How am I getting a scholarship with an 18:30.3 5k?!

1:48 is very good but would only rank around 8th in the Power 5 conferences making it surprising that it earned you a full scholarship. Guessing you were at a mid major school.

^From a former NAIA runner and brief assistant coach in the NAIA; I think this is the closest answer on the thread so far. If a coach can recruit a runner with a smaller scholarship then it allows them to offer a bigger scholarship to a different runner. For small schools that depend heavily on student tuition to pay the bills this comes down to a numbers game. They use athletics as a way to attract students who may not consider the school otherwise.

Heck, I know a girl who only ran like 2:37, 5:31 (mile), and 19:30's 5K...and she got like a 40% scholarship at a low level D-1 school...what the f**k to that...so there are no surprises, really.

Which school? I have 5 senior girls on my team who are faster and are searching for a school. They have received no D1 interest.

Which school wrote:

Which school? I have 5 senior girls on my team who are faster and are searching for a school. They have received no D1 interest.

Because NOBODY cares about girls sports. They are a waste of money and time.

Midland university???

They are a non scholarship program. There never is a real answer when people go looking for the mysterious fake scholarships. Do well in school kids because you probably aren’t getting an athletic scholarship.

NAIA Division 1 is real, as the NAIA operates as a complete other association from the NCAA. I know this for a fact because one of the students I worked with was so happy to be looked at by a Division 1 school in his sport. However, in looking up the school for him since he asked me if he should go there, I did have to advise him that it was NAIA Division 1. I wrote him a letter of recommendation and he still ended up going there. Having said that, you still get competitive schools in NAIA Div. 1. One runner from North County San Diego, Cameron Barela, went to Vanguard and did well there. But keep in mind that it is a separate association altogether of smaller schools. It is not part of the NCAA

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

WTF is "NAIA D1?"

For Track and Field there are no divisions for NAIA.

Like someone said earlier there are divisions for sports like basketball, but there are already talks about getting rid of the divisons for that as well.

The 2 divisions for football were combined 20 years ago. Basketball is the only remaining sport with 2 divisions but those will be combined starting in 2020. Track has always had only 1 division.

Title IX wrote:

Do 18:30 girls get scholarships? If so, how much and to what kind of schools?

What 3200 times are you talking about? Less competitive D1 schools might be interested. For strong, but not stellar female runners, consider D2 or NAIA schools, especially those with a STEM/Engineering focus resulting in a high male to female ratio, like Colorado School of Mines or Embry-Riddle. Of course, they'd have to make sure there was a major they are interested in.

The MAC schools will offer scholarships to women running sub 225 and sub 65

No they don't. 60 women broke 65 seconds in the conference. 23 women were sub 57 so a 65 has no chance of earning a point and therefore gets you no scholarship. 55 women broke 2:25 in the 800.

It depends on the college you're studying at. Because every college is different because of the citizens around. So there are places which will offer you a scholarship with the grade lower than in other ones. You have a pretty good one and I think you are going to take your scholarship. Also I am interested how much money you receive in your colleges. Personally I apllied for my scholarship on https://www.listsofscholarships.com/cybersecurity-scholarships/, there you can see the amount for each project.

I have gotten several scholarship offers with official PRs of 17:3x 5k, 11:0x, and 4:5x. (I'm actually much faster than that, those are soph track times and junior xc times) Low level teams like Kentucky Christian University, Missouri Valley College, and Bethel University (TN), as well as a few others in NAIA and D2 which I won't name for recruiting purposes have all offered money. There is a whole market of NAIA schools who have money to give and will take pretty much anyone, especially in the South. Problem is, none of these schools are academically strong or generally very desirable to go to.

I have several seniors who have run 9:40 and 4:35. I will have them check with those schools.

If they don't like those schools, check with pretty much any other NAIA school they like. From what I've seen a lot of coaches would be very happy with 9:40/4:35 types.

These NAIA schools are looking for more students to go to their schools. You may get a scholarship, but do you know how much of a scholarship you’re getting? It is most likely partial and they’re still making good money from you. Sports is more of a way for students to enjoy the school which is awesome that you get to continue in college. I was an ok tennis player in high school and I got a bunch of offers to NAIA schools, but I think tuition still came out to be similar to in-state tuition. Schools that I checked out, they were all very religious schools and I didn’t feel like I would fit in well so decided to not pursue it.