Here are links to two great articles from Milesplit.
This first article is written from a veteran coaches perspective for what recruiting/choosing the right fit for your runner. Several of you guys or your kids will be rolling into your Junior year and prime time for colleges to start looking and recruiting. Really good advice!
Three Things Parents Must Understand Going into the Recruiting Process
This article is written from a parent's perspective about raising a "track star". It is written by Lisa Rainsberger a graduate of the University of Michigan and a former Boston and Chicago Marathon winner. I love the emphasis she discusses on multi-sport athletes and enjoying the high school experience.
A Parent's Guide to Raising a Track Star
One other point of emphasis I would like to touch on now that we are moving to the end of the T&F season and the start of XC summer training/workouts is NCAA Clearinghouse. The NCAA Clearinghouse is an organization outside of the NCAA which performs academic record evaluations to determine if a prospective student-athlete is eligible to participate at a NCAA Division I or II college as a freshman student-athlete. This is not a recruiting too. Those of you that are rising juniors and think you may want to run in college need to complete this process this summer. This sooner the better. It is ok for rising Sophomores to as well but you can wait until the latter part of your 10th-grade year. The link below will help you with the process. Please contact me if you need assistance as well.
Amateurism Certification Process FAQ - NCAA Eligibility Center
