[skinlikewinter]

skinlikewinter on October 12, 2004 at 4:37 am #9898

A guy asked at another forum what kind of times high school students generally need to run in the 5K to get full scholarships. I know this depends on the what division, etc.; but what kind of range would you think high school boys need to be running in to be considered? The guy says he has sophmore sons who run low 16s.

The only guy I knew personally ran at Ole’ Miss in the mid 90s, I think he was on scholarship, and he ran high 15s/low 16s (I believe) his h.s. senior year.

[Carson Boddicker]

Carson Boddicker on October 12, 2004 at 6:15 am #33995

several of the ole miss guys are mid 15s to 16 now, well the freshman are at least.

[ecuxctf]

ecuxctf on December 25, 2004 at 3:04 am #33996

It is very hard to find money for cross country males these days. Alot depends on the school you want to go to. Some schools put alot of money into distance and some do not and the ones that do you have to be fast like 15:35 or below. Now I know alot of people who get partials or books paid for. Times are around 15:50 -16:10. But alot depends on schools like say NC State puts all scholarships into distance but they get some of the best distance runners in the nation. Or look at a school like where I went to like ECU where all the money is invested in the 400m. Top 5 runners on are distance team had books and thats about it. Did matter what time you ran. Unless your a potential all american its hard to get full rides in track and cross country

[CoachKW]

CoachKW on December 25, 2004 at 5:04 am #33997

Most distance running scholarships are predicated more on track times with cc times as a back up. There are a lot of variables with the cc side of things. Course times vary since there are some grass tracks and there are gut buster hilly courses. For instance the course where the southern regional for Footlocker had to be just incredibly fast whereas the mud hold that the midwest region ran on up in Kenosha isn’t conducive to fast times.

As someone else mentioned, the economic climate of a certain team has a lot to do with how much $$ is available and what it will take to get some.

[Daniel Andrews]

Daniel Andrews on May 7, 2005 at 12:22 pm #33998

Pretty much you need to be below 15:45 and able to do something worthwhile on the track 800/4×4 or 1600/800. Colleges will invest money in good all-arounders, but you will be expected to produce at least in XC as the #1 or in track immediately. So reality says you have to run 15:45, a 1:54 or better 800, a 49 or better 400, or a 4:20 or better 1600/mile. If you can do 2 of those you can supplement relay teams immediately or hold your own in points scored at big meets.

[runningman07]

runningman07 on June 15, 2005 at 9:33 pm #33999

This is just from what I have gathered but:

I’ve noticed that there are more good DIII runners than DII. Even though they get scholarships, they may not train as hard, or just don’t have the coaching some of the DIII’s have. If you’re on the cusp, you’d be better off going to a quality DIII program than a crappy DII.