Carey McLeod was a scorer for Tennessee at last year’s NCAA but this time around is tabbed to rack up 18 big points for team favorite Arkansas. (ROBERT BLACK)
IF ARKANSAS PULLS OFF the predicted NCAA men’s team win in Austin in June, the story will have been written in our Where They Are Going edition last fall. No fewer than 49 of the Razorbacks’ slated 57 individual event points are from athletes new to the roster this year. Also added was the anchor on their Indoor 4×4 champions.
The SEC clearly is the dominant conference these days as our projected top 3 teams — Arkansas, Georgia and LSU — rule the roost, with another 3 among the top 7 schools on this chart.
Our crystal ball says Chris Bucknam’s powerful Hog crew will already have the title sewed up, having an 11-point lead over Georgia as they line up for the climactic 4×4.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
1. Arkansas
62
2. Georgia
56
3. LSU
45
4. Texas Tech
43
5. Alabama
39
=6. Florida
35
=6. Tennessee
35
8. Washington
23
=9. Stanford
22
=9. Texas
22
(complete team scores below events)
100 METERS
1. Terrence Jones’
Texas Tech
Jr
2. Micah Williams
Oregon
Jr
3. Ismael Kone’
Florida State
Sr
4. Favour Ashe’
Auburn
So
5. Javonte Harding
Tennessee
Jr
6. Jo’Vaughn Martin
Florida State
Sr
7. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Jr
8. Shaun Maswanganyi’
Houston
Jr
9. Udodi Onwuzurike’
Stanford
So
10. PJ Austin
Florida
Sr
200 METERS
1. Matthew Boling
Georgia
Jr
2. Terrence Jones
Texas Tech
Jr
3. Tarsis Orogot’
Alabama
So
4. Courtney Lindsey
Texas Tech
Sr
5. Robert Gregory
Florida
Jr
6. Javonte Harding
Tennessee
Jr
7. Udodi Onwuzurike’
Stanford
So
8. Micah Williams
Oregon
Jr
9. Shaun Maswanganyi’
Houston
Jr
10. Lance Lang
Arkansas
Jr
400 METERS
1. Elija Godwin
Georgia
Sr
2. Ryan Willie
Florida
Jr
3. Jonathan Jones’
Texas
Sr
4. JeVaughn Powell’
Florida
Jr
5. Matthew Moorer
Baylor
Sr
6. Johnnie Blockburger
USC
Jr
7. Emmanuel Bamidele’
Texas A&M
So
8. Justin Robinson
Arizona State
So
9. Reheem Hayles
North Carolina A&T
So
10. Chris Bailey
Arkansas
Sr
800 METERS
1. Navasky Anderson’
Mississippi State
Sr
2. Finley McLear’
Iowa State
Jr
3. Yusuf Bizimana’
Texas
Jr
4. Tiarnan Crorken’
Mississippi
Sr
5. Crayton Carrozza
Texas
Jr
6. Baylor Franklin
Mississippi
Jr
7. Jason Gomez
Iowa State
Sr
8. Tarees Rhoden’
Clemson
Jr
9. Will Sumner
Georgia
Fr
10. Samuel Rodman
Princeton
So
1500 METERS
1. Joe Waskom
Washington
Jr
2. Isaac Basten
Drake
Jr
3. Annas Essayi’
South Carolina
So
4. Eliud Kipsang’
Alabama
Jr
5. Luke Houser
Washington
Jr
6. Fouad Messaoudi’
Oklahoma State
So
7. Thomas Vanoppen’
Wake Forest
Sr
8. Nathan Green
Washington
So
9. Adam Spencer’
Wisconsin
So
10. Conor Murphy
Virginia
Jr
STEEPLE
1. Duncan Hamilton
Montana State
Sr
2. Parker Stokes
Georgetown
Jr
3. Ed Trippas’
Washington
Sr
4. Matt Wilkinson
Minnesota
Sr
5. Levi Taylor
Montana State
Jr
6. Kenneth Rooks
BYU
Jr
7. Derek Johnson
Virginia
Jr
8. Yasin Sado
Virginia
Jr
9. Patrick Thygesen’
Providence
So
10. Carson Williams
Furman
Jr
5000 METERS
1. Nico Young
Northern Arizona
Jr
2. Dylan Jacobs
Tennessee
Sr
3. Ky Robinson’
Stanford
Jr
4. Drew Bosley
Northern Arizona
So
5. Casey Clinger
BYU
Jr
6. Charles Hicks’
Stanford
Jr
7. Sam Gilman
Air Force
Sr
8. Parker Wolfe
North Carolina
So
9. Patrick Kiprop’
Arkansas
Jr
10. Brian Fay’
Washington
Sr
10,000 METERS
1. Dylan Jacobs
Tennessee
Sr
2. Charles Hicks’
Stanford
Jr
3. Casey Clinger
BYU
Jr
4. Drew Bosley
Northern Arizona
So
5. Alex Maier
Oklahoma State
Jr
6. Victor Kiprop’
Alabama
So
7. Ky Robinson’
Stanford
Jr
8. Cole Sprout
Stanford
Jr
9. James Mwaura
Gonzaga
Sr
10. Isai Rodriguez
Oklahoma State
Sr
110 HURDLES
1. Josh Zeller’
Michigan
Jr
2. Giano Roberts
Clemson
Sr
3. Darius Luff
Nebraska
Jr
4. Devon Brooks
Tennessee
Sr
5. Caleb Dean
Texas Tech
Jr
6. Gratt Reed
Iowa
Jr
7. Kentre Patterson
Ohio State
Sr
8. Jaheem Hayles’
Syracuse
Jr
9. Tade Ojora’
USC
Sr
10. Tre’Bien Gilbert
Arkansas
Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Sean Burrell
LSU
Jr
2. Chris Robinson
Alabama
Jr
3. Nathaniel Ezekiel’
Baylor
So
4. Caleb Dean
Texas Tech
Sr
5. Corde Long
Alabama
Jr
6. Jevon Williams
Clemson
Jr
7. Cass Elliott
Washington
Sr
8. James Smith
Texas A&M
Sr
9. William Spencer
South Carolina
Jr
10. Moitalel Mpoke’
Auburn
Sr
4 x 100
1. LSU
LSU
2. Iowa
Iowa
3. Florida
Florida
4. Tennessee
Tennessee
5. Clemson
Clemson
6. Houston
Houston
7. Florida State
Florida State
8. USC
USC
9. Louisville
Louisville
10. Arizona State
Arizona State
4 x 400
1. Georgia
Georgia
2. Alabama
Alabama
3. UCLA
UCLA
4. Arkansas
Arkansas
5. Baylor
Baylor
6. Florida
Florida
7. Arizona State
Arizona State
8. Oklahoma
Oklahoma
9. Texas
Texas
10. USC
USC
HIGH JUMP
1. Vernon Turner
Oklahoma
Sr
2. Romaine Beckford’
South Florida
Jr
3. Trey Allen
Louisville
Jr
4. Dontavious Hill
Auburn
Sr
5. Corvell Todd
Florida
Sr
6. Ushan Perera’
Texas A&M
Jr
7. Shaun Miller’
Ohio State
So
8. Roberto Vilches’
Missouri
Jr
9. Mayson Conner
Nebraska
Sr
10. Donald Hatfield Jackson
Southeast Missouri
Jr
POLE VAULT
1. Sondre Guttormsen’
Princeton
Jr
2. Zach Bradford
Texas Tech
Sr
3. Branson Ellis
SF Austin
Sr
4. Hunter Garretson
Akron
So
5. Kyle Rademeyer’
South Alabama
Jr
6. Trevor Stephenson
Michigan State
Sr
7. Clayton Simms
Kansas
So
8. Caleb Witsken
BYU
Sr
9. Keaton Daniel
Kentucky
Jr
10. Tyler Burns
Cal
So
LONG JUMP
1. Carey McLeod’
Arkansas
Sr
2. Cameron Crump
Mississippi State
Sr
3. Wayne Pinnock’
Arkansas
So
4. Jeremiah Davis
Florida State
Jr
5. Jeremiah Willis
Louisville
Jr
6. Brandon Hicklin
LSU
Sr
7. Johnny Brackins
USC
So
8. Caleb Foster
Florida
Jr
9. Stacy Brown
Texas
Jr
10. PJ Austin
Florida
Sr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jaydon Hibbert’
Arkansas
Fr
2. Carey McLeod’
Arkansas
Sr
3. Apalos Edwards’
LSU
So
4. Salif Mane
Fairleigh Dickinson
Sr
5. Sean Dixon-Bodie
Florida
Jr
6. Keyshawn King
Texas Tech
Sr
7. Russell Robinson
Miami
Jr
8. James Carter
Iowa
Sr
9. Clarence Foote-Talley
Ohio State
Jr
10. Owayne Owens’
Virginia
Jr
SHOT
1. Jordan Geist
Arizona
Sr
2. Jonah Wilson
Nebraska
Sr
3. Turner Washington
Arizona State
Sr
4. Jordan West
Arkansas
Sr
5. John Meyer
LSU
Jr
6. Max Otterdahl
Nebraska
Jr
7. Fred Moudani
Cincinnati
Jr
8. Josh Sobota
Kentucky
Sr
9. Hayden Tobias
Ohio State
Jr
10. Alexander Kolesnikoff’
Harvard
So
DISCUS
1. Mykolas Alekna’
Cal
So
2. Claudio Romero’
LSU
Jr
3. Ralford Mullings’
Arkansas
So
4. Turner Washington
Arizona State
Sr
5. Roje Stona’
Arkansas
Sr
6. Dallin Shurts
BYU
Jr
7. Djimon Gumbs’
Northwestern Louisiana
Jr
8. Sam Welsh
Rice
Jr
9. Iffy Joyner
Cal
Sr
10. Robbie Otal
Duke
Sr
HAMMER
1. Kostas Záltos’
Minnesota
Jr
2. Jordan Geist
Arizona
Sr
3. Tyler Merkley
Penn State
Sr
4. Bobby Colantonio
Alabama
Sr
5. Decio Andrade’
Miami
Sr
6. Alencar Pereira’
Georgia
Sr
7. Kenneth Ikeji’
Harvard
So
8. Trevor Otterdahl
North Dakota State
Sr
9. Jeremiah Nubbe
Texas
Fr
10. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan
Mississippi
Fr
JAVELIN
1. Keyshawn Strachan’
Auburn
Fr
2. Marc Minichello
Georgia
Jr
3. Ethan Dabbs
Virginia
Sr
4. Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi’
Baylor
So
5. Tzuriel Pedigo
LSU
Jr
6. Tyriq Horsford’
Mississippi State
Jr
7. Cameron Bates
BYU
Jr
8. Arthur Petersen’
Nebraska
Jr
9. Jackson Morris
Colorado State
Sr
10. Ty Hampton
Oregon
So
DECATHLON
1. Kyle Garland
Georgia
Jr
2. Ayden Owens-Delerme’
Arkansas
Sr
3. Leo Neugebauer’
Texas
Jr
4. Austin West
Iowa
Jr
5. Ryan Talbot
Michigan State
Jr
6. Johannes Erm’
Georgia
Sr
7. Hakim McMorris
Cal
Sr
8. Kristo Simulask’
Oklahoma
Sr
9. Peyton Bair
Mississippi State
Fr
10. Daniel Spejcher
Arkansas
Sr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Arkansas
62
2. Georgia
56
3. LSU
45
4. Texas Tech
43
5. Alabama
39
=6. Florida
35
=6. Tennessee
35
8. Washington
23
=9. Stanford
22
=9. Texas
22
11. Mississippi State
21
=12. Auburn
20
=12. Northern Arizona
20
=14. Baylor
19
=14. BYU
19
=16. Arizona
18
=16. Nebraska
18
18. Iowa
17
=19. Clemson
16
=19. Florida State
16
21. Minnesota
15
=22. Arizona State
14
=22. Montana State
14
=24. Cal
12
=24. Oklahoma
12
=26. Iowa State
10
=26. Louisville
10
=26. Michigan
10
=26. Princeton
10
=30. Oregon
9
=30. Virginia
9
=32. Drake
8
=32. Georgetown
8
=32. Mississippi
8
=32. South Florida
8
=36. Michigan State
7
=36. Oklahoma State
7
=38. Miami
6
=38. Penn State
6
=38. South Carolina
6
=38. SF Austin
6
=38. Texas A&M
6
=38. UCLA
6
=38. USC
6
=45. Akron
5
=45. Fairleigh Dickinson
5
=47. Houston
4
=47. Ohio State
4
=47. South Alabama
4
=50. Air Force
2
=50. Cincinnati
2
=50. Harvard
2
=50. Kansas
2
=50. Northwestern Louisiana
2
=50. Wake Forest
2
=56. Kentucky
1
=56. Missouri
1
=56. North Carolina
1
=56. North Dakota State
1
=56. Rice
1
=56. Syracuse
1
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