<p>Hi I am going to be a junior in high school, and this year I am going to take cross country and maybe track seriously,
before I mostly did running for fun with my friends. But now that it is coming closer to thinking about college, I wanted to know what chances I had at running at a good D3 school, that has an okay running program and great academics.</p>
<p>My times are:
16:50 5k,
2:02 800m
52 400m
4:25 1500m (Only have ran this once)</p>
<p>I think if I actually trained I could get around</p>
<p>16:20 5k
1:57 800m
50 400m
4:10 1500m</p>
<p>What colleges do you think I would have a chance at going to that have high academics but would like me to run for them. (I want to use running as a hook to get me into a better college, rather than relying fully on academics.)</p>
<p>Suggest you post this in the athletic forum. </p>
<p>Also, if you want school suggestions, you need to post your stats and ECs also.</p>
<p>Sorry I’m really new to this, can you point me in the direction of the athletic forum?</p>
<p>I didn’t know we had an athletic forum either, OP. Those are some swell sophomore times. They would have put you in 4th or 5th place among MD 4A sophomore athletes.</p>
<p>I think you should continue to look towards getting some admission help from your coaches. You should work on developing this talent and allow the coaches to make suggestions and help you to find colleges from which you might draw some interest.</p>
<p>However, do not rely on your running to get you into school. Continue to make your primary focus your academics, and if you develop into a talent then you can maybe increase your options.</p>