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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My track kid was recruited by a bunch of D3 schools. But chose a D1 school for the academics, thinking he'd try walk on. He's competitive. But recent changes with NIL and the NCAA have obliterated non-revenue sports like track, swimming, etc at the D1 level. There just aren't a lot of spaces anymore at the non-revenue sports. He does train with the team and competes as an independent, usually beating the varsity competitors at his D1 school. But that track team had to reduce their team by half this year. There's no space for anyone after this years changes. A lot of scholarships disappeared and coaches are trying to make the best of things.

No regrets. He still competes, and gets the the T20 education. But it is very rough in D1 outside football and basketball at the moment.  [/quote]

Interesting. He chose a d1 for the academics not the sport?

Is he long or middle distance? [/quote]

Middle. 800 and 1500. Sometimes 400.

But an engineering major, so D3 schools didn't work for that. [/quote]

I'm confused why wouldn't engineering work in a D3 school?[/quote]

yep and middle distance is even tougher as kid can’t double with x country - have to at sub 1:50 or 4:05 to garner any real interest from reputable D1[/quote]

What about shorter distances?

What’s a reputable d1 to you? [/quote]

Not sure you understand track. You have to have sprint talent to even consider getting on a Power 4 team. That means 47 sec or lower in the 400, 21.3-4 in the 200, and 10.5 in the 100 meters. I ran the 1:50 and 4:05 high school times 45 years ago, and while I was on the mile relay team and one of our top XC guys, I was a 48 second 400 guy, on a great day. Just doesn’t cut it today and you need to have wheels to make it in D1 track in the sprints. Even my school is now running 3:06 today with one sprint scholarship.

A reputable D1 is one that takes track seriously. That doesn’t mean all Power 4, but many of them. Non Power 4 teams like NAU and Villanova take the sport seriously and are successful. [/quote]

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