The teams that were 1-2-3-4-5 back on Chart #1 became 3-1-=4-2-=4 on Chart #2. Then chart 2’s 1-2-3-4-5 became 2-1-4-3-7. And now (phew!) last week’s top 5 are slated at 3-2-4-5-=6. And last week’s No. 6 is now No. 1. Wow! Got that? There will be a quiz.
The predicted leadership has changed in every iteration of our crystal-balling so far. Arkansas was on top the first time, followed by USC in week 2, then Georgia… and now it’s Oregon’s turn. But uneasy lies the crown, as the Duck margin is all of a single point over USC at this juncture, with Georgia only 2 points behind the Trojans and LSU another digit behind that.
Oregon was obviously the big gainer of the week, the Duck stock rising by 11 points, while USC dropped by 2, Georgia by 4 and LSU by 2.
Last week USC had a 4-point lead over Georgia, but while the Trojans’ predicted score dropped by 2, the defending champs added 3 to theirs to take over the lead.
If the meet goes as predicted here (and you know likely that is!), when we get to the climactic 4×4 the top scores will be Oregon 53, Georgia 52, LSU 48, USC 44. But Georgia won’t likely be in the 4×4, while USC remains very much in the hunt, particularly if Robert Johnson’s Oregon squad doesn’t pick up some minor points.
There are 4 new single individual leader changes over Chart #3: Kendall Ellis (USC) replaces Sydney McLaughlin in the 400 (McLaughlin now assumes the role of 400H fave, displacing Anna Cockrell of USC), Jessica Hull (Oregon) replaces Nikki Hiltz (Arkansas) in the 1500 and Karissa Schweizer (Missouri) takes over from Ednah Kurgat (New Mexico) in the 10K.
TOP 10 TEAMS
Team Points Previous Chart
1. Oregon
55
6
2. USC
54
2
3. Georgia
52
1
4. LSU
51
3
5. Stanford
43
5
=6. Arkansas
42
4
=6. Kentucky
42
7
8. Florida
40
8
9. Arizona State
30
9
10. Texas A&M
29
10
(complete team scores below)
100 METERS
1. Mikiah Brisco
LSU
Sr
2. Aleia Hobbs
LSU
Sr
3. Twanisha Terry
USC
Fr
4. Ashley Henderson
San Diego State
Sr
5. Deanna Hill
USC
Sr
6. Shania Collins
Tennessee
Sr
7. Jada Baylark
Arkansas
So
8. Kayla White
North Carolina A&T
Jr
9. Ariana Washington
Oregon
Jr
10. Nataliyah Whyte’
Auburn
Fr
200 METERS
1. Gabby Thomas
Harvard
Jr
2. Ashley Henderson
San Diego State
Sr
3. Kortnei Johnson
LSU
Jr
4. Lauren Rain Williams
Oregon
Fr
5. Ka’Tia Seymour
Florida State
Fr
6. Kayelle Clarke’
Kentucky
Sr
7. Brittany Brown
Iowa
Sr
8. Shania Collins
Tennessee
Sr
9. Tamara Clark
Alabama
Fr
10. Kianna Gray
Kentucky
Jr
400 METERS
1. Kendall Ellis
USC
Jr
2. Lynna Irby
Georgia
Fr
3. Sharrika Barnett
Florida
Jr
4. Rachel Misher
LSU
Jr
5. Brionna Thomas
Purdue
Sr
6. Makenzie Dunmore
Oregon
So
7. Kaelin Roberts
USC
Fr
8. Brianna Guillory
Iowa
Jr
9. Taylor Manson
Florida
Fr
10. Kiana Horton
Baylor
Jr
800 METERS
1. Sabrina Southerland
Oregon
Sr
2. Síofra Cléirigh-Büttner’
Villanova
Sr
3. Sammy Watson
Texas A&M
Fr
4. Jazmine Fray’
Texas A&M
Jr
5. Kayla Johnson
Miami
Fr
6. Ashley Taylor’
Northern Arizona
Sr
7. Rachel Pocratsky
Virginia Tech
Jr
8. Olivia Baker
Stanford
Sr
9. Ersula Farrow
LSU
Jr
10. Heather MacLean
Mass/Amherst
Sr
1500 METERS
1. Jessica Hull
Oregon
So
2. Nicole Hutchinson’
Villanova
Jr
3. Jessica Harris
Notre Dame
Jr
4. Jaimie Morrissey’
Michigan
Sr
5. Danae Rivers
Penn State
So
6. Amy-Eloise Neale’
Washington
Sr
7. Alexis Fuller
Boise
Jr
8. Elise Cranny
Stanford
Sr
9. Rhianwedd Price-Weimer’
Mississippi State
Sr
10. Dillon McClintock
Michigan State
So
STEEPLE
1. Allie Ostrander
Boise
So
2. Marie Bouchard’
USF
Sr
3. Grayson Murphy
Utah
Sr
4. Claire Borchers
Michigan
Sr
5. Sage Hurta
Colorado
So
6. Erin Clark
Colorado
Sr
7. Sarah Edwards
Virginia Tech
So
8. Taylor Austin
Indiana State
Sr
9. Charlotte Prouse’
New Mexico
Jr
10. Madeline Strandemo
Minnesota
Sr
5000 METERS
1. Karissa Schweizer
Missouri
Sr
2. Lilli Burdon’
Oregon
Jr
3. Vanessa Fraser
Stanford
Sr
4. Jessica Drop
Georgia
So
5. Allie Ostrander
Boise
So
6. Erin Finn
Michigan
Sr
7. Fiona O’Keefe
Stanford
So
8. Erika Kemp
NC State
Sr
9. Allie Buchalski
Furman
Sr
10. Makena Morley
Colorado
So
10,000 METERS
1. Karissa Schweizer
Missouri
Sr
2. Alice Wright’
New Mexico
Jr
3. Sharon Lokedi’
Kansas
Sr
4. Anna Rohrer
Notre Dame
So
5. Charlotte Taylor’
USF
Sr
6. Paige Stoner
Syracuse
Jr
7. Samantha Nadel
Oregon
Sr
8. Shannon Malone
Syracuse
Sr
9. Megan Cunningham
Missouri
Sr
10. Lauren LaRocco
Portland
Jr
100 HURDLES
1. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn’
Kentucky
Jr
2. Devynne Charlton’
Purdue
Sr
3. Anna Cockrell
USC
So
4. Rushelle Burton’
Texas
Fr
5. Alaysha Johnson
Oregon
Jr
6. Tonea Marshall
LSU
So
7. Janeek Brown’
Arkansas
Fr
8. Pedrya Seymour’
Texas
Sr
9. Dior Hall
USC
Sr
10. Tara Davis
Georgia
Fr
400 HURDLES
1. Sydney McLaughlin
Kentucky
Fr
2. Anna Cockrell
USC
So
3. Kymber Payne
LSU
Sr
4. Symone Black
Purdue
Sr
5. Anna Runia’
Miami
Jr
6. Deonca Bookman
Prairie View
Sr
7. Mariam Abdul-Rashid
Texas
Jr
8. Emma Spagnola
Minnesota
Sr
9. Jocselyn Powell
Kennesaw State
Sr
10. Kiana Hawn
Baylor
Sr
4 x 100
1. LSU
LSU
2. USC
USC
3. Oregon
Oregon
4. Kentucky
Kentucky
5. Alabama
Alabama
6. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
7. Arkansas
Arkansas
8. San Diego State
San Diego State
9. Auburn
Auburn
10. Miami
Miami
4 x 400
1. USC
USC
2. Kentucky
Kentucky
3. Purdue
Purdue
4. Florida
Florida
5. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
6. LSU
LSU
7. Oregon
Oregon
8. Miami
Miami
9. Baylor
Baylor
10. Stanford
Stanford
HIGH JUMP
1. Tatiana Gusin’
Georgia
Jr
2. Logan Boss
Mississippi State
Sr
3. Loretta Blaut
Cincinnati
Sr
4. Clarissa Cutliff
Florida International
Jr
5. Shelley Spires
Air Force
Sr
6. Zarriea Willis
Texas Tech
Jr
7. Janae Moffitt
Purdue
Jr
8. Alexus Henry
UT Arlington
Jr
9. Andrea Stapleton
BYU
Jr
10. Abigail O’Donoghue
LSU
Fr
POLE VAULT
1. Lexi Jacobus
Arkansas
Jr
2. Lisa Gunnarsson’
Virginia Tech
Fr
3. Tori Hoggard
Arkansas
Jr
4. Lucy Bryan’
Akron
Jr
5. Bridget Guy
Virginia
Jr
6. Madison Heath
Duke
Sr
7. Maddie Gardner
West Virginia
Jr
8. Rachel Baxter
Virginia Tech
Fr
9. Kally Long
Texas
Sr
10. Kristen Denk
Vanderbilt
So
LONG JUMP
1. Taliyah Brooks
Arkansas
Sr
2. Yanis David’
Florida
Jr
3. Keturah Orji
Georgia
Sr
4. Kate Hall
Georgia
So
5. Rougui Sow’
South Carolina
Jr
6. Tara Davis
Georgia
Fr
7. Darrielle McQueen
Florida
Sr
8. Jhoanmy Luque’
Iowa State
Sr
9. Savannah Carson
Purdue
Sr
10. Jahisha Thomas’
Iowa
Sr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Keturah Orji
Georgia
Jr
2. Yanis David’
Florida
So
3. Marie-Josée Ebwea-Bile’
Kentucky
Jr
4. Chaquinn Cook
Oregon
Jr
5. Jhoanmy Luque’
Iowa State
Sr
6. Sabina Allen’
Campbell
Sr
7. Lajarvia Brown
Texas A&M
So
8. Jakayla Hand
Auburn
Sr
9.
Kansas State
Shardia Lawrence’ (KsSt)
10. Jessie Maduka’
UCLA
Sr
SHOT
1. Maggie Ewen
Arizona State
Sr
2. Lena Giger
Stanford
Sr
3. Jessica Woodard
Oklahoma
Sr
4. Lloydricia Cameron
Florida
Sr
5. Janeah Stewart
Mississippi
Sr
6. Aliyah Gustafson
Bowling Green
Sr
7. Samantha Noennig
Arizona State
Fr
8. Ashlie Blake
UCLA
Jr
9. Kiley Sabin
Minnesota
Jr
10. Portious Warren
Alabama
Jr
DISCUS
1. Valarie Allman
Stanford
Sr
2. Maggie Ewen
Arizona State
Sr
3. Shadae Lawrence’
Kansas State
Jr
4. Tarasue Barnett’
Grand Canyon
Sr
5. Laulauga Tausaga
Iowa
So
6. Shanice Love’
Florida State
So
7. Katelyn Daniels
Michigan State
Sr
8. Serena Brown
Texas A&M
So
9. Gabi Jacobs
Missouri
Jr
10. Agnes Esser
Minnesota
Sr
HAMMER
1. Maggie Ewen
Arizona State
Sr
2. Brooke Andersen
Northern Arizona
Sr
3. Stamatia Scarvelis’
Tennessee
Jr
4. Janeah Stewart
Mississippi
Sr
5. Janee’ Kassanavoid
Kansas State
Sr
6. Temi Ogunrinde
Minnesota
Jr
7. Molli Detloff
North Dakota
Jr
8. Ashley Bryant
Oklahoma
Sr
9. Camryn Rogers’
Cal
Fr
10. Emma Thor’
Virginia Tech
So
JAVELIN
1. Mackenzie Little’
Stanford
Jr
2. Alyssa Olin
North Dakota State
Jr
3. Avione Allgood
Florida
Sr
4. Jenna Gray
Stanford
So
5. Kristen Clark
Texas A&M
Sr
6. Nicolle Murphy’
Minnesota
Sr
7. Maura Fiamoncini
Bucknell
Fr
8. Ashley Pryke’
Memphis
So
9. Laura Paredes’
Florida State
Fr
10. Kylee Carter
Auburn
Jr
HEPTATHLON
1. Taliyah Brooks
Arkansas
Sr
2. Nina Schultz’
Kansas State
So
3. Georgia Ellenwood’
Wisconsin
Sr
4. Louisa Grauvogel’
Georgia
So
5. Tyra Gittens’
Texas A&M
Fr
6. Jaclyn Siefring
Akron
Sr
7. Michelle Atherley
Miami
So
8. Patricia Ortega’
Akron
Sr
9. Alissa Brooks-Johnson
Washington State
Sr
10. Hope Bender
UC Santa Barbara
Jr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Oregon
55
2. USC
54
3. Georgia
52
4. LSU
51
5. Stanford
43
=6. Arkansas
42
=6. Kentucky
42
8. Florida
40
9. Arizona State
30
10. Texas A&M
29
11. Purdue
25
12. Missouri
20
13. Kansas State
18
=14. Boise
16
=14. Villanova
16
16. San Diego State
14
=17. Michigan
13
=17. Virginia Tech
13
19. USF
12
=20. Miami
11
=20. Notre Dame
11
=20. Northern Arizona
11
=23. Harvard
10
=23. Tennessee
10
=25. Akron
9
=25. Mississippi
9
=27. Mississippi State
8
=27. North Dakota State
8
=27. New Mexico
8
=27. Texas
8
=31. Colorado
7
=31. Florida State
7
=31. Iowa
7
=31. Minnesota
7
=31. Oklahoma
7
=36. Cincinnati
6
=36. Kansas
6
=36. Utah
6
=36. Wisconsin
6
=40. Florida International
5
=40. Grand Canyon
5
=40. Iowa State
5
=43. Air Force
4
=43. Alabama
4
=43. Penn State
4
=43. South Carolina
4
=43. Syracuse
4
=43. Virginia
4
=49. Bowling Green
3
=49. Campbell
3
=49. Duke
3
=49. Prairie View
3
=49. Texas Tech
3
=49. Washington
3
=55. Bucknell
2
=55. Michigan State
2
=55. North Dakota
2
=55. West Virginia
2
=59. Auburn
1
=59. Indiana State
1
=59. Memphis
1
=59. North Carolina A&T
1
=59. NC State
1
=59. UCLA
1
=59. UT Arlington
1
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