2011 Boys High School Track and Field top performers

Compiled for USA TODAY by Fred Baer, secretary of the Track and Field Writers of America, and Jack Shepard of Track and Field News.

Leading indoor season performance, if qualified, also included and denoted by 'i''.

(USA high school record through 2010 listed in brackets after each event heading)

100 meters(10.01)

10.28 Marvin Bracy, Boone (Orlando)

10.31 Remontay McClain, Covina, Calif.

10.31 Levonte Whitfield, Jones (Orlando).

Wind-aided:10.15 Jaylon Hicks, North Shore (Houston)

200 meters(20.13)

20.68 Remontay McClain, Covina, Calif.

20.82 Arman Hall, St. Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)

20.86 Aaron Ernest, Homewood, Ala.

400 meters(44.69)

46.22 Arman Hall, St. Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)

46.31 Kavarha Holmes, Breaux Bridge, La.

46.44 Hugh Graham, Northwestern (Miami)

800 meters(1:46.45)

1:49.25 Austin Mudd, Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)

1:49.62 O'Neal Wanliss, Holy Innocents Episcopal (Atlanta)

1:49.63 Cameron Thornton, Whitfield Academy (Mableton, Ga.)

1:49.63 Immanuel Hutchinson, San Jacinto, Calif.

1,500 meters(3:38.26)

3:47.60i Lukas Verzbicas, Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.) (No. 3 all-time indoor performer);

3:47.61 Omar Kaddurah, Grand Blanc, Mich.

3:50.03 Josh Lampron, Mansfield, Mass.

3:50.1 Jantzen Oshier, Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo, Calif.)

1,600 meters (3:59.51)

4:00.83 Jantzen Oshier, Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo, Calif.)

4:03.00 Austin Mudd, Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)

4:04.04 Elias Gedyon, Loyola (Los Angeles)

Mile (3:53.43)

4:03.88i Lukas Verzbicas, Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.) (No. 3 all-time indoor performer);

4:06.81 Jantzen Oshier, Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo, Calif.)

4:07.15 Matt Carpowich, Torrey Pines (San Diego)

4:09.00 Ammar Moussa, Arcadia, Calif.

3,000 meters(7:59.83)

8:07.54i Lukas Verzbicas, Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.) (No. 2 all-time indoor performer);

8:18.4 Ammar Moussa, Arcadia, Calif.

8:19.7 Matt Jablonski, Loyola-Blakefield (Baltimore)

8:20.0 Chris Walden, Carmel, Ind.

3,200 meters(8:34.23)

8:29.46 Lukas Verzbicas, Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.) (USA high school record)

8:48.63 Billy Orman, Tuba City, Ariz.

8:49.59 Ammar Moussa, Arcadia, Calif.

2-Miles (8:34.40)

8:29.46 Lukas Verzbicas, Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.) (USA high school record)

5,000 meters(13:37.91)

14:02.33 Edward Cheserek, St. Benedicts Prep (Newark, N.J.) (sophomore class record]

14:05.79 Ammar Moussa, Arcadia, Calif.

14:06.78i Lukas Verzbicas, Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.) (USA high school indoor record);

14:13.68 Joseph Rosa, West Windsor-Plainsboro North (Plainsboro, N.J.)

2,000-m steeplechase (5:43.9)

5:55.4 Tim Luthin, Warwick Valley (Warwick, N.Y.)

6:07.20 Nick Posada, Winter Park, Fla.

6:08.86 Thomas Diliberto, St. Anthonys (South Huntington, N.Y.)

3,000-m steeplechase (8:50.1)

8:59.53 Edward Owens, Packer Collegiate (Brooklyn,) (No. 4 all-time performer)

9:00.11 Edward Cheserek, St. Benedicts Prep (Newark, N.J.) (No. 5 all-time and sophomore class record)

9:26.77 Shaun Thompson, Baldwinsville, N.Y.

110-meter high hurdles (13.08)

13.43 Johnathan Cabral, Agoura (Agoura Hills, Calif.) (13.27w)

13.63 Artie Burns, Northwestern (Miami) (sophomore class record)

13.64 Lorenzo Johnson, Mineral Wells, Texas

300-meter hurdles (35.02)

36.19 Johnathan Cabral, Agoura (Agoura Hills, Calif.)

36.34 Greg Coleman, Warren (San Antonio)

36.43 Kenneth Minkah, DeSoto, Texas

36.43 Eric Futch, Penn Wood (Lansdowne, Pa.)

400-meter hurdles (49.38)

51.89 Artie Burns, Northwestern (Miami)

52.21 Jermaine Collier, Trenton Central (Trenton, N.J.)

52.81 Christopher Grinley, Park Vista (Lake Worth, Fla.)

4 x 100 meter relay (39.76)

40.22 North Shore (Houston40.57 Flanagan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.)

40.68 St. Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)

4 x 200 meter relay (1:23.31)

1:24.45 North Shore (Houston)

1:24.81 St. Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)

1:24.84 Copperas Cove, Texas

4 x 400 meter relay (3:07.40)

3:10.69 Northwestern (Miami)

3:11.49 St Aquinas (Ft Lauderdale, Fla.)

3:12.44 Poly (Long Beach, Calif.)

4 x 800 meter relay (7:30.67)

7:31.69 Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) (No. 3 all-time high school team)

7:37.43 Woodridge (Peninsula, Ohio)

7:37.79 Abington, Pa.

4 x 1600 meter relay (17:04.7)

17:22.40 Brookwood (Snellville, Ga.)

17:24.38 Loyola (Los Angeles).

17:25.60 Dana Hills (Dana Point, Calif.)

800 metermedley relay (1:28.20)

1:30.88 Smiths Station, Ala.

1:31.72 Walton (Marietta, Ga.)

1:32.15 Parkview (Lilburn, Ga).

Sprint medley relay (3:19.58)

3:27.58 St. Benedicts Prep (Newark)

3:27.78 West Orange, N.J.

3:28.89 Edmond (Okla.) Memorial

Distance medley relay (9:49.78)

10:02.23 Loyola (Los Angeles).

10:02.74i Warwick (N.Y.) Valley (No. 5 all-time indoor team)

10:03.80 Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.)

10:06.20 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

High jump (7-7)

7-2 ½ i Jonathan Christensen, Southmont (Crawfordsville, Ind.)

7-2 ¼ Justin Fondren, Oxford, Miss.

7-2 Jacorian Duffield, Randolph (Universal City, Texas)

7-2 Ailex Austin, San Marcos, Texas

7-2 Dartis Willis, Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, Mich.)

7-2 Tyler Donels, Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill, Iowa)

Pole vault (18-3)

17-7i Andrew Irwin, Mt. Ida. Ark (USA high school indoor record).

17-3 Reese Watson, Spring, Texas

17-2 Andreas Duplantis, Lafayette, La.

17-2 Nikita Kirillov, St Pius X Catholic (Atlanta)

Long jump (26-10)

25-9 ½ i Marquis Dendy, Middletown, Del. (No. 3 all-time indoor performer)

24-10 ½ Jovonte Slater, Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, Calif.)

24-8 ½ Jaecob Snow, El Camino (Oceanside, Calif.)

24-8 Marquise Lee, Serra (Gardena, Calif.)

Wind-aided:25-2 ¼w Mykkele Thompson, Stevens (San Antonio)

Triple jump (54-10 1/4)

52-1 ½i Marquis Dendy, Middletown, Del. (No. 3 all-time indoor performer)

51-2 ½ Chris Brown, Hanahan, S.C.

50-11 ¼ Devante Davis, North Shore (Houston) (51-9w)

50-9 ¼ Kasen Williams, Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.)

Shot put (81-3 1/2)

77-2 ¾ i Ryan Crouser, Barlow (Gresham, Ore.) (USA HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR RECORD) (72-7 1/2 outdoors, No 7 all-time high school)

75-9 Nick Vena, Morristown, N.J. (No. 3 all-time high school)

69-3 Kyle McKelvey, Beresford, S.D.

Discus (236-6)

213-7 Ryan Crouser, Barlow (Gresham, Ore.)

207-9 Jayson Kovar, Burroughs (Ridgecrest, Calif.)

204-3 Samuel Mattis, East Brunswick, N.J.

Hammer (260-0)

229-3 Greg Skipper, Oregon City, Ore.

227-0 Brad Bolton, El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.)

219-5 Enrique Gaitan, Sprayberry (Marietta, Ga.)

Hammer (16-lb) (219-7)

202-10 Brad Bolton, El Toro (Lake Forest, Calif.) (No. 6 all-time performer)

Javelin (255-4)

232-1 Sean Keller, Heritage (Vancouver, Wash.)

224-3 McAuley Garton, Mill Valley (Shawnee, Kan.)

221-6 Rob Robbins, Northeast Bradford (Rome, Pa.)

Decathlon (w/HS implements) (7,909)

8035 Gunnar Nixon, Santa Fe (Edmond, Okla.) (USA high school record)

Decathlon (w/Intl.Jr. implements) (7,589)

7036 Gunnar Nixon, Santa Fe (Edmond, Okla.)

Decathlon (w/Intl. implements) (7466)

7524 Gunnar Nixon, Santa Fe (Edmond, Okla.) (USA high school record)

Notes: Leaders based upon marks verified as wind legal in sprints, hurdles, and horizontal jumps. Only fully automatic times are listed for sprints and high hurdles.

i = performed indoors

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Top newcomer? John Wall runs away from a talented field

Wall committed to John Calipari's program last spring after Calipari packed his bags from Memphis in favor of Lexington, and his playing style has been an ideal match for the Wildcats' system.

More than just his outstanding stats, Wall established himself as one of the nation's most potent offensive weapons in the clutch. He became the team's go-to scoring option almost immediately, and his mental toughness accentuated his vast physical gifts.

Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins was another top-five prospect in the class and arguably has been the nation's second-best freshman. Averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds per game, even Cousins' controversial on-court antics could not overshadow his consistent effectiveness.

Moving on, Georgia Tech big man Derrick Favors was considered the No. 1 player in his class for two full years. Though not as scintillating as Wall, Favors generally played well for the Yellow Jackets and enjoyed some especially big games toward the end of the season.

Another success story among the top 25 was Oklahoma's Tommy Mason-Griffin. While many have questioned the wisdom of his decision this week to declare for the NBA Draft, there's certainly no disputing that he was a key figure for the Sooners.

But many of the other top-25 prospects struggled as freshmen. In the top five, both Avery Bradley and John Henson had brilliant moments for Texas and North Carolina respectively — and in Henson's case, especially once he moved to his natural power forward position — but both struggled to acclimate offensively to the college game.

In all, 13 of the 23 players in the top 25 range to play this season — Renardo Sidney was declared ineligible by the NCAA and Lorenzo Brown detoured to prep school — failed to crack double-digits in scoring. That isn't a huge indictment for mere freshmen, obviously, but more concerning is that nine of the 23 played no more than 15 minutes per game.

Other freshman classes have exerted a much more profound immediate influence, though in fairness some of the guys this year were shackled by the presence of more experienced players ahead of them who would have been difficult to unseat from the lineup.

Next season, however, pressure will be magnified on those players still in college. Below is a numerical progress report on the top 25 prospects according to our final rankings for the Class of 2009.

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Rank/Name	Ht.	Pos.	High School	College
1. John Wall	6-4	PG	Word of God (Raleigh, N.C.)	Kentucky
16.8 ppg, 6.5 apg, 4.1 rpg, 47% fg, 34% 3fg
2. Derrick Favors	6-9	C	South Atlanta	Georgia Tech
12.4 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 2.1 bpg, 61% fg, 63% ft
3. Avery Bradley	6-3	SG	Findlay (Henderson, Nev.)	Texas
11.6 ppg, 43% fg, 38% 3fg, 55% ft
4. John Henson	6-10	PF	Sickles (Tampa, Fla.)	North Carolina
15 mpg, 5.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 49% fg, 48% ft
5. DeMarcus Cousins	6-10	C	LeFlore (Mobile, Ala.)	Kentucky
15.1 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 55% fg, 61% ft
6. Xavier Henry	6-6	WF	Putnam City (Warr Acres, Okla.)	Kansas
13.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 46% fg, 42% 3fg
7. Kenny Boynton	6-2	SG	American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)	Florida
14.0 ppg, 38% fg, 29% 3fg
8. Lance Stephenson	6-5	SG	Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.)	Cincinnati
12.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 44% fg, 22% 3fg
9. Renardo Sidney	6-10	C	Fairfax (Los Angeles)	Mississippi State
NOTE: Was ruled ineligible by the NCAA
10. Jordan Hamilton	6-7	WF	Dominguez (Compton, Calif.)	Texas
10.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 41% fg, 37% 3fg, 58% ft
11. Dominic Cheek	6-7	WF	St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.)	Villanova
14 mpg, 4.9 ppg, 45% fg, 31% 3fg
12. Mason Plumlee	6-11	C	Christ School (Arden, N.C.)	Duke
15 mpg, 4.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 46% fg, 29% 3fg, 52% ft
13. Dante Taylor	6-8	PF	NCA (Fort Washington, Md.)	Pittsburgh
14 mpg, 4.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 58% fg, 58% ft
14. Michael Snaer	6-4	SG	Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley, Calif.)	Florida State
8.8 ppg, 44% fg, 35% 3fg
15. Keith Gallon	6-9	C	Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)	Oklahoma
10.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 55% fg
16. Abdul Gaddy	6-3	PG	Bellarmine (Tacoma, Wash.)	Washington
4.0 ppg, 41% fg, 56% ft
17. Wally Judge	6-8	PF	ACD (Jacksonville, Fla.)	Kansas State
12 mpg, 3.3 ppg, 42% fg
18. Elijah Johnson	6-2	PG	Cheyenne (North Las Vegas, Nev.)	Kansas
7 mpg, 2.4 ppg
19. Alex Oriakhi	6-9	C	Tilton School (N.H.)	Connecticut
5.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 46% fg, 54% ft
20. Mouphtaou Yarou	6-9	PF	Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.)	Villanova
15 mpg, 4.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 58% fg
21. Milton Jennings	6-9	PF	Pinewood (Summerville, S.C.)	Clemson
11 mpg, 3.3 ppg, 37% fg, 17% 3fg, 64% ft
22. Tommy Mason-Griffin	5-10	PG	Madison (Houston)	Oklahoma
14.1 ppg, 5.0 apg, 40% fg, 42% 3fg, 81% ft
23. Jamil Wilson	6-7	WF	Horlick (Racine, Wis.)	Oregon
4.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 43% fg, 28% 3fg
24. Nolan Dennis	6-4	SG	Richland (North Richland Hills, Texas)	Baylor
9 mpg, 2.3 ppg, 44% fg
25. Lorenzo Brown	6-4	SG	Centennial (Roswell, Ga.)	Prep School
NOTE: Re-classified and will be a freshman at N.C. State in 2010-11

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Rob Harrington also writes for Prepstars.com.

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