<p>Hey guys,
I’m a female cross country runner who usually runs low 20’s, high 19’s for the 5k. I know I’m not extremely competitive, but I would love to keep running in college. I’ve been emailing a few D3 coaches and one of my top schools has emailed me back, sounding interested. However, a few others haven’t replied to the several emails I’ve sent. The coach that did email me back said to keep him updated on my racing performances. I was recently notified that I was a National Merit Semi-Finalist. My question is should I let all of the coaches, even the ones who haven’t acknowledged me, know about this? Or will they even care? I’m kind of running out of things to email them at this point, haha. Thanks for any help :)</p>
<p>Yes, email them all with the good news and congratulations!</p>
<p>You not only need to meet the coaches athletic needs, you also have to be admissible to the college or university. National Merit Semi Finalist shows that you have the academic goods. Tell them!</p>
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<p>I think it is great that you’ve reached out (via email) to some D3 coaches to check their interest. It sounds to me that you are very passionate about your sport and want to continue. In addition, I think it is very mature that you understand your results to date are not extremely competitive. One of the greatest lessons to be learned in the recruiting process is persistence and not to take the coaches lack of response personally. </p>
<p>Being a National Merit Sem Finalist is huge milestone. I would absolutely let them know, and I would keep updating them with similiar milestones (athletic or academic). In addition, for those coaches that have already responded you may want to (phone) call them with your new milestones. A phone call is a much more personal connection than an email. I know some coaches in my son’s sport who don’t use email altogether. In any sport, college coaches understand high schoolers are still developing. So anything you can do to improve your times would probably get the the most attention from the coaches. Good luck.</p>