Coach Rainbolt announced a class of 14 for 2013-14.
It includes 11 incoming freshman (4 Kansas kids, 2 from Nebraska and 1 each from Oklahoma, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Hungary) plus 3 JUCO transfers from Johnson County (via Wamego HS), Hutch CC (via Garden Plain HS) and Iowa Central CC.
This class is not nearly as focused on Kansas kids as normal unlike this year's men's recruiting class.
It's difficult to evaluate a T&F class talent-wise, at least for someone with my limited knowledge. However, I did compare the best performances of these athletes to the scoring performances in the MVC Outdoor Championships to see how they compare. The Ladies performances are not nearly as impressive as the men's recruiting classes but here are the highlights:
Ebiessa Nyandwi, Junior long distance runner transferring from Iowa Central CC. She was 6-tim NJCAA national champion in the 3K, 5K and 10K races which is pretty impressive. However, her best times would not have scored in the MVC Outdoor Meet so she has some work to do.
Macy Ebert, Junior high jumper transferring from Johnson County CC (Wamego HS). Her PB would have finished 5th in the MVC Outdoor Meet.
Megan Campbell, Sprints, Wellington HS. Her PB in the 100m would have been good for a 7th place finish in the MVC.
Sidney Hirsch, Distance, Millard West HS (Omaha). Her PB in the 1600m run converts to about a 5th place finish in last year's MVC Outdoor.
Lycia Holton, Distance, Springboro HS (OH). Her PB in the 1600m converts to a 9th place MVC finish.
McKenzee Kroeschell, Pole Vault, Oak Park HS (IL). Her PB would have placed her 5th in the MVC pole vault.
Nora Zajovics, Hurdles, Gyor, Hungary. Nora is the Hungarian national champion in the 400h and her PB would have been good for 3rd in the MVC Outdoor Championship last year. Looks like Natalie Morerod will have a teammate who will push her (and vice versa).
As I said not as impressive as the incoming men's class from what I can tell but Coach Rainbolt has shown a great knack for inducing great improvement out of his female recruits during their Shocker careers. My guess is there are a couple of surprise packages in this class as well.
It will be interesting to see how much improvement Coach Hunter can coax out of Ebiessa as she has huge shoes to fill with Aliphine moving on.
It includes 11 incoming freshman (4 Kansas kids, 2 from Nebraska and 1 each from Oklahoma, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Hungary) plus 3 JUCO transfers from Johnson County (via Wamego HS), Hutch CC (via Garden Plain HS) and Iowa Central CC.
This class is not nearly as focused on Kansas kids as normal unlike this year's men's recruiting class.
It's difficult to evaluate a T&F class talent-wise, at least for someone with my limited knowledge. However, I did compare the best performances of these athletes to the scoring performances in the MVC Outdoor Championships to see how they compare. The Ladies performances are not nearly as impressive as the men's recruiting classes but here are the highlights:
Ebiessa Nyandwi, Junior long distance runner transferring from Iowa Central CC. She was 6-tim NJCAA national champion in the 3K, 5K and 10K races which is pretty impressive. However, her best times would not have scored in the MVC Outdoor Meet so she has some work to do.
Macy Ebert, Junior high jumper transferring from Johnson County CC (Wamego HS). Her PB would have finished 5th in the MVC Outdoor Meet.
Megan Campbell, Sprints, Wellington HS. Her PB in the 100m would have been good for a 7th place finish in the MVC.
Sidney Hirsch, Distance, Millard West HS (Omaha). Her PB in the 1600m run converts to about a 5th place finish in last year's MVC Outdoor.
Lycia Holton, Distance, Springboro HS (OH). Her PB in the 1600m converts to a 9th place MVC finish.
McKenzee Kroeschell, Pole Vault, Oak Park HS (IL). Her PB would have placed her 5th in the MVC pole vault.
Nora Zajovics, Hurdles, Gyor, Hungary. Nora is the Hungarian national champion in the 400h and her PB would have been good for 3rd in the MVC Outdoor Championship last year. Looks like Natalie Morerod will have a teammate who will push her (and vice versa).
As I said not as impressive as the incoming men's class from what I can tell but Coach Rainbolt has shown a great knack for inducing great improvement out of his female recruits during their Shocker careers. My guess is there are a couple of surprise packages in this class as well.
It will be interesting to see how much improvement Coach Hunter can coax out of Ebiessa as she has huge shoes to fill with Aliphine moving on.
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