National hurdle recordholder Tia Jones opted for Oregon, then turned pro. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)
On November 14 the NCAA’s window for signing national letters of intent in track opened, and at that point we already knew the destinations of the majority of this year’s high school seniors. At that point, what we listed here was those who were good enough to make the 2018 yearly HS list’s top 10 in each event ( ¶ indicates that the athlete was also good enough to make the T&FN All-America team). We have continued to fill in this chart as new signings eventuated, and here’s where things stand as the new year dawns:
2019 MEN’S SIGNINGS
With our ’18 HS Athlete Of The Year balloting being almost completely filled by seniors, the only one of these signees to get votes was hurdler Kurt Powdar at =17.
100 METERS
10.26(A)
¶Taylor Banks (Miramar, Florida)
Florida State
200 METERS
20.69
¶Joe Fahnbullah (Hopkins, Minnesota)
Florida
20.73
¶Tyrese Cooper (Norland, Miami Gardens, Florida)
Oregon
20.75
Tylin Jackson (Lancaster, Texas)
Arkansas
400 METERS
46.02
¶Tyrese Cooper (Norland, Miami Gardens, Florida)
Oregon
46.15
¶Matthew Boling (Strake, Houston, Texas)
Georgia
46.20
Nick Ramey (Brookwood, Snellville, Georgia)
USC
46.31i
Brian Herron (Lakeside, Atlanta, Georgia)
USC
800 METERS
1:49.10
¶Luis Peralta (Passaic, New Jersey)
Oregon
1:50.4
Crayton Carrozza (St Stephen’s, Austin, Texas)
Texas
MILE
4:05.50
¶Nick Foster (Pioneer, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Michigan
2 MILES
8:53.36
¶Devin Hart (Borough, Point Pleasant, New Jersey)
Stanford
8:53.46
Ryan Oosting (Arlington, Massachusetts)
Stanford
8:54.25
Joe Waskom (Mt Si, Snoqualmie, Washington)
Washington
STEEPLECHASE
9:05.67
Parker Stokes (Maine-Endwell, Endwell, New York)
Georgetown
9:29.46
Marty Dolan (Niskayuna, New York)
Binghampton
110 HURDLES
13.59
¶Kurt Powdar (Smith, Chesapeake, Virginia)
Florida
13.73
Andre Turay (South, Hagerstown, Maryland)
Texas A&M
Wind-aided:
13.60
Dominick Houston-Shepard (Marshall, Missouri City, Texas)
Houston
300 HURDLES
36.61
Caleb Lutalo Roberson (Upland, California)
Wyoming
36.76
Dominick Houston-Shepard (Marshall, Missouri City, Texas)
Houston
36.85
William Spencer (Highland Springs, Virginia)
South Carolina
36.92
Amari Johnson (Hallandale, Florida)
Central Florida
400 HURDLES
51.53
Caleb Cavanaugh (Strake, Houston, Texas)
Georgia
51.95
Ryan Williams (Bowie, Arlington, Texas)
South Plains
HIGH JUMP
7-2½
Charles McBride (Apex, North Carolina)
Campbell
7-1½
Roberto Trevizo (Farwell, Texas)
Texas Tech
POLE VAULT
17-4
Haze Farmer (Lake Hamilton, Pearcy, Arkansas)
Georgia
17-3½(A)
Max Manson (Monarch, Louisville, Colorado)
Stanford
LONG JUMP
24-7¼
Freddie Allen (Chapel Hill, Douglasville, Georgia)
Georgia Tech
24-5½
¶Jeremiah Willis (Cicero-North Syracuse, Cicero, New York)
Louisville
24-4½
¶Frank Royal (St Christopher’s, Richmond, Virginia)
UCLA
24-2¾w
¶Matthew Boling (Strake, Houston, Texas)
Georgia
TRIPLE JUMP
50-6¼
Christopher Alexander (Rocky River, Mint Hill, North Carolina)
4 of these signees received votes in our ’18 HS Athlete Of The Year balloting. Hurdler Tia Jones was No. 2, high jumper/heptathlete Anna Hall was No. 3, horizontal jumper Jasmine Moore was No. 7 and hurdler Brooke Jaworski was No. 12. Note that prize heptathlete Sterling Lester is not listed here, even though she was a junior in ’18. She graduated early and is already at Georgia.