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8 years ago 06/26/2015 7:16pm EDT

re: rangeraluminum

rangeraluminum wrote:
UWParkside
Amazing cross country course, great running culture and atmosphere. Missed NCAAs by 1 point in a tough Regional. Awesome coach, he's young, loves what he's doing and communicates well! Worth at least making contact with him.

This is true. Plenty of young talent on the team. Similar teams as far as culture, young talent, atmosphere include; Ferris St., Saginaw Valley St., and Lewis. Wayne State, Michigan Tech, also seem to be on the rise. Plenty of great places to run in GLVC and GLIAC. You really can't go wrong.

8 years ago 06/26/2015 7:16pm EDT

re: I chose abstinence and d2

I just about died laughing when st aug and Johnson c smith we're ruined as up and coming distance schools. Both teams are excellent on the track but incredibly poor, mind you by design, in cross country. Can any one confirm if either school even contests their regional championship? I would hedge my bets no! But yes you would literally make an immediate impact!

8 years ago 06/26/2015 7:31pm EDT

re: I chose Division 2

Thanks Coach, I think you covered it in two posts. Modern recruiting without the compliance worries.

8 years ago 06/26/2015 9:16pm EDT

re: D2Minded

Check out Lee University in Cleveland, TN. Depending on what you plan on majoring in, it's a good school with an up and coming track and cross country team. This coming year will be their first at the NCAA DII level. Last year in cross country they won the NCCAA XC National Championship (which, is just a very small christian school championship that many schools that move to DII from the NAIA compete in during their probation period) and "won" the Gulf South Conference (technically they did not win because they were on probation and did not count in the results. But if you check the individual results from the meet, you will see that they would've won by a large margin if they had counted). I believe they had a team average under 25:20 for 8k.

They are just as good in track. The team ran 7:35 to win the NCCAA Outdoor National Championship in the 4 x 800 as well. The team is still in it's infancy and has seen much success under it's current head coach in his short tenure.

Southern Indiana, Malone, GVSU, Cedarville are all fantastic schools as well.

8 years ago 06/28/2015 1:47pm EDT

re: LAR

LAR wrote:
All the above options are good ones...I'd add Wisconsin-Parkside, Lewis, and Malone...I've never met Malone's coach but the Parkside and Lewis coaches are both young guys with great social skills and are easy to talk to.

Malone's coach is Jack Hazen, was the distance coach for the US Olympic squads in 2012. Definitely not young though, been in the game for 40+ years.

Echo what you said with Parkside and Lewis. Both programs that seem to have a lot going for them.

8 years ago 06/30/2015 9:05am EDT

re: D2Minded

Bentley in Boston...genius, laid back coach...still coaches New Balance Boston and Bentley at the same time, and Bentley is one of the best Business Schools in the Country..their team consistently has one of the highest cumulative GPAs in the region, if not all of DII.

Plus their team is on the rise

8 years ago 06/30/2015 11:34am EDT

re: Southeastern School

yeah, I like Lee - but their non-athletic scholarships are weird. They're front loaded, so your academic scholarship actually decreases from year to year. Why the heck do they do that?

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