Miami Hurricanes recruiting honor roll: Track and field personal bests of UM recruits

Running back Lorenzo Lingard, a 2018 Miami commit, is one of the top hurdlers and sprinters in the Southeast U.S. (247Sports)

Miami signee D.J. Johnson’s impressive sprint times – 11.22 in the 100, 23.79 in the 200 at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds – had me thinking of a feature we used to run when I covered high school sports.

Here’s the spring track honor roll, with a Miami bent.

A caveat: Not all football players compete in track, and not all fast, strong, explosive football players are great track athletes. But here’s saluting the recorded accomplishments of those who will wear the ‘U’ in the future (or already do) — such as running back commit Lorenzo Lingard, who wants to compete in the 2020 Olympics.

Notable personal bests of Hurricanes recent signees/commits

All results from Athletic.net and from the 2017 outdoor season, unless otherwise noted.

100-meter dash

10.71 – Lorenzo Lingard, 2018 RB
10.73 – Jhavonte Dean, 2017 CB**
10.78 – Mike Harley, 2017 WR*
10.90 – Josh Jobe, 2018 CB*
11.07 – Trajan Bandy, 2017 CB
11.11 – Robert Burns, 2017 RB**
11.19 – Daquris Wiggins, 2018 WR

200-meter dash

21.52 – Mike Harley, 2017 WR
21.56 – Josh Jobe, 2018 CB*
21.94 – Lorenzo Lingard, 2018 RB
22.31 – Daquris Wiggins, 2018 WR
22.62 – Avantae Williams, 2020 ATH
22.87 – De’Andre Wilder, 2017 LB*

400-meter dash

48.16 – Jhavonte Dean, 2017 CB**
48.80 – Mike Harley, 2017 WR
51.78 – Demetrius Ivey, 2018 CB

110-meter hurdles

13.94 – Lorenzo Lingard, 2018 RB
14.38 – Gurvan Hall, 2018 S*
14.99 – Will Mallory, 2018 TE

300-meter hurdles

36.63 – Lorenzo Lingard, 2018 RB
39.45 – Gurvan Hall, 2018 S*
39.58 – Mike Harley, 2017 WR
40.09 – Will Mallory, 2018 TE

Long jump

21’9.5” – Gurvan Hall, 2018 S
21’5.75” – DeeJay Dallas, 2017 WR*
19’9.75” – Evidence Njoku, 2017 WR**

Triple jump

43’4” – Josh Jobe, 2018 CB
43’1.5” – Demetrius Ivey, 2018 CB
42’2” – Evidence Njoku, 2017 WR**

4X100 relay

40.97 – Josh Jobe, 2018 CB (and UM 2017 CB signee Trajan Bandy, UF 2018 CB signee Christopher Henderson and 2018 WR Tyler Harrell)

4X200 relay

1:27.51 – Mike Harley, 2017 WR (and Tucker Conine, Justin Brown and Elijah Moore)
1:29.63 – Avantae Williams, 2020 ATH (and Javion Goosby, Emmanuel Hinds and Jeremy Wilson)

4X400 relay

3:15.44 – Mike Harley, 2017 WR (and UM 2018 CB target Al Blades Jr., Justin Brown and Jermaine Byrd)
3:19.58 – Gurvan Hall, 2018 S (and Kevin Mitchell, Jimmy Hicks, Nick Hollis)

Shot put

47’1” – D.J. Johnson, 2017 DE
43’2.75” – Zach Dykstra, 2017 OL*
42’9.5” – Jesiah Pierre, 2019 LB
39’3.5” – Cleveland Reed, 2018 OG
39’3” – Brian Polendey, 2017 TE**

Discus

155’1.75” – Jesiah Pierre, 2019 LB
111’1.5” – Zalon’tae Hillery, 2017 OT
108’2” – Brian Polendey, 2017 TE**
97’8.5” – Cleveland Reed, 2018 OG

* 2016 result
** 2015 result