<p>I had always assumed that I was nowhere near good enough to compete at the college level but a lot of the schools I'm going to apply to are smaller LACs or other more academic ones and a lot of them are DIII and I was curious so I checked out some of their times and I realized that a lot of them aren't that great. So I was looking at the University of Chicago's website for track and I was looking at the times (I'm a hurdler) and according to the "U of Chicago All-Time Freshman Outdoor Honor Roll I would be number 5
<a href="http://athletics.uchicago.edu/tfwomen/***-recordbook.htm%5B/url%5D">http://athletics.uchicago.edu/tfwomen/***-recordbook.htm</a> </p>
<p>So I run about 16.9 in the 100 m hurdles (I know not very good) but would this be okay to run at a DIII college or am I missing something? If it is okay how would I go about doing something about it?</p>
<p>Went through the recruiting process with my D, a sprinter, this past year looking at similar schools, so I have some insight. If your times are in line or better than what you see on this year’s results of the schools you’re targeting, I’ll be surprised if the coaches are not interested.</p>
<p>D targeted mostly selective LACs --mostly D III but some Patriot League schools as well–with no initial sense of how much interest she would receive. Here’s what we learned–everyone was interested. While xc runners tend to also be top students, sprinter/hurdlers, not so much. The kids that have strong academic credentials and are really fast go to Ivy’s or academic D1s. That leaves slim pickings for the academically selective smaller schools. </p>
<p>Interestingly, recruiting from the most selective schools picked up later in the process (after the Ivy early decision period had passed) when it was clear their faster prospects had committed elsewhere.</p>