
By Garrett Zatlin - MileSplit Recruiting Correspondent
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The NCAA Outdoor Championships gave us plenty of exciting and noteworthy performances on both the men's and women's sides. However, it's hard not to look at the (true) freshmen from the star-studded Class of 2020 and wonder how they fared on the national stage.
Below, we break down the national meet performances from some of the nation's best first-year rookies...

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Note: This is not an exhaustive list of top freshmen.
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How could we talk about star freshmen and not mention Athing Mu? If you haven't heard, Mu is already one of the NCAA's greatest middle-distance runners ever. She broke the collegiate 800m record this past spring and winter and then earned double gold in the 400m and 4x400m last weekend.
Truthfully, none of this should be surprising. Mu is a superstar who has been amongst the best in the nation all year long. She has a very real cha...