The Track/Cross Country Running Recruiting Thread, '18

OnTrack2013
Wed, 11 Oct 2017 02:42:31 +0000

Hard to say without knowing a little more. Assuming this is for college next year, have you applied to the school yet? Do you need coach help to get admitted?

If you are still planning on running and want to go to the school, I would reach out to the coach and just say if you are or have applied for admission and let him/her know you are still interested in attending. Keep you name in the mix and tell them that you have not had a good XC season due to respiratory problems. I wouldn’t share too many details but just let him/her know it is not a severe injury.

If you are a distance runner, for D2, it is likely you will need to run both track and XC. If you are a middle distance runner, you may have the option to skip cross country, depends on the coach’s philosophy. What track events do you do? If you are going to compete in indoor, end the email with the commitment to send in some info when the season starts. See what kind of response you get.