I totally understand what you're saying, Rice, however, on the flipside, those runners that have that 22sec 200m speed can also hold that speed much better than I can.
Ex: Guy runs 22.0 for 200m. He goes out in 23.0 seconds and comes home in 25 seconds. That's a 48. 22×2 = 44. 48-44 = 4 seconds. That's what most collegiate 400m runners are capable of. Me, on the other hand run 23.91. I go out in 25, come home in 29/30. 24 x 2 = 48. 54-48 = 6 seconds. See the difference here? They can maintain their speed much better than I can, not just based off fitness, but specific endurance as well.
My plan is that if all goes well this fall and winter, I'll be running 51 by the middle-to-end of February (that's also based on me hitting at least a 53, even if it's 53.99, by the end of this season). If I can do that, then I know that I'll be in good shape as far as maintaining my speed, so then I'll focus on building more the rest of the season while maintaining the endurance. That's the philosophy I personally feel would best suit me. But, with the workouts I'll be doing in the fall/winter, my 200m time will come down a lot as well, if not based off speed, but on speed endurance alone.
Again Rice, I see your point and it's a valid point. However, I need to look at MY personal deficiencies and see exactly what I need to work on. And with my inability to maintain any sort of speed at all in the 400m, my endurance and fitness need to be addressed most importantly.
At this point, even if I have to wait until after my sophomore year to walk on, I will. I said my goal was to walk on a D1 school. Yes I wanted to do it by my soph year which would be GREAT, but realistically I need to be running 22's and 48's to do that, so I have to look at my Jr. year being my first year running and hoping I can make it my soph year.