I know it has been forever since I've posted anything. With track season ending in June I knew I wouldn't post as much but I never imagined just stopping. Then this Fall, I had some life changing things happen in my life that made things even worse. However, I am back on track now (no pun intended), and things are looking up. Coach Hansen cliche festival. Anyway, I'll try and be a little better.
These last few weeks we have been preparing our athletes for the indoor track season. We are also working on the indoor schedule. We have a few staples, Ohio Wesleyan, Marietta College, Mt Union, and possibly Bowling Green. Then Akron for state indoor. There are a few other colleges we are looking at to mix things up.
The real reason I wanted to talk about indoor track is because of the recruiting. This is an excellent chance for track athletes from ANY size school to get noticed. Because Indoor Track isn't sanctioned for high school athletes, all schools will compete against each other regardless of size. In other words, D3 athletes will be racing against D1 and D2 athletes. So if you are coming from a small school and racing against kids from bigger schools and do well in doing so, then college recruiters, scouts, and coaches can take notice. All indoor results are posted online and can be viewed by anyone else. One good race and you might be receiving some letters from schools.
My favorite story from indoor track season happened last season. It was the first or second indoor meet of our season. I bumped into a coach from a college that we had sent an athlete to the year before. However, he was there for another sport besides track. I was telling the coach that he should look at the kid that was up there because he was also a solid track athlete. I found out that this coach was down to watch a certain athlete they were recruiting. Ironically, one of my athletes was racing against him. I mentioned that to the coach and told him to keep an eye on him.
When the race was over and my athlete from a D3 school beat the athlete he was recruiting from a D2 school, the coach just handed me a business card and asked me to give it to my guy.
