Men's Track & Field Recruiting Class Ranked 8th In The Nation

Track & Field News has announced the top 10 recruiting classes in the country and the men's track and field team was ranked eighth overall. The rankings are based on new high schoolers and both JC and four-year transfers prior to the 2010 track and field season.

Highlighting the Bruins top recruiting class were thrower Matthew Kosecki, sprinters Randall Carroll, Sheldon Price, Damien Thigpen and Maxwell Dyce, distance runner Zack Torres and jumper DJ Lloyd.

Texas A&M was ranked first followed by Texas (#2), Oregon (#3), Cal (#4) and Wisconsin (#5). Duke (#6), Kansas (#7), UCLA (#8), Virginia (#9) and LSU (#10) rounded out the top 10 classes.

The Bruins open up the indoor season on January 30th at the Washington Preview in Seattle.