Resources for Running in College

I'm 2/3 of the way done with a big project I've had over the summer, and while the third part isn't quite done yet, I didn't want to wait.

There are two spreadsheets that I've put in the links on the far right. If you're thinking about running in college, or even if you're not but want some basic info on the schools (cost, distance, SAT/grades you need to get in), it's got EVERYTHING.

New England Colleges - I looked up every New England college or university that had an XC team - there's a few that don't have the sport, so if you don't see one, that's why. All the relevant data is there. I even checked the driving distance/time from Taunton for each one, since that's something you can't find in those giant oversized "2020 Guide to College" books.

Conference Results - more specific for those of you thinking about running in college. Fortunately the vast majority of the Division 2 and Division 3 colleges in New England all compete in the same seven or so conferences, so I put the results from their conference meet, the New England Regional meet, and NCAA meet (for the few that qualified) to get you an idea of how strong some of them are in relation to each other. I haven't done Division 1 yet, will update that at some point.

Rising seniors probably already have your "short list" already done, but perhaps there's a school you didn't realize fit the profile you're looking for in terms of cost/location/etc. Similarly, our youngest runners (incoming "Ocho's" and rising freshmen) don't need to worry just yet, but you can at least get an idea of the relative strength in terms of athletics/academics for some schools. Sophomores/Juniors, this is probably right in your wheelhouse.

Good week to get some running in, the temperatures are tolerable, and you never know when the next heat wave will be!

Oh, and you all could probably use some good news, so here's some for you...whenever our first week of practice is, the Time Trial (socially distanced, of course, so probably staggered start and multiple heats of small groups) is only going to be 1500m on the track. Not even a full mile, that's right.

Be well,

Coach Kelley