Top-Recruiting Men's Teams

1. Oregon
The best Duck recruiting drive in years netted no fewer than four High School All-Americas, and the power came across the board: hurdler Jake Garlick (13.71/51.47), javelin thrower Adam Jenkins (229-2), distanceman Eric Logsdon (4:09.90+/8:47.88) and vaulter Trevor Woods (16-83/4).

Coach Martin Smith also got more distance power from Chris Clancy (4:11.43+) and Noel Paulson (4:07.14) while the JC ranks provided hurdle (Micah Harris 13.96w) and mid-distance (Symon Kimata 1:47.02) help.

2. Arkansas
The always-powerful Razorbacks also made major acquisitions in the prep All-Am department, nabbing three: vaulter P.J. Brown (16-9), triple jumper Maurice Robinson (24-8/52-33/4) and hurdler Michael Thomas (13.51/36.60).

Canada (Westley Aiken 3:50.22) and Britain (Chris Mulvaney 1:50.80) provided middle-distance backup. John McDonnell also did well in the transfer department with 1500 runner Frans Schimper (3:45.39) and triple jumper Greg Yeldell (55-2w).

3. Stanford
Not surprisingly, Vin Lananna's Cardinal scored big in the middle-distance department, headed by No. 1 prep miler Donald Sage (4:00.29/8:42.89). He'll be well accompanied by the likes of Ian Dobson (4:12.18+), Chris Emme (4:12.49+) and Evan Fox (4:10.89+).

4. UCLA
Vaulter Shane Hackett (16-4) was the only All-Am catch for the Bruins, but Art Venegas added a lot of depth elsewhere. The sprint corps will be bolstered by Warren Rogers (10.34/20.88), the hurdles by Anthony Goldston (36.98) and Trevor Jones (13.99/36.45), and the jumps by Juane Armon (23-10), Oliver Jackson (24-53/4) and Tony Ortiz (23-83/4).

5. Princeton
Fred Samara came up with one of the best recruiting classes for a Northeast school in many a year, headed by a pair of All-Americas, hammer thrower Josh McCaughey (236-4hs) and decathlete Tyler Bengston (6725hs). The Tigers also got notable mid-distance help from Tristan Colangelo (4:09.75), Peter Cioni (4:14.67+) and Josh Kauke (1:50.19).

Honorable Mention
Just outside the top 5 (alphabetically) were Clemson, Nebraska, TCU, Texas A&M and Wisconsin. Our ratings are for NCAA Div. I schools only, but if we included JCs in our compilation, Barton County would have rated very high.