These Boys Recruits Excelled At The U20 Championships

By Tim Casey - MileSplit Recruiting Reporter

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Below, we look at five high-profile boys recruits who excelled at U20s impressed college coaches. We did not include members of the Class of 2023 since they have already graduated and will head to college this upcoming fall.

Related Links: 

The Class of 2026's Top 50 Boys Recruits

The Class of 2025's Top 50 Boys Recruits

The Class of 2024's Top 50 Boys Recruits

Christian Miller, Creekside (FL)

Class of 2024

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Miller emerged this spring and summer as MileSplit's No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2024. He more than lived up to that ranking at the U20 Championships.

The Creekside (FL) rising senior won the 100m (10.06) and 200m (20.51), both personal bests and the U.S. No. 2 and No. 4 times, respectively. Miller's 100m time was a junior class record and the fourth-fastest all-time high school mark in the event. 

Issam Asinga, a Class of 2023 star who's heading to Texas A&M, is the only high schooler who has run faster in the 100m (10.02) during the outdoor season.

Meanwhile, the three boys who have run faster in the 200m are Asinga, MileSplit's Boys Athlete of the Year who set a national high school outdoor record (19.97) in late April; Class of 2023 star Chris Johnson, who's heading to the University of Miami and ran 20.40 at the Florida state meet; and Gatlin Bair, the No. 2 recruit in the Class of 2024 who ran 20.47 in May.

During the outdoor season, Miller won all of the 200m races he entered, including at the Florida 4A meet (20.57) and New Balance Nationals (wind-aided 20.45). He also won the 100m at the Florida 4A meet (10.31), and he finished fourth in that event (10.26) at the New Balance Nationals.

Jazonte Levan, Seaford (DE)

Class of 2024

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Levan had a breakthrough performance at U20s, proving he's among the best sprinters in his class.

He finished sixth in the 100m (10.48) and third in the 200m (20.72). Levan and Miller were the only two members of the Class of 2024 to qualify for the finals in either event.

Levan had season and personal bests of 10.47 in the 100m and 20.61 in the 200m. Those were the No. 14 and No. 4 times in the junior class, respectively. Entering this year, Levan's personal bests were 11.12 in the 100m and 21.77 in the 200m.

Levan's outdoor season included winning the 200m (21.01) and finishing second in the 100m (10.78) at the Delaware Meet of Champions in May. He was also fourth in the 200m (wind-aided 20.95) at New Balance Nationals last month.

Levan, who is 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, is also a running back on Seaford's football team. He scored 17 touchdowns and made second-team All-State last fall.

Juriad Hughes, Irondale (MN)

Class of 2024

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Since the indoor season, Hughes has been one of the best long jumpers in the U.S., and he came through once again at the U20 Championships. 

Hughes finished second with a leap of 24-11 in a loaded field. Elias Ajamu Reed, who recently completed his freshman year at San Jose State and qualified for the NCAA outdoor meet last month, won the long jump at U20s (25-2). Other jumpers included Class of 2023 standout Ashton Torns, a University of Miami commit who finished third, and Aaron Davis, who just finished his freshman year at the University of Houston and placed fourth.

Hughes, MileSplit's No. 27 recruit in the Class of 2024, is almost certainly to follow in their footsteps in signing with a major college program. His outdoor best of 24-11 is U.S. No. 5, while his indoor best of 24-11 was U.S. No. 3.

He broke the Minnesota state indoor and outdoor long jump records this year.

Benjamin Shue, Bergen Catholic (NJ)

Class of 2025

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Shue doesn't turn 17 until September and just finished his sophomore year.

But at U20s, he showed he can compete with the top throwers who are two to three years older than him.

Shue, MileSplit's No. 6 recruit in the Class of 2025, finished sixth in the shot put (60-4.5) and seventh in the discus (181-7).

He was the top high schooler in the shot put, as the first five placements were all boys who recently completed their freshman years in college: Baylor's Gary Moore, UCLA's Michael Pinckney, Cal-Berkeley's Nicholas Godbehere, Long Beach State's Aiden Pastorian and Cal State Fullerton's Hawkin Miller.

And in the discus, the only high schooler to finish ahead of Shue was Brendon See, who placed second (192-6). See is heading to the University of Oklahoma this fall.

Shue has season bests of 64-0 in the shot put (U.S. No. 22) and 200-10 in the discus (U.S. No. 8), rankings him first among the Class of 2025 in both events. A multi-talented athlete, Shue is also a member of Bergen Catholic's football and wrestling teams.

Quincy Wilson, Bullis School (MD)

Class of 2026

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Wilson caught the attention of college coaches in the indoor season and continued that in the outdoor season.

And even though he just finished his freshman year, he has no shortage of suitors among the top college programs.

At the U20 Championships, Wilson placed fourth in the 400m (46.12). The top three finishers were Judson Lincoln, who recently completed his freshman year at Virginia Tech; Jake Andrews, a Class of 2023 star who's heading to USC; and Jayden Davis, a Class of 2023 standout who's enrolling at Arizona State. 

In the first round, Wilson ran a season best 45.87, which is the fifth-fastest time in the country this outdoor season. During the indoor season, Wilson had the U.S.'s fastest 400m time (46.67), which he ran to win New Balance Nationals. He finished second in the 400m (45.99) at last month's New Balance Nationals outdoor meet.

Wilson, MileSplit's No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2026, had one of the best freshman years in recent history. During the indoor season, he set national freshman records in the 300m, 400m, 500m and 600m.

And Wilson's outdoor best of 45.87 in the 400m is the second-fastest a freshman has run dating back to 2000. Tyrese Cooper holds the record of 45.23, which he ran at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympic Games.