Huskies Add More Firepower To Recruiting Class

UW Athletic Communications

5/23/2023

SEATTLE – In the midst of an already historic 2023 season, the Washington Track & Field coaching staff has continued putting more pieces in place for the 2023-24 squad. After initially announcing a group of six high school commits on National Signing Day in November, the Huskies have added seven accomplished D-I transfers and four more high school senior commitments.

At this time the UW recruiting class totals seventeen athletes: nine 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 two freshmen, Washington state champion Jonathan Frazier, who was runner-up in the 400m hurdles at the 2023 USATF Junior Olympic Nationals, and a freshman from Duck territory, Eugene sprinter and hurdler Boden Hanley, the top-ranked hurdler in Oregon.

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.

Most recently, state triple jump record-setter

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

2022 All-SEC First Team in cross country … 2022 All-America Second Team in steeplechase

Mathis Bresko

Pole Vault | Transfer

Bellevue, Wash. | Cal Poly

Personal Bests

Pole Vault – 18-1

2022 & 2023 Big West Pole Vault Champion

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

2022 California State Champion in the 300m hurdles.

Cruize Corvin

Distances | Incoming Freshman

Lakewood, Wash. | Lakes H.S.

Personal Bests

Mile – 4:11.47

3200m – 8:57.18

2022 Washington State 3A Cross Country Champion

Thomas Diamond

Distances | Incoming Freshman

Melboune, Australia | Box Hill Athletics Club

Personal Bests

1500m – 3:47.86

3000m – 7:57.13

Competed in the 3,000-meters at the 2022 World U20 Championships in Colombia

Jonathan Frazier

Sprints/Hurdles | Incoming Freshman

Tacoma, Wash. | Lincoln H.S.

Personal Bests

110m Hurdles – 14.13

300m Hurdles – 37.27

The USATF National Junior Olympic runner-up in the 400m hurdles in 2023 … swept the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles Washington state titles at the 3A level in 2023.

Samantha Friborg

Mid-Distances | Transfer

Acton, Mass. | Yale

Personal Bests

800m – 2:04.64

Mile – 4:44.97

Three-time NCAA East Prelims qualifier … 2023 Ivy League 800m runner-up indoors and third-place outdoors

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

2022 U.S. U20 Champion at 5,000-meters … World U20 Championships competitor … Broke National High School Record in the indoor 5,000-meters, winning New Balance Nationals … Third at 2022 Nike Cross Nationals

Boden Hanley

Sprints | Incoming Freshman

Eugene, Ore. | South Eugene H.S.

Personal Bests

110m Hurdles – 14.80

300m Hurdles – 38.18

The top-ranked 300m hurdler in the state of Oregon.

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

2021 Cross Country All-American (17th) … 2022 and 2023 DMR All-American … 2022 3,000m All-American … 2021 mile and 1,500m NCAA semifinalist

Amanda Moll

Pole Vault | Incoming Freshman

Olympia, Wash. | Capital H.S.

Personal Bests

Pole Vault – 15-1 ½

2022 U.S. U20 Champion … Set U.S. National High School Record indoors in 2023 … Ranks No. 2 all-time outdoors behind twin sister, Hana

Hana Moll

Pole Vault | Incoming Freshman

Olympia, Wash. | Capital H.S.

Personal Bests

Pole Vault – 15-0

The 2022 World U20 Champion … The U.S. Outdoor High School Record-holder … With her twin sister, Amanda, the only two high school vaulters ever to clear 15-feet