Worst D1 running schools?

Delaware and WVU do not sponsor men's cross country. They were obviously not at the mid Atlantic regional meet, so not sure what result you were looking at? Although NJIT was last, at least they had the guts to attend the meet. American did not even attend the meet as a team. What is worse, finishing last or not even running team at the regional meet?

Have to add rutgers men's distance to the list.

Chicago State. Yikes.

Ahh, but, look at the Atlantic Sun Conference, where NJIT just moved. You'll see both Stetson and Jacksonville - two programs with some serious struggles.

I was looking at the Delaware ladies result in the 2015 Mid-Atlantic NCAA XC Regionals. They got 18th. Yes - they shut down the mens program.

Western Kentucky University

dontdoit wrote:

Western Kentucky University

Agreed.

Once a distance powerhouse Eric Jenkns has reduced this distance program to shambles.

Now that the state of KY has axed his budget will he finally depart for greener pastures?

Half the schools in the Patriot League are pretty awful

There a couple D1 xc programs in SC that are terrible: Wofford College and Presbyterian College.

although Rutgers is terrible, they don't suck that bad... they have decent runners and one guy in the 14:40s. they have the potential to be so good but they're just not. they'd be a D3 powerhouse

Are there any D1 schools that don't have track or XC at all? If so, I'd say that they are probably the worst running schools.

I'd rather be American where the coach knows when his team is not good and does not run regionals. If I was NJIT's coach there is no way I would go to regionals. Why the hell do those kids deserve to compete in an ncaa regional championship????? So, finishing last with that team is definitely worse.

Fairfield

Hartford

Vanderbilt?

Publix, the main supermarket down there, sources its oranges and OJ from California. Not even kidding. So even that's out the window haha.

Only upside of training in Southern Florida is the sunshine and girls. Training is impossible some days, but you recover SO much faster when you have a beach with beautiful girls right down the street 24/7

Workout hero wrote:

What are the worst cross country D1 schools for running?

Id sat UB. ( University of Buffalo) They are by far the worst D1 school. Boys mile record is 4:06, high school guys run faster then that.

As a new member of the Colgate Track & Field team, I would like to say that yes, in the past we have struggled especially with distance save for a few individuals, but that was under the management of an old coach. The new coach for thee future is Amber Williams and she is turning the team around, stepping up the recruitment process, and getting competitive.

To give you an idea, I was recruited with an 800m time of 1:57.04 and I am one of the faster recruits. However, as is always true when getting recruited, the academic aspect of university is more important than the athletic one, and Colgate has that part down.

U of toledo would make top 10 of worst d1 list. women's team has deteriorated almost as low as the men's program

How about Seattle University? Granted they had an athlete win the women's title at the WAC championship, but compared to even some of the D2 schools in Washington, they suck. It's a mid-major D2 program masquerading as D1