Track & Field Signs Five
4/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Outdoor Track
The signees include Ryan Camp, Kelly Fairchild, Emeilo Ferguson, Frances Patrick and Christine Williford.
Ryan Camp, Throws, Archer High School, Lawrenceville, Georgia
National Junior Olympic Discus Champion in 2015 with personal-best mark of 198 feet, 3 inches … top returning senior in discus in class of 2016 with nation's No. 1 ranked mark … currently ranked No. 10 in the nation for the 25 pound weight throw with distance of 70 feet, 2 inches … won Caribbean Scholastic Invitational in 2015 … Georgia State Champion.
"We're very excited to have the top discus thrower in the country join us," said director of track and field Darryl Anderson. "He is becoming an established weight thrower indoors, and he dabbles with the hammer and shot in outdoor as well. He's a great combination thrower. He gives us another Georgia-bred thrower - joining Isaiah Rogers who signed in the Fall."
Kelly Fairchild, Distance, Serrano High School, Plelan, California
Holds personal best 1,600 meter time of 5:09.54 … best 2 mile time came with 11:09.78 finish at Mt. SAC Relays … personal best time of 17:02.00 in the 3 mile race in cross country.
"Kelly will give us additional help in cross country, and she'll give us additional help in developing our distance program in track. Through the early period and the late period, we've added three ladies to our distance group that we feel pretty good about."
Emeilo Ferguson, Sprints, Southwest Christian College/Bridgeport High School, Kingston, Jamaica
Transfer from Southwest Christian College … logged personal best wind-aided 100 meter time of 10.15 at the National Junior College Championships in 2015 … named NJCAA Divison I All-American … at the Marc Randal Classic, ran personal best 20.91 in the 200 meters … ran a 10.27 at Texas Relays this year.
"With the sprinting legacy that we've had at TCU, Emeilo will be a welcomed addition. We're looking forward to having him in the program. We think he can be a big-time guy."
Frances Patrick, Distance, Mountain Brook High School, Mountain Brook, Ala.
2016 Indoor State Champion in one mile with personal best time of 5:07.88 … named to the 2015 AL.com Super All-State Cross Country Team … won 7A state title with time of 18:18.73 in the 5K … ran the second-fastest 5K in Alabama last year … broke the Class 7A girls' record in the 3,200-meter run at the 2016 AHSAA Indoor Track Championships with first place time of 10:56.28 … owns personal best time of 7:22.07 in 2k steeplechase, which is currently the fastest in Alabama this year.
"She's a nice, young, developing distance runner that we're excited to have in our program. She's an athlete that has great versatility."
Christine Williford, Sprints, Liberty High School, Peoria, Ariz.
Ranked in the top ten in the nation with a personal-best time of 54.44 in the 400-meter dash … also ranked in the top ten in the 800 meters with a time of 2:10.36 … Sun Angel Classic champion in 400 and 800 meters this year.
"She's a great-looking athlete. We're excited to have a girl with great range - from the 400 to the 800. She'll add depth to our 400 group."
The five newest additions will join future Horned Frogs Jostyn Andrews, Ryan Champlin, Leilyn Miles, Isaiah Rogers, Kendahl Shue and Lindsay Tomaini, who signed during the fall period.
Jostyn Andrews, Sprints, Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas
At Dallas White Longhorn Invitational, recorded personal-best time of 21.51 in the 200 meters … earned best 400 meter time in Texas this year with time of 46.97 finish at the Arlington Bowie Volunteer Relays in March, good for the nation's eighth fastest time this year … was the USATF Southwester Junior Olympic 400 Meter Champion in 2015 … also competed at the National Junior Olympic Championship last year.
Ryan Champlin, Sprints, Grace Preparatory Academy, Arlington, Texas
Recorded personal best and first place 400 meter finish of 47.17 at the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships in 2015 … earned a personal best time of 21.94 in the 200 meters at Nolan Catholic Invitational.
Leilyn Miles, Throws, Byron Nelson High School, Justin, Texas
USATF Junior Olympic Shot Put National Champion in 2015 with personal-best throw of 48 feet, 6 inches … earned silver at the Texas 6A State Meet last year … ranked No. 10 in the nation in the shot put this season.
Isaiah Rogers, Throws, Campbell High School, Smyrna, Georgia
No. 1 ranked in shot put in Georgia and No. 4 in the nation this year with personal-best mark of 67-0.75 … won the Arcadia Invitational … recorded nation's No. 3 mark in the indoor season at the 2015 New Balance Nationals, also place second in the weight throw after recording personal-best mark of 77-2… 2015 USATF Junior Olympic Champion in shot put … New Balance All-American in 2015 and 2016 … part of 2015 World Youth Team.
Kendahl Shue, Pole Vault, Boerne Champion High School, Boerne, Texas
Earned runner-up at State meet last year … personal best clearance of 12 feet, 9 inches … named to All-Area Track & Field Team in 2015 … currently ranked 12th in the nation.
Lindsay Tomaini, Distance, Community School of Naples, Naples, Florida
Holds personal-best times of 5:13.68 in the 1,600 meters, 11:14.57 in the 3,200 meters and 18:45.20 in the 5k … placed fourth at the 2015 FHSAA CC State Finals.
"I feel good about where we're going with the recruits. I thought we got some headline guys and some really good girls, who are developing very quickly. Overall, I think we're going in the right direction."
"When you talk about the headline guys, Jostyn Andrews is really running well this year. Ryan Camp and Isaiah Rogers are having great years. Emeilo Ferguson is doing a super job. Ryan Champlin could be another private school state champion again this year. On the men's side, we did an exceptional job."
"On the women's side, we're continually progressing. With Leilyn Miles being the lead shot put girl in the state of Texas, with Patrick, Fairchild and Tomaini adding depth and talent to our distance group, and going into a new area with the pole vaulter Kendahl Shue, who was the runner-up at the Texas State meet last year, we did a very good job.
