Oregon Commit and I Need Help

You get into Oregon automatically. Andy sends your name and information to admissions who will send you an official acceptance within a few days. They expedite the whole process for you since you're an athlete.

Andy is probably just busy or on vacation. I'd keep sending him emails daily, though, until he has a chance to respond. Coaches get a lot of emails so it's easy for them to forget to respond.

They changed their mind and don't want you. You should just go run for Oregon State. From there you can plot your revenge.

Just go D3 route to Wash U and be done with it... They need a good #3

University of Portland is a couple hours north of UO. Attend UP for a couple years to improve your times and then transfer to Oregon. University of Portland is always happy to help develop runners for UO.

chadswagger wrote:

I finished my senior year of HS very successfully by running 9:44 and 4:29. I am a pretty good 800 runner at 2:03. I am committing to oregon to run next year and have contacted my coach to ask about report date, apparel shipments, ETC and have had no response. Any advice?

Go run an 800 on pure hate. You should be able to dip under 2:00.

10/10 on the trolling.

Hilarious. My favorites: Oregon commit because the coach emailed you once. Also, "Do I have to apply or do I just get in because I'm on the team?" -- I laughed hard at that one. Also, not applying to college until August the day they start? I'm surprised nobody else said something about that. School starts in a couple weeks. People already have their class schedules!

Throw on top that the OP should be a college-bound 18yo but has no obvious expectation that college is a serious commitment where classes come first and you choose your professional life. Awesome. Kind of like how my life went, to be truthful.

In case the OP were not a troll (because I admit that 18yo boys are as clueless as I was at that age), this much is obvious: You probably shouldn't go to a 4-year college right away. Go to community college, run competitively, win a couple small road 5K races. Figure out what you want to do with your life, and pick your next school (real 4-year school) based on your professional goals. If you are still committed to running competitively, pick a school where you are welcome to join the team. If you do it right, the coach will be excited to have you. Oh, and work on your 800. 2:03 is poor for a 4:29/9:44 runner.

Your times are all a second slower than mine from HS. If only I'd known I was good enough to run for the Ducks...

Nice Work Girl!

Oregon will be lucky to have a female stand-out such as yourself! The men's team has been REALLY strong, but the women's team has been comparatively weak since Hasay and Roesler left, but with your times they'll have a true stand-out. Maybe we'll see more from Baxter after her rough first year since she'll have you to train with!

i chose D2 wrote:

Your times are all a second slower than mine from HS. If only I'd known I was good enough to run for the Ducks...

HS 1:58, 4:25, 9:38, was the third guy on my NAIA team. I think you both have relatively slow 800s.

Just in case you are actually for real young man: Try this. Contact the Running Club coach.

http://www.uorunning.com/

Run with the club. If you are 100% dead serious about running and have above-avg. natural talent you will likely improve in this supportive environment. You will also get to compete against some top-notch runners who are red-shirting, grad students and/or injured, etc. Then, one day, in a few years, you may actually get a real shot at the UO Ducks Intercollegiate Team. Stranger things have happened. Good luck.

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