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You should go to Milligan (TN) right across the boarder. They have a very good coach, are mid-distance/distance oriented, and you would have a chance to be competitive on a national level and improve rather than being an also-ran and never sniffing conference championship or a national qualifying time.

At VCU, they will have to push you to the 1500 or 5000, at Milligan you could work to improve on your 800 and still be competitive.

I never understood why people want to go to a low level DI and never matter, when you could go to a lower level and have a chance to accomplish things.

This is going to sound like a Letsrun answer but you should focus on getting decent grades. With decent grade you can transfer if that is what you chose to do.

My guess is that before last fall your XC pr was no where near 16:21 either, right? I suggest running XC, you seem to be in the middle of a change. Either because you matured late or because you finally got serious. At this point your 800 looks good but if you are improving that rapidly, you have no idea of your true strengths.

Finally, get your transfer application out early, you can always say no.

akjlf945 wrote:

This is going to sound like a Letsrun answer but you should focus on getting decent grades. With decent grade you can transfer if that is what you chose to do.

My guess is that before last fall your XC pr was no where near 16:21 either, right? I suggest running XC, you seem to be in the middle of a change. Either because you matured late or because you finally got serious. At this point your 800 looks good but if you are improving that rapidly, you have no idea of your true strengths.

Finally, get your transfer application out early, you can always say no.

If you believe this and think you would transfer, go to a JUCO. You will find out if you have DI talent there, and then you will get an opportunity. (you will also learn who the good and bad programs are) Some DI's are miserable places that can't beat average DIII programs, while some DII's are very competitive with DI's and are great places to run. If you think about a JUCO, Hagerstown CC in Maryland and Spartansburg Methodist in SC are good east coast teams.

Yeah it was 18:11 junior year

Your 800 is DI material. Nothing else really is...well, for very BAD DI schools it is.

If I were you, I would find the college that is the best fit for you without running and then either just kick the snot out of everyone in the 800 if in a weak conference (or DIII), or try to walk on if it's a better track school.

Hs runner 15 wrote:

Yeah it was 18:11 junior year

You aren't DI material. They would injure you in the first 3 weeks and you would likely never see the track more than 3 times before you quit. You just don't have the training back ground to handle what they would do to you.

Definitely go NAIA/DII or the JUCO route. You will have to contact them, because this is too late for anyone to try to make initial contact with a prospective recruit. But if you contact them, they will definitely start the process and rush you through.