The conclusion of the 2024 DI outdoor track and field championships in early June didn't stop the excitement surrounding college track as the transfer portal carried the offseason torch. Some of NCAA track and field's best now have new homes after exciting moves.
We're tracking some of the top transfers from the 2024 offseason below.
Athletes with a new home
Here are some athletes that have found a new home through the transfer portal during the 2024 offseason.
All transfer news is updated through August 19, 2024.
Men (previous school)
- Arkansas — Brandon Green Jr. (Oklahoma)
- Arkansas — Yaseen Abdalla (Tennessee)
- Arkansas — Jonah Vigil (Adams State)
- Arkansas — Brian Masai (Akron)
- Arkansas — Timothy Chesondin (Akron)
- Arkansas — Rivaldo Marshall (Iowa)
- Arkansas — Uroy Ryan (Central Missouri)
- Arkansas — Vashaun Vascianna (Texas Tech)
- Arkansas — Camren Fisher (Princeton)
- Florida — Toby Makoyawo (Boston U)
- Illinois — Rafael Rapa (Oregon)
- Iowa State — Aman Thorton (Clemson)
- Mississippi State — Abdullahi Hassan (Wisconsin)
- Nebraska — Keyshawn Strachan (Auburn)
- Northern Arizona — David Mullarkey (Florida State)
- New Mexico — Iker Sanchez Lopez (Arizona)
- Oklahoma — Will Dibo (Memphis)
- Oklahoma — Trey Bartholomew (Oklahoma Baptist)
- Ole Miss — Conan Harper (Charleston Southern)
- Ole Miss — John Scott Kendricks (Arkansas)
- Southern California — Taylor Banks (Florida State)
- Texas — EJ Rush (Texas Tech)
- Texas Tech — George Garcia (Lubbock Christian)
- Texas Tech — Malachi Snow (San Jose State)
- Tennessee — Simon Kelati (Western Colorado)
- Washington — Acer Iverson (Harvard)
- Washington — Rhys Hammond (Cornell)
- Washington — Kyle Reinheimer (North Carolina)
- Washington — Cole Lindhorst (Texas)
Arguably the biggest move of the men's track transfer portal came when Brandon "BJ" Green announced his commitment to Arkansas. Green finished third nationally in the triple jump and won the Big 12 title as a sophomore. The Razorbacks later added distance runner Yaseen Abdalla — a former NCAA champion in the DMR — and Rivaldo Marshall — the 2024 indoor 800 meter champion.
Elsewhere, Acer Iverson looks to keep Washington's mid-distance title reign going, while David Mullarkey could be the missing piece to get Northern Arizona back atop the podium come cross country season.
Texas Tech also landed a projected high-impact transfer when it landed a commitment from Malachi Snow, who finished fourth in the 110 hurdles as a true freshman in 2024.
Some additional athletes in the transfer portal that haven't found a home yet include Rivaldo Marshall (Iowa), Justin Robinson (Arizona State) and Yasin Sado (Virginia).
Women (previous school)
- Arkansas — Isabella Whittaker (Penn)
- Clemson — Judy Kosgei (South Carolina)
- Duke — Aliya Garozzo (Penn)
- Florida — Hilda Olemomoi (Alabama)
- Florida — Caroline Wells (Stanford)
- Florida — Gabrielle Matthews (Ole Miss)
- Georgia — Dejanea Oakley (Texas)
- Georgia — Lianna Davidson (Texas A&M)
- Louisville — Jade Whitfield (Oregon State)
- Illinois — Eliza Kraule (Rice)
- Illinois — Kristine Blazevica (Texas)
- Notre Dame — Emily Covert (Tennessee)
- Northern Arizona — Alexandra Carlson (Rutgers)
- New Mexico — Tilly Simpson (Michigan)
- Oklahoma — Ashley Moore (Miami (FL))
- Ole Miss — Emilia Mikszuta (California Baptist)
- South Carolina — Chelya Scott (Oregon)
- Southern California — Dajaz DeFrand (Southern California)
- Texas — Sophia Jacobs-Townsley (Syracuse)
- Tennessee — Victoria Aransiola (Lenoir-Rhyne)
- Washington — Amina Maatoug (Duke)
- Washington — Samantha Tran (Michigan)
- Washington — Ellie Deligianni (Stanford)
- Washington — Clair Yearby (California)
- Washington — Maeve Stiles (Penn)
The top two moves so far this offseason were when Isabella Whittaker, who finished fifth in the 400 meters in 2024, and Hilda Olemomoi, who finished as the runner up in the 5K and 10K in 2024, announced their commitments to Arkansas and Florida. Whittaker gives Arkansas another championship-level quarter-miler and Olemomoi follows her former Alabama coach to The Swamp, giving the Gators a distance threat to replace Parker Valby.
Elsewhere, Washington loaded up with mid-distance runners, highlighted by Amina Maatoug. Illinois landed two quality combined-event athletes from the Lone Star State in Eliza Kraule and Kristine Blazevica. Clemson added Judy Kosgei after she had an elite freshman mid-distance season. Kosgei will bring her 2:01.66 PR in the 800 to form an exciting tandem with fellow sophomore Gladys Chepngetich who ran 1:59.81 in the 800.
Southern California added the top short sprinter out of the portal this year with the addition of Dajaz DeFrand, a seventh-place finisher in the outdoor 200 meters.
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