Georgetown Track & Field Recruiting Times: Class of 2030

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What Does It Take to Run at Georgetown?

Inside Georgetown University's Class of 2030: the actual personal bests of high school recruits and collegiate transfers joining one of the nation's most respected academic and Division I track & field programs.

23 Listed Newcomers
13 Women
10 Men
7 Transfers
Inside a Real Division I Recruiting Class

Recruiting standards tell part of the story. The athletes who actually join the program tell us much more.

Georgetown's incoming class combines accomplished high school recruits with proven collegiate transfers, providing a revealing look at what recruiting at a highly selective Division I university looks like today.

The group includes state champions, national-level high school athletes, a Chilean U20 national record-holder, NCAA Championship competitors and transfers from programs including Stanford, Wake Forest, Penn, Utah Valley and Holy Cross.

For prospective recruits, however, the most useful information may be the simplest: the actual personal bests of the athletes Georgetown chose to bring to the Hilltop.

Georgetown Recruiting Standards

How do these performances compare with Georgetown recruiting benchmarks?

Fast Track Recruiting maintains a complete Georgetown recruiting standards page with men's and women's event benchmarks, academic context and recruiting insight.

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Women's Class of 2030

Nine high school newcomers and four collegiate transfers.

Margaret Andrzejewski

St. Francis High School · Illinois
800 · 2:12.48 1500 · 4:38.93

Lauren Banovac

Brentwood High School · Tennessee
800 · 2:09.70 1600 · 4:44.92 3200 · 10:23.05

Aurora Bertelsen Del Solar

IMG Academy · Florida / Santiago, Chile
400 · 55.28 800 · 2:06.80 Mile · 4:58.37

Samiah Onyekwere-Bucey

Dunbar High School · Washington, D.C.
200 · 24.59 400 · 55.28
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Caroline Couch

Maclay School · Florida
1600 · 5:01.08 3200 · 10:44.19
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Esme Campbell

Milton Academy · Massachusetts
3000 · 10:08.49

Jael Gaines

Lawrenceville School · New Jersey
100 · 12.45 400 · 57.05

Laila Walls

Elkins High School · Texas
200 · 24.29 400 · 55.45

Jackie Williams

Union Catholic High School · New Jersey
Long Jump · 18'7" 55m · 7.28
Collegiate Transfer

Riley Stewart

Stanford University
800 · 2:08.31 1500 · 4:18.79 3000 · 9:13.39 5000 · 15:41.45 Steeple · 10:22.84
Collegiate Transfer

Audrey Suarez

Stanford University
800 · 2:09.31 1500 · 4:23.50 3000 · 9:09.51 5000 · 15:50.85
Collegiate Transfer

Meryl Sullivan

College of the Holy Cross
1000 · 3:05.52 1500 · 4:46.08 Mile · 5:10.81 3000 · 10:30.41 5000 · 18:14.92
Collegiate Transfer

Nora Wollen

University of Pennsylvania
3000 · 9:32.56 5000 · 16:32.99
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Caroline Couch · Georgetown University

Fast Track Recruiting athlete Caroline Couch of Maclay School will join Georgetown's Class of 2030. Couch brings personal bests of 5:01.08 for 1600m and 10:44.19 for 3200m and is another example of an FTR athlete successfully navigating the recruiting process at one of the nation's most selective Division I universities.

Men's Class of 2030

Seven high school newcomers and three collegiate transfers.

Claudel Cherry

North Rockland High School · New York
800 · 1:53.53 1600 · 4:08.19 3200 · 9:01.56

Maxwell Friedrich

Saint Ignatius High School · Ohio
1600 · 4:08.94 3200 · 8:55.13

Conor Lott

Clovis North High School · California
800 · 1:52.97 1600 · 4:03.32 3200 · 8:57.98

Marshall McConville

Baylor School · Tennessee
1600 · 4:08.79 3200 · 8:55.30

Cam Stephens

Woodward Academy · Georgia
100 · 10.73 200 · 21.66

Jay Tally

Homestead High School · Wisconsin
800 · 1:51.00 1600 · 4:05.90

Ryan Woerner

Malvern Prep · Pennsylvania
Long Jump · 22'1" Triple Jump · 46'9"
Collegiate Transfer

Noah Nielsen

Utah Valley University
800 · 1:49.86 1600 · 4:15.19
Collegiate Transfer

Joseph O'Brien

Wake Forest University · York, England
5000 · 13:32.97 10000 · 28:15.43
Collegiate Transfer

Daniel Winter

Wake Forest University
3000 · 7:55.84 5000 · 13:47.78 10000 · 28:59.60
What Jumps Out

Georgetown's high school recruiting remains exceptionally strong.

On the men's distance side, Georgetown's incoming high school athletes include 4:03, 4:05 and multiple 4:08 1600m runners, alongside 3200m performances in the 8:55–9:01 range.

The women's class is similarly deep, with incoming high school athletes at 2:06.80 and 2:09.70 for 800m, 4:44.92 for 1600m, 24.29 for 200m and 55-second 400m speed.

The class also illustrates another major change in modern recruiting: high school athletes are no longer competing only against other high school athletes for roster opportunities.

Seven of Georgetown's listed newcomers arrive with collegiate experience, including athletes from Stanford, Wake Forest, Penn, Utah Valley and Holy Cross.

High School Performance Snapshot

Some of the numbers behind Georgetown's Class of 2030

These are selected performances from incoming high school athletes rather than collegiate transfers.

Men's 800m 1:51.00
Men's 1600m 4:03.32
Men's 3200m 8:55.13
Men's 100m 10.73
Women's 800m 2:06.80
Women's 1600m 4:44.92
Women's 400m 55.28
Women's 200m 24.29
Fast Track Recruiting at Georgetown

We don't just analyze Georgetown recruiting. We've helped athletes navigate it.

Georgetown sits directly inside Fast Track Recruiting's specialty: highly selective universities where athletic ability, academic strength, recruiting timing and coach communication all need to align.

Caroline Couch joins a growing list of Fast Track Recruiting athletes who have continued their careers at Georgetown.

Caroline Couch Class of 2030 · Georgetown University
Chloe Scrimgeour Former FTR Athlete · Georgetown University
Barrett Justema Former FTR Athlete · Georgetown University
Liv Sherry Former FTR Athlete · Georgetown University
Tess Sherry Former FTR Athlete · Georgetown University

FTR founder Willy Wood spent nearly 30 years coaching at the NCAA Division I level, including 20 years as Head Coach at Columbia University. That experience gives athletes and families a perspective built from the coach's side of highly selective college recruiting.

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The FTR Takeaway

Georgetown recruiting is about much more than hitting one time.

The Class of 2030 demonstrates just how competitive Georgetown recruiting can be, particularly in middle-distance and distance events.

But personal bests alone do not explain why one athlete is recruited and another athlete with a similar mark is not.

Coaches are evaluating event needs, roster depth, academic viability, progression, championship performance, versatility, communication and long-term development potential.

The presence of seven collegiate transfers adds another dimension. Today's high school recruit is competing for opportunities in an environment where experienced college athletes can enter the same recruiting marketplace.

The question isn't simply: “Did I hit Georgetown's recruiting standard?”

The better question is: “Is Georgetown actually recruiting someone with my athletic, academic and event profile — and am I approaching the process at the right time?”

Recruiting Georgetown?

Start with the complete Georgetown recruiting standards.

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What It Actually Takes

Looking inside real college recruiting classes

Fast Track Recruiting's What It Actually Takes series examines real NCAA track & field and cross country recruiting classes to help athletes and families better understand the modern recruiting landscape.

Recruiting standards provide a useful benchmark. Actual recruiting classes provide something equally valuable: evidence of the athletes programs ultimately chose to bring onto their rosters.

Athlete names, schools, transfer institutions, performances and accomplishments are based on Georgetown University's announcement of its incoming cross country and track & field class. Fast Track Recruiting is not affiliated with Georgetown University. Performances are presented for recruiting analysis and informational purposes.
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