A win in the 4×4, which A&M took last year, projects as a crucial piece of the scoring puzzle for Pat Henry’s Aggies. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
THE LAST TIME that Texas A&M won the team title was in ’11, the final year in a 3-in-a-row sequence. Those wins were all about as tight as they get: 2 points in ’09, then 1 point each in ’10 & ’11.
This year isn’t currently looking at all that tight, Pat Henry’s squad checking in as 12-point faves as the outdoor season kicks off. The College Station crew projects to have 11 scorers in 8 events. A&M and team runner-up Arkansas are forecasted to go 1-2 in the climactic 4×4.
Only a pair of last year’s individual winners are tabbed to repeat in Eugene: Parker Wolfe (North Carolina) in the 5000 and Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (Ole Miss) in the shot.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (’ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
projected
indoor place
1. Texas A&M
59
=10
2. Arkansas
47
4
3. USC
45
1
4. Auburn
42
3
5. Nebraska
30
=12
=6. Kentucky
28
=16
=6. New Mexico
28
=26
8. Florida
23
=56
9. North Carolina
22
=8
=10. Baylor
20
23
=10. BYU
20
14
=10. Mississippi State
20
=6
=10. Oklahoma
20
=12
(complete team scores below event picks .)
100 METERS
1. Favour Ashe’
Oregon
Sr
2. Jordan Anthony
Arkansas
So
3. Kayinsola Ajayi’
Auburn
So
4. Israel Okon’
Auburn
Fr
5. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’
South Florida
Sr
6. Azeem Fahmi’
Auburn
Jr
7. Godson Oghenebrume’
LSU
Sr
8. Eddie Nketia’
USC
So
9. Jelani Watkins
LSU
Fr
10. Abdekalu Fakorede’
Mississippi State
Fr
200 METERS
1. Carli Makarawu’
Kentucky
Jr
2. Makanakaishe Charamba’
Auburn
Sr
3. Cameron Miller
Purdue
Jr
4. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’
South Florida
Sr
5. Garrett Kaalund
USC
Jr
6. Jaiden Reid’
LSU
So
7. Tarsis Orogot’
Alabama
Sr
8. Jamarion Stubbs
Alabama State
Jr
9. Wanya McCoy’
Florida
Sr
10. Demar Francis’
Baylor
Sr
400 METERS
1. Samuel Ogazi’
Alabama
So
2. Will Floyd’
Georgia
So
3. Auhmad Robinson
Texas A&M
Sr
4. Jayden Davis
Arizona State
So
5. Judson Lincoln
Virginia Tech
Jr
6. William Jones
USC
Jr
7. Antonie Nortje’
Texas A&M
Sr
8. Ervin Pearson
Georgia
Fr
9. Shaemar Uter’
Texas Tech
Jr
10. Reheem Hayles’
Florida
Sr
800 METERS
1. Sam Whitmarsh
Texas A&M
Sr
2. Matti Erickson’
Oregon
Sr
3. Abdullahi Hassan’
Mississippi State
Sr
4. Aidan McCarthy
Cal Poly SLO
Jr
5. Tinoda Matsatsa
Georgetown
So
6. Rivaldo Marshall’
Arkansas
Sr
7. Kimar Farquharson’
Texas A&M
Sr
8. Darius Kipyego
Iowa State
Sr
9. Nick Plant
Virginia Tech
Jr
10. Koitatopi Kidali’
Oregon
Fr
1500 METERS
1. Ethan Strand
North Carolina
Jr
2. Liam Murphy
Villanova
Sr
3. Nathan Green
Washington
Jr
4. Marco Langon
Villanova
Jr
5. Gary Martin
Virginia
Jr
6. Abel Teffra
Georgetown
Sr
7. Adam Spencer’
Wisconsin
Sr
8. Elliott Cook
Oregon
Sr
9. Fouad Messaoudi’
Oklahoma State
Sr
10. Colin Sahlman
Northern Arizona
Jr
STEEPLE
1. James Corrigan
BYU
Jr
2. Nate Mountain
Virginia
Sr
3. CJ Singleton
Notre Dame
Jr
4. Estanis Ruiz’
Portland
Sr
5. Victor Kibiego’
Texas A&M
Jr
6. Geoffrey Kirwa’
Louisville
Fr
7. Collins Kipngok’
Kentucky
Fr
8. Kristian Imroth’
Eastern Kentucky
Jr
9. Rob McManus
Montana State
Jr
10. Jackson Shorten
Princeton
Jr
5000 METERS
1. Parker Wolfe
North Carolina
Sr
2. Brian Musau’
Oklahoma State
So
3. Habtom Samuel’
New Mexico
So
4. Marco Langon
Villanova
Jr
5. Ishmael Kipkurui’
New Mexico
Fr
6. Yaseen Abdalla’
Arkansas
Sr
7. Rocky Hansen
Wake Forest
So
8. Evans Kurui’
Washington State
So
9. Casey Clinger
BYU
Sr
10. Toby Gillen’
Mississippi
Sr
10,000 METERS
1. Ishmael Kipkurui’
New Mexico
Fr
2. Habtom Samuel’
New Mexico
So
3. Brian Musau’
Oklahoma State
So
4. Casey Clinger
BYU
Sr
5. Denis Kipngetich’
Oklahoma State
So
6. Victor Kiprop’
Alabama
Sr
7. Dylan Schubert
Furman
Sr
8. Yaseen Abdalla’
Arkansas
Sr
9. Creed Thompson
BYU
Jr
10. Bob Liking
Wisconsin
Sr
110 HURDLES
1. Ja’Kobe Tharp
Auburn
So
2. Jerome Campbell’
Northern Colorado
Jr
3. Malachi Snow
Texas Tech
So
4. Johnny Brackins
USC
Sr
5. Ja’Qualon Scott
Texas A&M
Sr
6. Markel Jones
South Florida
So
7. Jahiem Stern’
LSU
Jr
8. Kendrick Smallwood
Texas
Jr
9. Antoine Andrews’
Texas Tech
Jr
10. Vashau Vascianna’
Arkansas
Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Ezekiel Nathaniel’
Baylor
Sr
2. Ja’Qualon Scott
Texas A&M
Sr
3. Oskar Edlund’
Texas Tech
Sr
4. Vance Nilsson
Florida
Fr
5. Ryan Matulonis
Penn
So
6. Kody Blackwood
Texas
Jr
7. Bryce McCray
Texas A&M
Sr
8. Devontie Archer’
South Florida
Sr
9. Jevon Williams
Tennessee
Sr
10. Yan Vazquez
Arizona
Jr
4 x 100
1. Auburn
Auburn
2. Kentucky
Kentucky
3. USC
USC
4. Minnesota
Minnesota
5. LSU
LSU
6. South Florida
South Florida
7. North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T
8. Texas Tech
Texas Tech
9. Mississippi State
Mississippi State
10. Georgia
Georgia
4 x 400
1. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
2. Arkansas
Arkansas
3. Florida
Florida
4. Georgia
Georgia
5. Texas Tech
Texas Tech
6. Arizona State
Arizona State
7. USC
USC
8. Mississippi State
Mississippi State
9. Baylor
Baylor
10. Purdue
Purdue
HIGH JUMP
1. Tyus Wilson
Nebraska
Sr
2. Scottie Vines
Arkansas
Fr
3. Antrea Mita’
Houston
So
4. Kason O’Riley
Texas State
Sr
5. Elias Gerald
USC
Jr
6. Aiden Hayes
Texas State
Jr
7. Kyren Washington
Oklahoma
So
8. Arvesta Troupe
Mississippi
Jr
9. Riyon Rankin
Georgia
So
10. Tito Alofe
Harvard
So
POLE VAULT
1. Aleksandr Solovev’
Texas A&M
Jr
2. Simen Guttormsen’
Duke
Sr
3. Hunter Garretson
Akron
Sr
4. Clayton Simms
Kansas
Sr
5. Logan Hammer
Utah State
Jr
6. Maddox Hamm
Virginia Tech
So
7. Cody Johnston
Illinois
So
8. Scott Toney
Washington
Sr
9. Bryce Barkdull
Kansas
Fr
10. Sean Gribble
Texas Tech
So
LONG JUMP
1. Kelsey Daniel’
Texas
Sr
2. Malcolm Clemons
Florida
Sr
3. Johnny Brackins
USC
Sr
4. JC Stevenson
USC
Jr
5. Henry Kiner
Arkansas
Sr
6. Micah Larry
Georgia
So
7. Charles Godfred’
Minnesota
So
8. Uroy Ryan’
Arkansas
Fr
9. Camryn O’Bannon
UCLA
Jr
10. Jayden Keys
Georgia
Fr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Brandon Green
Oklahoma
Jr
2. Luke Brown’
Kentucky
Jr
3. Henry Kiner
Arkansas
Sr
4. Apalos Edwards
Arkansas
Sr
5. Stafon Roach’
Louisiana-Monroe
So
6. Gabriele Tosti’
Tarleton State
Sr
7. Astley Davis’
Cincinnati
Sr
8. Alesandre Malanda’
Kent State
Sr
9. Kyvon Tatham
Florida State
Jr
10. Sterlng Scott
Missouri
So
SHOT
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan
Mississippi
Jr
2. Christopher Licata
South Carolina
Sr
3. Jason Swarens
Wisconsin
Sr
4. Dylan Targgart
South Carolina
Sr
5. Fred Moudani’
Cincinnati
Sr
6. Joseph White
Wisconsin
Sr
7. Tom Kitchell
North Carolina
Sr
8. Zach Landa
Arizona
Sr
9. Max Otterdahl
Nebraska
Sr
10. Danny Bryant
BYU
Sr
DISCUS
1. Mykolas Alekna’
Cal
Jr
2. Ralford Mullings’
Oklahoma
Jr
3. Racquil Broderick’
USC
So
4. Dimítrios Pavlídis’
Kansas
Sr
5. Jacob Lemmon
Florida
Sr
6. Texas Tanner
Air Force
Jr
7. Michael Pinckney
UCLA
Jr
8. Aron Alvarez Aranda’
Tennessee
So
9. Uladzislau Puchko’
Virginia Tech
So
10. Vincent Ugwoke
South Florida
Sr
HAMMER
1. Trey Knight
Cal State Northridge
Sr
2. Kostas Záltos’
Minnesota
Sr
3. Kenneth Ikeji’
Harvard
Sr
4. Daniel Reynolds
Wyoming
Sr
5. Ángelos Mantzouránis’
Minnesota
So
6. Nikolaos Polychroniou’
USC
Sr
7. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan
Mississippi
Jr
8. Jeremiah Nubbe’
Virginia
Jr
9. Ryan Johnson
Iowa
So
10. Kris Emig
UCLA
Sr
JAVELIN
1. Chinecherem Nnamdi’
Baylor
Sr
2. Keyshawn Strachan’
Nebraska
Jr
3. Devoux Deysel’
Miami
Sr
4. Mike Stein
Iowa
Jr
5. Dash Sirmon
Nebraska
Jr
6. Remi Rougete’
Mississippi State
Sr
7. Arthur Petersen’
Nebraska
Sr
8. Sam Hankins
Texas A&M
Sr
9. Preston Kuznof
TCU
Fr
10. James Kotowski
UMass Lowell
Sr
DECATHLON
1. Peyton Bair
Mississippi State
Jr
2. Edgar Campre’
Miami
Jr
3. Till Steinforth’
Nebraska
Jr
4. Ben Barton
BYU
Jr
5. Rafael Raap’
Illinois
Jr
6. Jami Schlueter’
Washington
Sr
7. Zach McGlynn
North Dakota State
Jr
8. Alexander Jung’
Kansas
Sr
9. Dominique Hall’
Cincinnati
Jr
10. Tayton Klein
Kansas
Jr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Texas A&M
59
2. Arkansas
47
3. USC
45
4. Auburn
42
5. Nebraska
30
=6. Kentucky
28
=6. New Mexico
28
8. Florida
23
9. North Carolina
22
=10. Baylor
20
=10. BYU
20
=10. Mississippi State
20
=10. Oklahoma
20
=14. Minnesota
19
=14. Oregon
19
=16. Oklahoma State
18
=16. Villanova
18
=18. Georgia
17
=18. Texas Tech
17
20. South Florida
16
21. Alabama
15
=22. Miami
14
=22. Texas
14
=24. Mississippi
13
=24. South Carolina
13
=24. Virginia
13
=27. Kansas
11
=27. LSU
11
=27. Wisconsin
11
=30. Cal
10
=30. Cal State Northridge
10
=30. Washington
10
=33. Arizona State
8
=33. Duke
8
=33. Northern Colorado
8
=33. Texas State
8
=37. Georgetown
7
=37. Virginia Tech
7
=39. Akron
6
=39. Cincinnati
6
=39. Harvard
6
=39. Houston
6
=39. Illinois
6
=39. Notre Dame
6
=39. Purdue
6
=46. Iowa
5
=46. Portland
5
=46. Cal Poly SLO
5
=46. Wyoming
5
=50. Louisiana-Monroe
4
=50. Penn
4
=50. Utah State
4
=53. Air Force
3
=53. Louisville
3
=53. Tarleton State
3
=56. Furman
2
=56. North Carolina A&T
2
=56. North Dakota State
2
=56. UCLA
2
=56. Wake Forest
2
=61. Alabama State
1
=61. Arizona
1
=61. Eastern Kentucky
1
=61. Iowa State
1
=61. Kent State
1
=61. Tennessee
1
=61. Washington State
1
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