400 ace Justin Robinson is half of Arizona State’s great superstar grab. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)
ON NOVEMBER 13 the NCAA’s window for signing national letters of intent in track opened, and we already know the destinations of the majority of this year’s top-rated high school seniors. What we have listed here are those who were good enough to make the ’19 yearly list’s top 10 in each event. ¶ indicates that the athlete was also good enough to make the T&FN All-America team. We will continue to fill in this chart as new signings eventuate.
’20 MEN’S SIGNINGS
What a coup for Arizona State, where new coach Dion Miller has nabbed both the Nos. 2 (long sprinter Justin Robinson) and 3 (hurdler Jamar Marshall) vote-getters from our ’19 HS Athlete Of The Year selection process.
100 METERS
10.21
Micah Williams (Benson, Portland, Oregon)
Oregon
10.30
¶Arian Smith (Mulberry, Florida)
Georgia (fb)
10.36
Marcellus Moore (North, Plainfield, Illinois)
Purdue
Wind-aided:
10.32
Justin Robinson (West, Hazelwood, Missouri)
Arizona State
200 METERS
20.69
Devon Achane (Marshall, Missouri City, Texas)
Texas A&M
20.79
Sean Burrell (Zachary, Louisiana)
LSU
20.84
Ashton Allen (Bullis, Potomac, Maryland)
USC
Wind-aided:
20.46
Achane
20.73
Daniel Garland (Frenship, Wolfforth, Texas)
Texas
400 METERS
44.84(A)
¶Justin Robinson (West, Hazelwood, Missouri)
Arizona State
46.33
¶Alex Collier (Orange Park, Florida)
Florida State
46.51
Omajuwa Etiwe (Franklin, El Paso, Texas)
Texas A&M
46.52
Sean Burrell (Zachary, Louisiana)
LSU
46.57(A)
Chris Dupree (Park Hill South, Riverside, Missouri)
There’s still plenty of significant action to come here, as the whereabouts of both the ’18 (Katelyn Tuohy) and ’19 (Briana Williams) HS Athletes Of The Year remains undetermined. Also still in the wind is the destination of choice last year’s vote-getter No. 4, Athing Mu.
100 METERS
10.94
¶Briana Williams’ (Northeast, Oakland Park, Florida)
turned pro
200 METERS
22.88(A)
¶Briana Williams’ (Northeast, Oakland Park, Florida)
turned pro
23.36
Jayla Hollis (DeSoto, Texas)
Arkansas
23.38
¶Laila Owens (Bush, Richmond, Texas)
Texas A&M
Wind-aided:
23.36
Talitha Diggs (Saucon Valley, Hellertown, Pennsylvania)
Florida
400 METERS
51.98
¶Athing Mu (Central, Trenton, New Jersey)
Texas A&M
52.12
¶Ziyah Holman (Georgetown Day, Washington, DC)
Michigan
52.16
Kimberly Harris (Buford, Georgia)
USC
52.82
Talitha Diggs (Saucon Valley, Hellertown, Pennsylvania)
Florida
800 METERS
2:01.17
¶Athing Mu (Central, Trenton, New Jersey)
Texas A&M
2:05.15
¶Victoria Vanriele (Livingston, Berkeley Heights, NJ)
Penn State
2:06.01
Dominique Mustin (North Canyon, Phoenix, Arizona)
Texas A&M
MILE
4:38.19
¶Tori Starcher (Ripley, West Virginia)
Stanford
4:38.68+
¶Taryn Parks (Greencastle-Antrim, Greencastle, Penn)
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