Class of 2007 College Signings

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I Signed with the University of Louisville last week.

You must be Kyle Gann. Welcome to the board

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Kosovich signs with UM track
By Gazette News Services

MISSOULA - Montana track and field coach Tom Raunig has announced the signing of four athletes, including pole vaulter Courtney Kosovich of Billings Senior and hurdler Kyle Danreuther of Big Sandy.

Raunig also signed quarter-miler Jenna Haven of Wenatchee, Wash., and distance runner Kesslee Payne of Gig Harbor, Wash.

Kosovich, a senior at Billings Senior, has placed second in the pole vault at the last two state Class AA track and field meets, going 11 feet, 3 inches in 2005 and 11-6 in 2006. Her season-best vault of 12 feet last spring was the best mark in the state among all classes.

Kosovich also competes in long jump and triple jump, placing second in the long jump (17-51/4) and fourth in the triple jump (34-83/4) this spring.

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Pole vaulter Katie Veith joins Tech from Homestead High in Fort Wayne, Ind. She ranked as the No. 1 high school pole vaulter in the United States in both indoor and outdoor in 2006. Veith is only the second high school athlete to vault 14' indoors in U.S. history. She is a two-time USA Junior Olympic champion, the 2006 Nike Indoor and Outdoor High School National champion and also took the pole vault title at the indoor and outdoor Indiana State competition. Honors for Veith include being named the 2006 DyeStat Female Athlete of the Year in pole vault and the 2006 Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

Jessica Gibbs is also a pole vaulting addition for the Red Raiders. She is a skilled athlete in different facets as she was a 2006 All-American cheerleader and also a 2004 Texas Power Lifting medalist. A current student at Jim Ned High in Abilene, Texas, Gibbs was the 2006 Texas 2A State champion in pole vault. At the same competition, she was a state finalist for the 4x200M and 4x400M relay teams.

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Men's Track Signs Prized Recruiting Class

Marcus Duncan leads 2007 recruiting class
Nov. 15, 2006

Head track and field coach Wayne Angel announced today the addition of five student-athletes to Illinois' recruiting class of 2007. The five recruits will help return the Illini track program to prominence as the stellar class commits to the Orange and Blue during the early-signing period.

"We feel very blessed and fortunate to have signed this high caliber of athletes," Angel said, these young men will be important benchmarks in helping us determine the destiny of our program. We certainly wouldn't have been able to sign them if they didn't have confidence in Illinois' outstanding academic record and believe in the direction of our track and field program."

The field event crew will inherit a new pole vaulter named Aaron Mathis. Mathis, a Champaign-Urbana native, is an Urbana High School product that has a personal-best vault of 15'3".

"With the new additions to the team, I believe that our prospect of capturing the Big Ten title in the future is very realistic," Angel said.

Signee Profiles

Aaron Mathis:
Pole Vault state finalist
AAU Pole Vault Regional Champion

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Prep Trio Sign with Washington State Track & Field

Cougar women's team gains high jumper, pole vaulter and multi-events competitors.

Nov. 20, 2006

PULLMAN, Wash. - Three outstanding high school track and field women student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to compete for Washington State University in the 2007-08 season, Cougar Head Coach Rick Sloan announced Monday.

The signed recruits are Maria Creech, a high jumper from Durango, Colo., Alexa Huestis, a pole vaulter from Chehalis, Wash., and Angela Jensen, a multi-events participant from Tacoma, Wash.

Huestis is a senior at W.F. West High, where she cleared 12-feet in the pole vault as a junior. Huestis cleared finished third in the pole vault (11-9) at the 2006 state 3A championship meet behind current Cougar vaulter, Kendall Mays.

"Alexa will be a strong addition to our program in the pole vault," Sloan said. "Her best mark as a junior is 12-feet and I think she has shown the skills on the runway and on the pole to become an outstanding pole vaulter. Her gymnastics background serves her well. Probably the best thing we have seen is about her vaulting is that she is very good on the runway. I'm thinking that she will continue to develop as a senior this year and then come and do great things for the Cougars."

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Cal's other recruits include Allison Stokke, Chelsea Reilly, Taylor Bryson and Kayla Dixon.

Stokke, from Newport Harbor High School, is a pole vaulter with a PR of 13-5 3/4. As a junior, she took second place at the CIF State Championships with a mark of 12-9, the same mark she hit as a sophomore, when she set the national sophomore indoor record. A member of the USA Today's All-USA Girls Track Team as a sophomore, she set national age-group records of 13-5 3/4 at age 16 and 13-4 at age 15. She set a national freshman record of 12-8 and was a Verizon Junior All-American in 2004.

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From Dyestat

Western Carolina
McKie, Kassie - Stevens HS, Rapid City, SD - PV

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Jackrabbit women sign five for track and field
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State track and field has signed five athletes, three female and two male, to National Letters of Intent in the early signing period. The new additions are Aiga Grabuste (EYE-ga Grah-BOO-stee), Michael Healey, Boaz (BO-azz) Lalang, Lauren Lucas and Sydney Messick.

“Overall in terms of the quality and the impact of this class, they will have a significant impact on our team right away,â€Â

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Nov. 16, 2006
Local Distance Standout Witmer, Pole Vaulter Set to Join YSU
Youngstown -- South Range High distance runner Kayla Witmer and pole vaulter Johnny Copley from LaGrange Keystone High have signed National Letters of Intent to continue their athletic and academic careers at Youngstown State, YSU head track and field coach Brian Gorby announced Wednesday.

As a junior leading up to the state meet, Copley finished fourth at the Lexington Regional and second at the Orrville District meet. He also placed 12th in the state in the pole vault as a sophomore.
"Pole vault coach Rick McElhaney and I are looking forward to the impact Johnny will have on restoring YSU's pole vault program to the championship heights and tradition of the past," Gorby said. "Johnny will also be very positive addition academically as we continue to strive for excellence in both the classroom and the track."

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From Dyestat:

Willer, Natalie - Elkhorn, NE - multi/PV to Nebraska
Crater, Beth - North Davidson HS, Winston Salem, NC - PV to Western Carolina