The Streamline Athletes’ Blog has Moved! We have packed up our blog and found a new home! Check out our new blog! New Blog HomepageWhy Make a New Blog? Medium has been great! We have loved using this platform as a way to provide content for you (don’t worry we got a lot more share ?)! But as we’ve grown so have our needs. It’s important that we have full control over the type of content we provide and make it as easy as possible for athletes like you to see. We’re so excited to continue bringing you the information you need on your journey to collegiate athletics on ou ..read more

The implications of track and field recruiting during COVID-19: Aneel Gillan’s journey to Illinois State University As we often talk about here at Streamline Athletes, every student-athlete leaving high school has his or her own unique recruiting journey. Each makes their decision about where to pursue sport and education on their own and each has their own set of priorities and goals that make the process unique. And with the impacts of COVID-19, recruiting has only become more personal and complicated. Aneel Gillan is a freshman decathlete at Illinois State University whose recruiting j ..read more

This article was made in partnership with Athletics Nova Scotia With another academic year underway, the reality of college and university is starting to emerge for soon-to-be high school graduates. The anticipation and excitement surrounding making new friends, studying new academic subjects and training in a whole new environment is unparalleled. However, deciding what school to go to can be quite an overwhelming process — this is the place you are going to be spending the next four or five years of your life, after all! Knowing about and understanding all the options that are ava ..read more

Beyond the NCAA: North America’s Collegiate Track & Field Associations \Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash You’ve worked hard. You’ve trained. And now you are ready to compete at the college level. We know there are tons of things you need to consider; facilities, training, competition and education. But don’t worry, you don’t need to go to an NCAA D1 school to be successful, there are many different options that can fit your needs. With Streamline Athletes you can browse different colleges and associations and find the one that is right for you. We are proud to say that we now h ..read more

Searching for the right university, going through the recruitment process, and managing the pressures of high school can be overwhelming to say the least. But just know, there are hundreds of possibilities and programs in the collegiate landscape that are just waiting to be explored! Streamline Athletes hopes to highlight collegiate track and field recruitment stories and experiences of all kinds to provide soon-to-be high school graduates with more insight into the recruitment process and tips as to how they can start and progress with their own journey. From a young age, American sprin ..read more

Being a student-athlete is a unique opportunity; you get the chance to compete at a high caliber of sport while also pursuing higher education. And whether it’s training, competition, or academics, everything is a level up. Despite common misconception, the NCAA Division I is not the only pathway to success in our sport. International level athletes, national record holders, and Olympians started their collegiate athletics careers in a variety of different associations, such as Division III and U SPORTS. In North America, junior colleges, colleges, and universities are divided among ..read more

Track and field recruitment before and during COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is continually changing the landscape of collegiate sports. Student-athletes around North America and the rest of the world are living through a time of uncertainty, all while venturing down new avenues to reach the same end goal: signing and competing for a university/college. Football is certainly taking up space in the headlines as Big Ten and Pac-12 schools in the NCAA moved to cancel all fall sports. Other major conference seasons stand in the balance, football players from across the power five and beyond c ..read more

Searching for the right university, going through the recruitment process, and managing the pressures of high school can be overwhelming, to say the least. Streamline Athletes helps high school track and field athletes make confident decisions about where to study and compete at the collegiate level. Eric Heins coached the Northern Arizona University (NAU) cross-country/track and field program for nine years, from 2007 through to 2016. He led the men’s NCAA Division I XC team to their first national title in 2016 and spent the following year in transition, passing on the baton to current ..read more

Searching for the right university, going through the recruitment process, and managing the pressures of high school can be overwhelming, to say the least. Streamline Athletes hopes to highlight collegiate track and field recruitment stories of all sorts to provide soon-to-be high school graduates with more insight as to how they can start and progress their own journey. Explore your options now! Emily Richards is an American middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 800 meters. Originally from Delaware Ohio, Richards completed her major in chemistry at Ohio Northern, an NCAA D ..read more

Searching for the right university, going through the recruitment process, and managing the pressures of high school can be overwhelming, to say the least. Streamline Athletes helps high school track and field athletes make confident decisions about where to study and compete at the collegiate level. Streamline Athletes has recently added NJCAA junior colleges to our platform giving soon-to-be high school graduates even more schools to choose from when going through their own recruitment journey. This addition allows student-athletes to browse through 137 NJCAA D-I schools and gives them ..read more