Analyzing how much college programs improve runners’ high school times — In my previous post, I looked at the correlation between SAT scores and cross country and track and field recruiting standards at colleges as estimated by my application, Runcruit. This was a byproduct of the first stage of my own college search process, where my goal was to determine where…

Exploring the relationship between academic standards and recruiting standards for aspiring collegiate runners. — My college search began, like many, with comparing my grades and test scores with the published averages of the schools that interested me, and then categorizing each as a “reach”, “match”, or “safety” depending on how my stats fared. Once I decided I also wanted to run in college and…