The NCAA Conferences Grabbing Elite Girls Recruits In 2020

Mar 06, 2020

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A recent release of our girls MileSplit50 Indoor Rankings lists a total of 31 high school seniors. Of those 31 seniors, we have been lucky enough to already know where 26 of them will be going to college next year.

At MileSplit, we ran the numbers and looked to see where some of the country's best track and field talents are heading and which conferences they will be competing in.

Here is what we found:

conference	schools
SEC	9 (Florida 3x, Texas A&M 2x, LSU 2x, Arkansas 2x)
PAC-12	6 (USC 3x, Stanford 2x, Oregon)
ACC	5 (NC State 3x, Stanford 2x, Oregon)
BIG 10	3 (Michigan 2x, Penn State)
BIG 12	1 (Texas)
Ivy League	1 (Penn)
BIG South	1 (High Point)

The Powerhouse Programs

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There is plenty to unpack here, so let's dive right in.

If you're familiar with the collegiate track and field scene, you can't be too shocked to see the SEC and PAC-12 conferences owning 15 of the 26 (~58%) committed high school girls in our MileSplit50 Indoor Rankings.

I'd like to take some time and look at Texas A&M. The Aggies on...