Loop of recent posts in search.php

At the top of a search results page I’m working on, I’d like to have a loop of the ten most recent posts in a certain category (that is, above the search results). I’ve got this working fine on single posts, but in search.php it returns the ten most recent search results within that category.

<?php if (have_posts()) : $recentProducts = new WP_Query();
       $recentProducts->query('category_name=products&showposts=10');
       while ($recentProducts->have_posts()) :
       $recentProducts->the_post(); ?>

<!--POSTS GO HERE-->

	<?php endwhile; ?>
	<?php else : ?>
	<?php endif; ?>

This is followed by the search results. Is this possible? Am I missing something?