I am a sophomore. My 5K XC PR is 16:57 (this is a minute and a half faster than Freshman year). I was 15th in the freshman/sophomore race at Footlocker Northeast Regionals. I am looking to qualify for nationals senior year. My mile PR is 4:53 but that should drop hopefully 7 seconds by the spring. My GPA by senior year will probably be 4.5. I haven't taken the SAT yet. What schools can I aim to be recruited at - any Ivies?
Thanks.
Oliver
Gradewise you are fine. Unfortunately you will probably not be actively recruited anywhere in the Ivy League unless you get below 16 and under 4:20 at a bare minimum. Even D1 mid major conferences tend to not give any sort of recruitment looks unless you are low 16 min for 5k and mid 4:20/9:30 (and sadly, people are only getting faster; this was just my school's "cutoff" back when I was recruited)
You would probably have no problem getting in to an Ivy as long as you perform well on the SAT. As far as running, you probably wanna look at d2/d3 unless you get down to those times.
This is in NO WAY me trying to discourage you. If you want to put in the work to get down to those times and go D1, then put in the work and get your times down! But by your senior year that's what you are looking at in order to get to a d1 collegiate xc/track team.
Best of luck to you!
Thanks! My goal is to get 15:30's by senior year.
Assuming your grades stay in check I would say check out some D3 schools. D3 generally has better academic schools than D2 and you can still run pretty fast if you go to a solid program that develops their kids. I went from D3 to D2 and scholarship athletics feels like a job on top of your studies. What are you trying to study? Focus on that first.
runthenight wrote:
What are you trying to study? Focus on that first.
Real talk. You might not complete your running potential, but you can have fun running at any school. Your academics suggest you should really focus on that first.
Oliver, you do know that Ivies don't give any money to their recruited athletes right. Better to look to other top schools if you need running to help pay for your education. Good luck at hitting your goals.
Look NAIA as well. Much lower levels of competition, good academics, money to give out - with your grades you could get academic money, athletic money (assuming you keep improving) and other $$. I was able to get full tuition covered that way - and never did better than 5th at NAIA Nationals - but scored 38 points at conference meet. My marks (decathlon and individual events) would never even score at conference in good D1 conferences - but were super competitive in the NAIA.
hopeyaknow wrote:
Oliver, you do know that Ivies don't give any money to their recruited athletes right. Better to look to other top schools if you need running to help pay for your education. Good luck at hitting your goals.
....yes, but Ivy provides $$,$$$.00 per year for all accepted students. All, most, some, little, or none depending on how much Oliver's folks make. Big carrot for smarty-pants athletes.
Still need serious running credentials though.