Glad it’s going well. I know several CMS track alums and all had great experiences. Takes some pressure off knowing that’s a high probability option.
Northwestern is an interesting program. They don’t officially sponsor indoor or outdoor track. So there’s no opportunity for conference, regional, national meets. But they participate in a typical indoor and outdoor track schedule (minus championship season) so there are still opportunities to run track. It’s sort of an ideal setup for runners who are more distance/XC oriented as there’s less competitive pressure in the winter and spring, but still the chance to compete in a full XC program in the fall.
Anyway, congrats on the progress so far and enjoy the trip to Eugene.