D1 in PA - CT - RI - NY

They have no distance scholarships.

Your logic is flawed.

Top track schools put their money into sprints. That bolsters the point that slow distance guys aren’t getting anything. Bad distance schools are giving nothing and fast distance schools start their scholarships at 9 minutes.

Sprinters rule wrote:

Top track schools put their money into sprints. That bolsters the point that slow distance guys aren’t getting anything. Bad distance schools are giving nothing and fast distance schools start their scholarships at 9 minutes.

Bad distance schools do give money. They are bad for other reasons

Talk to both PSU and Pitt coaches and do it soon. Don't be shocked if they give you a little money but you could definitely be on the team and travel. PSU also hosts meets for indoor.

The slow schools don’t put any money into distance. Big Ten scholarships for distance:

Wisconsin 6

Purdue 5

Michigan 6

Indiana 4

Michigan St 4

Minnesota 5

Illinois 4

Nebraska 3

Penn st 3

Iowa 1

Ohio St 1

Rutgers 1

My son was not allowed to walk on at either school 2 years ago with a 9:30 from junior year. He went on to run 9:15 senior year and walked in at another power 5 school.

No they don’t give money wrote:

The slow schools don’t put any money into distance. Big Ten scholarships for distance:

Wisconsin 6

Purdue 5

Michigan 6

Indiana 4

Michigan St 4

Minnesota 5

Illinois 4

Nebraska 3

Penn st 3

Iowa 1

Ohio St 1

Rutgers 1

First we all know these stats aren't knowable

Schools do not report it. Secondly stop the fake news.

To the poster below oh things have changed at those two schools go look.

Of course they are not precise but runners talk so you can piece together a pretty accurate depiction which is what I did. You won’t see any legit runners from these school disputing my numbers.

Do you think runners don’t want to go to the Sec? Schools like LSU and Auburn put all of their money into sprints and jumps. What about NAU or Furman? They put all of their money into distance. Ever heard of Bradley? They went to nationals this year. They win their conference meet in XC and finish last in track. Yes it is simple supply and demand.

Something everyone is missing is probably on HALF those kids each year have the grades and scores to be eligible at Division I, which is why they look to run at D2 or D3.

Minimum of 860 SAT, 18 SAT for most programs.

kjljj wrote:

Something everyone is missing is probably on HALF those kids each year have the grades and scores to be eligible at Division I, which is why they look to run at D2 or D3.

Minimum of 860 SAT, 18 SAT for most programs.

That's what I thought.... D3 is kind of like the schools for the brain disabled. Intellectual crips.

that's right folks wrote:

kjljj wrote:

Something everyone is missing is probably on HALF those kids each year have the grades and scores to be eligible at Division I, which is why they look to run at D2 or D3.

Minimum of 860 SAT, 18 SAT for most programs.

That's what I thought.... D3 is kind of like the schools for the brain disabled. Intellectual crips.

D3 is indeed hilariously binary. You've either got CMU, MIT, Hopkins, UChicago, Williams, etc. or you've got community college babysitter schools like North Central, Nebraska Wesleyan, Wartburg, the WIAC schools, and so on.

This post is true. D1 and D2 state schools are the best academic schools out there. D3 schools only care about athletics and are academic poopholes. D1 and D2s are especially goodest in PA, CT, RI, and NY.

Did you just fart your head out of you know where or did it pop out itself? You have no clue.

That would lead me to believe that those schools would be just as good if 1/2 of the top runners are ineligible for D1. It is a very small percentage of distance runners who can’t make the NCAA clearinghouse.

Consider Bryant University in RI. It is crap D1, but they will give you money. They gave money to a 2:02 800m guy. They are starting to bring in some good young talent. Probably will be able to give you up to 10k scholarship a year. And you can get some academic aid I would imagine. Coaches aren't great, but the location and the team comradery is great. You will also get the chance to race at the BU indoor track at least 3 times in the winter.

Go Dawgs wrote:

Consider Bryant University in RI. It is crap D1, but they will give you money. They gave money to a 2:02 800m guy. They are starting to bring in some good young talent. Probably will be able to give you up to 10k scholarship a year. And you can get some academic aid I would imagine. Coaches aren't great, but the location and the team comradery is great. You will also get the chance to race at the BU indoor track at least 3 times in the winter.

I know what I want: I want to go to a school where the students don't know how to spell "camaraderie" - even when spell check is built into the browser!

They are an unfunded program so if a kid thought he got something, it was for academics.