Dejanea Oakley is favored to prevail in a stacked 400 and bank 10 points for the Bulldogs. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
IT TURNS OUT that Georgia’s point-loss of 19 between Charts 1 & 3 may just have been an early-season blip. In the wake of last weekend’s Conference Championships, the Bulldogs have now gained 9 of those digits back and combined with repeat runner-up South Carolina’s losing 9, Caryl Smith-Gilbert is back enjoying a 31-point bulge.
The biggest hit was absorbed by LSU, which fell back by 16 points in plummeting from 3rd to 12th.
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
66
+9
1
2. South Carolina
35
–9
2
=3. Arkansas
33
+6
=6
=3. BYU
33
+1
4
5. Florida
32
≠0
5
6. Oregon
31
+4
=6
7. USC
30
+3
=6
8. Washington
28
+8
=13
9. Alabama
27
+4
=11
10. Princeton
26
+6
=13
(complete team scores below event picks .)
100 METERS
1.
Adaejah Hodge’
Georgia
Fr
2.
Shenese Walker’
Florida State
Sr
3.
Brianna Selby
USC
So
4.
Gabrielle Matthews’
Florida
Sr
5.
Shawnti Jackson
LSU
So
6.
Dajaz Defrand
USC
Sr
7.
Alicia Burnett
Ole Miss
Sr
8.
Victoria Cameron
Tarleton State
Jr
9.
Alexis Brown
South Carolina
Sr
10.
Dana Wilson
Tennessee
Fr
200 METERS
1.
Adaejah Hodge’
Georgia
Fr
2.
JaMeesia Ford
South Carolina
Jr
3.
Tiriah Kelley
Baylor
Sr
4.
Shawnti Jackson
LSU
So
5.
Camryn Dickson
Texas A&M
Sr
6.
Gabrielle Matthews’
Florida
Sr
7.
Taylor Snaer’
UCLA
Jr
8.
Kelly Ufodiama
East Carolina
So
9.
Alexis Brown
South Carolina
Sr
10.
Yahnari Lyons
Howard
So
400 METERS
1.
Dejanea Oakley’
Georgia
Sr
2.
Madison Whyte
USC
Jr
3.
Kaylyn Brown
Arkansas
Jr
4.
Sanaria Butler
Arkansas
Sr
5.
Rachel Joseph
Iowa State
Sr
6.
Sydney Segalla
Boston College
So
7.
Quincy Penn’
Florida
Jr
8.
Javonya Valcourt’
Tennessee
Sr
9.
Hannah Douglas
Kentucky
Sr
10.
Shaquena Foote’
Georgia
Sr
800 METERS
1.
Sanu Jallow-Lockhart
Arkansas
Sr
2.
Makayla Paige
North Carolina
Sr
3.
Emmaculate Jemutai’
Kansas
Jr
4.
Hayley Kitching’
Penn State
Jr
5.
Janet Jepkemboi Amimo’
Kentucky
So
6.
Gladys Chepngetich’
Clemson
Jr
7.
Lauren Tolbert
Duke
Sr
8.
Layla Haynes
Florida
Jr
9.
Veronica Hargrave
Indiana
So
10.
Juliette Whittaker
Stanford
Sr
1500 METERS
1.
Rosemary Longisa’
Washington State
So
2.
Salma Elbadra’
South Carolina
Jr
3.
Sadie Engelhardt
NC State
Fr
4.
Şilan Ayyıldız’
Oregon
Sr
5.
Emmaculate Jemutai’
Kansas
Jr
6.
Tia Wilson’
Florida
Sr
7.
Juliet Cherubet’
Oregon
Jr
8.
Carmen Alder
BYU
Sr
9.
Claire Stegall
Florida
Fr
10.
Aniya Mosley
Ohio State
Sr
STEEPLE
1.
Sophie Novak
Notre Dame
Sr
2.
Taylor Lovell
BYU
Jr
3.
Angelina Napoleon
NC State
Jr
4.
Katelyn Stewart-Barnett’
Michigan State
Sr
5.
Cynthia Jemutai’
Alabama
Fr
6.
Jule Lindner’
Virginia Tech
Fr
7.
Constanze Paoli’
Idaho
So
8.
Nelly Jemeli’
Mississippi State
So
9.
Debora Cherono’
Texas A&M
So
10.
Mercy Kinyanjui’
West Virginia
So
5000 METERS
1.
Jane Hedengren
BYU
Fr
2.
Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
So
3.
Doris Lemngole’
Alabama
Jr
4.
Marion Jepngetich’
New Mexico
So
5.
Jenna Hutchins
BYU
Sr
6.
Hayley Burns
Northern Arizona
Jr
7.
Edna Chelulei’
Eastern Kentucky
So
8.
Judy Chepkoech’
Florida
Fr
9.
Katie Bohlke
Virginia Tech
Fr
10.
Juliet Cherubet’
Oregon
Jr
10,000 METERS
1.
Jane Hedengren
BYU
Fr
2.
Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
So
3.
Caren Kiplagat’
Alabama
Fr
4.
Mercyline Kirwa’
Iowa State
Fr
5.
Jadyn Keeler’
North Dakota
Sr
6.
Joy Naukot’
West Virginia
So
7.
Hilda Olemomoi’
Florida
Sr
8.
Betty Kipkore’
Iowa State
Fr
9.
Jenna Hutchins
BYU
Sr
10.
Diana Cherotich’
Oregon
So
100 HURDLES
1.
Aaliyah McCormick
Oregon
Sr
2.
Emmi Scales
Kentucky
Jr
3.
Tashina Alase
Southern
Jr
4.
Rachel Mehringer
Indiana State
Jr
5.
Tonie-Ann Forbes’
Texas Tech
Jr
6.
Jaiya Covington
Texas A&M
Jr
7.
Taylor Cox
Georgia
Fr
8.
Janela Spencer’
Ohio State
Sr
9.
Adeyah Brewster’
LSU
Jr
10.
Micaela De Mello’
Oregon
Sr
400 HURDLES
1.
Akala Garrett
South Carolina
Jr
2.
Michelle Smith’
Georgia
So
3.
Amelliah Birdow
Texas
Jr
4.
Sanaa Hebron
Miami
Jr
5.
Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera’
Kentucky
Fr
6.
Kelsie Belquist
Nebraska
So
7.
Saira Prince
Arkansas
Jr
8.
Vanessa Mercera’
Kansas State
Sr
9.
Vanessa Balde’
Texas Tech
Sr
10.
Tess Stapleton
Stanford
Sr
4 x 100
1.
USC
USC
2.
LSU
LSU
3.
Clemson
Clemson
4.
Georgia
Georgia
5.
South Carolina
South Carolina
6.
Tennessee
Tennessee
7.
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
8.
TCU
TCU
9.
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
10.
Florida State
Florida State
4 x 400
1.
Arkansas
Arkansas
2.
Georgia
Georgia
3.
Tennessee
Tennessee
4.
South Carolina
South Carolina
5.
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
6.
Kentucky
Kentucky
7.
Florida
Florida
8.
LSU
LSU
9.
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
10.
Duke
Duke
HIGH JUMP
1.
Temitope Adeshina’
Texas Tech
Jr
2.
Valentina Fakrogha
UCLA
So
3.
Kemarah Howard
Kentucky
Fr
4.
Rose Yeboah’
Illinois
Sr
5.
Alyssa Jones
Stanford
Sr
6.
Emma Gates
Arizona
Sr
7.
Jelese Alexander
Wichita State
Sr
8.
Miracle Ailes
Alabama
Sr
9.
Karsyn Leeling
Nebraska
So
10.
Claire Lowrey
Texas Tech
Jr
POLE VAULT
1.
Hana Moll
Washington
Jr
2.
Amanda Moll
Washington
Jr
3.
Marleen Mulla’
South Dakota
Sr
4.
Anna Willis
South Dakota
So
5.
Molly Haywood
Baylor
Jr
6.
Tenly Kuhn
Baylor
So
7.
Mason Meinershagen
Kansas
Jr
8.
Ashley Callahan
Louisville
Sr
9.
Hannah Grace
Tennessee
Fr
10.
Gemma Tutton’
Duke
Jr
LONG JUMP
1.
Alyssa Jones
Stanford
Sr
2.
Sophia Beckmon
Illinois
Jr
3.
Georgina Scoot’
Princeton
Sr
4.
Alexandra Kelly
Princeton
Sr
5.
Ida Breigan’
UT San Antonio
Jr
6.
Celine Brown’
Rutgers
Jr
7.
Eve Divinity
Louisville
Sr
8.
Shantae Foreman’
Clemson
Sr
9.
Morgan Davis
Texas A&M
Jr
10.
Sydnie Vanek
Arizona
So
TRIPLE JUMP
1.
Sharifa Davronova’
Oregon
Fr
2.
Shantae Foreman’
Clemson
Sr
3.
Tamiah Washington
Texas Tech
Jr
4.
Daniela Wamokpego’
Kansas State
Jr
5.
Alexandra Kelly
Princeton
Sr
6.
Georgina Scoot’
Princeton
Sr
7.
Asia Phillips’
Florida
So
8.
Skylynn Townsend
Georgia
So
9.
Katharina Graman’
Illinois
Jr
10.
Cassandra Atkins
Oregon
So
SHOT
1.
Axelina Johansson’
Nebraska
Sr
2.
Nina Ndubuisi’
Georgia
Jr
3.
Megan Hague
Auburn
Sr
4.
Jessica Oji’
Penn
Fr
5.
Kelsie Murrell-Ross’
Georgia
Sr
6.
Ashley Erasmus’
USC
So
7.
Mine De Klerk’
Nebraska
Sr
8.
Alida Van Daalen’
Florida
Jr
9.
Gracelyn Leiseth’
Florida
Jr
10.
Annie Nabwe’
Minnesota
Jr
DISCUS
1.
Alida Van Daalen’
Florida
Jr
2.
Cedricka Williams’
Tennessee
Jr
3.
Joyce Oguama’
Alabama
Jr
4.
Princesse Hyman’
LSU
So
5.
Ines Lopez’
Arizona State
Sr
6.
Layla Giordano
Princeton
So
7.
Klaire Kovatch
Colorado State
Sr
8.
Marie-Josée Bovele-Linaka’
Oregon
Fr
9.
Summer Mosley
Cal State Northridge
Sr
10.
Camryn Massey
Auburn
So
HAMMER
1.
Annie Nabwe’
Minnesota
Jr
2.
Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir
Texas State
Jr
3.
Marie Rougetet’
Mississippi State
So
4.
Kali Terza
Kennesaw State
Sr
5.
Valentina Savva’
Cal
So
6.
Phethisang Makethe’
Illinois
Sr
7.
Hadley Streit
Minnesota
Jr
8.
Giavonna Meeks
Texas
Jr
9.
Lara Roberts’
Texas State
Jr
10.
Kajsa Borrman’
Colorado State
Jr
JAVELIN
1.
Evie Bliss
Bucknell
Jr
2.
Valentina Barrios
Missouri
Sr
3.
McKyla Van Der Westhuizen’
Rice
Sr
4.
Shea Greene
Princeton
Sr
5.
Eleanor Partrick
Alabama
So
6.
Lilly Urban’
Nevada
Jr
7.
Emily Harbach
Rice
Fr
8.
Jana Lowka’
Nebraska
Sr
9.
Katelyn Fairchild
Texas A&M
Sr
10.
Irene Jepkemboi’
TCU
Jr
HEPTATHLON
1.
Sofia Cosculluela’
Washington
So
2.
Juliette Laracuente-Huebner
Cincinnati
Jr
3.
Annie Molenhouse
Oklahoma State
Sr
4.
JaiCieonna Gero-Holt
Illinois
Fr
5.
Marta Sivina’
Vanderbilt
Jr
6.
Liisa-Maria Lusti’
Oregon
Fr
7.
Jenna Fee Feyerabend’
San Diego State
Sr
8.
Meagan Humphries
Illinois
So
9.
Logan Todorovich
Baylor
So
10.
Maresa Hense’
UConn
So
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1.
Georgia
66
2.
South Carolina
35
=3.
Arkansas
33
=3.
BYU
33
5.
Florida
32
6.
Oregon
31
7.
USC
30
8.
Washington
28
9.
Alabama
27
10.
Princeton
26
11.
Kentucky
25
12.
LSU
23
13.
Illinois
22
14.
New Mexico
21
15.
Texas Tech
20
=16.
Clemson
18
=16.
Tennessee
18
18.
Nebraska
16
19.
Stanford
14
=20.
Baylor
13
=20.
Texas A&M
13
=22.
Kansas
12
=22.
Minnesota
12
=22.
NC State
12
25.
South Dakota
11
=26.
Bucknell
10
=26.
Iowa State
10
=26.
Notre Dame
10
=26.
UCLA
10
=26.
Washington State
10
=31.
Cincinnati
8
=31.
Florida State
8
=31.
Missouri
8
=31.
North Carolina
8
=31.
Rice
8
=31.
Texas State
8
=37.
Mississippi State
7
=37.
Texas
7
=39.
Auburn
6
=39.
Kansas State
6
=39.
Oklahoma State
6
=39.
Southern
6
=43.
Indiana State
5
=43.
Kennesaw State
5
=43.
Miami
5
=43.
Michigan State
5
=43.
Penn
5
=43.
Penn State
5
=49.
Arizona State
4
=49.
Cal
4
=49.
North Dakota
4
=49.
UT San Antonio
4
=49.
Vanderbilt
4
=54.
Arizona
3
=54.
Boston College
3
=54.
Louisville
3
=54.
Nevada
3
=54.
Northern Arizona
3
=54.
Rutgers
3
=54.
Virginia Tech
3
=54.
West Virginia
3
=62.
Colorado State
2
=62.
Duke
2
=62.
Eastern Kentucky
2
=62.
Idaho
2
=62.
Ole Miss
2
=62.
San Diego State
2
=62.
Wichita State
2
=69.
East Carolina
1
=69.
Ohio State
1
=69.
Tarleton State
1
=69.
TCU
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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