Flare12345neo

yes flare did get pwned he still needs to drop another minute at least from his mile time to be even close to getting recruted

ashlieh

My friend was a recruited cross country runner. Penn State, William and Mary, and Bucknell tried to recruit her. She chose Bucknell. Her two mile is 11:19.47

mdm91

my best friend was recruited to Duke with a half scholarship.
her mile was 4:58 around there

hpa10

^seriously??? that seems slow.... especially for a half-scholarship. even chris derrick is only getting a half from stanford.

jamesford

4:58 is pretty darn good for a girl's mile time. That does seem weird that Derrick's only getting half, then again just look at how many great runners are going to Stanford next year.

Flare12345neo

OHHHH the 4:58 is for a girl!!!
darn you got my hopes up lol

dank08

I sprint, so I doubt my times would do you any good. There is always a place for you to run in college, whether you want to make a sacrifice is up to you. I did not make the sacrifice to go D1, but there are some schools that let anyone who works hard on their team. Including D1 schools, they may not take them to all their meets, but it doesn't really matter.

hpa10

haha yea i didn't realize it was a girl. yea that is an impressive time.

Flare12345neo

any advice on getting faster at sprinting?
i do distance, but at the end of the race when you're supposed to sprint i always lag behind even though i was 30 feet in front of someone originally

AeroEngineer3141

^ Ah, the last leg. The joys of feeling like crap during the most crucial part of the race.

Use the last curve as a "slingshot" into the final straight (start accelerating at the last 5m of the curve, into the straight). Dying would feel better than the pain you'll feel on that straight, but at least you'll come closer to winning.

Don't forget to pace yourself. Notice how the top few are always running together? Running even 10m ahead of the pack would tire you much quicker. Save your energy for accelerating at the end.

Flare12345neo

I run the 1600m

jamesford

Well for the 1600, you're gonna want to try to run as even splits as possible. If you're like most people, you'l run the first and last laps fastest. Usually, the 2nd lap falls into place too right after the first. However, the 3rd lap is where most people "let up" to prepare for a final kick. You don't want to do this. Use the 3rd lap to get ahead of other people, and hopefully far enough that they won't be able to catch up.

dank08

To help your kick at the end do workouts in practice gradually getting faster. The lest set should be the fastest. Thats what Jerimey Wariner does at least.

speedy_mouse

my friend Steven got recruited to Oberlin (I don't know what division it is) - he runs a 10:08 3200m and a 16:38 5k

Flare12345neo

^^^holy crap