An absolutely loaded class. Pretty crazy. Also, I just wanted to note that this isn't Jude Devries first year of running. He was impressive as a freshman and has been running since, I don't know why multiple people are saying that.
It certainly is weird. top 5 seniors at 2 miles are:
Leo/Lex: Stanford (great choice)
Burns: Oregon (makes sense)
R Hansen: WF (a new powerhouse)
Caudillo: Cal poly????
Would’t he have his pick pretty much anywhere?
I mean it is a build-up program which will most definitely become a powerhouse. Coached by Ryan Vanhoy the former Ole Miss coach is considered to be one of the best middle-distance coaches in the NCAA.
Jude Devries - 4:19 1600m 15:19 5k (First Year of Running)
Dheeraj Gurusamy - 4:15 1600m 9:20 3200m
Mateo Malko-Allen - 4:14 1600m 9:10 3200m
Ethan Miller - 4:18 1600m 9:22 3200m
And UCLA has………
Ramses Cortes - 4:16 1600m 9:04 3200m 15:04 5k
That's it he's the only recruit.
Definitely a good pickup but UCLA is getting killed in the recruiting process with the lack of scholarship money. Both UCLA and Cal Poly have stellar new distance coaches but I'm willing to bet that recruits that were more interested in UCLA initially were scared away due to the lack of financial support that I'm sure Cal Poly and other big D1 schools are providing.
idk why people think this is unexpected. You have arguably the best mid d coach in the country ofc ur gonna get those recruits no matter what school and you’re gonna get it relatively quickly
Definitely a good pickup but UCLA is getting killed in the recruiting process with the lack of scholarship money. Both UCLA and Cal Poly have stellar new distance coaches but I'm willing to bet that recruits that were more interested in UCLA initially were scared away due to the lack of financial support that I'm sure Cal Poly and other big D1 schools are providing.
Seems like one coach is proving they are stellar and one isn’t.
idk why people think this is unexpected. You have arguably the best mid d coach in the country ofc ur gonna get those recruits no matter what school and you’re gonna get it relatively quickly
Definitely a good pickup but UCLA is getting killed in the recruiting process with the lack of scholarship money. Both UCLA and Cal Poly have stellar new distance coaches but I'm willing to bet that recruits that were more interested in UCLA initially were scared away due to the lack of financial support that I'm sure Cal Poly and other big D1 schools are providing.
Ramses also finished 79th at NXN. One second behind Aaron Cantu
Definitely a good pickup but UCLA is getting killed in the recruiting process with the lack of scholarship money. Both UCLA and Cal Poly have stellar new distance coaches but I'm willing to bet that recruits that were more interested in UCLA initially were scared away due to the lack of financial support that I'm sure Cal Poly and other big D1 schools are providing.
Ramses also finished 79th at NXN. One second behind Aaron Cantu
Cantu was 5th for Newbury and has improved a lot since the start of the season
Van Hoy is an exceptional coach. In the line of the hip new thing. However, please note that Cal Poly has been getting recruits with these kinds of credentials for a long time.
Conover was always pulling deep classes. California is a deep distance running state. Getting 9:00-9:12 3200m to go to Cal Poly is just a normal thing.
Conover struggled his last 3-5 years having his teams perform well enough to get them to NCAAs, but he did get them there at times.
Van Hoy is different. I get that. He will do great, Cal Poly will make NCAAs pretty quickly and he’ll have people make the national meet on the track.
But, thinking that Cal Poly has never gotten a class like this makes me believe you were probably born in 2000.
From what I understand one coach is able to offer recruits scholarship money and the other is more limited in that capacity. If I'm a 4:05 HS miler, I'm going to the best school that I don't have to pay for.
From what I understand one coach is able to offer recruits scholarship money and the other is more limited in that capacity. If I'm a 4:05 HS miler, I'm going to the best school that I don't have to pay for.
How much does it cost to go to UCLA if you are a California resident?