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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tfrrs is also a great site.

Things to ask yourself.

Does he have the grades and sats to get into those schools on his own, without track?

Are you full pay at a private D3?  Are you ok to pay the 80k a year some of these top SLACs or privates like Davidson, Williams, CMU and Colgate and others cost?

Does your kid want to go to a smaller school,of  less than 3000?  That’s about the size of my kid’s high school and he did not. 
The “break your leg” test, if he couldn’t run any more would he be happy at that school?

[b]Your sons times are good but, to be really competitive for D1, he needs to be closer to 4:10 or under for the mile, and closer to sub 9:10.[/b]

Email the coaches and see what responses you get. Track and other sports have very few roster spots; look at the rosters of the schools you’re interested in and see how many distance runners are seniors.  Also pay for mile stat and check what those kids were running as hs juniors.

The good thing about track is, the times are very public. The bad thing is, there aren’t enough spots, especially for men. [/quote]

the bolded times for a junior? not too many of those kids around - and I can assure you, no Patriot league teams are getting kids hitting those times junior year.  My thought here is look to peak for an end of September early October x-country meet where you can throw down a big time at a big meet. That can still catch a coach’s eye - albeit very late in the process.  And if one isn’t scheduled find one - the Paul Short race at Lehigh is perfect timing for this, and every school of note in northeast attends - so you will have coaches galore. [/quote]

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