Class of 2024 college recruits

Helder: 1:53/9:26/15:21 (4th 5A Idaho State Meet)
May: 1:56/4:20/15:00 (15:19 at Hole in the Wall, 11th 5A Idaho State Meet)
King: 1:59/4:27/15:13 (8th 5A Idaho State Meet, 11th NXR NW)
Antonnen: 9:47/15:32 (16th 5A Idaho State Meet)
Goss: 1:56/4:21/9:34/15:36

Not a complaint. Somebody had made a broad brush statement that every girl was having an easy time getting the school of their choice. It seems that some Letsrun posters see those posts and assume that somebody not actively involved on the process knows what is happening. Just telling you and everyone for the 3rd or 4th time that I personally know some girls that have reached out to around 100 programs where they would fit in nicely with their times but the vast majority of the schools are not responding. Again, just facts. By the way, Colorado State amd Wyoming are two of the schools. Seems that you are not familiar with cost nor the recruiting ease at schools.

And I'm doing the same for you.

Recruiting is a two way street... again, there are plenty of schools who would be interested in your girls... I could continue to give you names of schools... here's a few more... GCU, NMSt. Sac State... even Baylor.... (and I would be willing to bet that your girls did not contact CSU or Wyo directly... as in direct, not an email from a recruiting service email account that is sent to 100+ schools... very few coaches are going to ignore a 2:09... or sub 5... other than the top of the heap... recruiting is hard work for both sides, sorry)

Where do these people go to school now?

Lily Guinn is headed to Florida State. The two time Virginia state champion has kind of slid under the radar a bit considering how fast she is (2:14/4:46/10:02) and that shes won or finished very high at multiple national level meets in her career. By far the best pick up for the Seminoles.

and by the way, all this talk of a 2:09 girl from the midwest getting no bites, maybe its just a coincidence but Ahry Comer out of Illinois just signed with LSU. Comer ran 56.8/2:09/4:59/10:57.

Certainly not a surprise she was able to find a school. Good for her!

No.

Nolan McGinn - Fayetteville Manlius NY - University of Pittsburgh

But just announced now. And another big name committed to Oregon. They clearly are the Stanford of 2024...

Isabel has an 800 New Balance national title to her name and a 1600 (5A) Texas state title, two 3200 state titles and she was state champion in cross country her freshman year. Her times: 57.1/2:05/4:38/10:26/16:56xc. So with Ince and Conde De Frankenberg the Ducks are getting two high school kids who ran sub 2:06. Somewhere Raven Rogers is nodding approvingly...

Matteo Tonnos - Farragut TN - Furman University

One down. Keelee Leitzen to Iowa State.

2:09/4:38/17:53

And people thought the story was made up.

what story? That the 2:09 girl that was having a hard time generating interest ended up committing to a P5 program in her region that regularly wins their conference and qualifies for NCAA's?

No. How would you not believe that since you can look it up?

The story that there are 4 girls in a small town in Iowa who are having a hard time. People claimed that the girls didn't exist. Iowa State has no interest in some of the others. 2:09 was the difference maker.

No one claimed the girls didn't exist, they claimed they weren't reaching out to the right schools. Thats why there was a user listing out countless D1 schools that would take their times.

I mean there aren't that many girls in Iowa who have run a sub 4:45 1500 and sub 10:20 3k (being very generous since they were listed at 4:58/10:45 girls and there aren't 3 uncommitted girls on milesplit that ran those equivalents in Iowa) so it isn't hard to figure out who they are since Dorenkamp, Verde and now Leitzen are now committed.

Read back a page and you will be proven incorrect.

"I guarantee you these girls don't exist or they hoping to go to stanford or nc state or uva or oregon or etc..."

the guarantee was that a girl with those times (which were exaggerations to begin with since there aren't 3 uncommitted girls that meet those times in Iowa) is probably not getting engagement from 75% of schools they reach out to because those schools are unrealistic options or they have no spots so aren't responding back. Like Northern Iowa would have been a nice landing spot but looks like they took 6 distance girls last year and have no seniors graduating this year, so probably no spots to speak of unless you are a conference scorer.

Without knowing which schools are responding and which aren't we can't say if its fair or not. But considering they were complaining about the process for the 2:09 girl that just committed to a great program i'm leaning to believe the sob story is as exaggerrated as the times are.

Exactly. So she took an extra two whole weeks to get an offer she liked... lol

Good for her but the angst the guy created because she couldn't find anything was silly.