<p>HOw hard is it to get a Track scholorship. How many scholorships do track teams offer year.</p>
<p>it is very tough to get a track scholarships … this link shows 12.6 scholarships [NCAA</a> Scholarship Limits: Why Everyone Can’t Get a Scholarship | CaptainU](<a href=“http://www.captainu.com/buzz/302-ncaa-scholarship-limits-why-everyone-can-t-get-a-scholarship]NCAA”>http://www.captainu.com/buzz/302-ncaa-scholarship-limits-why-everyone-can-t-get-a-scholarship) … this is 12.6 scholarships across 4 years of kids across all events (distance, mid-distance, sprints, weights, jumping) (so 3-4 a year). Track scholarships can be partial scholarships and I believe it is very common for the lots of athletes to get partial scholarships to spread those scholarships across more athletes.</p>
<p>One DI coach told us that quite a few athletes are “on books,” meaning that their textbooks are paid for every year. Not a lot, but it can be around $1,500 a year.</p>
<p>re #2 … the upper limit of scholarships is 12.6 … schools are not required to give out all the scholarships they can … I believe the link showed the number of kids on scholarships so you can see how close schools are on average to the 12.6 limit.</p>
<p>Just to clarify: The 12.6 limit is the total number for track and field and cross county combined. There can easily be over 50 athletes on the two teams combined.</p>
<p>Women get 18 track scholarships. Athletes who can score points in more than 1 event, ie 100m, 200m 4x200 relay, are generally the most sought after. For specialized events like pole vault, discus and high jump you probably need to be nationally ranked to get much from a D1 program.</p>
<p>Hardly ever anyone gets a full scholarship. My friend Terrance did get a full to Tennessee last year (1:50 800m, 2nd at nike outdoor nationals Junior year), but he is an animal. A 4:16 guy on our team goes to UCLA now, and is on no scholarship, so unless you run sub 4:15/1:54 chances are slim to run at any competitive d1 program.</p>
<p>Another one of my friends who won the NON mile (not really friends with this kid, I met him twice at Empire State Games and NON, mainly talk to him on a forum/facebook) in 4:07 got a full ride to Iona. </p>
<p>For UCLA (you can email the coach for conformation) the walk on standard is 1:53 800m, not sure about the mile but since my friend got on probably 4:18, slowest.</p>
<p>I use UCLA as a sample because I’ve talked to the coach, kid on my team goes there.</p>
<p>Much good info here: [An</a> Overview : Articles : College Choices : DyeStat US: News about High School Track, Field, and Cross Country | DyeStat.com](<a href=“http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=usCollege-Choices-Articles-An-Overview]An”>http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=usCollege-Choices-Articles-An-Overview)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>1990mom, thanks for that link! It looks as if I have a lot of reading to do before my son’s official visit this weekend.</p>
<p>You’re welcome, Longhorn. Good luck and enjoy!</p>
<p>Have a friend who is a multi event track/x country recruited athelete at Iowa State. I believe she only gets $500 a yr. in scholarship money but does get merit aid also.</p>
<p>i’m on a (not very good) DI team right now and they do not offer scholarships to incoming freshmen and the two other DI teams that I was recruited by had similar policies. It was expected that you proved yourself while you were there so they didn’t waste their money on you. And its not expected to get a full scholarship, some money here or there instead.</p>
<p>Track/xc scholarships are limited to a max of 12.6 for d 1 schools. While there are more available compared to when i ran, they are also more difficult to obtain because it is highly subjective on the coach’s part. Div. 1 coaches from the great track powers are looking to see what they can get to enhance their own reputation b/c they are paid to win championships. The coach may also feature a particular set of events that are typically strong or needed for their conference. Track & field is now 40 years in from the women’s standpoint–meaning popular enough of a sport that if there are 10 11 flat 100 meter sprinters, then there are at least 100. Coaches that compete for national titles definitely looking at times/distances. Sometimes it’s a bit easier to not have as high expectations & aim for a smaller school where one may actually get some decent attention. Track scholarships also place a burden on an athlete-lots of travel if big school//big rep./ft job-must maintain competence. Remember there are a lot more track schools than the top 20 nationally ranked & that’s across all divisions.</p>
<p>Like good high school coaches tell their athletes from day one, focus on your grades as merit money is much more plentiful than athletic.</p>
<p>It was our experience that college coaches worked with an admission/financial aid officer to help market their great athletic prospects to get a really good “package”. Since the coach may have only 2 funded athletic scholarships to spread around, they helped the applicant jump the hoops to be considered for the other money. Merit scholarships are usually automaticalled renewed each year based on a fairly minimal GPA. Much more of a sure thing that athletic scholarships which can be re-allocated based on performance annually.</p>