Contacting XC/Track Coaches

editor
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:10:07 +0000

My D (a junior) had a fantastic first year running XC in New York. She qualified for the New York State Championship and ran a solid race in the very competitive division 1, class A race. She has earned All Region (team 1) and All County (team 1) and most valuable member of her team.

I posted not too long ago about her receiving letters and questionnaires from schools. However, these are schools she’s not interested in attending. She’s a solid student with a 4.0 average (all honors and AP classes), will take the ACT & SAT in the spring, but did extremely well on the practice ACT & PSAT. She’d like to attend a large universtiy (e.g., Big 10). She is registerd with the NCAA and will be running winter and spring track for the first time.

Her coach would like to contact the XC/track coaches of the universities that she plans on applying to. Is this common? She plans on contacting them herself, as well as submitting their recruiting forms.

Another question I have is when should the coaches/recruitment form be sent? After she runs track or is the XC info enough right now.

Thanks!