<p>Track and field and crew may have large rosters, but I don’t think they have large rosters of recruits, certainly not of recruits with sub-standard applications. (Since plenty of kids with top-notch applications get rejected, I’m sure it’s a big help to be a kid with a top-notch application and to be on the track coach’s list, but you’re not going to get anything like a free pass in with less than Olympic-level ability.)</p>