Trying to determine what times will be necessary to qualify for a D1 scholarship for girls XC. Any thoughts?
Trying to determine what times will be necessary to qualify for a D1 scholarship for girls XC. Any thoughts?
Check out the athleticscholarship website. They have listings of the most common times necessary for scholarships for boys and girls, d1 through d3.
http://www.athleticscholarships.net/trackandfieldscholarships.htm
Sorry, that was the track one. Here's the xc one :)
http://www.athleticscholarships.net/crosscountryscholarships.htm
As a former collegiate coach D1/D2 and a father of an NAIA Athlete and D1 athlete my first question to you would be why D1? If it's aid that your after you would certainly get more athletic aid from either a smaller D1 school or a D2/NAIA school. If you have dreams of running for Power 5 conference or National Power D1 school you better be 4:50-5:00 mile range to get a decent amount of aid. Be thankful your female because there's a lot more opportunity (aid) available to you than if you were a male XC runner. Checkout an article called The Myth of the Sports Scholarship by Brad Wolverton it's a great article. Good luck!
Super dependent on the course.
I would say at minimum for big schools....18:30 for 5k. And most of the time, that won't get you a full. Usually schools want a couple times right around the same to prove your PR isn't from a short or super easy/downhill course.
Smaller D1, you may get some money for anything under 19:00, especially if the course is tough.
Schools like to see a solid XC time (~18:30 or better) coupled with good track times (under 11:00 for 3200 and under 5:00 for 1600).
My cousin never broke 20:00, and was like 12:10 for 3200 and she got a full ride at a mid-major.
Times don't get scholarships. Athletes do.
I currently coach in NCAA Division 1 and can help you out. First off, scholarships are going to vary a lot. This is mostly dependent on the location of a school contacting you. If you are in California and being contacted by a California school....well expect "less" of an offer in dollar amount because the area is a hotbed for running and these schools are in-state. A mid-major from the midwest might break the bank on a 11:10 girl from California because they have trouble recruiting against the flagship school in their respective state.
Generally speaking, the NCAA is constantly getting more and more competitive, so times that would have earned scholarship years ago won't do so nowadays. I typically offer 2:14-2:15/5:00-5:05/11:00-11:05 the minimum amount. I have offered (and signed) very large scholarship amounts to girls who run 2:12, 4:48-4:52, and 10:40s. To earn a large scholarship, coaches look for immediate impact freshmen who have a high potential to score at championship meets.
Keep in mind we look for potential a lot as well. If you are from Iowa and running 5:00-5:05, I would offer you just as much as I would a 4:55 girl from the larger running states. Coaches look into a runner's background and also see if they can WIN as well. Consistently running pretty fast against lesser competition says a lot about a runner's upside. In terms of XC times....we don't really care to be honest. What we do care about is your placements at large meets that are standardized (where mostly everyone in your state runs at). That would be your State Championships and large invitationals like Bob Firman, Griak, Mt. Sac, etc. To place high you will need to run fast anyways so it comes with the territory.
BIGGEST ADVICE FOR YOU-----> Reach out to coaches!! Sometimes we don't notice runners that we should have. Fill out the recruit questionnaires (yes, we look at them) and EMAIL US. If we don't respond after a week, send another follow up email. You wouldn't believe the swarms of emails we get from kids and sometimes we miss a few. The worst thing we can say is "no." If anything, you will be on our radar and we will keep track of your performance through the season.
RUNNERXC16 wrote:
Trying to determine what times will be necessary to qualify for a D1 scholarship for girls XC. Any thoughts?
If you don't care what caliber of team you go to, you can get A LOT for being very slow. And there is a WIDE variety of DI...many of them are far worse than DII or NAIA (or DIII for that matter).