Admin (Garrett Zatlin)
Jun 5, 20212 min
The Stride Report has confirmed that Virginia Tech's Bashir Mosavel-Lo will be joining the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as a graduate transfer starting next year. The current Hokie is expected to have a full year of eligibility across all three seasons of competition.
Mosavl-Lo has proven to be one of the more underrated and best 800 meter runners in the NCAA over the past few seasons. The soon-to-be Notre Dame runner owns a personal best of 1:48.18 for the half-mile distance and emerged as an All-American this past winter with a 7th place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
The middle distance ace from Blacksburg is also one of the most consistent 800 meter runners in the country, producing 17 marks under 1:50 (not including conversions). Not only that, but Mosavel-Lo was able to take down current Fighting Irish star Samuel Voelz in the 800 meters at the ACC Indoor Championships by 0.05 seconds.
Mosavel-Lo will now venture to South Bend, Indiana where he will be joining a Notre Dame middle distance group that features Voelz, Dartmouth graduate transfer Tim Zepf and Columbia graduate transfer Jackson Storey.
In other words, Mosavel-Lo is the third soon-to-be Notre Dame graduate transfer with a personal best under 1:50 in the 800 meters. He'll team up with Voelz to give the Irish a wicked 1-2 punch and another All-American-caliber talent.
The Stride Report has confirmed with a source that Washington's star freshman Cruz Culpepper is currently on the transfer portal. He is expected to have all four seasons of eligibility for indoor track and cross country as well as three seasons of eligibility remaining for outdoor track.
The Colorado native was a standout talent in high school, running 4:00 in the mile on the indoor oval as well as 1:48 (800) and 14:43 (5k XC). Since joining the Huskies, Culpepper has posted a handful of top-tier results. The freshman standout ran 3:59 for the mile this past winter and ran 3:41 for 1500 meters at the Raleigh Relays.
It should also be noted that Culpepper was a top cross country talent in high school. His value across all three seasons of competition will make this 19-year old a highly-sought after transfer portal talent. It should be noted that Culpepper looked at Northern Arizona and Colorado when originally being recruited out of high school.