<p>oh and by the way...my ECs (and class rank) aren't really good enough to get into Emory...i looked at that already :(</p>
<p>YOU should contact the college coaches. Go to each college's website - click on athletics and find the sports team you are interested in. In most cases there will be a recruiting form for you to fill out with your times and academic stats. If not, you should be able to find the email address of the coach - send an email. The contact should all come from you, not your high school coach.</p>
<p>Right, definitely contact the coaches first. If I could back I would have done that myself, I let them come to me (big mistake).
My coach, however, is the XC coach at Wheaton, where their assistant coach is Marc Mangicotti, who was the assistant coach at the University of Houston back when Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell were running there. That guy hooked me up big time, he knows everyone.</p>
<p>ECs and class rank don't matter, if you're fast enough, you'll go.
My ex-girlfriend is going full ride to Georgetown, she's 16/278 with a 1220 SAT score, but a state champion in her event. I'm 35/278 with a 1320 and going to Davidson. If you're fast, you'll go.</p>
<p>haha im not state champion, but oh well. I'll decide after this season. If my times improve and im confident, ill definitely start contacting coaches...last time i ran was sophomore year ;) Thanks a bunch guys, your help is GREATLY appreciated.</p>
<p>Your track participation will be a plus for your application wherever you go.</p>
<p>It will make a real difference if your times this spring are very strong relative to the times of the current runners and recruits at any individual school.</p>
<p>And you are in a very good position as your stats will likely be good enough to get you into all but the most selective schools without a boost from athletics. Don't sell yourself short at Emory. You have a good chance there without a boost from track.</p>
<p>However, other than checking to make sure the schools have a team, I would proceed to put a list together based on your academic interests, preferences for location and size, need for financial aid etc. . .then contact coaches.</p>
<p>One other miscellaneous observation. . .if you are running well under the disinterested tutelage of a football coach, you might see if you can network to get some work in with a real sprint coach. . .might help your times. . .and your college apps.</p>
<p>Yeah I may do some sort of AAU thing this summer, not sure though...Track is NOT popular up north, compared to the south anyway. You all do realize that im not a superstar at track...I just do my sprints and relay, and get pretty good times. I didn't letter last year either. I haven't won awards. I feel like im missing out on something, and that im not performing up to my potential...but my options have been limited in high school...</p>
<p>I'm in the same situation for football, trying to play it at a D3 level at a good academic school. I advise you to to fill out the questionnaires that all schools have on their websites (under the athletics section usually) as the others have suggested. I've gotten a couple responses back already, basically asking for more information and a game tape. I have no idea what they ask for in track (tapes? times?) but it wouldn't hurt to contact them. I believe at the D3 level if you get into the school on your own, you can easily play (I'm speaking for football, but I assume most sports are similar). I'm no track expert, but your times seem decent enough. Where is "up north" too by the way?</p>
<p>Minnesota!!!!!!!</p>
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<p>The good thing about track is that it's pretty cut and dry; either you've run the times or you haven't. All they pretty much want is proof and updates. The coaches call me every Tuesday night to find out my progress/what I ran the past weekend in the meet.</p>
<p>Minnesota is actually one of the better states as far as sprinting goes, believe it or not. I believe your state meet was won last year in 10.49, and some junior won the 200 in 21.09(!!!). Those are among the top 10 times in the country.</p>
<p>EDIT: I just checked, I was right. Jon Boyd, a junior from wherever, ran 10.58 and 21.09; some kid who graduated last year ran 10.49. In addition, the winning 4x400 time was one of the top 5 in the country and the 800 was amazing.</p>
<p>Ill rephrase. Track isn't EMPHASIZED in minnesota. We like to fish.</p>
<p>Yeah I may do some sort of AAU thing this summer, not sure though...Track is NOT popular up north, compared to the south anyway. You all do realize that im not a superstar at track...I just do my sprints and relay, and get pretty good times. I didn't letter last year either. I haven't won awards. I feel like im missing out on something, and that im not performing up to my potential...but my options have been limited in high school...</p>
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<p>Hmmm... I'm a 20+ long jumper and a 40+ triple jumper but i wasn't recruited by anyone. Oh well, didnt really want to do track in college anyways.</p>
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<p>Most college athletes compete in DIII and a lot of those programs do not initiate a lot of their recriuting ... especially if you are not local. If you are interested in a DIII school (or DII or DI) fill out an information form for the sport in which you are interested (usually available on their web site) ... I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised by the responses ... once the schools know aout you they will communicate a lot more. Another great thing abou a lot of DIII programs is that they are often open to athletes from a wide range of abilites being on their teams. For example, one friend of mine played soccer at a top academic DIII LAC and he was not even on his high school team. The moral of the story ... it never hurts to ask ... so contact your schools!</p>
<p>Well, I'm a 20+ long jumper and 40+ triple jumper and competing at a DI school. Go figure.
I'm also a decathlete, though, so they didn't take me specifically on jumps alone, my other times are solid enough to be competitive in DI, I guess.</p>
<p>ok, cool. sounds good</p>