<p>I primarily want to run the 110m hurdles, it's totally fine with me if that's all I run
Personal Records:
110m Hurdles: 14.91
300m Hurdles: 40.81
400m: 54.64</p>
<p>Could I run my freshman year at Colgate?</p>
<p>The only people whose responses would be credible are:</p>
<p>1- the track coach who knows the team’s needs and other applicants’ times and</p>
<p>2- your guidance counselor and the admissions office with whom you will meet as you organize your application as a first step towards getting accepted.</p>
<p>Have you compared your academic qualifications in terms of the class of 2014 on the colgate.edu section “Admissions and Aid” and made contact with the coach whose details can be found on gocolgateraiders.com?</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Are you a guy or girl?</p>
<p>According to the roster on their website, your hurdles look very fast, but your 400m is a little slow.</p>
<p>I am a male. Yeah I’m only a junior so it’s a little early to inquire about athletics. I was just curious as to whether or not anyone had some information not available on the athletic website.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>It’s not to early to talk the coach. In fact, you might be a little behind the curve. Email him with information about your academics and your track record. Coaches want athletes who want to attend their college, so get moving!</p>
<p>Definitely get in touch with the Colgate track and field coach – sooner, not later. All admissions decisions involve a certain amount of familiarity with the applicants, and those whose names they are familiar with may have at least a slight edge. Ask if your stats are good enough. They may very well improve by your Senior year if you really push yourself. </p>
<p>And remember, most importantly, that Colgate is not like most colleges which admit good athletes who are not good academically. You also need to be a very good student for Colgate to want you. So keep your grades up, too. That’s the other half of the equation.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your input.
I should point out that I am only a junior, so I have some time. I was just curious.
Does anyone know what the recruiting process is like? For some reason, when I hear the word “recruit” I think of coaches coming to you to “recruit” you. I am obviously just not in the loop.</p>
<p>My understanding is that Div 1 colleges recruit student-athletes differently based on their ambitions and resources and as dictated and managed by NCAA guidance as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Sports such as football, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse etc may have coaches travel to meet prospective applicants, their coaches, attend meets locally to identify talent. </p></li>
<li><p>Other teams’ coaches may not have the same resources, depth of program or tradition and so the recruiting may involve less travel. </p></li>
</ul>
<p>But in all cases coaches are looking for the applicants who will meet Colgate’s stringent criteria for admission and also match the team’s ongoing needs. It’s extremely important to show your interest proactively so as to get on the radar screen- as others no doubt are doing. You can have as frank a talk as you like with that coach about your interests. You will be encouraged to visit and if the coach is in your area you may also have the opportunity for something closer to home.</p>
<p>Colgate has the number 1 ranking for graduating its seniors among all Division 1 colleges and universities in the US. I have to think that the coaches are partly responsible as they
help select and stimulate the performance of their recruits during their college career.</p>
<p>I have heard that many teams’ new members are ED applicants on the basis that they know what they need to know by the end of their junior year in high school and they know what they want in a college. The recruiting process sharpens their minds. </p>
<p>In the meantime, keep up the good work in school!</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Notification to all: I have just sent a cordial email inquiring about times to the head track and field coach at Colgate!
Thank you all for your insight.</p>