<p>This is a question from my friends who dosent have an account.</p>
<p>He never put any real thought into it or into running for that matter, but hes 15 and can run a mile in like 5:35, but hes never prepped, he just runs for like 40min a day since he was young. Does he have potential, should he join the track/crosscountry team? How good to you need to be to get recruited?</p>
<p>You have to be ridiculously good, as with all sports. A good mile time would be about 4:15-4:20 for a D1 recruit (by the end of junior year, and times much faster are not uncommon). A very small percentage of people could ever run that fast even if they trained for their entire lives. A 5:35 mile would not be that impressive as the average pace carried over a 10k for a D3 recruit.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to come off as rude but that goal is not realistic. Your friend would have to be a one in a million case. People his age run under 4:30 at the State Qualifier where I live all the time. Few of them qualify.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean he can’t run in college if he wants to. I can run about a 17:00 5k on a good day (respectable but much slower than the sub-15:00 usually required for a D1 recruitment). Depending on the size of the school I go to and the amount of work I have, I will consider running on the cross country team. There’s a huge difference between being recruited for D1 (which is only possible for the most elite) and running on any team (which is attainable for anyone who likes running and is willing to put in the time and effort).</p>
<p>ok thanks a lot</p>
<p>“…being recruited for D1 (which is only possible for the most elite)…”
^^this is pretty much true (depending on the school)</p>
<p>"“I don’t mean to come off as rude but that goal is not realistic.”
^^this is completely false. im assuming 15 years old = rising soph? my times in 9th grade were atrocious by any standards, but i practiced and improved a lot very quickly. if you have the foundations and a LOT of dedication, then you can definitely be recruitable by the end of your junior year.</p>
<p>In our state, there are freshman girls running times in the 4:40’s and 4:50’s for a 1600m. A 5:35 would be a very mediocre time for a girl, and thus really slow for a boy. My D was a Div. 1 recruit and she ran a 5:00 1600 as a frosh, which was very good 4 years ago but not so much now.</p>
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<p>No. The slowest runner in the girl’s 1500 at the New York State Championship this year ran 4:52, a time much better than a 5:35 mile. There were freshman and even an eighth-grader in the race. Even if the OP’s friend were female, improving enough to make the state meet would be a steep proposition. All the competitive times in the boy’s race were between 4:15 and 4:10 (the winner was 4:07). Improving to that level is NOT realistically possible. By no means am I trying to discourage the OP’s friend from running, but setting out with the goal of being recruited by a D1 team is a recipe for disappointment.</p>
<p>fair enough grape1. I’m just saying that if I was told that when i was a rising soph, i would probably get discouraged and not be where i am today. but i do understand your point of view, and i am not very familiar with good times for distance (i am a sprinter/hurdler), so you definitely know better than me!</p>
<p>It is definitely possible. I went from swimming my whole life and not making my high school team to swimming for a good D1 team. As a guy, he has a much better chance of growing and getting stronger than would a girl. Also, I don’t know his workouts but just running 40 minutes a day won’t make him a great miler. He would need to do a lot more speedwork, tempo running, and strength training. If he hasn’t trained really hard on a good team yet and is small for his age then he has a chance of running for a D1 team. It is completely realistic.</p>
<p>At 15, he still has time to develop his talent. Join the cross country or track team (or both) and work with the team over this year and the summer to see if there is any improvement.</p>
<p>The current time shown is not fast enough to get much interest as a college recruit, but that is not to say he couldn’t run in college. Go to the Dyestat.com website to check out competetive times from meets around the US</p>
<p>Hey, im new here but i ran a 4:49 mile as a freshman last year and I was just wondering how much you think i can improve my mile time and how good of a college team i can get on (if at all get on one) if i keep dropping that time. thanks</p>
<p>My runner went from 4:45 freshman year to 4:14 senior year. Guys tend to get stronger and faster as they get bigger, but girls and puberty are much less predictable.</p>
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<p>Also as you get closer to college, under the Get Recruited header you can see many college’s recruiting classes PRs to forecast what coaches will be looking for.</p>
<p>Ok, first of all no college is the same on recruitment. To be honest, you can’t see much about how good you are just from a mile. For example, one of my teammates who just signed d1 runs a high 4:20’s mile, but a low 15:30’s 5k and a mid 9 minute 2 mile. The same is true for other athletes. You can’t truly see your chances until you run for a while. Also, 5:35 is a good start. You can always improve. One of our runners went from running 5:25 to 4:45 in one season. Just join your team and give it a shot. Also, don’t be discouraged by the crazy times people post for girls. Just run. </p>