Anonymous
07/19/2025 18:09
Subject: track times to be recruited by Ivies?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Men
• 800m: 1:52–1:55
• Mile: 4:12–4:20
• 3200m: 9:00–9:20
• 5K: 14:30–15:20
Women
• 800m: 2:10–2:15
• Mile: 4:50–5:10
• 3200m: 10:20–10:50
• 5K: 17:00–18:00
These are big ranges
At the slow end of those ranges an Ivy coach would not be interested. At the faster end, they would probably allow you to walk onto the team and see what you could achieve.
Anonymous
07/19/2025 17:18
Subject: track times to be recruited by Ivies?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, the college coaches want to see the dedication and devotion to the sport. Hard to be a spring only track recruit. Everything is year round, 100% devotion, working out, running as much as possible.
You’ll still see football/track stars but that’s about it. Everyone else is grinding it out year round in middle/long distance.
not true but ok. I have a three sport athlete who is being recruited for only participating in spring track
A sprinter? I don’t think that’s unusual. I think it’s more unusual for distance runners. Although I’ve seen a couple really fast distance runners who played soccer through freshman and sophomore year. They switched to XC as juniors though.
From what I’ve read, the XC and track combo is where many coaches look to recruit. It’s just an easier combo that can play out, year around.
I guess a lot would depend on if a scholarship was offered or not.
College athletics are a grind. Hard to be successful in 3 different sports for college.
Anonymous
07/18/2025 18:52
Subject: track times to be recruited by Ivies?
Anonymous wrote:Men
• 800m: 1:52–1:55
• Mile: 4:12–4:20
• 3200m: 9:00–9:20
• 5K: 14:30–15:20
Women
• 800m: 2:10–2:15
• Mile: 4:50–5:10
• 3200m: 10:20–10:50
• 5K: 17:00–18:00
These are big ranges
Anonymous
07/17/2025 19:12
Subject: track times to be recruited by Ivies?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m a coach up here in NJ - and amazed the miles kids are running in hs to chase that golden time during their junior year track - 90+ miles a week at some of the schools up here in NJ, and I have that on very credible authority. That’s why u see many kids with peak time of hs career occurring during junior year indoor track - and little incremental improvement thru graduation.
I will say for x country state placing matters - the old adage is “place for x country / time for track”. Although the Holmdel course in NJ does mean something with a good time
OP asked about track, not XC.
some states have faster runners and faster divisions and faster girls vs boys- time is what matters. Conditions are definitely not an asterik on the time.
I don’t think you understand the sport. I used to run against Villanova’s head coach, one of the best in the business. Marcus has related how difficult recruiting can be, especially on a limited budget, and track times alone cannot be dispositive. A real factor in recruiting is cross country performance. Why would you dismiss it based on a comment about the OP’s question? You likely have no idea of how top level D1 athletics works. I didn’t like cross country but ended up one year as 4th in a power 4 conference. My track times were much faster than mentioned here, but I know for a fact that my cross country performances were a real factor in my recruiting. It matters. Given it is DCUM, you likely will disagree but you haven’t walked the walk and haven’t talked to D1 coaches.
cool story bro - you sound like everyone you are disparaging
Cool input unathletic underachieving wimp. The great thing about my experience was succeeding academically at very top schools. Crushing minds like yours was a motivation. Disparage as you will but I come from poverty and indeed have no hesitation to call you out.
Aren't you the D3 Lynchburg poster?