How/when to begin? (Incoming Junior)

Tanboyrunfast
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:56:17 +0000

It depends on what kinds of schools you’re looking at, but for XC they will be looking for placings and not times. If you are in a small division, he should be looking to win the state meet. Even in large states, top recruits will be top 5 or so through all the divisions. Times mean little to nothing, unless it’s a very well known course. Depending on area of the country, terrain, and such, a runner could run anywhere from 15:20-16:20.

Junior year track times are much more important though. For the Ivies, it should be ~9:15 3200, ~4:15 1600 and ~1:53-54 800. For elite D3s, a little slower, though I’m not sure exactly what cutoffs are.

Another thing to consider is that testing/grades are more important at D3s. SATs should be 2100+, and ACT should be 32-33+.