Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m a coach up here in NJ - and amazed the miles kids are running in hs to chase that golden time during their junior year track - 90+ miles a week at some of the schools up here in NJ, and I have that on very credible authority. That’s why u see many kids with peak time of hs career occurring during junior year indoor track - and little incremental improvement thru graduation.
I will say for x country state placing matters - the old adage is “place for x country / time for track”. Although the Holmdel course in NJ does mean something with a good time
OP asked about track, not XC.
some states have faster runners and faster divisions and faster girls vs boys- time is what matters. Conditions are definitely not an asterik on the time.
I don’t think you understand the sport. I used to run against Villanova’s head coach, one of the best in the business. Marcus has related how difficult recruiting can be, especially on a limited budget, and track times alone cannot be dispositive. A real factor in recruiting is cross country performance. Why would you dismiss it based on a comment about the OP’s question? You likely have no idea of how top level D1 athletics works. I didn’t like cross country but ended up one year as 4th in a power 4 conference. My track times were much faster than mentioned here, but I know for a fact that my cross country performances were a real factor in my recruiting. It matters. Given it is DCUM, you likely will disagree but you haven’t walked the walk and haven’t talked to D1 coaches.
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