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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]hi all - fairly new to this - but seems hs kids are getting faster and faster, my junior has had some exchanges with coaches but not sure where he should be targeting.

His view is he would like to use his running to help get into the best academic school possible. D1 or D3

He was top 20 in state cross country this past fall current track times: 4:16 1600 / 9:15 3200.

Was holding off reaching out to coaches until track season ends.

Is he too slow for ivies? also Davidson, W&M, Bucknell, Lehigh, Vanderbilt (no track - but they do have cross country) and Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin all interest my kiddo. 3.9 unweighted with good rigor - bad test scores lol, may need TO. And hs coach is not great - young nice guy but not experienced with handling recruiting stuff [/quote]

There have been a lot of changes in NCAA recruiting recently so get up to speed with that.

My kid was recruited by a bunch of D3 schools for track - 800 and 1500. But ultimately chose a D1 school for the academics and did walk on. He's running sub 4:00 1500s and 1:54 800s. He just did his first marathon - for fun - and ran under 3.

And he is nowhere close to being really competitive at the D1 level.

D1 running and D3 running shouldn't even be in same sentence. It is a completely different thing. It's like going from high school county meets to the Olympics. Once you are running against Texas and Oregon, it's a different sport. And Bucknell and Lehigh are not in that space.

I would choose schools based on all-around fit - not track. And when you have that list, reach out to the coaches with the published times and let them know you're interested in running for the team. Then take it from there. [/quote]

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