<p>So I was wondering how hard is it to get recruited for men's Track & Field? Taking into consideration each college's NCAA division level and my current academic performance? The academic stats are what I'm expecting myself to have when I'm a senior, I've calculated them. I'm currently a freshman and this is my first year of track and competitive sports.</p>
<p>Academics:
Cumulative GPA UW: 3.98
Cumulative GPA W: 4.5
Rank: Top 5%
SAT Score: 2310</p>
<p>Try doing a web search for the results of NCAA Division I, II, and III track events, so that you can find out what times for each race distance are competitive in those divisions.</p>
<p>Hey Martin - congrats on some terrific academics. As for your predicted track times - unfortunately they’re really not fast enough to be recruited at any level of collegiate athletics. As a point of reference, if you look at the NESCAC conference (D3) champs - the guy who finished dead last in the 100m went 11.8. </p>
<p>Low 11’s are probably needed in D3, and sub 11 in D1.</p>
<p>Yeah I knew my 100m time was crap, but I have three more years to perfect it haha. Hopefully I will, but I think my best event right now is the 400m. Thanks!</p>
<p>You are just a freshman, hopefully as you mature your times will improve. I agree, right now you have no chance, but you have 3 more seasons, including this one, to improve. Off-season training will be key. I agree, run Cross Country in the fall.</p>
<p>Close to impossible if you don’t start writing to them to introduce yourself. Get a profile together with academic and athletic information and send it out with an intriductory letter to the schools you think you may be interested in.</p>
<p>OP, as a freshman in track you shouldn’t bother contacting college coaches just yet. You could consider going to track camps at colleges where you’re interested in attending because of academics, and where recruiting isn’t so tight. Like schools at the bottom of the NESCAC in track. The results from their spring championship meet are at end of this post. Hamilton is at the bottom of the league in track right now. They had no one entered in the men’s 800, and the slowest guy at the championships ran a 56. You can make a case with Hamilton if you can run a sub-56 by your junior year, if they don’t recruit a 400 runner before that. You could see where NESCAC schools have track camps and try and go to one this summer, and then if you speed up, shoot for a faster league or better school within the league you match up with for academics and track times. But you might be a perfect fit for track at a DIII with the academic reputation you’re looking for. </p>
<p>In the west, check Pomona, Occidental, et al.</p>
<p>riverrunner, i disagree. my DD started receiving her first “we noticed you please fill out our questionnaire so we can follow you” letters in the 8th grade. Granted they are sent to hundreds, but if you don’t reply and/or write, you get lost in the masses and they take it as a sign of no interest. If track has off season college showcases as other sports do, the OP should definitely write, include his player profile and send a schedule of the competitions he will be attending. </p>
<p>Of course, as said, this is all dependent upon whether that sport has such events. But if they do, and coaches will be there, it’s never too early to let them know you will be too and you are interested in their school as a potential academic and athletic home.</p>
<p>I think riverrunner’s response was based on the fact that the OP’s times right now, are nowhere near competitive enough for a coach’s interest. </p>
<p>Once an Ivy coach sees great PRs and championships, his or her interest can explode in a minute (especially if excellent SATs and GPA are there to back it up.)</p>