<p>just curious-i have a few questions that i really need answered</p>
<p>high school track or yale track?</p>
<p>id prefer to ask someone on the yale track team what the atmosphere is like..and whether people are really dedicated to winning, or jsut participitating in a college sport..
but do you know what kind of 800 meter time youd have to get to be on the "recruited list"?</p>
<p>id like this question to be answered to... except, what are the average times for 110m HH, 300m IM, and 400m sprint ? I'm pretty sure i dont qualify for recruit, but id really like to be a walk-on</p>
<p>ooo, hows the distance running, for cross country too. I'm pretty sure I won't be fast enough to swim there, as Yale is pretty good, but I'm wondering how fast I would have to be to walk on any of these sports.</p>
<p>What about the 1600? Does anyone know what my time would have to be on that?</p>
<p>I don't have any knowledge on the times, but remember, Yale is a D1 school. I would contact the coach at Yale, you probably should have already done that along with the other coaches. For the 800 I'm sure it will have to be sub two minutes.</p>
<p>I just looked at some of the kids times in high school who are running at yale right now and there around these..
800= sub 1:56
1600= sub 4:28
5k= sub 16:20's</p>
<p>but if you look at some of the meets Yale had, some of the times are pretty bad</p>
<p>When I was there, the crosscountry and track teams at Yale were friendly (team members eat together and hang out outside of practice) but competitive and serious. If you are a distance runner you are expected to run crosscountry, indoor and outdoor track. Practices were intense (soaking in the ice baths at the trainers was de rigeur) and often 2x per day (weights + pool running as the second workout). There are walkons and the coaches seemed supportive of the less talented atheletes. No one is going to stop you from participating as long as you can basically keep up with the team. But I found that as a respectable but not star athelete, it didn't make much sense for me to devote hours and hours a week to running at the expense of classes (yes, you schedule classes around the training schedule) and other extracurriculars. If you choose not to be on the team, there are plenty of serious runners to workout and opportunities to compete in local races. And despite New Haven's reputation, the running around there is wonderful!</p>