2021 NCAA Women’s Formchart #1 — USC By A Hair

FIELD EVENTS? Who needs field events? According to our first NCAA women’s prognostications, USC is going to win the national title without a single point from a jumper or thrower. Not to mention sans points from anybody in a race that’s not run in lanes. Caryl Smith Gilbert’s speed-laden Trojans are currently projected to come away with 5 event wins: 100, 200, 400, 400H, 4×1, plus backup points in the 100 (8th), 400 (4th), 100H (5th & 6th) and 4×4 (2nd).

But even with all that speed the ’19 runners-up are anything but a shoo-in, as LSU is currently charting to finish only 2 points behind, and what will have happened in the two hurdle races — in each of which half the scorers belong to one of the two schools — will be crucial.

Dennis Shaver’s Bayou Bengals are tabbed to pick up points in the 100 (7th), 200 (6th), 100H (1st & 3rd), 400H (2nd, 3rd & 7th), 4×1 (3rd), HJ (2nd), PV (1st) and LJ (3rd).

As is so often the case, the team battle is likely to come down to the climactic 4×4. Based on our current charting, as the teams toe the line, LSU would be leading at 69 (but not have a foursome in the race). USC would be at 63, with Texas A&M at 51 and defending team champ Arkansas at 46. So USC would win with a 1st or 2nd, tie with a 3rd.

The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):

TOP 10 TEAMS
1. USC	71
2. LSU	69
3. Arkansas	56
4. Texas A&M	55
5. Texas	38
6. Georgia	36
7. Alabama	30
8. Oregon	26
=9. Auburn	21
=9. Iowa	21
(complete team scores below event charts)

100 METERS
1. TeeTee Terry	USC	Jr
2. Kemba Nelson’	Oregon	Jr
3. Kiara Grant’	Norfolk State	Jr
4. Tiana Wilson	Arkansas	So
5. Tamara Clark	Alabama	Sr
6. Cambrea Sturgis	North Carolina A&T	So
7. Thelma Davies	LSU	Fr
8. Angie Annelus	USC	Sr
9. Kynnedy Flannel	Texas	Jr
10. Jayla Kirkland	Florida State	Sr

200 METERS
1. Angie Annelus	USC	Sr
2. Abby Steiner	Kentucky	So
3. Tamara Clark	Alabama	Sr
4. Cambrea Sturgis	North Carolina A&T	So
5. Kemba Nelson’	Oregon	Jr
6. Thelma Davies	LSU	Fr
7. Kynnedy Flannel	Texas	Jr
8. Anavia Battle	Ohio State	Sr
9. TeeTee Terry	USC	Jr
10. Favour Ofili’	LSU	Fr

400 METERS
1. Kaelin Roberts	USC	Jr
2. Stacey Ann Williams’	Texas	Jr
3. Charokee Young’	Texas A&M	So
4. Bailey Lear	USC	Jr
5. Shae Anderson	UCLA	So
6. Talitha Diggs	Florida	Fr
7. Paris Peoples	Arkansas	So
8. Taylor Manson	Florida	Sr
9. Kethlin Campbell	Arkansas	Jr
10. Alexis Holmes	Kentucky	So

800 METERS
1. Athing Mu	Texas A&M	Fr
2. Aaliyah Miller	Baylor	Sr
3. Avi’Tal Wilson-Perteete	UNLV	So
4. Laurie Barton	Clemson	Sr
5. Shafiqua Maloney’	Arkansas	Sr
6. Danae Rivers	Penn State	Sr
7. Gabrielle Wilkinson	Florida	So
8. Lindsey Butler	Virginia Tech	So
9. Michaela Meyer	Virginia	Sr
10. Anna Camp	BYU	Sr

1500 METERS
1. Sage Hurta	Colorado	Sr
2. Ella Donaghu	Stanford	Jr
3. Krissy Gear	Arkansas	Sr
4. Lotte Black	Rhode Island	Sr
5. Presley Weems	Auburn	Jr
6. Amaris Tyynismaa	Alabama	Fr
7. Jessica Lawson	Stanford	Jr
8. Kaley Richards	U Mass Lowell	Jr
9. Kennedy Thomson’	Arkansas	Sr
10. Katelyn Tuohy	NC State	Fr

STEEPLE
1. Hannah Steelman	NC State	Sr
2. Courtney Wayment	BYU	Jr
3. Katie Rainsberger	Washington	Sr
4. Charlotte Prouse’	New Mexico	Jr
5. Gabrielle Jennings	Furman	Sr
6. Devin Clark	Arkansas	Jr
7. Aneta Konieczek’	Oregon	Jr
8. Olivia Markezich	Notre Dame	Fr
9. Adva Cohen’	New Mexico	Sr
10. Sara Musselman	BYU	Jr

5000 METERS
1. Joyce Kimeli’	Auburn	Jr
2. Lauren Gregory	Arkansas	So
3. Katie Wasserman	Notre Dame	Sr
4. Esther Gitahi’	Alabama	Sr
5. Beth Hasz	Minnesota	Sr
6. Mahala Norris	Air Force	Sr
7. Whittni Orton	BYU	Sr
8. Abbey Wheeler	Providence	Sr
9. Megan Hasz	Minnesota	Sr
10. Nicole Fegans	Georgia Tech	Jr

10,000 METERS
1. Mercy Chelangat’	Alabama	So
2. Carmela Cardama Baez’	Oregon	Sr
3. Elly Henes	NC State	Sr
4. Grace Forbes	Rice	Fr
5. Clare O’Brien’	Boise	Sr
6. Lexie Thompson	Weber State	Sr
7. Aubrey Frentheway	BYU	So
8. Katie Izzo	Arkansas	Sr
9. Aiobhe Richardson’	USF	Sr
10. Callie Logue	Iowa State	Jr

100 HURDLES
1. Tonea Marshall	LSU	Sr
2. Ackera Nugent’	Baylor	Fr
3. Alia Armstrong	LSU	Fr
4. Daszay Freeman’	Arkansas	So
5. Anna Cockrell	USC	Sr
6. Jasmine Jones	USC	Fr
7. Chanel Brissett	Texas	Jr
8. Tiara McMinn	Miami	Sr
9. Emily Sloan	Oregon	So
10. Yoveinny Mota’	Arkansas	So

400 HURDLES
1. Anna Cockrell	USC	Sr
2. Jurnee Woodward	LSU	Jr
3. Brittley Humphrey	LSU	Sr
4. Ashton Lindley	South Carolina	Fr
5. Vanessa Watson	Tennessee	Fr
6. Lauren Hoffman	Duke	Jr
7. Milan Young	LSU	So
8. Darhian Mills	Washington	Jr
9. Masai Russell	Kentucky	Jr
10. Faith Roberson	UT San Antonio	Jr

4 x 100
1. USC	USC
2. LSU	LSU
3. Arkansas	Arkansas
4. Texas	Texas
5. Oregon	Oregon
6. Miami	Miami
7. Florida State	Florida State
8. North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
9. Houston	Houston
10. Texas A&M	Texas A&M

4 x 400
1. Arkansas	Arkansas
2. USC	USC
3. Texas	Texas
4. Kentucky	Kentucky
5. Texas A&M	Texas A&M
6. South Carolina	South Carolina
7. Alabama	Alabama
8. Florida	Florida
9. LSU	LSU
10. Baylor	Baylor

HIGH JUMP
1. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
2. Abigail O’Donoghue	LSU	Sr
3. Karla Teran’	Arizona	Sr
4. Rachel Glenn	South Carolina	Fr
5. Anna Hall	Georgia	Fr
6. Lamara Distin’	Texas A&M	So
7. Ellen Ekholm’	Kentucky	Sr
8. Nissi Kabongo	SF Austin	So
9. Nyagoa Bayak	LSU	So
10. Morgan Smalls	USC	Fr

POLE VAULT
1. Lisa Gunnarsson’	LSU	Sr
2. Kayla Smith	Georgia	Sr
3. Nastassja Campbell	Arkansas	So
4. Rachel Baxter	Virginia Tech	Sr
5. Sydney Horn	High Point	Fr
6. Tuesdi Tidwell	Baylor	Jr
7. Sophia Franklin	Michigan State	Sr
8. Helen Falda’	South Dakota	Sr
9. Ariádni Adamopoúlou’	Oklahoma State	So
10. Julia Fixsen	Georgia	So

LONG JUMP
1. Tara Davis	Texas	Jr
2. Claire Bryant	Florida	Fr
3. Aliyah Whisby	LSU	Sr
4. Ruth Usoro’	Texas Tech	Jr
5. Jasmyn Steels	Northwestern Louisiana	Jr
6. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
7. Monae’ Nichols	Texas Tech	Sr
8. Deborah Acquah’	Texas A&M	Sr
9. Taishia Pryce’	Kansas State	Sr
10. Destiny Longmire	TCU	Sr

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Ruth Usoro’	Texas Tech	Jr
2. Deborah Acquah’	Texas A&M	Sr
3. Rūta Lasmane’	Florida State	Fr
4. Jasmine Moore	Georgia	So
5. Charisma Taylor’	Washington State	Jr
6. Mirieli Santos’	Missouri	So
7. Mikeisha Welcome	Oklahoma	So
8. Titiana Marsh	Georgia	Jr
9. Bria Matthews	Georgia Tech	Sr
10. Natricia Hooper’	Florida	Sr

SHOT
1. Samantha Noennig	Arizona	Jr
2. Lagi Tausaga	Iowa	Sr
3. Sade Olatoye’	Ohio State	Sr
4. Khayla Dawson	Indiana	Sr
5. Adelaide Aquilla	Ohio State	Jr
6. Akealy Moton	North Dakota State	So
7. Jorinde Van Klinken’	Arizona State	Jr
8. Madison Pollard	Indiana	Sr
9. Latavia Maines	Tennessee	Sr
10. Taylor Latimer	Kansas State	Jr

DISCUS
1. Lagi Tausaga	Iowa	Sr
2. Shanice Love’	Florida State	Sr
3. Alexandra Emilianov’	Kansas	So
4. Jorinde Van Klinken’	Arizona State	Jr
5. Obi Amaechi	Princeton	So
6. Serena Brown’	Iowa	Jr
7. Seasons Usual	Texas Tech	Jr
8. Ashley Anumba	Penn	Jr
9. Zakiya Rashid	Miami	Sr
10. Debbie Ajagbe	Miami	Jr

HAMMER
1. Camryn Rogers’	Cal	Jr
2. Beatrice Llano’	Arizona State	Jr
3. Sade Olatoye’	Ohio State	Sr
4. Alyssa Wilson	UCLA	Jr
5. Jillian Shippee	North Carolina	Jr
6. Maddy Niles	North Dakota State	Sr
7. Autavia Fluker	South Alabama	Sr
8. Madi Malone	Auburn	Jr
9. Anna Purchase’	Cal	So
10. Emma Robbins	LSU	Fr

JAVELIN
1. Marie-Therese Obst’	Georgia	Sr
2. Alexandra Roberts’	Wake Forest	Fr
3. Kylee Carter	Auburn	Sr
4. Madison Wiltrout	North Carolina	Jr
5. Kelechi Nwanaga’	Florida State	Jr
6. Ashton Riner	BYU	Jr
7. Skylar Ciccolini	Missouri	Fr
8. Rhema Otabor’	Florida International	Fr
9. Maura Fiamoncini	Bucknell	Sr
10. Roosa Ylönen’	UTEP	So

HEPTATHLON
1. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
2. Anna Hall	Georgia	Fr
3. Michelle Atherley	Miami	Sr
4. Kristīne Blaževiča’	Texas	Fr
5. Lauren Taubert	Kansas State	Sr
6. Erin Marsh	Duke	Sr
7. Madeline Holmberg	Penn State	Sr
8. Jadin O’Brien	Notre Dame	Fr
9. Mathilde Rey’	Oregon	Fr
10. Grace McKenzie’	McNeese State	Sr

COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. USC	71
2. LSU	69
3. Arkansas	56
4. Texas A&M	55
5. Texas	38
6. Georgia	36
7. Alabama	30
8. Oregon	26
=9. Auburn	21
=9. Iowa	21
11. Florida State	20
=12. Baylor	19
=12. Texas Tech	19
14. Ohio State	17
=15. Arizona	16
=15. NC State	16
=17. Arizona State	15
=17. BYU	15
=17. Florida	15
=17. Kentucky	15
21. South Carolina	13
=22. Cal	10
=22. Colorado	10
=22. Miami	10
=22. Stanford	10
=26. North Carolina	9
=26. North Carolina A&T	9
=26. UCLA	9
=29. Notre Dame	8
=29. Wake Forest	8
31. Washington	7
=32. Duke	6
=32. Indiana	6
=32. Kansas	6
=32. North Dakota State	6
=32. Norfolk State	6
=32. UNLV	6
=32. Virginia Tech	6
=39. Clemson	5
=39. Missouri	5
=39. New Mexico	5
=39. Penn State	5
=39. Rhode Island	5
=39. Rice	5
=45. Boise	4
=45. Furman	4
=45. High Point	4
=45. Kansas State	4
=45. Minnesota	4
=45. Northwestern Louisiana	4
=45. Princeton	4
=45. Tennessee	4
=45. Washington State	4
=54. Air Force	3
=54. Weber State	3
=56. Michigan State	2
=56. Oklahoma	2
=56. South Alabama	2
=59. Florida International	1
=59. Penn	1
=59. Providence	1
=59. South Dakota	1
=59. SF Austin	1
=59. U Mass Lowell	1