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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t need to have the triumvirate as long as you hit elite in one distance. My 1:52 800 kid was recruited heavily his JR year and had multiple offers senior year from D1 programs, including the Ivy to which he committed and ran for. So SP JR outdoor times are super critical - with hopefully qualifying for New Balance or Nike nationals [/quote]

Rosters are going to shrink. 1:52 is appealing to an Ivy because it could mean 1:47/48 a few years later. But rosters will be shrinking.

The 800 is tough on athletes. The talented guys may be able to run 46 on a 4 x 4 but only a few. It is all about conference points today. 800 guys generally don’t do cross country well making the roster spot squeeze a challenge.  This is what is coming in the future. The Ivies, however may be better in terms of roster spots than the P4. They are not going to go to the limits on football.

I agree with your junior year assessment. As mentioned above, 4:10 mile as a 10th grader and 3:48 1500 as an 11th grader. I was heavily recruited and was a very good student and even in the 70’s received a number of 70 percent offers. I took one of them, turning down full rides at some lesser Big 10 and SEC schools. So it wasn’t necessarily easy in the 70’s in terms of scholarships. The big athletic schools are going to recruit foreign athletes even more than in the past. No room or time for development, and they need full rides squeezing the system even more than ever. (I was 4th in XC in my power 4 conference, and was the first American). Don’t take this wrong - there will be opportunities- but it underlines why a kid should go to school for academics and not its track program.

To the poster who asked how much mileage I ran to run a 4:10 mile in 10th grade, my coach was an Igloi disciple and we only ran 30-35 miles a week. Terrific speed work though. My equally talented late brother and I led our high school team to state championships in XC and were then called the best team of all time by the press.

I started in 5th grade but was forced to run, being beaten often and otherwise abused if I didn’t run. Sheer misery and never really liked running. My father thankfully abandoned the family my junior year, leaving my addicted mother destitute. Who knows how well I would have done if I had a stable home? Our high school this year invited us to the school’s inaugural hall of fame. I declined the invitation and also did so on behalf of my late brother as well. Abuse shouldn’t be rewarded. I wish the records would be wiped away, some of which just won’t ever be broken.

My grandfather (my mother’s father) died when I was one. He was a lightning fast tailback in the early years of the NFL. I never doubted that I was fast.

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