HSer Katie Rainsberger Smashes Course Record With 16:22 5k

I admire this decision. Takes self-confidence to turn down Stanford for Oregon.

Maybe she didn't want to end up like many other top recruits that get injured at Stanford. Best of luck to her.

Rumor here in califonia is Fiona to Stanford and Collins and Gerich to USC. No ducks here.

Yeah it seems like every single year Stanford ruins good/great recruits like Weisenbach,Champus,Etc,Etc,Etc. How does it go Stanford where great runners go to become slower or injured or just quit the sport altogether. You would think with a top 2 recruiting class every single year Stanford would sniff the top 10-20 at NCAA's for either Indoors or outdoors but they never do. I almost feel bad for them all that talent just wasted it's like U$C for Football just wasting talent away. Anybody else think Oregon can sweep both Indoors and outdoors this year for Track they won 3 of the 4 last year with only the Oregon Women not winning Indoors breaking what 5 straight National Champions streak. But 2nd at NCAA's is no joke while it's not first it's still awesome. Can't wait till NCAA outdoors is back in track town GO DUCKS

bobulu wrote:

Rumor here in califonia is Fiona to Stanford and Collins and Gerich to USC. No ducks here.

I can believe Fiona O'Keefe going to Stanford, but Collins and Gerich to USC? That would be a real pity. Given Destiny Collins is posing in Baylor attire all over the internets, I doubt SC will get her. Does SC actually have a XC team? Talk about a terrible place for a distance runner to train.

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coach^3 wrote:

Hard to believe.

The top boy ran 15:00.8 and last track season his PRs in track were 4:27 and 9:28.

2nd place boy was 15:01.70 and has PRs of 4:24 and 9:27.

3rd place boy was 15:10.20 and has Prs of 4:25.97 and 9:27.

Based on that, if you take a boy who ran 8:57, he should be running about 45 seconds faster than the winner on this course, which would be 14:15 for 5K. I guess it's possible, but not very likely this time of the season.

That being said, even if the course was a bit short, 16:22 is flying.

But third place boy did run 15:01 at the mt. sac invitational last year as a sophomore...probably had a bad track season

He also ran 16:08 at Clovis the following weekend, which was 8 seconds behind the winner of his heat, who ran 15:40 at Mt SAC the previous year. 16:08 was 1:10 behind Philip Rocha.16:08 at Woodward Park is equivalent to about 4:29/9:42.

It's well known enough that Destiny is only shopping around for full rides...if they don't pay up, she doesn't grace them with her presence. Some are willing to pay...some aren't. Oregon wasn't because they don't need to. I could see USC paying up for at least one of them...they would obviously have to offer that up front to get them on campus. I'm actually all for these studs going to Stanford if they don't go to my alma mater...pretty much ensures they won't be heard from again.

Ha! We have Kareena, a sophmore who can run 17:44 for 5000 on a legitimate course. 3rd in the state meet last year. Top returner in the state. Will challenge the state record next year, if not this. Michigan rules!!!

coach^3 wrote:

Given Destiny Collins is posing in Baylor attire all over the internets, I doubt SC will get her.

The word gets around when you ask about full scholarship up front. Baylor and other programs want to get to know the athlete more before offering a substantial scholarship much less a full one. I assume they may also want to be on the list of 5 or fewer official visits before talking about scholarship. I assume most do not want to discuss specifics until after official visits. The coaches do opening talk about their recruits with other recruits and other people so the word gets around. I was a little surprised a recruited DI runner I know had heard this about Destiny from a DI coach. While I won't say someone does not deserve the best scholarship offer they can obtain I think it would be helpful if there was a list of do's and dont's regarding recruiting etiquette. I admit I may have asked some questions of coaches that raised a few eyebrows.

Is a good list of the details of regarding the recruiting process once it gets to official visits and offers?

Do college coaches think it is embarrassing to offer a substantial scholarship and be turned down?