Outdoor Track and Field

In college there are three divisions so if D1 isn’t for you, you can still run at a D2 or D3 school (D3 doesn’t offer athletic scholarships BUT will often times try to find some academic scholarship(s) for you). In D1 and D2 there are scholarship positions but schools often times have a few “walk-on” positions. A walk-on means you don’t get any money/scholarship but you are still able to be on the team. 

Here is a link to a document from the NCAA website (<- click to visit site) called Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete : http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/Student_Resources/CBSA.pdf

Here is the recruiting calendar for D1 Cross Country and Track for the 2022-2023 year: https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/compliance/recruiting/calendar/2023-24/2023-24D1Rec_XTFRRecruitingCalendar.pdf 

There are also club teams at many colleges which you can join. Club sports are typically run/founded by other students at the school. You will need to check the college website to gain information on what club teams they have. Here is the link to NC State’s club team if you want an idea of what a club team is/what it looks like: https://www.ncsuclubrunning.com/

Here is the “How to Join” page to give you an idea of what they are looking for:  

https://www.ncsuclubrunning.com/how-to-join