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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a college son who walked onto a D1 school.

Use run riot and tfrrs as reputable sites for figuring out what times are what each school has today.

Realize there are fewer men’s track programs than women’s track programs because of title IX and having to balance for large football teams. JMU, for example, doesn’t have a men’s track team, but they have a women’s one.

Talk to your high school coach about the real odds about this person running in college.

Realize that the times of the school don’t always match up with its academic background or costs for your child.  For example, my son could easily run a lot of D3 times, but most of those schools are small and more expensive and the academically rigorous ones give no merit. He was not likely to get a recruitment scholarship for track.  so we decided to go with a larger D1 that fit his idea of college better, and was more affordable.  (40k/year vs 75/80k)

This is great info, thank you!! And congrats to your kid! My kid would love a d1 school but I’m not at all sure how that would work. In a perfect world, he’d find a good instate option (cheaper) with a team he likes. But that may be a fantasy for us.

How did your son pick a school if you don’t mind me asking? My dc is starting to hear from schools here and there- nothing too exciting but group invitations to come meet coaches for a day and that sort of thing- I’m sure tons of kids get these- but realistically is it wise to pay 75k+ a year for my dc to run at a d3 school? Idk. I can’t easily afford that tuition but I could take some loans I suppose. But that isn’t ideal at all.

What are d2 schools like btw? I really know very little.

Do you mean Mile split btw? That’s what we use to track races.

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