2010 NCAA Top Women's Recruiting Classes Countdown - #1

oh yeah, Koziara was at Baylor as a frosh.

Sopre I should say.

How close were the Florida Gators cracking the Top 5? They had 3 Foot Locker Finalists. Here is a breakdown:

Shelby Hayes (Foot Locker Finalist) 800 meters 2:11 1600 meters 4:43 3200 meters 10:27 5K XC 17:12
Cory McGee (Foot Locker Finalist)800 meters 2:10 Mile 4:46 3200 meters 10:39 5K XC 17:29
Brittany Koziara (Foot Locker Finalist) 800 meters 2:13 1600 meters 4:52 3200 meters 10:36 5K XC 16:59
Stephanie Strasser 1600 meters 5:00 2 miles 10:58 5K XC 17:56
Sarah Davis 800 meters 2:13 1600 meters 5:00 3200 meters 11:07 5K XC 18:24
Number of Sub 17:30 5k - 3
Number of Sub 10:50 2 Mile - 3
Number of Sub 5:00 Mile - 5
Number of Sub 2:13 800 meters - 4
Number of Sub NXN/FL Finalists - 3

To be more succinct I should have written, Success breeds success.

I assume that when runners look at long distance they look at cross country and track and field. Washington's women won in 2008 and did not do as well in outdoor and indoor track and field. However, Oregon's men won cross country in 2007 and 2008. In outdoor track and field they also came in 2009 (2nd) and 2010 (3rd). The Oregon's women came in 2nd both 2009 and 2010 in outdoor track and field. This year the Oregon women won the indoor track and field for the first time. So, I think the women's recruiting class is still feeding off of their 2008 championship. Also, obviously, Oregon has done very well.

Of course every young recruit now wants to go to Washington. But if they don't produce this year I believe that will change. It's easy to be the #1 recruiting class when you have the status of #1 even if it was 2 years ago.
I wonder now that Kelly is gone will they recover?

best class rank wise out of the men and women recruiting stats. i call them for the win or in the top two or three at nationals this year

Christine Babc0ck.
way to go flotrack for not even letting me spell a name

The University of Washington has hired a new coach, Lauren Denfeld, to coach distance runners. This seems to be smart since they had no female coach, and there seemed to be dissatisfaction in the women's cross country team with the loss of Kelly Strong. So it makes sense to hire a young woman and recent graduate who the runners could possibly more easily identify with.

why is Kendra Schaff transferring to UNC?

I meant to say hate not had

where is schaff transferring to?

I guess you could say they are the top dogs (you know since they are huskies, ok yeah that was really bad)

Anyways, huge recruiting class! It will be interesting to see how they fill in the gaps.

Great job Coach Metcalf...always a UW fan...another bunch of great young women to spoil!