As many of the country's top track and field recruits prepare themselves for a collegiate and post-high school world, we decided to take a look back at some of the country's top talents from four years ago (all athletes from all classes) and review how they have fared since graduating.
Note: We are using rankings from the spring of 2016 for the purposes of our analysis.
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Tyrese Cooper, Miami Norland High School
2016 National Rank: 400m (1st)
College: Hinds CC
One of the most prolific sprinters in the nation from 2016-2019, Tyrese Cooper was primed to do big things at the next level. With a personal best of 45.23 seconds in the 400 meters, Cooper was ranked ahead of numerous elite high schoolers such as Michael Norman and Josephus Lyles ...as a freshman.
Cooper originally committed to run for Oregon in 2016 and later signed with the Ducks in 2019, but ultimately ended up at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi after ...
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