2021 NCAA Women’s Formchart #4 — A Down-To-The-Wire 3-Way?

AFTER THE REGIONALS WEEKEND we find that the NCAA women’s formchart has once again changed significantly since the previous iterations. In charts 1 (April 05) and 2 (April 27) top-rated USC had a 2-point lead — over LSU in the first, over Texas A&M in the second. Then in the third (May 20) Pat Henry’s Aggies continued their climb, holding down the leadership by 6 points over LSU, with the Trojans another 3 points back.

But our post-Regionals analysis finds A&M treading water, while USC (+8) and LSU (+4) made gains, with the result that the crystal ball now sees it as A&M by a single point over the Trojans, with another digit back to the Bengals. Obviously lots of leeway for chart-busting to come!

As is so often the case, the team battle may well come down to the climactic 4×4. Based on our current charting, as the teams toe the line LSU would be leading with its 60 points (but with a 4×4 charted not to be in the final), with USC at 53 and A&M at 52. Be sure to have your calculators handy!

Versatile Tyra Gittens remains the key to the A&M hopes, predicted to win the heptathlon, take 2nd in the HJ and 3rd in the LJ.

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

TOP 10 TEAMS
Team	Points	Previous Chart
1. Texas A&M	62 (0)	1
2. USC	61 (+8)	3
3. LSU	60 (+4)	2
4. Alabama	52 (+2)	4
5. Arkansas	43 (+4)	7
6. Georgia	33 (-12)	=5
7. Texas	32 (-13)	=5
8. Oregon	31 (+5)	=10
9. Florida	25 (+2)	12
10. BYU	24 (-3)	=8
(complete team scores below event charts)

100 METERS
1. TeeTee Terry	USC	Jr
2. Kemba Nelson’	Oregon	Jr
3. Cambrea Sturgis	North Carolina A&T	So
4. Tamara Clark	Alabama	Sr
5. Symone Mason	LSU	Jr
6. Tiana Wilson	Arkansas	So
7. Cassondra Hall	UNLV	Sr
8. Jada Baylark	Arkansas	Jr
9. Brianne Bethel’	Houston	Sr
10. Ackera Nugent’	Baylor	Fr

200 METERS
1. Tamara Clark	Alabama	Sr
2. Favour Ofili’	LSU	Fr
3. Anavia Battle	Ohio State	Sr
4. TeeTee Terry	USC	Jr
5. Kynnedy Flannel	Texas	Jr
6. Cambrea Sturgis	North Carolina A&T	So
7. Brianne Bethel’	Houston	Sr
8. Angie Annelus	USC	Sr
9. Symone Mason	LSU	Jr
10. Jada Baylark	Arkansas	Jr

400 METERS
1. Athing Mu	Texas A&M	Fr
2. Stacey Ann Williams’	Texas	Jr
3. Nastassha McDonald’	Alabama	Sr
4. Kaelin Roberts	USC	Sr
5. Charokee Young’	Texas A&M	So
6. Bailey Lear	USC	Jr
7. Talitha Diggs	Florida	Fr
8. Meleni Rodney’	UCLA	Sr
9. Kyra Constantine’	USC	Sr
10. Stephanie Davis	South Carolina	Jr

800 METERS
1. Michaela Meyer	Virginia	Sr
2. Aaliyah Miller	Baylor	Sr
3. Laurie Barton	Clemson	Sr
4. Sarah Hendrick	Kennesaw State	So
5. Shafiqua Maloney’	Arkansas	Sr
6. McKenna Keegan	Villanova	Sr
7. Gabrielle Wilkinson	Florida	So
8. Lindsey Butler	Virginia Tech	So
9. Aurora Rynda’	Michigan	So
10. Kayla Johnson	Miami	Jr

1500 METERS
1. Sage Hurta	Colorado	Sr
2. Krissy Gear	Arkansas	Jr
3. Julia Heymach	Stanford	Jr
4. Amaris Tyynismaa	Alabama	Fr
5. Whitni Orton	BYU	Sr
6. Danae Rivers	Penn State	Sr
7. Ella Donaghu	Stanford	Jr
8. Maudie Skyring’	Florida State	Jr
9. Presley Weems	Auburn	Jr
10. Kelsey Harris	Indiana	Sr

STEEPLE
1. Courtney Wayment	BYU	Jr
2. Katie Rainsberger	Washington	Sr
3. Charlotte Prouse’	New Mexico	Sr
4. Aneta Konieczek’	Oregon	Jr
5. Hannah Steelman	NC State	Sr
6. Joyce Kimeli’	Auburn	Jr
7. Gabrielle Jennings	Furman	Sr
8. Olivia Markezich	Notre Dame	Fr
9. Abby Kohut-Jackson	Minnesota	Sr
10. Summer Allen	Weber State	Sr

5000 METERS
1. Whittni Orton	BYU	Sr
2. Katie Wasserman	Notre Dame	Sr
3. Mercy Chelangat’	Alabama	So
4. Julia Heymach	Stanford	Jr
5. Elly Henes	NC State	Sr
6. Ella Donaghu	Stanford	Jr
7. Lauren Gregory	Arkansas	So
8. Beth Hasz	Minnesota	Sr
9. Jenna Magness	Michigan State	Sr
10. Haley Herberg	Washington	Sr

10,000 METERS
1. Mercy Chelangat’	Alabama	So
2. Carmela Cardama Baez’	Oregon	Sr
3. Grace Forbes	Rice	Fr
4. Katie Izzo	Arkansas	Sr
5. Abbey Wheeler	Providence	Sr
6. Poppy Tank’	Utah	Sr
7. Amanda Vestri	Syracuse	Jr
8. Abby Nichols	Colorado	Sr
9. Clare O’Brien’	Boise	Sr
10. Haley Herberg	Washington	Sr

100 HURDLES
1. Tonea Marshall	LSU	Sr
2. Ackera Nugent’	Baylor	Fr
3. Anna Cockrell	USC	Sr
4. Daszay Freeman’	Arkansas	So
5. Grace Stark	Florida	So
6. Rayniah Jones	UCF	Fr
7. TeJyrica Robinson	North Carolina A&T	Sr
8. Jasmine Jones	USC	Fr
9. Paula Salmon	North Carolina A&T	Jr
10. Mecca McGlaston	USC	Sr

400 HURDLES
1. Anna Cockrell	USC	Sr
2. Andrenette Knight’	Virginia	Sr
3. Milan Young	LSU	Jr
4. Vanessa Watson	Tennessee	Fr
5. Brittley Humphrey	LSU	Sr
6. Shannon Meisberger	Arizona	Jr
7. Jurnee Woodward	LSU	Jr
8. Masai Russell	Kentucky	So
9. Brooke Overholt’	Cornell	So
10. Madison Langley-Walker	Oklahoma	So

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

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

HIGH JUMP
1. Rachel Glenn	South Carolina	Fr
2. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
3. Lamara Distin’	Texas A&M	So
4. Abigail O’Donoghue	LSU	Sr
5. Morgan Smalls	USC	Fr
6. Esther Isa’	Middle Tennessee	Jr
7. Quintella Johnson	Eastern Michigan	Sr
8. Annika Williams	Kentucky	Fr
9. Lucy Corbett	Montana State	So
10. Madison Langley-Walker	Oklahoma	So

POLE VAULT
1. Lisa Gunnarsson’	LSU	Sr
2. Lauren Martinez	Arkansas	Sr
3. Kayla Smith	Georgia	Sr
4. Sydney Horn	High Point	Fr
5. Tuesdi Tidwell	Baylor	Jr
6. Gennifer Hirata	South Dakota	Fr
7. Helen Falda’	South Dakota	Sr
8. Sophia Franklin	Michigan State	Sr
9. Rachel Baxter	Virginia Tech	Sr
10. Hayley Horvath	Towson	So

LONG JUMP
1. Tara Davis	Texas	Jr
2. Claire Bryant	Florida	Fr
3. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
4. Jasmine Moore	Georgia	So
5. Alysah Hickey	Oregon	Fr
6. Taishia Pryce’	Kansas State	Sr
7. Deborah Acquah’	Texas A&M	Sr
8. Ruth Usoro’	Texas Tech	Jr
9. Aliyah Whisby	LSU	Sr
10. Monae’ Nichols	Texas Tech	Sr

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

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

DISCUS
1. Jorinde van Klinken’	Arizona State	Jr
2. Lagi Tausaga	Iowa	Sr
3. Shanice Love’	Florida State	Sr
4. Alexandra Emilianov’	Kansas	So
5. Serena Brown’	Iowa	Jr
6. Seasons Usual	Texas Tech	Jr
7. Caisa Marie-Lindfors’	Florida State	Fr
8. Adelaide Aquilla	Ohio State	Jr
9. Gabrielle Bailey’	Kent State	So
10. Alyssa Wilson	UCLA	Jr

HAMMER
1. Camryn Rogers’	Cal	Jr
2. Alyssa Wilson	UCLA	Jr
3. Autavia Fluker	South Alabama	Sr
4. Sade Olatoye’	Ohio State	Sr
5. Maddy Nilles	North Dakota State	Sr
6. Beatrice Llano’	Arizona State	Jr
7. Tara Simpson-Sullivan’	Rice	Fr
8. Emma Robbins	LSU	Fr
9. Jillian Shippee	North Carolina	Jr
10. Shey Taiwo	Mississippi	Jr

JAVELIN
1. Marie-Therese Obst’	Georgia	Sr
2. Kylee Carter	Auburn	Sr
3. Madison Wiltrout	North Carolina	Jr
4. Maura Fiamoncini	Bucknell	Sr
5. Kelechi Nwanaga’	Florida State	Jr
6. Akealy Moton	North Dakota State	So
7. Lauri Paredes’	Oregon	Sr
8. Kari Wolfe	North Dakota State	So
9. Skylar Ciccolini	Missouri	Fr
10. Alizee Minard’	Arizona State	Sr

HEPTATHLON
1. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
2. Michelle Atherley	Miami	Sr
3. Kristīne Blaževiča’	Texas	Fr
4. Erin Marsh	Duke	Sr
5. Jadin O’Brien	Notre Dame	Fr
6. Lauren Taubert	Kansas State	Sr
7. Asya Reynolds	Georgia	Sr
8. Madeline Nickal	Penn State	Sr
9. Kaylee Hinton	Texas Tech	Sr
10. Lyndsey Lopes	Washington	Sr

COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Texas A&M	62
2. USC	61
3. LSU	60
4. Alabama	52
5. Arkansas	43
6. Georgia	33
7. Texas	32
8. Oregon	31
9. Florida	25
10. BYU	24
11. Ohio State	22
12. Florida State	21
13. Baylor	20
14. Virginia	18
15. Iowa	17
=16. North Carolina A&T	16
=16. Stanford	16
18. Arizona State	15
=19. Notre Dame	13
=19. South Carolina	13
=21. Auburn	11
=21. Colorado	11
=21. North Dakota State	11
24. Cal	10
=25. Arizona	9
=25. Indiana	9
=25. Tennessee	9
=25. Texas Tech	9
=25. UCLA	9
=30. Miami	8
=30. NC State	8
=30. Rice	8
=30. Washington	8
34. Duke	7
=35. Clemson	6
=35. Kansas State	6
=35. North Carolina	6
=35. New Mexico	6
=35. South Alabama	6
=40. Bucknell	5
=40. High Point	5
=40. Kennesaw State	5
=40. Kansas	5
=40. South Dakota	5
=45. Houston	4
=45. Penn State	4
=45. Providence	4
=48. Middle Tennessee	3
=48. UCF	3
=48. Utah	3
=48. Villanova	3
=48. Washington State	3
=53. Eastern Michigan	2
=53. Furman	2
=53. Georgia Tech	2
=53. Kentucky	2
=53. Syracuse	2
=53. UNLV	2
=59. Michigan State	1
=59. Minnesota	1
=59. Oklahoma	1
=59. Virginia Tech	1