Uk athletes invading USA Colleges in Aug 08.

Too easy wrote:

Take a look at his progression in the past two years, he has only been really running for 2-3 years properly and is now up to 100mpw regulraly (see eightlane training log, username L.C).

He will smash his PB's without a doubt, and te coaches have obviously recognised how muc/fast he is progressing.

Don't be a hater!

I have no doubts about his quality, it's just someone posted that the minimum standard for a place was 14.20 and sub 30. You only have to look at the improvements to realise this guy is a big talent!

Do they give places on potential or are the standards slightly lower than the previous post?

I got 3 full offers with PB's of around 4:03/8:47/15:11/32:45. I ended up taking a good partial instead but it's amazing what is out there, you should leave your e-mail so you can be contacted.

403 -1500? or mile?

847-3k? 3200? 2mile?

1511-5k??? - that won't get you any money anywhere at all decent

1500/3000/5000/10000. I got very good money from a team that is ranked 12th in their region. I also got a full offer from a team ranked 13th in their region, not great schools but good enough schools.

Canadian Brother wrote:

I got 3 full offers with PB's of around 4:03/8:47/15:11/32:45. I ended up taking a good partial instead but it's amazing what is out there, you should leave your e-mail so you can be contacted.

Wow, if it's that easy I will definitely be going!

The key is you have to e-mail every single coach possible, I probably e-mailed around 200 coaches from D1 to D2 to NAIA. Just work from a template and switch the names.

Good advice!

is there a list anywhere, or will it be a case of browsing all the websites?

Pretty much just going to every website, the address is 95% of the time in the staff directory on the website.

Cragg's 10k PB is 30.29 not 30.39 and he has a 24.09 5 mile to his name that converts to approx 30.00 10k

Cragg is on course to break 14mins this summer!

Lisgo going to Butler is also interesting, have never really rated him that much but i guess he must have something given the quality of the other runners Butler are recruiting. he's not exactly in Luke Gunnn's lague over the barriers though!

I've just heard about this thread and just wanted to say a few things.

Whoever said I'm injury prone doesnt have a clue what there on about,my injury at the moment(tendonitus) is the only injury i've had thats running related,the only other injury i've had was 2 yr's ago when I tore my ligaments.In between these I've had little niggles like everyone else but most of them have been through fault of my own due to me messing about and they only required a few days off before i'd be back running again.

My track times which you've been looking at are basically from the summer of 2006,which half way through the season in July,(our season runs from late april to end of August)I tore my ligaments so my season was over.Last year after coming back from Kenya I couldnt stay healthy and would come down with an illness of some sort as soon as i'd train for about 2 weeks so nothin moved on as I weren't trainin consitently.So your right in thinking there not that good,I dont think they are either and after coming into shape after xmas I was hoping for a huge summer,and I truly believe I would of smashed every single p.b I had and by a fair bit as this is the first year i've put the work in,but everyone can say this and its about what you actually do and not about what you think you can do.You lot can sit here and say I wont hit the times people have run to win the ncaa's,and i'm not about to say I would cos i'm not like that,but I dont like being told what I can/can't do especially when the person saying it doesn't have a clue who I am.

I chose Providence as I liked the coach and the team there,I want to run 1500's for a year or so to improve on that and with the group there its ideal as Hayden and David Mccarthy are good lads.My mileage maybe a little lower than the others but there's not much difference and i'm looking to increase this anyway,although i'm going to do it steadily.

Whats the big problem as well if you have foreigners coming over on scholarships??surely its good for the sport as it makes things more competitive,I mean you have the best athleties competing against each other from a number of countries instead of just one.

Carey comes out fighting.....NCAA champ in the making. band wagon starts here!!!

I know Cragg well and he told me that (like a few of the Brits) he hasn't signed anything yet things will depend on how well the next couple of months go. I saw him train the other night and he is really rolling at the moment after a bit of a bad spell (tiredness/illness/niggle) so I would expect that in a month or so's time he will be alot more than a 14.30 type guy. His 24.06 5 mile was worth 30 mins 10k maybe a bit under. Im sure with his approach he will do well in the states.

And as for Carey I dont see why people need to set limits on the lad. If he can get 4 years consistant training in at Providence its not impossible for him to be a 27.xx 10k man and therefore be challing for NCAA titles.

cragg will not break 14 minutes this season. That is a ridiculous statement.

Word of warning.

If your going to be going to a fairly high profile college program in the states and are going to be as good as you think your going to be then you cannot be responding to every thread that will be on letsrun.

Funny to hear you say you've only had one injury and then talk about how your pb's are so slow cause of injury.

Also - your not going to be able to train very hard cause you'll be in the class room trying to scrape C's and D's cause you do not seem very articulate!

Whats the problem with replying to criticism about yourself on letsrun.com!? He was just justifying himself. Doesnt matter how big time he may think hes going to be.

I dont see any statements saying that Cragg will break 14 this season, you must have made that up in your head u prick.

I expect to see him go low 14's based on the last few years of progression season to season.

Leeds. wrote:

Cragg is on course to break 14mins this summer!

DaveZ wrote:

I dont see any statements saying that Cragg will break 14 this season, you must have made that up in your head u prick.

I expect to see him go low 14\'s based on the last few years of progression season to season.

I'd say that was a fairly conclusive statement saying he was going to break 14 minutes wouldnt you?