a STUDENT at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Here are the modest academic requirement guidelines.
http://www.colorado.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/freshman/admissioncriteria
Dang, my dream in HS was to go to school/run here. Didn't work out though. Too slow and too dumb.
Non-residents are accepted at a significantly lower academic level-as they pay the freight for the university. The university denies this-but it's a stone cold fact.
You ain't getting track scholarship help with a 10:02. If your parents are paying your way (rather than Colorado Taxpayers)-it might help get you in the door if your academic credentials are weak-but at last years Colorado State Track meet, 26 kids cracked 10:02-11 cracked 9:40. At altitude. 9:20 will get you a taste. 10:02, no way.
if your asking your not good enough. focus on your times , being competitive.
walk on is very hard at colorado. pick a school you can get a shot at making the team.
do not listen to the bs on this site about going for it , be smart if running on a colorado college team is your goal. don't forget Adams State or CSU...
good luck.
Thanks everyone for the input, and especially clearing up the whole name thing. I was wondering why "CU-Boulder" was being thrown out instead of just CU or whatever.
And about the link, it says I have to log into a gmail account that I do not have. I'll try looking this one up on my own though :) thanks
therefast wrote:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApwovnUIBF5UdEpPZjVQN1ZNMjQ0TTV4ZWVEQW9MelE#gid=0Those are the performance standards.....I hope the link works.