<p>D is increasingly concerned about juggling D-1 sports and academics, and is now searching for strong D-3 track programs. Her best events are high jump and 100m, she is weaker, but solid in long jump and shot put. </p>
<p>Strongest subj: math (arch or math/art as possible major)
Weakest subj: foreign lang (would pref college w/ no lang req)
GPA: 3.2</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Check out Williams. Very strong math, very strong art, very strong D-3 track.</p>
<p>For strong DIII women's track programs, focus on the top end of this list:</p>
<p>2005 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Final National Poll
May 29, 2005</p>
<p>SCHOOL REGION POINT TOTAL </p>
<p>1 U of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Midwest 210.16
2 Calvin College Great Lakes 207.03
3 Wartburg College Central 205.12
4 U of Wisconsin - La Crosse Midwest 203.63
5 Williams College New England 201.09
6 U of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Midwest 192.95
7 Willamette University West 192.75
8 Baldwin-Wallace College Great Lakes 185.53
9 Carthage College Midwest 184.87
10 Central College Central 184.83
11 Concordia College Central 181.94
12 U of Wisconsin - Stout Midwest 181.59
13 Washington University Midwest 180.25
14 University of St. Thomas Central 179.78
15 College of St. Benedict Central 179.54
16 Augustana College Midwest 178.59
17 St. Lawrence University Atlantic 173.18
18 Wheaton College Midwest 172.70
19 Nebraska Weslyan University Central 172.31
20 Loras College Central 170.59
21 SUNY Brockport Atlantic 169.85
22 Muhlenburg College Mideast 168.71
23 University of Chicago Midwest 168.35
24 Allegheny College Mideast 167.64
25 Whitworth College West 166.81
26 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps West 166.16
27 U of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Midwest 166.02
28 McMurry University South 164.09
29 University of Rochester Atlantic 162.77
30 DePauw University Great Lakes 161.40
31 Emory University South 160.67
32 Mount Union College Great Lakes 160.38
33 Simpson College Central 160.03
34 St. Olaf College Central 159.62
35 SUNY Geneseo Atlantic 159.43
36 Texas Lutheran Univesity South 158.39
37 Ithaca College Atlantic 156.84
38 Trinity University South 155.06
39 The College of New Jersey Atlantic 154.80
40 SUNY Cortland Atlantic 153.17
41 University of Redlands West 152.53
42 George Fox University West 150.75
43 Macalester College Central 149.98
44 Bates College New England 149.03
45 Dickinson College Mideast 148.47
46 Ohio Northern University Great Lakes 148.40
47 Susquehanna Univesity Mideast 147.47
48 Albion College Great Lakes 143.74
49 Ripon College Midwest 142.55
50 Saint Mary's University Central 141.84
51 Monmouth College Midwest 141.73
52 Cornell College Central 141.43
53 Coe College Central 140.42
54 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atlantic 138.54
55 Linfield College West 138.02
56 Anderson University Great Lakes 137.26
57 Wilmington College Great Lakes 135.65
58 Aurora University Midwest 134.42
59 Ohio Wesleyan University Great Lakes 131.36
60 U of Wisconsin - River Falls Midwest 130.75
61 Carroll College Midwest 130.59
62 Manchester College Great Lakes 129.91
63 Lynchburg College South 129.37
64 Capital University Great Lakes 127.14
65 U of Wisconsin - Platteville Midwest 123.25
66 Case Western Reserve University Great Lakes 122.72
67 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges West 119.87
68 Roanoke College South 115.88
69 Denison University Great Lakes 114.58
70 Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech. Great Lakes 107.57
71 Tufts University New England 107.20
72 The University of the South South 107.02
73 Franklin College Great Lakes 106.74
74 College of St. Catherine Central 105.92
75 U of Wisconsin - Superior Midwest 105.03
76 California Institute of Technology West 103.45
77 Millikin University Midwest 103.24
78 Washington & Lee University South 102.04
79 Bluffton College Great Lakes 101.87
80 Oglethorpe University South 98.73
81 Hiram College Great Lakes 94.78
82 Muskingum College Great Lakes 94.64
83 California Lutheran University West 93.54
84 Wittenberg University Great Lakes 93.17
85 Marietta College Great Lakes 88.48
86 Penn State Behrend Mideast 84.26
87 Goucher College Mideast 81.49
88 Defiance University Great Lakes 76.91
89 Eastern Mennonite University South 70.67
90 Hanover College Great Lakes 65.77
91 College of Mount Saint Joseph Great Lakes 63.22</p>
<p>Looks like Wartburg (ranked #3 in the poll) won the NCAA outdoor championship!</p>
<p>From personal contact with schools Willamette, Claremont-McKenna and Trinity University all have outstanding programs and wonderful coaches. E-mail me with any specifics. These are girl's teams.</p>
<p>My S was on a Div 3 team at Pomona last year, it can be time consumming as well but is a lot of fun. You need to set limits however as some teams will practice 7 days per week and at 10 miles a day that can lead to serious injuries. The student has to listen to their bodies which can be hard to do when caught up in the excitement and wins.</p>
<p>Thanks, but there's no way D is getting into Pomona or Williams (or worse still, she'd be admitted and flunk out). </p>
<p>Any suggestions more in the Hamilton. Scripps range academically? (Or even in the Trinity (CT), Conn College range.)</p>
<p>At the D-3 level, wouldn't she be better off with a weaker track program (but with a good coach) so that the athletics could really act as hook?</p>
<p>I agree with Mini, though if your D is a strong D1 candidate that would be a hook at most D3 schools. </p>
<p>Of course, you don't want to pick schools where she would struggle academically. </p>
<p>Coureur's list is great.</p>
<p>Hamilton/Trinity/Scripps are actually pretty tough schools. In the academic range of the schools you mentioned, or maybe slightly easier from Coureur's list:</p>
<p>Denison
Macalester
Muhlenberg
Allegheny
Dickinson
St Lawrence</p>
<p>I don't know anything about their coach, but I am really high on Redlands, and it sounds like it might be a good academic match for your D. I know a young man who was seriously considering it for soccer.</p>
<p>Redlands also has a great coach. My D met with them. They drive every weekend to the ocean and sounds like a tight knit group of girls. They do a lot with the guys team as well. Redlands is great for merit money as well. It was a consideration on my D's list. Lewis and Clark also has great coaches who are trying very hard to build up their team and are strongly recruiting.</p>
<p>NYC,</p>
<p>Check out Wheaton:</p>
<p>There are 1000+ DIII programs ... I would suggest doing a traditional college search focused on academics and location (region, size, city/rural) and that initial search should yleld some interesting candidates (and athletic conferences) to check out. Then I'd suggest going to those schools websites and contacting the track coaches .. if your child was thinking about DI almost all DIII programs will be very happy to hear from your family!. I would also suggest checking out ... <a href="http://www.ncaa.org%5B/url%5D">www.ncaa.org</a> ... to understand the rules of DIII recruiting. PS - a lot of DIII programs do not do a lot of proactive recruiting byond their immediate georaphic area (people and budget limitations) ... but will become very interested and active when they become aware of good candidates.</p>
<p>PPS - the college websites will often list the college and HS performace of their track & field people ... which helps judge how good a fit the t&f program might be.</p>
<p>Scripps shares teams with CMC and their coach is wonderful, the school is getting more and more competitive to get into however as the Claremonts increase in popularity. It is a great program however. Their coach works with both the girls and guys team and is well liked by the students(and parents).</p>
<p>here's another list to help you shop.......the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics scores D1 & D3 athletic programs (amongst others) across seasons & sports, culminating in award of the "Director's Cup" (formerly "Sears Cup") in each division.</p>
<p>The spring 05 scores won't be in until 6/17, so here's a link to last year's D3 scores:</p>
<p>For women's track & field, the 04-05 high scorers were:
Calvin/90
Wartburg/80
New Jersey/75
Amherst/72.75
Carthage/72.75
Williams/69.75
Wisc-Lacrosse/67.5
Loras/64.5
St Thomas/63
Central/61.5
Gustavus Adolphus/57.75
Whitworth/56
Nebraska Wesleyan/55
Tufts/52
Trinity-Tx/49
Willamette/46
and so forth....</p>
<p>You'll have to check the web site out to understand their scoring system. Plenty of academic diversity in this list.</p>
<p>Coureur and Papa - </p>
<p>Great lists! D will be happy to see that Case (#66) and SUNY Geneseo (#35) are on the list.</p>
<p>Mini, SBmon and MomofWildChild - </p>
<p>D fears a weak program will have weak coaching. I know that some teams w/ good records have weak coaching (student from Kenyon reproted that sch has talented athletes, so team has strong showing at meets despite weak coaching), but I can't think of a single school w/ a poor record and good coaching. Also, I think D times & jumps are strong enough to be a hook at any D3 school. (D consist jumps 5'2; best jump at meet is 5'4 - good enough for some D1 top ten or season's best lists.)</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>I will have D check out Redlands, Dickinson and Muhlenberg; Scripps (CMC), Trinity U and Dennison are already on her list (but Allegheny-1%black and St. Lawr. - 2%black didn't make the cut).</p>
<p>errata to my post above.....that list was for last year, '03-'04; this year's results will be finalized in a few days & should be on the web site soon.</p>
<p>nyc, by the way, I went to Denison as a younger man & it was (& still is from what I hear) a beautiful place w/ decent academics. Good luck in your search...Papa C</p>
<p>nyc,</p>
<p>Looking at the list that was posted by coureur and the types of schools that SBMom suggested along with your response, might i suggest Ithaca College and Ohio Wesleyan University? Have you considered these two schools?</p>
<p>My youngest runs track in a competitive D-III program. It does take time management (normal day is an hour to an hour and a half in the pool in the morning before classes and a couple of hours on the track or in the weight room in the afternoons). That's pretty much a year long commitment as they start up a couple of weeks into the Fall semester. They also tend to miss Friday classes in season when they have away meets.</p>
<p>So, the time is significant, but not prohibitive. Offspring had an outstanding academic first year and, in addition to the track team, participated in a number of other demanding ECs. The team also provided a social center that, although there was some partying involved, was a nice alternative to the near constant insanity of the first year dorms.</p>