XC Recruiting- Track times?

xc2015
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:50:42 +0000

Hi CC,

For those that have experience in being recruited specifically for XC (women’s); how important were track and field times in the recruitment process? Because xc courses are so subjective and vary in terrain and possibly even distance I know many coaches like to see track times. Currently as a junior the d1 school I would like to run xc at needs me to drop some time off of my 5k time. The issue is I play lacrosse in the spring instead of running track and do not have the base times many coaches use to assess talent. Would it be better to run track and send those times if they were within the school’s recruitable times? Or will I be ok if I drop time during my senior fall xc season? Any advice is welcome. Thanks for reading!