Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 16:03     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Anonymous wrote:for ivies UNC UVA UMICH - need to qualify for Nike or Footlocker (new name/race) nationals, or sub 4:12 9:06. if you didn’t hit track times junior year, there are always coaches roaming the national x country meets looking for uncommitted kids - but qualifying no easy task

for patriot league level and upper nescacs sub 4:20 9:20


Wildly incorrect
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 13:02     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:and roster limits having major disruption - all SEC down to 10 kids on men’s side for cross, 17 kids for ACC etx

If you’re on DCUM, ur probably concerned about academics first - in that case the top academic D3 schools are a huge win for a good runner with strong academics who’s not quite ivy caliber. Wonderful experience running at some of these schools - pomona williams amherst W&L hopkins NYU all have T20 ranked teams in D3. And all have slots for fast kids who would likely have zero unhooked chance



OP here, she is a strong student (like a weighted 4.0) but compared to a lot of the applicants she might not be strong. Her test scores might not be amazing, she generally doesn’t test well. I worry that those schools will be too academic for her!


Look into Conn College if interested in D3. They have a great women’s team and she would be a good academic fit there.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 13:02     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Anonymous wrote:5k - in the lower 19s


She’s in the midst of some big time cuts thought
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 13:02     Subject: XC/track times recruit
D1 is in danger of being eliminated and that’s no joke. Look at D3 or club running at the big schools. Lots of D1 kids are moving to D3 or club.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 13:00     Subject: XC/track times recruit
5k - in the lower 19s
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 12:52     Subject: Re:XC/track times recruit
What event?
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 12:43     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Anonymous wrote:and roster limits having major disruption - all SEC down to 10 kids on men’s side for cross, 17 kids for ACC etx

If you’re on DCUM, ur probably concerned about academics first - in that case the top academic D3 schools are a huge win for a good runner with strong academics who’s not quite ivy caliber. Wonderful experience running at some of these schools - pomona williams amherst W&L hopkins NYU all have T20 ranked teams in D3. And all have slots for fast kids who would likely have zero unhooked chance



OP here, she is a strong student (like a weighted 4.0) but compared to a lot of the applicants she might not be strong. Her test scores might not be amazing, she generally doesn’t test well. I worry that those schools will be too academic for her!
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 12:26     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Anonymous wrote:No walk ons for D1 unless a recruit "no shows" last minute. All the roster spots are accounted for with recruits.


D3 schools maintain up to 25-30 kids on both the men’s and women’s teams which leads to much social interaction and built in like minded group right out of the gate. Georgia now lists 7 kids on men’s roster - horrible experience for the kids at power 4s who bought into the revenue sharing from house settlement. X country a major casualty - but D3 and Patriot league (which opted out of rev shares) are alive and well
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 12:13     Subject: XC/track times recruit
No walk ons for D1 unless a recruit "no shows" last minute. All the roster spots are accounted for with recruits.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 12:03     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:for ivies UNC UVA UMICH - need to qualify for Nike or Footlocker (new name/race) nationals, or sub 4:12 9:06. if you didn’t hit track times junior year, there are always coaches roaming the national x country meets looking for uncommitted kids - but qualifying no easy task

for patriot league level and upper nescacs sub 4:20 9:20


OP has a daughter.


my bad sorry, guess that’s what DD means! anyway pretty easy to do conversion for comps
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 12:02     Subject: XC/track times recruit
and roster limits having major disruption - all SEC down to 10 kids on men’s side for cross, 17 kids for ACC etx

If you’re on DCUM, ur probably concerned about academics first - in that case the top academic D3 schools are a huge win for a good runner with strong academics who’s not quite ivy caliber. Wonderful experience running at some of these schools - pomona williams amherst W&L hopkins NYU all have T20 ranked teams in D3. And all have slots for fast kids who would likely have zero unhooked chance
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 12:00     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Anonymous wrote:for ivies UNC UVA UMICH - need to qualify for Nike or Footlocker (new name/race) nationals, or sub 4:12 9:06. if you didn’t hit track times junior year, there are always coaches roaming the national x country meets looking for uncommitted kids - but qualifying no easy task

for patriot league level and upper nescacs sub 4:20 9:20


OP has a daughter.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 11:58     Subject: XC/track times recruit
for ivies UNC UVA UMICH - need to qualify for Nike or Footlocker (new name/race) nationals, or sub 4:12 9:06. if you didn’t hit track times junior year, there are always coaches roaming the national x country meets looking for uncommitted kids - but qualifying no easy task

for patriot league level and upper nescacs sub 4:20 9:20
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 11:50     Subject: Re:XC/track times recruit
It is best to look at each individual school's site A lot of them still post times. What kind of d1 are you looking at? There is a big difference between times at UMD vs UMBC. Also, what event? Walking on at a d1 is very hard these days with all of the ncaa changes to track teams
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2025 11:40     Subject: XC/track times recruit
Can anyone share their DD’s track and XC times if they got recruited? We look on Runcruit but would love real life experiences as well. Also, if you ran at a D1 as a walk on, how does that work? When do you sign/do you sign?