Emerging 400H star Sean Burrell figures to be just one of a half-dozen LSU winners in Eugene. (BRYAN WAYNE)“UNBEATABLE” IS PRETTY STRONG STUFF, but LSU’s men now look to be ready to join the ranks of the all-time NCAA Championships powerhouses. Since the current scoring system was adopted for the ’85 meet, no school has ever broken the 90-point barrier — Dennis Shaver’s Tigers are now projected to not only break that milestone, but also the 100 level, with 103. That would crush the previous best, 88 by Oregon ’14.
So good is LSU that it could (heaven forbid) lose the services of projected HJ/LJ double winner JuVaughn Harrison and still have a 24-point margin over No. 2 seed Oregon (59). Harrison should have plenty of company on the top step of the podium, as 4 other Bengals are forecasted to win: Terrance Laird (200), Noah Williams (400), Damion Thomas (110H), Sean Burrell (400H).
Overall, the LSU juggernaut is predicted to have 17 scorers, failing to notch points only in the 800, 1500, steeple, 5000, 10,000, PV (imagine if Mondo hadn’t turned pro!), SP, DT & decathlon.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
School Score Previous Place
1. LSU
103 (+23)
1
2. Oregon
59 (-7)
2
3. Texas A&M
41 (-3)
4
4. Georgia
38 (-7)
3
5. Texas
35 (-7)
5
6. BYU
32 (-6)
6
7. Florida
30 (-7)
=7
8. Florida State
27 (+10)
16
9. Iowa State
25 (+1)
10
10. USC
24 (-13)
=7
(complete team scores below event charts)
100 METERS
1. JoVaughn Martin
Florida State
So
2. Micah Williams
Oregon
Sr
3. Joseph Amoah’
Coppin State
Jr
4. Terrance Laird
LSU
Jr
5. Cravont Charleston
NC State
Sr
6. Joe Fahnbulleh
Florida
Fr
7. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Fr
8. Raymond Ekevwo’
Florida
Sr
9. Shaun Maswanganyi’
Houston
Fr
10. Rikkoi Brathwaite’
Indiana
Jr
200 METERS
1. Terrance Laird
LSU
Jr
2. Joe Fahnbulleh
Florida
Fr
3. Micaiah Harris
Texas
Jr
4. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Fr
5. Lance Lang
Kentucky
Fr
6. Devon Achane
Texas A&M
Fr
7. Shaun Maswanganyi’
Houston
Fr
8. Javonte Harding
North Carolina A&T
Fr
9. Cravont Charleston
NC State
Sr
10. Joseph Amoah’
Coppin State
Sr
400 METERS
1. Noah Williams
LSU
So
2. Bryce Deadmon
Texas A&M
Sr
3. Dwight St. Hillaire’
Kentucky
Jr
4. Jacory Patterson
Virginia Tech
Jr
5. Johnnie Blockburger
Arizona
Fr
6. Trevor Stewart
North Carolina A&T
Sr
7. Randolph Ross
North Carolina A&T
So
8. Ryan Willie
Florida
Fr
9. Jonathan Jones’
Texas
So
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. Brandon Miller
Texas A&M
Fr
10. Samuel Voelz
Notre Dame
Jr
1500 METERS
1. Cole Hocker
Oregon
Fr
2. Eliud Kipsang’
Alabama
Fr
3. Waleed Suliman
Mississippi
Jr
4. James West’
Oregon
Sr
5. Mario García Romo’
Mississippi
So
6. Sam Tanner’
Washington
So
7. Yared Nuguse
Notre Dame
Jr
8. Ryan Adams
Furman
Sr
9. Casey Comber
Villanova
Sr
10. Kasey Knevelbaard
Florida State
Sr
STEEPLE
1. Ryan Smeeton’
Oklahoma State
Jr
2. Kigen Chemadi’
Middle Tennessee
Sr
3. Ahmed Jaziri’
Eastern Kentucky
Jr
4. Parker Stokes
Georgetown
Fr
5. Clayson Shumway
BYU
Sr
6. Bennett Pascoe
Arkansas State
Jr
7. David Too’
Iowa State
Sr
8. Colton Johnsen
Washington State
Jr
9. Jackson Mestler
Oregon
Sr
10. Aidan Tooker
Syracuse
Jr
5000 METERS
1. Cooper Teare
Oregon
Jr
2. Nico Young
Northern Arizona
Fr
3. Luis Grijalva’
Northern Arizona
Jr
4. Eduardo Herrera
Colorado
Sr
5. Casey Clinger
BYU
Fr
6. Edwin Kurgat
Iowa State
Sr
7. Wesley Kiptoo’
Iowa State
So
8. Abdihamid Nur’
Northern Arizona
Fr
9. Brandon Garnica
BYU
Jr
10. Zach Facioni’
Wake Forest
So
10,000 METERS
1. Conner Mantz
BYU
Jr
2. Wesley Kiptoo’
Iowa State
So
3. Edwin Kurgat
Iowa State
Sr
4. Isai Rodriguez
Oklahoma State
So
5. Eric Hamer
Colorado State
Sr
6. Aaron Bienenfeld’
Cincinnati
Sr
7. Robert Brandt
Georgetown
Sr
8. Adriaan Wildschutt’
Florida State
Sr
9. Vincent Kiprop’
Alabama
Sr
10. Patrick Dever’
Tulsa
Sr
110 HURDLES
1. Damion Thomas’
LSU
Jr
2. Trey Cunningham
Florida State
Jr
3. Robert Dunning
Alabama
Sr
4. Jamal Britt
Iowa
Jr
5. Eric Edwards
LSU
So
6. Tai Brown
Kentucky
So
7. Tre’Bien Gilbert
Arkansas
So
8. Brithton Senior’
South Dakota
Fr
9. Jaylan McConico
Iowa
Sr
10. Carl Elliott
Arkansas
Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Sean Burrell
LSU
Fr
2. Isaiah Levingston
Oklahoma
Jr
3. Moitalel Mpoke’
Texas A&M
Jr
4. Charles Brockman
Texas
Jr
5. Cameron Samuel
USC
Sr
6. Robert Dunning
Alabama
Sr
7. William Spencer
South Carolina
Jr
8. James Smith
Texas A&M
So
9. Denzel Villaman’
Florida
Sr
10. Quivell Jordan
Houston
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. Florida
Florida
6. Oregon
Oregon
7. Texas
Texas
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. Baylor
Baylor
6. TCU
TCU
7. Kentucky
Kentucky
8. USC
USC
9. Tennessee
Tennessee
10. Georgia
Georgia
HIGH JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison
LSU
Jr
2. Darryl Sullivan
Tennessee
Sr
3. Earnie Sears
USC
Sr
4. Tejaswin Shankar’
Kansas State
Jr
5. Zack Anderson
South Dakota
Sr
6. Ben Milligan
Oregon
Sr
7. Jonathan Wells
Illinois
Sr
8. Vernon Turner
Oklahoma
So
9. Clayton Brown’
Florida
Sr
10. Brenton Foster’
Virginia
Sr
POLE VAULT
1. Zach McWhorter
BYU
Fr
2. Zach Bradford
Kansas
So
3. Hussain Al Hizam’
Kansas
Sr
4. Clayton Fritsch
Sam Houston St
Jr
5. Eerik Haamer’
South Dakota
Fr
6. Ethan Bray
South Dakota
Sr
7. Trent Francom
South Dakota State
Jr
8. Kyle Rogers
Kansas
Jr
9. Ryan Lipe
Alabama
Jr
10. Tyler Loontjer
Nebraska
Sr
LONG JUMP
1. JuVaughn Harrison
LSU
Jr
2. Isaac Grimes
Florida State
Jr
3. Rayvon Grey
LSU
Sr
4. Steffin McCarter
Texas
Sr
5. Carey McLeod’
Tennessee
Jr
6. Rayvon Allen
Oklahoma
Jr
7. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Fr
8. Ja’Mari Ward
Missouri
Jr
9. Justin Hall
Texas Tech
Sr
10. John Baker
Arkansas
Fr
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. Sean Dixon-Bodie
LSU
Fr
9. Christian Edwards
Alabama
Sr
10. Isaiah Griffith
Oregon
Sr
SHOT
1. Turner Washington
Arizona State
So
2. Tripp Piperi
Texas
Jr
3. Jordan Geist
Arizona
Jr
4. Jonathan Tharaldsen
Georgia
Sr
5. Darius King
Northern Iowa
Jr
6. Tyler Blalock
Kennesaw State
Jr
7. McKay Johnson
USC
Sr
8. Jordan West
Tennessee
So
9. Matt Katnik
USC
Sr
10. Kristoffer Thomsen’
North Dakota State
So
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. Sam Woodley’
Rice
Fr
8. Jacob Lemmon
Virginia
So
9. Jonah Wilson
Washington
Sr
10. Charles Lenford
Kentucky
Sr
HAMMER
1. Thomas Mardal’
Florida
Sr
2. Gleb Dudarev’
Kansas
Sr
3. Israel Oloyede
Arizona
Sr
4. Jake Norris’
LSU
Jr
5. Jon Nerdal’
LSU
Sr
6. Jordan Geist
Arizona
Jr
7. Michael Bryan
Wichita State
Jr
8. Manning Plater
Illinois
Sr
9. Bobby Colantonio
Alabama
So
10. Trey Knight
USC
Fr
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. Nils Fischer’
Auburn
Sr
7. Tzuriel Pedigo
LSU
Fr
8. Donavon Banks
McNeese State
Sr
9. Mark Porter
Penn State
Jr
10. Cade Antonucci
Auburn
Jr
DECATHLON
1. Johannes Erm’
Georgia
Jr
2. Karel Tilga’
Georgia
So
3. Kyle Garland
Georgia
Fr
4. Felix Wolter’
Pitt
Sr
5. Markus Ballengee
Arkansas
Sr
6. Ayden Owens’
Michigan
So
7. Max Vollmer’
Oregon
So
8. Daniel Spejcher
Arkansas
So
9. Damien Berthenet’
Cincinnati
Jr
10. Will Daniels
Iowa
Sr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. LSU
103
2. Oregon
59
3. Texas A&M
41
4. Georgia
38
5. Texas
35
6. BYU
32
7. Florida
30
8. Florida State
27
9. Iowa State
25
10. USC
24
11. Kansas
23
=12. Mississippi State
21
=12. North Carolina A&T
21
14. Arizona State
20
15. Arizona
19
16. Tennessee
18
17. Alabama
17
=18. Kentucky
15
=18. Northern Arizona
15
=18. Oklahoma State
15
=21. Houston
12
=21. Oklahoma
12
=21. South Dakota
12
24. TCU
11
=25. Clemson
10
=25. Mississippi
10
27. Virginia
9
=28. Middle Tennessee
8
=28. UT Arlington
8
=28. Washington
8
=31. Arkansas
7
=31. Georgetown
7
=33. Coppin State
6
=33. Eastern Kentucky
6
=33. Miami/Ohio
6
=33. Texas Tech
6
=37. Baylor
5
=37. Colorado
5
=37. Iowa
5
=37. Kansas State
5
=37. Missouri
5
=37. Pitt
5
=37. Sam Houston St
5
=37. Virginia Tech
5
=45. Colorado State
4
=45. NC State
4
=45. Northern Iowa
4
=48. Arkansas State
3
=48. Auburn
3
=48. Cincinnati
3
=48. Illinois
3
=48. Kennesaw State
3
=48. Michigan
3
=54. Notre Dame
2
=54. Rice
2
=54. South Carolina
2
=54. South Dakota State
2
=54. Wichita State
2
=59. Furman
1
=59. McNeese State
1
=59. Washington State
1
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