Notre Dame's Recruiting Wins Are Leading To NCAA Success

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The University of Notre Dame's men's cross country and track and field program is on a recruiting roll.

Over the past three seasons, the Fighting Irish's strategy of recruiting top-level American prep distance athletes has already yielded them some major NCAA Championship returns, including a national indoor DMR title and runner-up finish in back-to-back years, a 1,500 meter individual outdoor national title, and a freshman All-American finish in cross country from 2018.

The past three recruiting classes have included national standouts like Yared NuguseCarter CheesemanJake RenfreeDanny Kilrea, Zach Kreft and 2018 Foot Locker Nationals champ Dylan Jacobs.

This recruiting season, the Fighting Irish, who are led by men's cross country head coach and track and field assistant Sean Carlson, have already secured three more national talents: Robbie Cozean, Carter Solomon and Josh Methner

Nuguse, arguably the program's top recruit over that span, was signed in 2017 out of Louisville duPo...