Comments on: How can I get a track scholarship? http://www.weatheredwoodart.com/outdoor-division/how-can-i-get-a-track-scholarship Outdoor Health Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:21:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brad http://www.weatheredwoodart.com/outdoor-division/how-can-i-get-a-track-scholarship/comment-page-1#comment-1636 Brad Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:48:59 +0000 http://www.weatheredwoodart.com/outdoor-division/how-can-i-get-a-track-scholarship#comment-1636 I found some info about getting this scholarship online in this scholarship database - careers.scienceontheweb.net<br><b>References : </b><br> I found some info about getting this scholarship online in this scholarship database – careers.scienceontheweb.net
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]]> By: ʎʞɔoɹ http://www.weatheredwoodart.com/outdoor-division/how-can-i-get-a-track-scholarship/comment-page-1#comment-1635 ʎʞɔoɹ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:41:59 +0000 http://www.weatheredwoodart.com/outdoor-division/how-can-i-get-a-track-scholarship#comment-1635 You are going to have to run in the high 46, 47 flat range if you want a scholarship to a school like Stanford, and even then it may be a partial scholarship. Its hard for a coach to give a scholarship unless he/she is confident you can potentially score at the conference (PAC-10) meet. Running 50.00 will make it very difficult to get any attention because so many HSers can do it. Running 47.00 or faster will get you looked at more. Remember, there are only 12.6 scholarships allotted for each college mens team, so you have to be stud to get a full. Indoor performances are not as important as having a solid outdoor season when you want to attract scholarship offers. If you plan on running fast in April and May, you need to be training right now, doing some long runs (15-20 mins) twice a week and light interval work (3 x 500 in 1:30) twice a week, as well as weight training.. When the season gets closer, you'll be doing quicker track workouts, (6 x 300 in 42 sec); (8 x 200m in 25 sec); (8 x 150m in 18 sec), stuff like that. You have plenty of time to have a good outdoor season if you start training now. I wouldn't emphasize any indoor performances because they don't really bear any weight in the eyes of recruiters. If you want a D1 scholarship, you are going to have to run at least 47.5 or faster. If you want a full ride, its going to take a 46.80 or better (When I was in college, we had 3 guys on our team that were 46.20 - 46.60 that were all on partial scholarships. We even had some walk-ons that ran 47.50 - 48.10). Then again, the SEC is the hardest conference in the country). Do some more research on your own. Look at the HS list for last year on TrackandFieldNews.com. Look at the results of the PAC-10 Championships last season. That will give you an idea of what its going to take performance wise. The good news is that you have plenty of time. Hope it all works out!<br><b>References : </b><br>Ran for the Univ. of Alabama 1998 - 2002 You are going to have to run in the high 46, 47 flat range if you want a scholarship to a school like Stanford, and even then it may be a partial scholarship. Its hard for a coach to give a scholarship unless he/she is confident you can potentially score at the conference (PAC-10) meet. Running 50.00 will make it very difficult to get any attention because so many HSers can do it. Running 47.00 or faster will get you looked at more. Remember, there are only 12.6 scholarships allotted for each college mens team, so you have to be stud to get a full.

Indoor performances are not as important as having a solid outdoor season when you want to attract scholarship offers. If you plan on running fast in April and May, you need to be training right now, doing some long runs (15-20 mins) twice a week and light interval work (3 x 500 in 1:30) twice a week, as well as weight training..

When the season gets closer, you’ll be doing quicker track workouts, (6 x 300 in 42 sec); (8 x 200m in 25 sec); (8 x 150m in 18 sec), stuff like that.

You have plenty of time to have a good outdoor season if you start training now. I wouldn’t emphasize any indoor performances because they don’t really bear any weight in the eyes of recruiters.

If you want a D1 scholarship, you are going to have to run at least 47.5 or faster. If you want a full ride, its going to take a 46.80 or better (When I was in college, we had 3 guys on our team that were 46.20 – 46.60 that were all on partial scholarships. We even had some walk-ons that ran 47.50 – 48.10). Then again, the SEC is the hardest conference in the country).

Do some more research on your own. Look at the HS list for last year on TrackandFieldNews.com. Look at the results of the PAC-10 Championships last season. That will give you an idea of what its going to take performance wise.

The good news is that you have plenty of time. Hope it all works out!
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Ran for the Univ. of Alabama 1998 – 2002

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