While every year of eligibility is important -- as the current predicament is showing -- the junior year is where each athlete gets to truly showcase their talents as they head into the summer and fall and the recruitment process really starts to heat up.
So while unsigned seniors have been dealt a heavy blow to their hopes of finding a college with the cancellation of their outdoor track and field season, many juniors are losing out on an all important opportunity to turn college coaches' heads to them. Having an indoor season helps, but more attempts as the weather turns warmer can be a game changer.
Over the past few weeks, we've been profiling juniors who would have benefited from business as usual this spring. Our first installation featured the distance runners we believe fell into this category. Our next one featured sprinters. After that was the vertical and horizontal jumpers.
The 11 Class of 2021 j...
