How much time did you take off your 5K in college?

17:30 5k in my senior year of high school.

Sophomore year of college 15:21 5k at Division 1.

17:58 to 15:45 Junior year DIII

17:15 high school

14:30 sophmore year D1

High School:

17:30 XC

College:

15:31 Division 1

I went from about a 15:40 for 5k in high school to 14:30 in the 5k my junior year of college. Division I

16:28 5k XC senior year of high school

14:0X 5k Sophomore year of college.

Have yet to run a 5k this season, will come back to post if improved.

Went from a 10:01 2-mile to a 13:48 5k. Div. 1. I lied about my 2 mile time so the coach would allow me to walk on.

I would imagine a majority will be stating HS xc times and college track times--that's really an orange-and-lemons comparison (not even including the fact that xc courses are so frequently mismeasured).

Never raced 5k in college. I was an 800/4×400 guy. Did run cross though. I ran 17:01 in high school xc for 5k, and I went through 5k of an 8k course in 16:45 while in college.

I never ran a track 5k in high school, XC 5k PR was 18:30. 10:20 for a 2 mile, so probably somewhere around 17:00 on the track?

College, 15:19 as a junior at a mid-major D1.

16:10 HS XC no beer

16:03 indoor 5k college beer

d1

dropped about 1:30 from HS XC to college track PR

from what I think I coulda run on the track in HS, maybe 1:10

Ran Div1

HS 17:15 XC

College 14:36 outdoor track

All good info. Also, what i find is helpful is some honest people actually admitting that 17-18 minute High School runners actually do run in college and not just at some no name D3 schools. On most threads here the board gives these kids the impression that if they don't run 16min in high school they have no shot at participating in college which is pure nonsense.

For me 17:55 HS 5k xc - Junior year 14:40 track 5k, 15:05 road 5k

16:30 high school.

14:50 junior year D2. Would likely be faster if I wasn't focused on steeple.

i've taken off 2 minutes so far, in my 3rd year. i plan to take another 45-60 seconds off by the time i graduate.

started college with a pr of 17:38

I never ran in college. I went from 16:45 in HS XC to sub 16 @ 35 years old. Over the years I haven't trained much for the 5k specifically. Reading about some of the drops people experienced in just a few short years, I wish I would have run...

What I'm wondering is whether any of you 16/17 HS guys who dropped to 14s/15s in college ever ran faster after college? Was college the high water mark for you?

Genuinely curious

warrior revolution wrote:

I never ran in college. I went from 16:45 in HS XC to sub 16 @ 35 years old. Over the years I haven't trained much for the 5k specifically. Reading about some of the drops people experienced in just a few short years, I wish I would have run...

What I'm wondering is whether any of you 16/17 HS guys who dropped to 14s/15s in college ever ran faster after college? Was college the high water mark for you?

Genuinely curious

This is a particularly interesting thread. Makes me wish I would have run in college. My HS pr was 17:04 and looking at the improvement of everyone else, I might be changing my HM/marathon goals to 5k goals. At 30, I think I can go under 17.

17:30ish in high school, 14:5X in college.