Track and Field News 2011-12 Men's Recruiting Class Rankings

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Director of track and field and cross country Jason Saretsky announced his incoming class for track and field, made up of 39 freshmen. The new class hails from 14 states (Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Rhode Island, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Minnesota) and two countries (United States and England).

“I am thrilled about this year's incoming class,” said Saretsky. “The talent is in all event areas and it is a great group of student-athletes. There are several members of this class who will be able to make an immediate impact.  It should be an exciting year for Harvard Track and Field.”

The men's track and field recruiting class is one of the strongest in the history of the Ivy League. Track and Field News released its annual recruiting class rankings and ranked the Harvard men's class No. 5 in the nation. The Crimson ranked behind only Texas, Oregon, defending champion Texas A&M and Arkansas in the poll.

The 39 newcomers will be looking to immediately help both of the track and field squads. Last year, the men's team had its best finish at the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships in eight years, placing fourth, one point shy of third place, while the women went on to finish seventh. To go along with those strong finishes, Brian Hill '11 represented Harvard at the NCAA Championships, taking 23rd in the 800-meter run.

Here's a look at the class of 2015:

MEN

Benjamin Glauser
Freshman - Throws - Athens, Ga./Athens Academy

Accomplishments/Personal Bests
2010 Milrose Games Champion – weight throw
Personal bests of 70' 4 1/2” in the shot put, 73' 4” in the weight and 210' 1” in the hammer
High School
Four-year member of the track and field team and two-year member of the football team at Athens Academy … Received All-America accolades in the shot put (outdoors) in 2010 and in the shot put and weight throw (indoors) in 2011 … Named to all-state and all-area track and field team in 2010 and all-region team in 2009 and '10 … Regional champion is shot put and discus in 2010 … School record holder in shot put and discus events … Club record holder in 12 and 16-pound shot put … Youth Olympic trial champion and Junior Olympic champion in the shot put and Millrose Games champion in the weight throw in 2010 … Simplot Games runner-up in shot put and weight throw in 2011 … Placed seventh in the shot put at USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Personal
Board member of Watson-Brown Foundation junior board of trustees … National Honor Society member and AP Scholar … Member of the school mock trial team … Enjoys participating in political debates, traveling, reading and hiking.

Jarvis Harris
Freshman - Jumps/Hurdles - Ama, La./Jesuit

Accomplishments/Personal Bests
Personal bests of 48' 6 3/4” in the triple jump and 14.21 in the 110 hurdles

Ranked 25th in the nation as a senior in the triple jump, posting a personal-best mark of 48' 6 3/4” … Also ranked 58th as a senior in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.21.

Personal
Member of National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society … National achievement finalist … Christian Life Community and Green Club member … Cousins, LaRon (LSU) and Dawan (Georgia Tech) Landry, played college football and are both currently playing in the NFL.

Andrew Hausmann
Freshman - Jumps - Rosemont, Minn./Rosemont

High School
Was a sprinter and triple-jumper at Rosemont … Also served as kicker and running back for the football team and participated in weightlifting from 2008-11 … Minnesota Triple-A Award winner … Three-time all-state and two-time all-conference track and field selection … 2011 conference champion in the 400-meter dash … School record holder in the triple jump … Two-time all-conference and 2010 all-state football selection … Old Spice National Football Player of the Year in 2010 … Part of Team Minnesota weightlifting … Helped track and field team to two state and conference championships … Led football team to two conference and section championships and a runner-up finish in the state championship in 2010 … 2010 77kg weightlifting state champion … Placed fifth at weightlifting junior nationals in 2011.

Connor Hinebaugh
Freshman – Sprints – Shelby Township, Mich./Utica

High School
Was a three-year letterwinner in track and field at Utica and also played three years of football and basketball … Named track and field team Rookie of the Year in 2008 and received the Utility Award as a senior … Long Sprints team MVP and named to the all-league, all-country and all-state teams in his senior season … School record holder in the 200 (22.3) and 400 (48.93) and Utica … All-league quarterback, honorable mention all-county quarterback and team offensive MVP in 2009 … All-league, county and East Detroit area quarterback in 2010 and Team Leader Award recipient … Named to basketball all-league and all-county teams in 2009 … Holds school records for most touchdowns in a game (6), career passing yards, passing touchdowns and total touchdowns … Helped basketball team win most games in a season in school history.

Personal
Graduated as class valedictorian ... AP Scholar with distinction ... 2010 all-state football all-academic team ... Macomb County Principal's All-Academic Team ... Channel 7 Best and Brightest Award recipient ... Member of the student council, National Honor Society (secretary and president), quiz bowl and book club.

Owen Laub
Freshman - Sprints - Water Mill, N.Y./Southampton

High School
Member of the track and field and cross country teams at Southampton, serving as captain of the track and field team as a senior … Part of all-state, all-county and all-division 4x400 relay squad as a freshman … All-league in 300-meter dash and all-county and all-division in 4x400 and 4x100 as a sophomore … League champion and all-county/division in 300 and all-league in indoor 4x400 and 55 hurdles as a junior … Also set school record and was county/division champion in the outdoor 400, all-division in the 200 and helped 4x400 to new school record in 2010 … League champion and All-Long Island/division pick in the 300 as a senior … Also helped 4x400 squad to new school record, league championship, All-Long Island/division and 12th-place result at New Balance Indoor Nationals.

Personal
Named to academic all-county … Member of National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society in Latin and Spanish … Also part of the varsity club and town youth board.

Igor Liokumovich
Freshman - Throws - Riverwoods, Ill./Deerfield

Accomplishments/Personal Bests
Personal best of 62' 8” in the shot put

High School
Member of the wrestling, football and track and field teams at Deerfield … Served as track and field team captain as a senior … Received indoor and outdoor all-conference honors … Placed as high as third at the indoor state meet in the shot put … Took seventh place in the shot put and 12th in the discus at 2010 outdoor state meet, earning him all-county recognition … Field MVP in 2010 … Holds school records for indoor and outdoor shot put.

Personal
A 2011 state scholar and four-year All Honors member … Hobbies include playing the saxophone, piano and guitar.

Jonathan Raduazzo
Freshman - Multi-Event - South Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames

High School
Four-year letterwinner on the Oliver Ames track and field team … Served as team captain as a senior … Holds nine individual school records, one league record and went undefeated in league meets through junior and senior seasons … Highest team points-earner as a senior for indoor and outdoor seasons … Two-time league champion in the 400-meter dash and state champion in the 400 as a junior … Qualified for New Balance national meet in the 400 and decathlon as a junior and senior … Named to the Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic squad from 2009-11 for indoor and outdoor seasons … Two-time league All-Star.

Personal
National Merit Scholar semifinalist and high honor roll member … Junior/Senior Honor Society and executive board member … Lead chair or student director in nine musical groups at Oliver Ames … Community service efforts include church choir and repairs, instrument lessons and student mentoring … Enjoys writing, recording and playing music, guitar, piano and movies … Grandfather, George Conklin, played football at Dartmouth.

Dean Sullivan
Freshman - Throws - Franklin Lakes, N.J./Delbarton School

Accomplishments/Personal Bests
New Balance National Champion - javelin
Personal best of 217' 9” in the javelin

High School
Two-year member of the track and field team at Delbarton School and four-year wrestling team member … Captain of the wrestling team as a senior … Ranked fifth in the nation as a senior in the javelin … 2010 state sectional champion in the javelin … Helped wrestling team to state championship in 2011 and fourth-place finish at 2010 Beast of the East Tournament.

Personal
Three-year Dream Team volunteer and also volunteered with center for food action and thanksgiving food drive … Enjoys reading, working out and wrestling.

WOMEN

Sarah Abrams
Freshman - Jumps - Woking, England/The Sixth Form College (Farnborough)

Accomplishments/Personal Bests
European Club Junior Champion – high jump
Personal bests of 5.98m in the long jump and 1.73m in the high jump

Before Harvard
Member of the track and field, cross country, netball, rounders and hockey teams at The Sixth Form College and The Winston Churchill School … Two-year captain of netball team and five-year captain of track and field squad … Ranked No. 3 in the long jump among under-20 athletes in the United Kingdom … Placed first in the high jump at European Clubs Junior Championships and took first place in the triple jump at South England Championships in 2010 … Finished fourth in the triple jump at 2010 National Junior Championships … Three-time Surrey county champion … 2009 South of England champion in the long and triple jumps … 2009 Celtic Cup participant … Helped Blackheath & Bromley club to 2010 National Junior League championship.

Personal
Physical Education and Religious Education Prize winner in 2009 … 2008 Duke of Edinburgh Award and acting medallion recipient … Hobbies include drama and theater … Father, Charles Abrams, member of Welsh Schoolboy International field hockey team.

Danielle Barbian
Freshman - Sprints - Sussex, Wis./Hamilton

High School
A four-year member of the Hamilton track and field team and was also a three-year member of the cheerleading squad … Three-time recipient of all-conference track and field accolades … Named to the all-state team and received team MVP honors in 2010 … Helped track and field team to the 2010 state championship … Graduated as the school record holder in the 100-meter dash and 4x100 and 4x200 relays.

Personal
2011 Scholar Athlete … AP Scholar with honors … Student council school board representative (2007-08) and president (2010-11) … Wisconsin Association of School Councils Regional Vice President from 2008-10 and President from 2010-11 … Member of the National Honor Society and four year member of the Girl Scouts … Enjoys rooting for the Green Bay Packers. 

 
Mariah Browne
Freshman - Jumps/Sprints - Monmouth Junction, N.J./South Brunswick

Before Harvard
Lettered all four years as a member of South Brunswick track and field team … Team captain as a senior … Named to the all-county team 2008-10 and the all-state team in 2010 … Track and field team MVP in 2010 … Indoor county long jump record holder and school record holder in the long jump, 55-meter dash, 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays … Helped team to six-straight county championships and three sectional titles … Meet of Champions long jump winner and two-time group four state long jump champion.

Personal
Four-year honor roll member … National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member … Enjoys playing the piano … Sister, Nicole Browne, attended Harvard for graduate school.

Ashley Collinsworth
Freshman - Sprints/Hurdles - Fort Thomas, Ky./Highlands   

High School
Participated in track and field, soccer and dance at Highlands high school … Captain of the track and field and dance teams as a senior … Cincinnati Enquirer first team all-state for track as a junior and senior … Four-time track team MVP and Most Valuable Sprinter … Received National Guard Best and Brightest track athlete as a senior and Soccer Coaches Award as a junior … Two-time state champion and school record-holder in the 100-meter dash … Helped track and field team to four-straight state championships … Cum Laude Society, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and English Honor Society member … Four-time academic all-state track athlete … Three-time Northern Kentucky Coaches Association Academic Award (for dance) recipient … Involved with Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Foundation, United Service Organization and UGive.

Personal
Daughter of Holly and Cris Collinsworth … Father played football at Florida and for the Cincinnati Bengals and now works as a sportscaster … Brother, Austin Collinsworth, plays football at Notre Dame and sister, Katie Collinsworth, was a high school state soccer and track champion.

Taylor DuPont
Freshman - Throws - Fayetteville, Ga./Starr's Mill

Accomplishments/Personal Bests
Personal bests of 170' 1” in the hammer and 56' 3 3/4” in the weight

High School
Ranked sixth overall in the hammer with a top mark of 170' 1” … Also ranked sixth in the weight throw with a personal best distance of 56' 3 3/4”. 

 
Ann Giebelhaus
Freshman - Jumps - Fullerton, Calif./Lutheran (Orange County)

Before Harvard
Four-year member of the Lutheran track and field squad and team captain as a senior … Orange County high jump champion in 2008 and '09 … Three-time league champion in the high jump and 2010 league long jump champion … CIF champion in the high jump in 2009 and runner up in 2010 … League MVP as a sophomore … Voted rookie of the year in 2008 in the high jump … Helped Lutheran to three league titles … Ranked eighth in California and 32nd nationally in the high jump in 2009 … Three-time scholar athlete.

Personal
Founder of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) … On high honor roll all four years of high school … Hobbies include ceramics and mission trips.

Ashley Ifeadike
Freshman - Sprints - Alpharetta, Ga./Phillips Exeter Academy

High School
Ran track for four years in high school; two years at Phillips Exeter and two at Northview High School … Phillips Exeter school record holder in the 100m, 60m, 55m and 55-yard dashes, as well as the pole vault … 2011 Phillips Exeter Hall of Fame inductee … Left Northview as the school record holder in the 4x400 relay and pole vault … 2011 conference champion in the 100 and second place in the 200 and 4x100 relay.

Personal
Northview Super Honor Roll from 2007-09 … Phillips Exeter High Honors from 2009-11 … Served as dorm proctor from 2010-11 and also involved with Exeter Student Service Organization, the debate team and the class council … Interested in politics.

Hannah Nunez
Freshman - Multi-Event - Picayune, Miss./Picayune Memorial

High School
Lettered all four years in track and field at Picayune Memorial and played three seasons of soccer … Captained the track and field team as a junior and senior and soccer team as a senior … Two-time recipient of the Track Coaches Excellence Award … Named to the all-state girls track and field team as a junior … Received team Best Sprinter Award as a sophomore … Three-time state runner-up in the high jump and took third at the 2010 state meet in the 100 hurdles … School record holder in the 100 hurdles and member of school record holding 4x100 and 4x200 relay squads.

Personal
Pearl River county's 2011 Junior Miss and state Junior Miss Fitness preliminary winner … Outstanding ACT award in 2010 … Member of theater production club, Juniorettes and BASICS youth choir … Participated in mission trips to Mexico and Maine … Elementary kids mentor and four-year Superintendant's Scholar.

Gabrielle Scott
Freshman - Sprints - Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge

Accomplishments/Personal Bests
Personal best of 53.98 in the 400m

High School
Lettered all four years in track and field at Woodbridge, serving as team captain during senior season … Ranked 18th overall as a senior in the 400 meter dash … A four-time all-city and all-league selection … Also named to the all-state team three times … Received team MVP honors as a sophomore, junior and seniors.

Personal
Enjoys music and traveling.