Solid Mid-Tiered D1 programs

Hey,

The horizon league thrives off of athletes of your caliber. Detroit Mercy is one of the schools on the rise. You would fit in well there. Give the coach an email.

Anybody know more about the Big East?

U of Detroit is an excellent choice. Oakland University in Rochester, MI (where Hansons-Brooks ODP is based) is also seriously on the rise. Horizon League as a whole is overlooked a little more than I think it should be. These aren't teams that will be in consideration for making NCAAs in XC, but being a part of teams like these is certainly an excellent experience. I run in the NAIA, but have some good friends on the team at Oakland, and know that all of them love what they're doing there, as well as the fact that they just had a new track built, which is pretty neat. Check these gems out!

Dixie Kid wrote:

Hey all, Junior Male here who has run 4:23 and 9:27 this year, and I was wondering how much interest I'd get from D1 programs and what good schools would be willing to talk. I'm definitely on an upward trend and should continue to improve this year, and only ran 10:05 last year.

I know as a JR these times aren't good enough to be looked at by Syracuse or Villanova or Portland, but are they good enough to get some interest from Providence or Indiana or Michigan State?

It would be helpful to know which state in Dixie you are a resident of.

In-state tuition is huge for coaches of kids at your level.

Assuming we're still talking about distance running...St. John's women have good sprints + 1 steepler.DePaul and Marquette have very good well rounded programs.But cross country, it's like two different meets going on at the same time. Nothing like the old Big East.Providence, Nova, Gtown, and Butler are up and away. There's a gap the size of the Red Sea, and then SJU, Marq, Creighton, DePaul, and Xavier. And then Seton Hall finishes race walking sometime that afternoon. It's essentially a quad meet. But about as good of one you're ever going to find. Two years ago at NCAAs Prov women won, Butler 3rd, Gtown 5th. As with most northeastern schools, the cross country is top notch, the track is good.

Bobby Joe wrote:

Anybody know more about the Big East?

Butler (Men) seems to have an inordinate amount of freshmen, is this customary and many of them are later cut or quit the team, or is this part of a larger recruiting push?

Dixie Kid wrote:

Hey all, Junior Male here who has run 4:23 and 9:27 this year, and I was wondering how much interest I'd get from D1 programs and what good schools would be willing to talk. I'm definitely on an upward trend and should continue to improve this year, and only ran 10:05 last year.

I know as a JR these times aren't good enough to be looked at by Syracuse or Villanova or Portland, but are they good enough to get some interest from Providence or Indiana or Michigan State?

Dixie, just a heads up, you could be a walk on who may or may not ever make top 7 at one of those schools (or even lesser ones). If you went to a *very* good D3 program you would make top 7 probably by sophomore year and have a chance to compete for at nationals.

Why the hard-on for Division 1?

check the WAC.. all decent schools... all growing programs...

Men: This is for distance/XC

Elite: GTown, Nova

Very good: Providence, Butler

Okay: Marquette, Depaul, Xavier, Creighton

Bad: St John's, Seton Hall

I've run 9:25 as a junior, what big 10 would be interested?

Kobby wrote:

I've run 9:25 as a junior, what big 10 would be interested?

Define interested. Interested in spending time coming to your meets, recruiting you, giving you scholarship money? Probably none, unless and until you make a major jump (14:3x for 3 mi XC, for instance) and sustain it. Interested in hearing from you, having you basically recruit yourself, welcoming you to walk on? Almost all.

BE fan wrote:

Men: This is for distance/XC

Elite: GTown, Nova

Very good: Providence, Butler

Maybe recheck the NCAA XC results.

What about University of Minnesota?