Three Major Recruiting Takeaways From NLI Week

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Darius Kipyego signed to Iowa State and Grace Cunningham signed to Texas Tech.

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By Garrett Zatlin - MileSplit

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With National Signing Day behind us and a slew of the nation's top track and field athletes now set to compete at the next level, it's hard to ignore all of the different talking points and areas of analysis that we can dive into.

So with that, we are giving you our three major recruiting takeaways from the past week...

1. Darius Kipyego's commitment proves that Iowa State's reputation in the middle distance is getting national attention at the high school level

Last Friday was a big one in the track and field recruiting world as Rhode Island native Darius Kipyego, our No. 3 ranked recruit in the Class of 2021, announced that he was joining the Iowa State Cyclones.

Kipyego, a 1:48 800m runner who finished 2nd at the 2019 Pan-American U20 Championships, will be joining an Iowa St...