Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Sady
Lv 4
Sady asked in SportsRunning · 1 decade ago

Running in high school and college...?

I ran cross country this past year and got a PR of 21:41. It was my first year of distance running and I will be doing distance track this spring. My goal is to break 19 minutes before I graduate, 18:30 would be even better. I want to run in college, DII at least. Is that possible? Would, say, a 5:15 mile be good enough for DII? Is a scholarship possible? I know there are few out there for runners. Thanks!

Update:

Also, I have a 4.0 right now. 4 advanced classes, one AP class, and engineering. I want to go into journalism, sports writing. I plan on continuing with advanced math, history, and writing with extra writing, photography, and a psychology course. I have only had 1 C my entire high school career. Usually all As and few Bs.

1 Answer

Relevance
  • 1 decade ago

    yea u got the grades, and coaches look at that most. They want to see if a student can balance being an athlete at the same time being a good student. Ur xc goal time will def get u into a D1 school. they dont have the 1 mile in college, instead there is the 1500. Use this website to compare the runners from ur times to any college times. Good Luck ! http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/College/NCAA...

    Source(s): JUCO Track and Field Athlete
Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.