Skindian56

HOw hard is it to get a Track scholorship. How many scholorships do track teams offer year.

3togo

it is very tough to get a track scholarships ... this link shows 12.6 scholarships NCAA Scholarship Limits: Why Everyone Can't Get a Scholarship | CaptainU ... this is 12.6 scholarships across 4 years of kids across all events (distance, mid-distance, sprints, weights, jumping) (so 3-4 a year). Track scholarships can be partial scholarships and I believe it is very common for the lots of athletes to get partial scholarships to spread those scholarships across more athletes.

MaineLonghorn

One DI coach told us that quite a few athletes are "on books," meaning that their textbooks are paid for every year. Not a lot, but it can be around $1,500 a year.

3togo

re #2 ... the upper limit of scholarships is 12.6 ... schools are not required to give out all the scholarships they can ... I believe the link showed the number of kids on scholarships so you can see how close schools are on average to the 12.6 limit.

panht1

Just to clarify: The 12.6 limit is the total number for track and field and cross county combined. There can easily be over 50 athletes on the two teams combined.

varska

Women get 18 track scholarships. Athletes who can score points in more than 1 event, ie 100m, 200m 4x200 relay, are generally the most sought after. For specialized events like pole vault, discus and high jump you probably need to be nationally ranked to get much from a D1 program.

PEQXC2012

Hardly ever anyone gets a full scholarship. My friend Terrance did get a full to Tennessee last year (1:50 800m, 2nd at nike outdoor nationals Junior year), but he is an animal. A 4:16 guy on our team goes to UCLA now, and is on no scholarship, so unless you run sub 4:15/1:54 chances are slim to run at any competitive d1 program.

Another one of my friends who won the NON mile (not really friends with this kid, I met him twice at Empire State Games and NON, mainly talk to him on a forum/facebook) in 4:07 got a full ride to Iona.

For UCLA (you can email the coach for conformation) the walk on standard is 1:53 800m, not sure about the mile but since my friend got on probably 4:18, slowest.

I use UCLA as a sample because I've talked to the coach, kid on my team goes there.

1990mom

Much good info here: An Overview : Articles : College Choices : DyeStat US: News about High School Track, Field, and Cross Country | DyeStat.com

Good luck!

MaineLonghorn

1990mom, thanks for that link! It looks as if I have a lot of reading to do before my son's official visit this weekend.

1990mom

You're welcome, Longhorn. Good luck and enjoy!