This year I ran a 18:59 5k and my first race for track I ran a 11:02 for the 2 mile do y’all think I will be good enough for the d1 level if I keep putting the work in and getting better
It’s very difficult to answer that question for a number of reasons. People progress at different rates, you have a lot of growing to do, injuries happen, we don’t know what your training is, etc.
XC times are not interesting to college coaches because each XC course is different. A time on a well-known state course may help for comparison in your state, but you can’t compare between courses.
However, I know you won’t be satisfied with that so I’ll expand. My S is running D3. His times as a senior were not fast enough for the D1 schools he would have been interested in attending (ie, not Big 10, SEC, etc). I’m sure there were some other lesser known D1 schools that would have liked him, but they were not a good fit for him academically.
So that said–his top time freshman year XC was 18:01.He did not run a 2-mile freshman year, his best time in the 800M was 2:21. By senior year he was county champ in the 800M with a time of 1:56 and change. His first 2-mile, in his sophomore year, was 10:34. By the time he graduated he was 9:53 or thereabouts. He is focusing on the 800M in college.
Just work hard, stay injury free, and don’t worry at the stage about college running. However, if you’re not already one of the top runners in your state for your grade level (you can filter by grade in milesplit) you have a lot of work to do.
No, but a lot of growth can happen over the next three years that might enhance your natural abilities.
(As an aside, the first time that I ever ran it was in a mile run for the AAU Junior Olympics. Two age groups were run together. I was in the younger age group & the newly crowned state champion was in the older age group. I won the race beating all competitors from both age groups. There is no way that I could compete in Division I for the mile as I could never break 4:20. But I could compete in DI for steeplechase, 5K & 10K.)
Maybe with growth, intense work, remaining injury free & finding the right event, you could compete in Division I, but with your current times, even as a freshman running for the first time, you need to focus on improving your times & finding the right event.
@eastcoast101 : I do not think that OP referenced any cross country times. I understood his 5K time to be on a track, but I could be wrong.
@Publisher not clear from his post, since he followed up with “and my first race for track” I assumed 5K was XC. I don’t think they run 5K on a track in high school, but perhaps it varies by state. They don’t in our state.
Freshman year is too soon to be worrying about collegiate track. Athletes develop at different rates so it is hard to predict what your potential is from one season. Focus on your grades, have fun, stay healthy and try different events.
If you find you like distance events, also try hurdles. You can then try steeplechase in a USATF meet during the summer. My region has just added that for hs age groups.
It’s insanely hard to get onto a D1 team as a runner. My son was a varsity runner all 12 seasons in high school and on the team that won the XC championship in Junior Olympics. His high school’s team was rated as the best in the state for the first decade of this century and he was rated as the third best runner on the team during that time. He had excellent times but still couldn’t make a D1 team. It’s OK to work hard and improve your times, but don’t get your hopes up.
Forgive me for asking, but are you male or female?