UVa Men's Recruiting Class Ranked Eighth as Indoor Season Opens Friday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-Just days before the Virginia track and field teams open their 2011-12 indoor season at the Liberty Kick-Off in Lynchburg, Va, Friday and Saturday, the men’s 2011 recruiting class was tabbed the eighth-best in the country by Track and Field News in its January edition.

The No. 8 ranking is only the second time in UVa history that the men’s team has had a nationally ranked recruiting class. In 2009, the Cavalier men were ranked ninth by Track and Field News, while the women were tabbed eighth.

Friday’s action begins at 1:45 and on Saturday at 9:30 a.m., at the Tolsma Indoor Track Center. This meet will be UVa’s only competition before the New Year and features competitors from 20 schools including ACC rivals Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.

Virginia will be featured in the field events, as well as the heptathlon, the 60-meter dash and the 60-meter hurdles.

Following this weekend, the Cavaliers will break for finals and the holidays before beginning competition in 2012 with the Virginia Tech Invitational on Jan. 13-14.

Virginia’s Recruiting Class History:
2011 – Track and Field News – Men ranked 8th
2010 – FloTrack – Women’s Cross Country ranked 2nd
2009 – FloTrack – Men’s Cross Country ranked 1st
2009 – Track and Field News – Women ranked 8th
2009 – Track and Field News – Men ranked 9th