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Extracurricular

I am a junior in high school in varsity for Cross Country and Track. I have been varsity for both since freshman year. I have qualified for the regional meet in Cross Country, won Rookie of the Year, and won medals for ranking high in varsity meets. I am trying to become captain but there is no application for captain and I am not sure if the coach will pick me for captain. I am not planning to run in college. Are my achievements in Cross Country and Track impressive to colleges or do I need to be captain for Cross Country or Track or make state for it to be impressive to colleges?

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3 years ago

Since you are a skilled runner, I think the best thing you can do which will have the most impact is to establish a various online accounts like MaxPreps, Athletic.net if you haven't already where coaches at colleges can see your events and times over the past 3 years.

I don't know what your T&F events are but I imagine it's the Mile and 2 Mile plus your 5K for the XC.

If you haven't already, start to put together a list of colleges that you are interested in. Start large if you are trying to get recruited like 50. And then research them and see if where you'd fit on their roster and if you'd be a great fit, reach fit or overqualified to be on their team. Ideally you'd want to find a college that you want to be at that had a great running program that could help you reach your potential by senior year.

Unless you run for Newbury Park or a school that's on everyone's radar, I think you'll have to do some leg work and reach out to sell yourself to various recruiters and coaches looking to build their team. Just like Admit rates dropping bricks, middle and long distance times during the pandemic are dropping as well.

I don't know if you are female or male but I think if you are good female runner, you'll have more luck at top colleges just because there is so much competition for males.

Good luck.

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