Top 25 Distance Recruits 2022

CU hasn't gotten a true stud from Colorado since Bradley Harkrader and Ryan Deak in 2004 or whatever. I don't see them getting Bergen either, but we'll see. I hope they do. He would do great at CU.

They got Vancil like 2 years ago.

birdbeard wrote:

CU hasn't gotten a true stud from Colorado since Bradley Harkrader and Ryan Deak in 2004 or whatever. I don't see them getting Bergen either, but we'll see. I hope they do. He would do great at CU.

Joe Klecker was a true stud in high school.

His senior track season (2015) he ran an 8:50 3200 and a 4:04 mile.

Also qualified for NXN as an individual his senior year, broke his high school’s 5K record, and led his team to the state meet for the first time in 11 years, out of the section of death aka 6AA.

John Dressel ran an 8:50 2-mile at the Brooks PR his senior year. That is a very studly performance for a high schooler.

counterexample wrote:

birdbeard wrote:

CU hasn't gotten a true stud from Colorado since Bradley Harkrader and Ryan Deak in 2004 or whatever. I don't see them getting Bergen either, but we'll see. I hope they do. He would do great at CU.

Joe Klecker was a true stud in high school.

His senior track season (2015) he ran an 8:50 3200 and a 4:04 mile.

Also qualified for NXN as an individual his senior year, broke his high school’s 5K record, and led his team to the state meet for the first time in 11 years, out of the section of death aka 6AA.

John Dressel ran an 8:50 2-mile at the Brooks PR his senior year. That is a very studly performance for a high schooler.

Dressel was Washington. Klecker was Minnesota.

ok old timer wrote:

They got Vancil like 2 years ago.

Vancil had 0 state championships. He was 3rd two years in a row in XC. He is definitely a stud though, and I almost mentioned him, but he's not a Goucher or Harkrader (or, for non-CU people, Sprout, Culpepper, Bergen, Wolfe, Roberts, etc.). Not the consensus best recruit from CO, which never seem to go to CU.

birdbeard wrote:

ok old timer wrote:

They got Vancil like 2 years ago.

Vancil had 0 state championships. He was 3rd two years in a row in XC. He is definitely a stud though, and I almost mentioned him, but he's not a Goucher or Harkrader (or, for non-CU people, Sprout, Culpepper, Bergen, Wolfe, Roberts, etc.). Not the consensus best recruit from CO, which never seem to go to CU.

He never won state but he was 3rd and 6th at NXN which is better. Of course he was overshadowed by Sprout. I agree that a lot of the top recruits from CO end up elsewhere, ex. Green and Culpepper at UW, etc. Colo State seems to do a better job in-state recruiting, which is good for them and they have done well as a blue collar team. I don’t blame CO kids though, you have to be pretty tough and serious to want to run for Wetmore. He does not mess around.

Jenkins a verbal commit to washington

birdbeard wrote:

Not the consensus best recruit from CO, which never seem to go to CU.

Why do you think this is?

counterexample wrote:

birdbeard wrote:

CU hasn't gotten a true stud from Colorado since Bradley Harkrader and Ryan Deak in 2004 or whatever. I don't see them getting Bergen either, but we'll see. I hope they do. He would do great at CU.

Joe Klecker was a true stud in high school.

His senior track season (2015) he ran an 8:50 3200 and a 4:04 mile.

Also qualified for NXN as an individual his senior year, broke his high school’s 5K record, and led his team to the state meet for the first time in 11 years, out of the section of death aka 6AA.

John Dressel ran an 8:50 2-mile at the Brooks PR his senior year. That is a very studly performance for a high schooler.

They are not from Colorado. They have had some top out-of-state recruits - Moussa, Rocha, Herrera, etc. Connor Winter had the 5th fastest mile in the country (4:07.02 Midwest Distance Gala) and won the triple (800, 1600, 3200) at the state meet. Of course some of the second tier Colorado girls (Coburn, Constien) turned out to be pretty good.

Col wrote:

birdbeard wrote:

Not the consensus best recruit from CO, which never seem to go to CU.

Why do you think this is?

Probably just like any other kids -- they want to get out of state and see the country and can do it on a scholarship. Wetmore is notoriously stingy with scholarships as well, the facilities at CU aren't as nice as some others, they can get better degrees at Stanford, etc.

Edwards to nau

birdbeard wrote:

Probably just like any other kids -- they want to get out of state and see the country and can do it on a scholarship. Wetmore is notoriously stingy with scholarships as well, the facilities at CU aren't as nice as some others, they can get better degrees at Stanford, etc.

Thanks. You make some solid points.

I am a Colorado native but did not go to CU. I have a lot of respect for Wetmore. Mostly because they seem to get a lot of improvement from the top of the roster to the bottom, with far fewer flame outs than most programs.

Again, thanks for your opinion.

I think Rheinhardt Harrison will end up at a school like Oregon or UW. Also related I think your list doesn't do justice to U of Oregon. They will have a monster recruiting class this year, probably one better than UNC's incoming freshman. With the new stadium and recent results, there is no reason why they shouldn't have by far and away the best recruiting class- and you don't have a single boy on your list going there.

duckman wrote:

I think Rheinhardt Harrison will end up at a school like Oregon or UW. Also related I think your list doesn't do justice to U of Oregon. They will have a monster recruiting class this year, probably one better than UNC's incoming freshman. With the new stadium and recent results, there is no reason why they shouldn't have by far and away the best recruiting class- and you don't have a single boy on your list going there.

Same with NC State. They always get at least 1 girl thats a stud going there to run. Especially seeing how deep and young they are (Touhy, Starliper, Chmiel, Walters, Hendrix), Expect at least 2 or 3 of them to make an impact this year excluding Kelsey since she's already 2x All american. Getting another All american calibur is not out of the possibilities seeing how past 2 xc championships had freshman all americans. Agreed with UO as well since they usually get one of the top 5 runners every year going there.

Mantz is coming back as a 7th year senior

duckman wrote:

I think Rheinhardt Harrison will end up at a school like Oregon or UW. Also related I think your list doesn't do justice to U of Oregon. They will have a monster recruiting class this year, probably one better than UNC's incoming freshman. With the new stadium and recent results, there is no reason why they shouldn't have by far and away the best recruiting class- and you don't have a single boy on your list going there.

+1

Rheinhardt goes to Oregon or NAU, unquestionably.

First big boys commitment- Sam Rich to Notre Dame (4:10/8:57/14:40)

Notre Dame is likely looking to have a big recruiting class this year.

Crawford West - Alabama

Top 25 list should debatably include Chachi Gonzales, Ava Parekh, Mary Ellen Eudaly, Ella Kurto, and maybe a few others over some of these girls and should certainly include Caroline Lehman who has committed to UND (see the 2022 Girls Commit thread).

Also, do you really think not one fast girl from this class will go to NC State? Or Arkansas? What about Stanford? Seems like a lot of Tar Heel predictions.