Can I get a division 1 scholarship for track?

Question

im a freshman

I run 400m- 55 seconds

i long jump- 19ft 6in

Ive been weight training and working with this running schedule...

Mon 3-4 X 300 w/full rec.

Tue 7-8 X 100 w/full rec.

Wed 20 minute easy jog w/20 minutes of easy strides

Thu rest

Fri 6 X 30 w/370 jog rec. & 3 X 100 w/300 jog rec.

Sat 2 sets of 300-jog-100-300 or 3-4 X 350 w/3 min. rec.

Sun rest

its a college used training workout.. so it has to be good

and what do you think my times will be in my senior year of hs

Answer 1

There are so many variables, it would be hard to answer with the info provided and considering you are a freshman. What distance are you trying for?

The biggest factor, unfortuneately, is what kind of potential you have...what kind of genes you were born with. If you are pretty talended, very hard work might be able to get you there. If you are crazy-talented (like Leo Manzano who just made the Olympic team in the 1500), then it will be an easy road.

Full scholarships in D1 are rare. Often, a freshman distance runner may just receive a book scholarship or a partial scholarship unil they can score points for varsity in the conference meets. Becoming an All-American will pretty much get you a full scholarship most places.

Most money goes to the football and basketball teams, though. You really have to work for that scholarship in D1.

I have many distance workouts if you are interested. I ran at D1 and have coached for 10 years.

Enjoy!

Answer 2

I agree with the others in that there really is no solid way to predict your times as a senior.  The advice the others have given of training and putting forth a constant effort is the best way to go.

With that said, track at a non-D1 school is still always an option.  Scholarship potential exists at a variety of competition levels.  For me, I could not cut it at a D1 school, not for a scholarship at least.  I pursued other options and went NAIA.  NAIA is another sports governing body that includes many private schools and some smaller public ones.  The level of competition can be high and scholarships are much more abundant.

To try and put things more into perspective, in high school I was a 6'8" high jumper and a 14.4 110 hurdler.  I was able to a track scholarship to a very decent school.  While in college I won or placed highly in HJ and placed in the hurdles.  In the larger meets I would usually lose to the D1 guys, but I still held my own.  

Anyway, keep at it but don't stress out -- scholarships options are out there, be it DI, DII, DIII (academic), or NAIA.  If it doesn't work out, run track anyway, it will still be a great time without the money.

Answer 3

your times look pretty solid,  as for a scholarship you will probably get a small scholarship on the times your at so far. if you want a full ride you will need to get a 48.5 sec 400m and a 24 ft long jump   these times would definately get you where you wanna go