A Guide On Where NCAA Teams Specialize In Event Areas

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* Sprinters from North Carolina A&T and Houston vie for the line at the Drake Relays in 2021

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By Garrett Zatlin - MileSplit Recruiting Correspondent

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Deciding where to go to college is not easy.

Between tuition, degree offerings, proximity to home, school size and academic rigor, trying to properly gauge the importance of those aspects can be a challenge.

When you add on the potential to compete at the NCAA level as an athlete, that decision never gets any easier.

Last week, I spoke to an NCAA Division I coach who told me, "I wish I knew more about certain teams and what they specialized in (event-wise) when I was getting recruited."

It made me think. Wouldn't it be nice to have a general guide on which programs specialize in certain areas? 

Below, I've highlighted a few different event areas and analyzed which schools go after certain athletes.

This is part one of a two-part examination on the specialization of track and field programs. 


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