University of Washington Track and Field - Class of 2023
At this time the UW recruiting class totals fifteen athletes: seven men and eight women.
The women’s distance group is receiving a big influx of talent in the latest signees, as five of the six transfers will join the women’s distance crew. Two are All-Americans from Kentucky: Tori Herman and Perri Bockrath. Herman is a multi-time All-American in cross country, the mile, 1500-meters, 3000-meters, and on the DMR, while Bockrath is a steeplechase All-American.
Two more come from Yale, following the path of current Husky and former Bulldog Kayley DeLay. Samantha Friborg is an 800-meter standout who is set to compete at NCAA East Prelims for a third time this week. Kosana Weir was eighth at cross country Regionals last fall for Yale.
Weir will be reuniting with her twin sister, India Weir, in Seattle. India Weir currently is a conference rival of Kosana’s, competing for Princeton. She ran a 16:13 5k PR this spring.
For the second straight year, the Huskies will add a conference champion men’s pole vaulter. Mathis Bresko, a Bellevue, Wash. native, just made 18-1 and won the Big West title for Cal Poly and is set to compete at NCAA Prelims this week. Bresko will be a Dawg in 2024. Another add to the vault squad is Simon Park, a Harvard transfer who made the cut for NCAA East Prelims his first two seasons, in 2022 and 2023.
Washington’s recent Pac-12 men’s team title got a large boost from the 400-meter hurdlers, as the group scored 21 points with a 1-3-4 finish. Stepping into that group next year will be a freshman from Duck territory, as Eugene sprinter and hurdler Boden Hanley joins the squad.
UW also signed another member to its strong men’s distance freshman class, as Thomas Diamond will come up from Australia. Diamond ran for Australia at the 2022 U20 World Championships and owns a 7:57 PR in the 3,000-meters.
WASHINGTON TRACK & FIELD CLASS OF 2023-24
Perri Bockrath
Distances | Transfer
Centerville, Ohio | University of Kentucky
Personal Bests
1500m – 4:22.24
3k Steeplechase – 9:52.00
6k XC – 19:19.3
Mathis Bresko
Pole Vault | Transfer
Bellevue, Wash. | Cal Poly
Personal Bests
Pole Vault – 18-1
Kapiolani Coleman
Sprints | Incoming Freshman
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. | Cathedral Catholic H.S.
Personal Bests
100m – 12.06
100m Hurdles – 14.05
300m Hurdles – 42.19
Cruize Corvin
Distances | Incoming Freshman
Lakewood, Wash. | Lakes H.S.
Personal Bests
Mile – 4:11.47
3200m – 8:57.18
Thomas Diamond
Distances | Incoming Freshman
Melboune, Australia | Box Hill Athletics Club
Personal Bests
1500m – 3:47.86
3000m – 7:57.13
Samantha Friborg
Mid-Distances | Transfer
Acton, Mass. | Yale
Personal Bests
800m – 2:04.64
Mile – 4:44.97
Tyrone Gorze
Distances | Incoming Freshman
Central Point, Ore. | Crater H.S.
Personal Bests
Mile – 4:05.47
3000m – 8:05.17
5000m – 13:45.81
Boden Hanley
Sprints | Incoming Freshman
Eugene, Ore. | South Eugene H.S.
Personal Bests
110m Hurdles – 14.80
300m Hurdles – 38.18
Tori Herman
Distances | Transfer
Hilton Head, S.C. | University of Kentucky
Personal Bests
1500m – 4:14.12
3000m – 9:00.60
5000m – 15:52.95
Amanda Moll
Pole Vault | Incoming Freshman
Olympia, Wash. | Capital H.S.
Personal Bests
Pole Vault – 15-1 ½
Hana Moll
Pole Vault | Incoming Freshman
Olympia, Wash. | Capital H.S.
Personal Bests
Pole Vault – 15-0
Simon Park
Pole Vault | Transfer
Eugene, Ore. | Harvard
Personal Bests
Pole Vault – 17-5
Will Schneider
Distances | Incoming Freshman
Seattle, Wash. | Bishop Blanchet H.S.
Personal Bests
Mile – 4:10.90
2-Mile – 8:53.85
India Weir
Distances | Transfer
London, England | Princeton
Personal Bests
1500m – 4:24.09
5000m – 16:13.82
Kosana Weir
Distances | Transfer
London, England | Yale
Personal Bests
1500m – 4:23.24
6k (XC) – 20:36