Favored in both the high jump and long jump, JuVaughn Harrison is a big key to LSU’s title hopes. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)
THE OLYMPIC TRIALS could play an outsized role in the NCAA men’s team battle, being staged as it is just a week later. Why? Because of the short turnaround’s effect on what might be considered “normal” doubles.
LSU’s 80-point total leads this chart comfortably over host Oregon’s 66. But we have taken the conservative route, making the assumption that projected Duck winners Cole Hocker (1500) and Cooper Teare (5000) will run only those events, having reasonable expectations of being forces to reckon with in the OT. In a normal year we’d expect Hocker to run the 800 as well, and Teare the 1500, combining to pick up enough points to make the battle with LSU very interesting.
The two powerhouses will almost be competing in different meets, with few event overlaps. Dennis Shaver’s Tigers are currently projected to score in the 200, 400, 110H, both relays, HJ, LJ, HT & JT, while Robert Johnson’s Ducks are tabbed for the 100, 800, 1500, 5000, 4×1, HJ, TJ & decathlon. Each is projected to win 4 events, with LSU getting a pair from HJ/LJ star JuVaughn Harrison.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
1. LSU
80
2. Oregon
66
3. Georgia
45
4. Texas A&M
44
5. Texas
42
6. BYU
38
=7. Florida
37
=7. USC
37
9. North Carolina A&T
27
10. Iowa State
24
(complete team scores below event charts)
100 METERS
1. Micah Williams
Oregon
Fr
2. Joe Fahnbulleh
Florida
Fr
3. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Fr
4. Cravont Charleston
NC State
Sr
5. Raymond Ekevwo’
Florida
Sr
6. Rikkoi Brathwaite’
Indiana
Jr
7. Shaun Maswanganyi’
Houston
Fr
8. Xavier Nairne’
Oregon
Fr
9. Tavarius Wright
North Carolina A&T
Jr
10. Kasaun James
Florida State
Jr
200 METERS
1. Terrance Laird
LSU
Jr
2. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Fr
3. Joe Fahnbulleh
Florida
Fr
4. Micaiah Harris
Texas
Jr
5. Javonte Harding
North Carolina A&T
Fr
6. Shaun Maswanganyi’
Houston
Fr
7. Devon Achane
Texas A&M
Fr
8. Lance Lang
Kentucky
Fr
9. Cravont Charleston
NC State
Sr
10. Joseph Amoah’
Coppin State
Sr
400 METERS
1. Bryce Deadmon
Texas A&M
Sr
2. Noah Williams
LSU
So
3. Randolph Ross
North Carolina A&T
So
4. Dwight St. Hillaire’
Kentucky
Jr
5. Jacory Patterson
Virginia Tech
Jr
6. Ryan Willie
Florida
Fr
7. Trevor Stewart
North Carolina A&T
Sr
8. Jonathan Jones’
Texas
So
9. Tyler Johnson
Ohio State
Sr
10. Christopher Bailey
Tennessee
So
800 METERS
1. Devin Dixon
Texas A&M
Sr
2. Charlie Hunter’
Oregon
Sr
3. Finley McLear’
Miami/Ohio
So
4. Isaiah Jewett
USC
Sr
5. Festus Lagat’
Iowa State
Sr
6. Takieddine Hedeilli’
Texas Tech
Sr
7. Kameron Jones
Clemson
Sr
8. Carlton Orange
Texas A&M
Sr
9. Samuel Voelz
Notre Dame
Jr
10. Adam Swanson
Eastern Illinois
Fr
1500 METERS
1. Cole Hocker
Oregon
Fr
2. James West’
Oregon
Fr
3. Sam Tanner’
Washington
So
4. Eliud Kipsang’
Alabama
Fr
5. Mario García Romo’
Mississippi
Fr
6. Yared Nuguse
Notre Dame
Jr
7. Waleed Suliman
Mississippi
Jr
8. Sean Dolan
Villanova
Fr
9. Casey Comber
Villanova
Sr
10. Mick Stanovsek’
Washington
Sr
STEEPLE
1. Ryan Smeeton’
Oklahoma State
Jr
2. Kigen Chemadi’
Middle Tennessee
Sr
3. Clayson Shumway
BYU
Sr
4. Aidan Tooker
Syracuse
Jr
5. David Too’
Iowa State
Sr
6. Alec Basten
Minnesota
Jr
7. Matt Owens
BYU
Jr
8. Felix Kandie’
Liberty
Sr
9. John Rice
Texas
Sr
10. Noel Rotich’
Alabama
Jr
5000 METERS
1. Cooper Teare
Oregon
Jr
2. Wesley Kiptoo’
Iowa State
So
3. Eduardo Herrera
Colorado
Sr
4. Casey Clinger
BYU
Fr
5. Edwin Kurgat
New Mexico
Sr
6. Brandon Garnica
BYU
Jr
7. Thomas Ratcliffe
North Carolina
Sr
8. Morgan Beadlescomb
Michigan State
Jr
9. Amon Kemboi’
Arkansas
Jr
10. Vincent Kiprop’
Alabama
Sr
10,000 METERS
1. Conner Mantz
BYU
Jr
2. Wesley Kiptoo’
Iowa State
So
3. Edwin Kurgat
New Mexico
Sr
4. Isai Rodriguez
Oklahoma State
So
5. Eric Hamer
Colorado State
Sr
6. Robert Brandt
Georgetown
Sr
7. Vincent Kiprop’
Alabama
Sr
8. Adriaan Wildschutt’
Florida State
Sr
9. Aaron Bienenfeld’
Cincinnati
Sr
10. Patrick Dever’
Tulsa
Sr
110 HURDLES
1. Damion Thomas’
LSU
Jr
2. Trey Cunningham
Florida State
Jr
3. Jamal Britt
Iowa
Jr
4. Robert Dunning
Alabama
Sr
5. Tai Brown
Kentucky
So
6. Phillip Lemonious
Arkansas
So
7. Eric Edwards
LSU
So
8. Jaylan McConico
Iowa
Sr
9. Joey Daniels’
Nebraska
Sr
10. Rasheem Brown’
North Carolina A&T
Jr
400 HURDLES
1. Charles Brockman
Texas
Jr
2. Cameron Samuel
USC
Sr
3. Robert Dunning
Alabama
Sr
4. James Smith
Texas A&M
So
5. Moitalel Mpoke’
Texas A&M
Jr
6. Quivell Jordan
Houston
Sr
7. Nick Hilson
Arkansas
Sr
8. William Spencer
South Carolina
Jr
9. Travean Caldwell
Arkansas
Sr
10. Norman Grimes
Texas Tech
Sr
4 x 100
1. Houston
Houston
2. LSU
LSU
3. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
4. North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T
5. Oregon
Oregon
6. Texas
Texas
7. Florida
Florida
8. Baylor
Baylor
9. TCU
TCU
10. USC
USC
4 x 400
1. North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T
2. LSU
LSU
3. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
4. Texas
Texas
5. Kentucky
Kentucky
6. USC
USC
7. Tennessee
Tennessee
8. Baylor
Baylor
9. TCU
TCU
10. Georgia
Georgia
HIGH JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison
LSU
Jr
2. Earnie Sears
USC
Sr
3. Tejaswin Shankar’
Kansas State
Jr
4. Jonathan Wells
Illinois
Sr
5. Vernon Turner
Oklahoma
So
6. Clayton Brown’
Florida
Sr
7. Corvell Todd
Sn Mississippi
So
8. Ben Milligan
Oregon
Sr
9. Darryl Sullivan
Tennessee
Sr
10. Darius Carbin
Georgia
Sr
POLE VAULT
1. KC Lightfoot
Baylor
So
2. Zach McWhorter
BYU
Fr
3. Zach Bradford
Kansas
So
4. Hussain Al Hizam’
Kansas
Sr
5. Eerik Haamer
South Dakota
Fr
6. Clayton Fritsch
Sam Houston St
Jr
7. Kyle Rogers
Kansas
Jr
8. Ethan Bray
South Dakota
Sr
9. Caleb Witsken
BYU
So
10. Hunter Garretson
Akron
Fr
LONG JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison
LSU
Jr
2. Isaac Grimes
Florida State
Jr
3. Steffin McCarter
Texas
Sr
4. Ja’Mari Ward
Missouri
Jr
5. Justin Hall
Texas Tech
Sr
6. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Fr
7. Rayvon Allen
Oklahoma
Jr
8. Carey McLeod’
Tennessee
Jr
9. Rayvon Grey
LSU
Sr
10. Jeremiah Davis
Florida State
Jr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Emmanuel Ihemeje’
Oregon
Fr
2. Du Mapaya’
TCU
Jr
3. Jordan Scott
USC
Sr
4. Carey McLeod’
Tennessee
Jr
5. O’Brien Wasome’
Texas
Sr
6. Clayton Brown’
Florida
Sr
7. Owayne Owens’
Virginia
So
8. Christian Edwards
Alabama
Sr
9. Isaiah Griffith
Oregon
Sr
10. Sean Dixon-Bodie
LSU
Fr
SHOT
1. Turner Washington
Arizona State
So
2. Tripp Piperi
Texas
Jr
3. Jordan Geist
Arizona
Jr
4. McKay Johnson
USC
Sr
5. Jonathan Tharaldsen
Georgia
Sr
6. Jordan West
Tennessee
So
7. Matt Katnik
USC
Sr
8. Josh Johnson
Cal
Jr
9. Jalil Brewer
Purdue
Jr
10. Connor Bandel
Florida
Sr
DISCUS
1. Turner Washington
Arizona State
So
2. Roje Stona’
Clemson
So
3. Claudio Romero’
Virginia
Fr
4. Elijah Mason
Washington
Jr
5. Mitchell Weber
Missouri
So
6. Gabe Oladipo
Texas Tech
Jr
7. Jacob Lemmon
Virginia
So
8. Charles Lenford
Kentucky
Sr
9. Jordan Johnson
Iowa
Fr
10. Jerimiah Evans
Michigan State
Sr
HAMMER
1. Gleb Dudarev’
Kansas
Sr
2. Thomas Mardal’
Florida
Sr
3. Jake Norris’
LSU
Jr
4. Jon Nerdal’
LSU
Sr
5. Israel Oloyede
Arizona
Sr
6. Kevin Arreaga’
Miami
Sr
7. Michael Bryan
Wichita State
Jr
8. Bobby Colantonio
Alabama
So
9. Kieran McKeag
Alabama
Sr
10. Alencar Pereira’
Georgia
So
JAVELIN
1. Sindri Gudmundsson’
Mississippi State
Sr
2. Arthur Petersen’
UT Arlington
Fr
3. DJ Jonsson’
Mississippi State
Fr
4. Tyriq Horsford’
Mississippi State
So
5. Cameron Bates
BYU
So
6. Tzuriel Pedigo
LSU
Fr
7. Donavon Banks
McNeese State
Sr
8. Mark Porter
Penn State
Jr
9. Nils Fischer’
Auburn
Sr
10. Cade Antonucci
Auburn
Sr
DECATHLON
1. Johannes Erm’
Georgia
Jr
2. Karel Tilga’
Georgia
So
3. Kyle Garland
Georgia
Fr
4. Ayden Owens’
Michigan
So
5. Max Vollmer’
Oregon
So
6. Felix Wolter’
Pitt
Sr
7. Alex Spyridonidis’
Auburn
Jr
8. Jacob Spotswood
Alabama
Jr
9. Markus Ballengee
Arkansas
Sr
10. Denim Rogers
Houston Baptist
Jr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. LSU
80
2. Oregon
66
3. Georgia
45
4. Texas A&M
44
5. Texas
42
6. BYU
38
=7. Florida
37
=7. USC
37
9. North Carolina A&T
27
10. Iowa State
24
11. Kansas
23
=12. Alabama
21
=12. Mississippi State
21
14. Arizona State
20
15. Houston
18
16. Florida State
17
=17. Kentucky
15
=17. Oklahoma State
15
19. Baylor
12
=20. Tennessee
11
=20. Washington
11
=22. Arizona
10
=22. Clemson
10
=22. New Mexico
10
=22. Texas Tech
10
=22. Virginia
10
27. Missouri
9
=28. Middle Tennessee
8
=28. TCU
8
=28. UT Arlington
8
31. Iowa
7
=32. Colorado
6
=32. Kansas State
6
=32. Miami/Ohio
6
=32. Mississippi
6
=32. Oklahoma
6
=37. Arkansas
5
=37. Illinois
5
=37. Michigan
5
=37. NC State
5
=37. South Dakota
5
=37. Syracuse
5
=43. Colorado State
4
=43. Virginia Tech
4
=45. Georgetown
3
=45. Indiana
3
=45. Miami
3
=45. Minnesota
3
=45. Notre Dame
3
=45. Pitt
3
=45. Sam Houston St
3
=52. Auburn
2
=52. McNeese State
2
=52. North Carolina
2
=52. Sn Mississippi
2
=52. Wichita State
2
=57. Cal
1
=57. Liberty
1
=57. Michigan State
1
=57. Penn State
1
=57. South Carolina
1
=57. Villanova
1
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