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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD did it in her late junior year but started the sport as a sophomore. Had she started earlier she would have hit the times earlier. [/quote]

Not necessarily, and it’s a little silly to say that. We have juniors and seniors that hit top times in their first year on the team. [/quote]

You need to inform as to the times the athlete has achieved.   Went to college on D1 scholarship.  This was the 70's.  4:13 as a soph in the mile, 4:08 as a junior, 4:06 as a senior   Ran a 9 minute two mile as am 11th grader.   Ran 49 for a 400 in 11th grade, 48 in 12th grade.  Ran all four years on my college's average 4 x 4, running 47 seconds but no faster.  But i was viewed as a point scorer in college as early as 11th grade.  So that is what it takes at the top of D1.  Not that much different between recruited scholarship guys today and very good walk ons given Title 9.  There are 9:10 two milers rejected for walk-on spots at Stanford (a mistake - a kid from Fairfax 15 years ago ran 9:15 and was accepted and won the Pac-12).  Sprinters can improve late, so any discussion with a coach has to revolve around trajectory and how much the kid has trained.  If lightly trained, a coach will become more interested than not.

Top level D3 entering times likely will be good enough to meaningfully walk-on at a school like Lehigh or Bucknell.  Plenty of engineering, but expensive.  Good luck. [/quote]

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