The 2008 track & field recruiting rankings were published in the latest issue of Track & Field News. As usual, we did great in the women rankings. The men were not ranked.

Men:
1. Florida
2. Oklahoma State
3. Stanford
4. LSU
5. USC
6. Texas Tech
7. Arkansas
8. Florida State
9. Oklahoma
10. Clemson

Women:
1. Texas A&M – lead by Prize Recruit Vashti (vash-tie) Thomas
2. Florida State
3. USC
4. North Carolina
5. Stanford
6. tu
7. LSU
8. Washington
9. Georgetown
10. Nebraska


Top Aggie Recruits:

MEN:
Landon Hartwick - throws
MacLean O’Donnell - distances
Kaleb Shrader – pole vault
Demetrius Tryels - jumps
Ashton Young - sprints
Kennan Hall - jumps
De’Lon Isom - sprints
Shadrack Songok - distances - senior - XC and indoor only

WOMEN:
Vashti Thomas - hurdles/jumps – triple All-American
Dominique Duncan - sprints
Jeneba Tarmoh - sprints -- soph transfer from Tennessee but not listed on current Aggie roster
Courtnie Allen - hurdles
Alyson Daily - pole vault
Tiffany Singleton - distances
Bianca Blair – hurdles -- soph transfer from South Carolina

Men’s 2009 NCAA meet prediction by John Auka in Track & Field News:
1. Florida 55
2. Texas A&M 49
3. Oregon 44
4. LSU 42
5. Arkansas 40

No Aggies predicted to win

Last year John predicted: Florida State, LSU, USC, Louisville, Auburn
2008 Actual Results: Florida State, LSU/Auburn tie, tu, Texas A&M

Women’s 2009 NCAA meet prediction by Jack Pfeifer in Track & Field News:
1. Texas A&M 54
2. LSU 45
3. South Carolina 36
4. Virginia Tech 35
4. UCLA 35

Porscha Lucas predicted to win the 200
Jessica Beard predicted to win the 400
Aggie relay team predicted to win the 4x100

Last year Jack predicted: Arizona State, Texas A&M, LSU, UCLA, BYU
2008 Actual Results: LSU, Arizona State, Texas A&M, Penn State, Texas Tech

2007 Recruiting Rankings:
MEN:
1. Kentucky
2. USC
3. Florida State
4. Arizona
5. Arkansas
6. Oregon
7. Stanford
8. North Carolina
9. Baylor
10. UCLA

WOMEN:
1. Texas A&M
2. UCLA
3. Florida State
4. Oregon
5. Michigan
6. North Carolina
7. Stanford
8. Nebraska
9. LSU
10. BYU

Of the top seven recruits, all are still on the roster with the exception of super recruit and three time All American April Williams. I don’t think she ever showed up. Easily the top two 2007 recruits were Gabby Mayo and Jessica Beard.

2006 Recruiting Rankings:
MEN:
1. UCLA
2. Baylor
3. Oregon
4. Florida
5. Florida State
6. Wisconsin
7. LSU
8. Nebraska
9. Virginia Tech
10. Minnesota

WOMEN:
1. USC
2. Texas A&M
3. LSU
4. Nebraska
5. Florida
6. Tennessee
7. Stanford
8. Oregon
9. South Carolina
10. Duke

Six of the top seven Aggie 2006 recruits are still on the current roster. The other is Simone Facey, whose eligibility is up.

With the men projected second, imagine if they actually had a recruiting class ranked.

Actually, I believe they missed Phiri and Reid last year in the rankings.

Also, is Tarmoh definitely here? If so, the sprint relays is just going to be unreal when she is eligible.

Tarmoh is listed in the tamu student directory so I believe she is enrolled in classes.

Tarmoh is now listed in the track roster on the Web.
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Can you look in a 2007 Fall Student Directory to see if freshman April Williams is listed? I do not know where she is from but she was probably our third best recruit in 2007. She was rated No. 1 twice in the 100 hurdles while earning three consecutive high school All-American honors.

Thanks

[This message has been edited by MidTnAg (edited 12/8/2008 9:12p).]