A Paris OG 4×4 gold medalist for her contribution in the heats, Aaliyah Butler with her 49.44 PR projects as an ace for the Bulldogs. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
IN THE BAD NEWS for favored Georgia, the Bulldogs lost 9 points off their projected score from last time’s chart . But after the Regionals the good news for Caryl Smith Gilbert’s powerful squad was that closest pursuer Texas A&M dropped a dozen, making the margin a tough-to-overcome 27.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
projected score
change in score
previous place
1. Georgia
64
–9
1
=2. Texas A&M
37
–12
2
=2. USC
37
–2
4
4. South Carolina
33
+6
=7
5. Florida
31
+4
=7
6. Washington
30
–1
5
7. Arkansas
28
–17
3
8. Texas Tech
27
+13
=20
=9. NC State
24
+8
=18
=9. New Mexico
24
+1
11
(complete team scores below event picks .)
100 METERS
1. Shenese Walker’
Florida State
Jr
2. JaMeesia Ford
South Carolina
So
3. Dajaz Defrand
USC
Jr
4. Leah Bertrand’
Ohio State
Sr
5. Victoria Cameron
Tarleton State
So
6. Samirah Moody
USC
Sr
7. Tima Godbless’
LSU
So
8. Indya Mayberry
TCU
Fr
9. Kaila Jackson
Georgia
Jr
10. Brianna Selby
USC
Fr
200 METERS
1. JaMeesia Ford
South Carolina
So
2. Madison Whyte
USC
So
3. Jasmine Montgomery
Texas A&M
Jr
4. Indya Mayberry
TCU
Fr
5. Dajaz Defrand
USC
Jr
6. Kelly Ufodiama
East Carolina
Fr
7. Tima Godbless’
LSU
So
8. Jassani Carter
USC
Jr
9. Kenondra Davis
Texas
Jr
10. Samirah Moody
USC
Sr
400 METERS
1. Aaliyah Butler
Georgia
Jr
2. Kaylyn Brown
Arkansas
So
3. Ella Onojuvwevwo’
LSU
Jr
4. Rachel Joseph
Iowa State
Jr
5. Dejanea Oakley’
Georgia
Jr
6. Yemi John’
USC
Jr
7. Vimbayi Maisvorewa’
Auburn
Sr
8. Rosey Effiong
Arkansas
Sr
9. Zaya Akins
South Carolina
So
10. Javonya Valcourt’
Tennessee
Jr
800 METERS
1. Michaela Rose
LSU
Sr
2. Meghan Hunter
BYU
Sr
3. Smilla Kolbe’
North Florida
Jr
4. Gladys Chepngetich’
Clemson
So
5. Victoria Bossong
Harvard
Sr
6. Makayla Paige
North Carolina
Jr
7. Roisin Willis
Stanford
Jr
8. Sanu Jallow-Lockhart’
Arkansas
Jr
9. Sophia Gorriaran
Harvard
So
10. Lauren Tolbert
Duke
Jr
1500 METERS
1. Margot Appleton
Virginia
Sr
2. Sophie O’Sullivan’
Washington
Sr
3. Maggi Congdon
Northern Arizona
Sr
4. Shannon Flockhart’
Providence
Sr
5. Bahiya El Arfaoui’
Eastern Kentucky
So
6. Kimberley May’
Providence
Sr
7. Klaudia Kazimierska’
Oregon
Jr
8. Şilan Ayyıldız’
Oregon
Jr
9. Salma Elbadra’
South Carolina
So
10. Mia Barnett
Oregon
Sr
STEEPLE
1. Doris Lemngole’
Alabama
So
2. Lexy Halladay-Lowry
BYU
Sr
3. Angelina Napoleon
NC State
So
4. Leah Jeruto’
Oklahoma
Fr
5. Sarah Tait’
West Virginia
Sr
6. Katelyn Stewart-Barnett
Michigan State
Sr
7. Karrie Baloga
Northern Arizona
So
8. Debora Cherono’
Texas A&M
Fr
9. Taylor Lovell
BYU
So
10. Shelby Jensen
Utah State
So
5000 METERS
1. Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
Fr
2. Grace Hartman
NC State
Jr
3. Marion Jepngetich’
New Mexico
Fr
4. Jenna Hutchins
BYU
Jr
5. Margot Appleton
Virginia
Sr
6. Paityn Noe
Arkansas
So
7. Sophia Kennedy
Stanford
So
8. Florence Caron’
Penn State
Jr
9. Samantha Bush
NC State
Sr
10. Chloe Scrimgeour
Georgetown
Sr
10,000 METERS
1. Grace Hartman
NC State
Jr
2. Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
Fr
3. Diana Cherotich’
Oregon
Fr
4. Paityn Noe
Arkansas
So
5. Hilda Olemomoi’
Florida
Sr
6. Chloe Scrimgeour
Georgetown
Sr
7. Florence Caron’
Penn State
Jr
8. Jadyn Keeler’
North Dakota
Jr
9. Joy Naukot’
West Virginia
Fr
10. Rosina Machu
Gonzaga
Jr
100 HURDLES
1. Habiba Harris’
Florida
Fr
2. Aaliyah McCormick
Oregon
Jr
3. Ana-Liese Torian
Auburn
So
4. Yanlya Ndjip-Nyemeck’
UCLA
Sr
5. Jaiya Covington
Texas A&M
Jr
6. Oneka Wilson’
Clemson
Jr
7. Marissa Simpson’
UTEP
Sr
8. Myreanna Bebe’
Tennessee
Sr
9. Marcia Sey
Howard
Jr
10. Adaobi Tabugbo’
UCF
Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Savannah Sutherland’
Michigan
Sr
2. Akala Garrett
Texas
So
3. Michelle Smith’
Georgia
Fr
4. Sanaa Hebron
Miami
So
5. Tyra Wilson
Florida State
Sr
6. Amelliah Birdow
TCU
So
7. Safhia Hinds’
Kansas State
Jr
8. Aliya Garozzo
Duke
Sr
9. Calisha Taylor’
Baylor
Sr
10. Allyria McBride
Vanderbilt
Jr
4 x 100
1. USC
USC
2. Florida State
Florida State
3. South Carolina
South Carolina
4. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
5. Baylor
Baylor
6. LSU
LSU
7. TCU
TCU
8. Georgia
Georgia
9. Texas
Texas
10. Clemson
Clemson
4 x 400
1. Arkansas
Arkansas
2. Georgia
Georgia
3. South Carolina
South Carolina
4. Kentucky
Kentucky
5. Iowa
Iowa
6. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
7. USC
USC
8. Tennessee
Tennessee
9. Duke
Duke
10. Auburn
Auburn
HIGH JUMP
1. Temitope Adeshina’
Texas Tech
So
2. Elena Kulichenko’
Georgia
Sr
3. Jenna Rogers
Nebraska
Sr
4. Rose Yeboah’
Illinois
Sr
5. Kristi Perez-Snyman’
Missouri
Sr
6. Cheyla Scott
South Carolina
Jr
7. Shari Enoe’
Kansas State
So
8. Maria Arboleda’
Iowa
Fr
9. Celia Rifaterra’
Virginia
Jr
10. Spirit Morgan
North Carolina A&T
Jr
POLE VAULT
1. Amanda Moll
Washington
So
2. Hana Moll
Washington
So
3. Chloe Timberg
Rutgers
Sr
4. Molly Haywood
Baylor
So
5. Anna Willis
South Dakota
Fr
6. Sarah Schmitt
Tennessee
Sr
7. Lyndsey Reed
Virginia Tech
Sr
8. Erica Ellis
Kansas
Sr
9. Sydney Horn
High Point
Sr
10. Ka’Leila Abrille
UCLA
Sr
LONG JUMP
1. Alexis Brown
Baylor
Sr
2. Alyssa Jones
Stanford
Jr
3. Anthaya Charlton’
Florida
Jr
4. Prestina Ochonogor’
Tarleton State
Fr
5. Tacoria Humphrey
Illinois
Sr
6. Synclair Savage
Louisville
Sr
7. Aaliyah Foster’
Texas
So
8. Sophia Beckmon
Illinois
So
9. Janae De Gannes’
Baylor
Fr
10. Imani Moore
Georgia Southern
Sr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Shantae Foreman’
Clemson
Jr
2. Winny Bii’
Texas A&M
Jr
3. Victoria Gorlova’
Texas Tech
Sr
4. Agur Dwol
Oklahoma
Jr
5. Tamiah Washington
Texas Tech
So
6. Emilia Sjöstrand’
San José State
Sr
7. Simone Johnson
San José State
Sr
8. Skylynn Townsend
Georgia
Fr
9. Daniela Wamokpego’
Iowa
So
10. Asia Phillips’
Florida
Fr
SHOT
1. Mya Lesnar
Colorado State
Sr
2. Jayden Ulrich
Louisville
Sr
3. Abria Smith
Illinois
Sr
4. Nina Ndubuisi’
Texas
So
5. Akaoma Odeluga
Mississippi
So
6. Gracelyn Leiseth
Florida
So
7. Kalynn Meyer
Nebraska
Sr
8. Elizabeth Tapper
Michigan
So
9. Kelsie Murrell-Ross’
Georgia
Sr
10. Ashley Erasmus’
USC
Fr
DISCUS
1. Jayden Ulrich
Louisville
Sr
2. Alida Van Daalen’
Florida
Jr
3. Cierra Jackson
Fresno State
Sr
4. Shelby Frank
Texas Tech
Sr
5. Caisa-Marie Lindfors’
Cal
Sr
6. Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba’
Cincinnati
Sr
7. Jade Whitfield
Louisville
Sr
8. Michaelle Valentin’
Florida International
Sr
9. Zoe Burleson
Texas Tech
Sr
10. Sofia Sluchaninova’
Kansas
Jr
HAMMER
1. Lara Roberts’
Texas State
So
2. Stephanie Ratcliffe’
Georgia
Sr
3. Guðrún Hallgrímsdóttir’
Virginia Commonwealth
Sr
4. Emma Robbins
Oklahoma State
Sr
5. Valentina Savva’
Cal
Fr
6. Emily Fink
Army
Sr
7. Shelby Frank
Texas Tech
Sr
8. Giavonna Meeks
Cal
So
9. Kenna Curry
North Dakota
Sr
10. Chloe Lindeman
Wisconsin
Sr
JAVELIN
1. Lianna Davidson’
Georgia
Sr
2. Manuela Rotundo’
Georgia
Fr
3. Irene Jepkemboi’
TCU
So
4. McKyla Van Der Westhuizen’
Rice
Jr
5. Maddie Harris
Nebraska
Sr
6. Kelsi Oldroyd
Utah Valley
Sr
7. Evelyn Bliss
Bucknell
So
8. Elizabeth Korczak’
Iowa
Jr
9. Shea Greene
Princeton
Jr
10. Eniko Sara’
Nebraska
Sr
HEPTATHLON
1. Sofia Yakushina’
Texas A&M
Fr
2. Pippi Lotta Enok’
Oklahoma
Jr
3. Jadin O’Brien
Notre Dame
Sr
4. Annika Williams
Oregon
Sr
5. Sofia Cosculluela’
Washington
Fr
6. Lucie Kienast’
Illinois
Fr
7. Sydney Johnson
UCLA
Sr
8. Izzy Goudros’
Harvard
Sr
9. Melissa Wullschleger’
Illinois
Fr
10. Mia Lien’
UT San Antonio
Fr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Georgia
64
=2. Texas A&M
37
=2. USC
37
4. South Carolina
33
5. Florida
31
6. Washington
30
7. Arkansas
28
8. Texas Tech
27
=9. NC State
24
=9. New Mexico
24
=11. Louisville
23
=11. LSU
23
=13. Florida State
22
=13. Oregon
22
15. BYU
21
=16. Baylor
19
=16. Illinois
19
=18. Clemson
18
=18. Oklahoma
18
20. TCU
17
21. Texas
15
22. Virginia
14
=23. Nebraska
12
=23. Stanford
12
25. Michigan
11
=26. Alabama
10
=26. Colorado State
10
=26. Texas State
10
=29. Cal
9
=29. Tarleton State
9
=31. Auburn
8
=31. Northern Arizona
8
=31. Providence
8
34. UCLA
7
=35. Fresno State
6
=35. Iowa
6
=35. Notre Dame
6
=35. North Florida
6
=35. Rutgers
6
=35. Virginia Commonwealth
6
=41. Harvard
5
=41. Iowa State
5
=41. Kentucky
5
=41. Miami
5
=41. Ohio State
5
=41. Oklahoma State
5
=41. Rice
5
=41. San José State
5
=41. Tennessee
5
=50. Eastern Kentucky
4
=50. Kansas State
4
=50. Missouri
4
=50. Mississippi
4
=50. South Dakota
4
=50. West Virginia
4
=56. Army
3
=56. Cincinnati
3
=56. East Carolina
3
=56. Georgetown
3
=56. Michigan State
3
=56. North Carolina
3
=56. Penn State
3
=56. Utah Valley
3
=64. Bucknell
2
=64. UTEP
2
=64. Virginia Tech
2
=67. Duke
1
=67. Florida International
1
=67. Kansas
1
=67. North Dakota
1
About the author: we’re never quite sure where reclusive Special Projects Editor Roy Conrad will show up next, although he is halfway to retirement at this point.
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