Illini Track & Field, Cross Country
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Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
As soon as I saw the question, this is the gif that I imagined.
Something suspicious with this one. She's still listed on the Harvard roster, not ours. Perhaps she committed for next year ?
Hope you're right but if you look at this list that they said had committed this past summer, you will see three athletes who have not yet enrolled:
Kyprianou Announces Illinois Track and Field 2024-25 Signing Class - University of Illinois Athletics
Kyprianou adds nine recruits in the 2024-25 cycle, five women and four men.
fightingillini.com
What an elite class, regardless. Incredible seeing this list. ThanksHope you're right but if you look at this list that they said had committed this past summer, you will see three athletes who have not yet enrolled:
Kyprianou Announces Illinois Track and Field 2024-25 Signing Class - University of Illinois Athletics
Kyprianou adds nine recruits in the 2024-25 cycle, five women and four men.
I wonder if the others can't be officially added to the roster until the first day of classes next month?
That's possible. Harvard's finals just ended yesterday.
Amazing results with almost all of our transfers sitting out this weekend. I guess they will be eligible once classes begin. Petros is doing things no one else has done on campus since Craig Tiley.
This team set the top six program marks in long jump during their first meet? The WOWs just keep coming with this group!
Our gals currently have 6 of the top jumps in the NCAA:
and 8 of the top 14 in the B10 (including the top 5):
www.tfrrs.org
and though I don't have a link, Humphrey and Beckmon have the top two jumps in the world this season.
These results come with some caveats. First, the season is very young, and there haven't been that many meets yet so competition for the top spots is going to intensify. All of our jumps came on the home track, which is an advantage. Not all of our girls will be long jumping at bigger meets. Kienast, Wullschleger and Driscoll are pentathletes and won't likely compete in the individual long jump when they are competing in the multievent. Sopova competes in both the long and the triple jump so she will spend energy on both events in some meets. Smalls competes in the long jump, triple jump and high jump so, again, won't always focus on only the long jump. That being said, we should certainly dominate this event in the B10 conference meet and also do well at NCAAs.
Last year, the winning jump at the B10 indoor meet was by Celine Brown of Rutgers at 20'10.75". Ndudi, Sopova, Beckmon and Humphrey all finished behind her last year, but still in the top 8. On Saturday, Humphrey, Sopova, Beckmon, Smalls and Ndudi all topped that mark.
and 8 of the top 14 in the B10 (including the top 5):
TFRRS | Big Ten Indoor Performance List
www.tfrrs.org
and though I don't have a link, Humphrey and Beckmon have the top two jumps in the world this season.
These results come with some caveats. First, the season is very young, and there haven't been that many meets yet so competition for the top spots is going to intensify. All of our jumps came on the home track, which is an advantage. Not all of our girls will be long jumping at bigger meets. Kienast, Wullschleger and Driscoll are pentathletes and won't likely compete in the individual long jump when they are competing in the multievent. Sopova competes in both the long and the triple jump so she will spend energy on both events in some meets. Smalls competes in the long jump, triple jump and high jump so, again, won't always focus on only the long jump. That being said, we should certainly dominate this event in the B10 conference meet and also do well at NCAAs.
Last year, the winning jump at the B10 indoor meet was by Celine Brown of Rutgers at 20'10.75". Ndudi, Sopova, Beckmon and Humphrey all finished behind her last year, but still in the top 8. On Saturday, Humphrey, Sopova, Beckmon, Smalls and Ndudi all topped that mark.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Long sprinter, when did this stop being middle distance? Just asking....
I don't know the answer to that, but I love the change. Its more truthfully descriptive of what the athletes are doing, right?
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