As a sophmore in highschool I ran an 11 :11 two mile, a 5:02 mile, and sadly only a 2:20 800 meter (only ran it once). Do you think I could get a scholarship to KU (how much..a full ride?) Do you think I could get a full ride anywhere? If not, how much better do I have to be…(I did figure that I am the overall faster junior girl in state..long distance wise)
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You are a very good runner and you are in the ballpark. However, there are 100+ girls in the country with your times. The only way to know for sure is to contact the university athletic department and talk to them.
If you have run 5:02, an obvious goal would be to break 5:00. Every second moves you up the list. 4:55 is great. 4:50 will get a lot of attention. The NCAA Div 1 Championship mile qualifying standard is 4:49.3.
Your mile time (5:02) is way better than your 2 mile (11:11) or 800m (2:20). If you can run 5:02 you should be able to run 10:45 for the two mile and 2:16 for the 800.
Here are some additonal pages to look at
http://kuathletics.cstv.com/sports/c-track/kan-c-track-body.html
http://trackmeet.aspisolutions.com/publicconferenceperformancelist.asp?IDRegion=1&InOrOut=Indoor&IDEvent=9&FormIDRegion=-1&Gender=Female&Top=25
I am not affiliated with this site and am not endorsing it in anyway but it has some interesting information about track and field scholarships.
http://www.athleticscholarships.net/trackandfieldscholarships.htm
Yes you are in the right time range to get a scholarship. Keep in mind that many Universities do not give full ride track scholarships, they tend to distribute the $$ out over many people so a lot get partials. You need to be flexible so that you can participate in many events. Your not likely to run the 2 mile, 1 mile and 800 in a college meet. It is too much, see how you fit in at the 400 for example, you may be able to do either the 2 or the 1 plus an 800 and be in a 4 x 400 relay. The more ways you can help the team the more likely you’ll get $$. Of course CC will expect you out too if you are getting track dollars.
You can go to
http://www.all-about-scholarship.com
it’s about scholarships information.
Good luck