2011 track & field recruits

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starting a thread for ISU track and field recruits.

So far we just know of 2 who have verballed to come to ISU, but they're good ones.

1 Christensen, Jonathon from Southmont high school, he was the state champ in the high jump in 2010, clearing 7' 0"

2. Nicole Lucas from Bloomington South high school, she was 2nd in the state cross country meet last fall at ISU. She's run 17:51 for 5k

both of these are awesome recruits for ISU!

as we learn of more we'll post them.
 

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Welcome to the Sycamores family! It is a great time to be a Tree! I'm glad you both are here. Enjoy your life as Sycamores.
:sycamores::sycamores::sycamores:
 
XTreeXC said:
So we can thank Dani Prince for sending her our way?
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Dani is a good friend of mine and I will say she tried to have as little influence as possible, "she knows that I would want her to go to Indiana State, the best thing I can do is let her make the decision that is best for her" Not exactly the way Dani put it, but pretty close.

But being a middle school coach I can say that middle school and high school athletes look up to their coaches, I'd image that Nicole thinks very highly of Dani. I know they have a great relationship, so it'd be silly to think she didn't have something to do with her coming to State.

Both of these are good gets for the Sycamores!
 
XTreeXC said:
Sounds like the philosophy of a good leader. Very admirable approach.
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A very mature way to handle the situation that's for sure. Being a coach and being an absolute (self admitted) Sycamore junkie I would probably have trouble staying out of the way like Dani did. Doesn't maker her any less of a Sycamore, but just shows how people are different in leadership/coaching styles I guess. Well done for her, the important thing is in this case that style worked. In the next case it might not work, but I guess what can be said if it doesn't work at least the athletes decision wasn't one of influence for or against. Being a coach and someone that has college athlete experience I will say it's in the best interest of your athlete to assist them in making a good decision for "them" if they ask for your help.
 

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here is the release from ISU about the Jonathon Christensen signing for track, great pickup!

http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15200&ATCLID=205089517

I noticed one of the football recruits has high jumped 6' 10", which is REALLY good. And another one was a junior olympic national champ in the long jump. Any chance any of these guys compete for the track teams at all?

Richie Dyer, RB/DB
5-10, 185, Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio (Fork Union Military Academy/Moeller HS)

High School - Played at Fork Union Military Academy under head coach Micky Sullivan ... earned a pair of All-Virginia honors for running backs and punt/kick returners ... also a standout athlete in Track & Field, winning the Junior Olympic National Championship in the long jump in 2009.

and this recruit has cleared 6' 9"

DeSean Prentice, WR 6-1, 180, Fr., Mishawaka, Ind. (Penn HS)

High School- Lettered four years for Coach Cory Yeoman at Penn High School. Lettered three years in Basketball and four in Track and Field, First Team All NIC Honorable Mention All-State, South Bend Tribune 2010 Dream Team, State Qualifier in High Jump 2009 and 2010.
 
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it was Prentice who has cleared 6' 10" in the high jump, from the trib star

Among the most athletic players might be DeSean Prentice, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound wide receiver from Penn High School, which is near South Bend.

Prentice has cleared a high jump of 6-10 in track and field.

http://tribstar.com/sports/x2072619346/ISU-football-signing-class-has-local-regional-flavor

and a speedster too

Another potential wide receiver, Dyris Haywood, has ran a time of 10.8 seconds in the 100-meter dash on the high school track.
 
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We have had a few in the past but not many. UNI and SIU have let many of their football players run track. Right now UNI has two of the top three sprinters in the conferance and they are both football players. For whatever reason doing both football and track here at ISU doesn't work.
 
that's just NOT right, if UNI & other schools do it, so should ISU, shame on the football team for not sharing the talents of their players to help ISU in general! :evileye:

SycamoreTrack said:
We have had a few in the past but not many. UNI and SIU have let many of their football players run track. Right now UNI has two of the top three sprinters in the conferance and they are both football players. For whatever reason doing both football and track here at ISU doesn't work.
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sycamorebacker said:
Do football players ever compete in track?
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That's a good question and the answer to it is pretty simple - at Indiana State no! Trent does not want his football players running track, he wants control over what they are doing. Be it weights or running 7 on 7 (or whatever it is that they do). But if you remember Bryant Kent used to run track at Indiana State and notice now he doesn't.... He's not the only one.
 
On the men's side I noticed that Mike Wynn's son, Tyler, signed with Purdue. (For those who don't know him, Mike ran at ISU for a few years.) I don't know much about Tyler, but he had a good cross country season and apparently is a pretty good miler. I wonder if Indiana State showed any interest in him?
 

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XTreeXC said:
On the men's side I noticed that Mike Wynn's son, Tyler, signed with Purdue. (For those who don't know him, Mike ran at ISU for a few years.) I don't know much about Tyler, but he had a good cross country season and apparently is a pretty good miler. I wonder if Indiana State showed any interest in him?
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Yes, we did.
 
with track sectionals this week for the boys and girls it's time to start updating results for known ISU recruits. If there are others that I am missing add them to the list.

thanks!

Nicole Lucas was 2nd in the 1600 (5:07.47) and won the 3200 (11:00.32) for Bloomington South

Southmont high jumper Jonathan Christensen won the high jump, clearing 7 feet last night.

Ben Davis Pole Vaulter Robert Schenck won the pole vault, clearing 15 feet last night.

THS runner Taylor Head was 2nd in the 3200 in 9:36.11 last night

THN miler Milton Brinza won the 1600 in 4:25:22 last night.

ALL excellent recruits for 2011-2012! keep up the good work at regionals folks!
 
couple other names and updates to the track recruit list for ISU's men and women.

for the women, ISU recruit Taylor Gilles won the 100 meter hurdles for Wheeler HS at their sectional, running 14.83, then 15.02 in the finals.

for the men, add Columbus North senior Gabe Ocasio to the list, he was 2nd in the 800 Thursday (1:58.56) and ran on the 2nd place mile relay team (3:25.37). He was also 20th at the state CC meet last fall for state champion Columbus North (running 16:00.5)

Ryan Dickson from Zionsville is also coming to ISU, he was 2nd in the 400 Thursday night (49.04) and ran on the 4 x 100 meter relay team (2nd 43.06) and the 4 x 400 meter relay team (3rd 3:23.82).

with the ISU men winning the MVC track/cc trifecta this should help recruiting quite a bit.
 
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ISU women's recruit Kaisha Martin from Dowagiac Union High School in Michigan had a good regional meet this weekend. her results

100 meter dash - 1. Kaisha Martin, Dowagiac Union High School, 12.46
200 meter dash - 1. Kaisha Martin, Dowagiac Union High School, 26.29

her state meet is next weekend I believe.
 
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