Defending champ Georgia remains in the driver’s seat with a new challenger team having jumped up to No. 2 from =9 on the spring’s first chart. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)
MASSIVE UPHEAVAL was the name of the game as the last month yielded a new women’s chart crafted by half of the Top 10 checking in with double-digit changes over last month’s projection. Georgia was the biggest loser, with a new score 19 points lower than the previous iteration.
Still, the Bulldogs have so much power that they still have a 13-point bulge on new runner-up South Carolina. The two SEC powerhouses are tagged for places 2 & 3 in the climactic 4×4, so that could be a very crucial event.
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
57
–19
1
2. South Carolina
44
+15
=9
3. LSU
39
+17
=14
4. BYU
32
+1
=7
5. Florida
28
–15
2
=6. Arkansas
27
–8
=4
=6. Illinois
27
–4
=7
=6. Oregon
27
–12
3
=6. USC
27
–5
6
10. Nebraska
25
+7
8
(complete team scores below event picks .)
100 METERS
1.
Adaejah Hodge’
Georgia
Fr
2.
Shenese Walker’
Florida State
Sr
3.
Shawnti Jackson
LSU
So
4.
Camryn Dickson
Texas A&M
Sr
5.
Alicia Burnett
Ole Miss
Sr
6.
Victoria Cameron
Tarleton State
Jr
7.
Brianna Selby
USC
So
8.
Alexis Brown
South Carolina
Sr
9.
Alyssa Colbert
Texas Tech
Sr
10.
Kaila Jackson
Georgia
Sr
200 METERS
1.
JaMeesia Ford
South Carolina
Jr
2.
Adaejah Hodge’
Georgia
Fr
3.
Shawnti Jackson
LSU
So
4.
Camryn Dickson
Texas A&M
Sr
5.
Gabrielle Matthews’
Florida
Sr
6.
Madison Whyte
USC
Jr
7.
Kelly Ufodiama
East Carolina
So
8.
Tiriah Kelley
Baylor
Sr
9.
Alexis Brown
South Carolina
Sr
10.
Yahnari Lyons
Howard
So
400 METERS
1.
Ella Onojuvwevwo’
LSU
Sr
2.
Madison Whyte
USC
Jr
3.
Dejanea Oakley’
Georgia
Sr
4.
Kaylyn Brown
Arkansas
Jr
5.
Sanaria Butler
Arkansas
Sr
6.
Rachel Joseph
Iowa State
Sr
7.
Shaquena Foote’
Georgia
Sr
8.
Javonya Valcourt’
Tennessee
Sr
9.
Sydney Segalla
Boston College
So
10.
Elise Cooper
Texas
Fr
800 METERS
1.
Gladys Chepngetich’
Clemson
Jr
2.
Lauren Tolbert
Duke
Sr
3.
Sanu Jallow-Lockhart’
Arkansas
Sr
4.
Veronica Hargrave
Indiana
So
5.
Juliette Whittaker
Stanford
Sr
6.
Makayla Paige
North Carolina
Sr
7.
Emmaculate Jemutai’
Kansas
Jr
8.
Judy Kosgei’
Clemson
Jr
9.
Analisse Batista
Arkansas
Jr
10.
Sophia Gorriaran
Harvard
Jr
1500 METERS
1.
Rosemary Longisa’
Washington State
So
2.
Wilma Nielsen’
Oregon
Sr
3.
Salma Elbadra’
South Carolina
Jr
4.
Sadie Engelhardt
NC State
Fr
5.
Billah Jepkirui’
Oklahoma State
Jr
6.
Şilan Ayyıldız’
Oregon
Sr
7.
Hayley Kitching’
Penn State
Sr
8.
Carmen Alder
BYU
Sr
9.
Mena Scatchard’
Stanford
Sr
10.
Aniya Mosley
Ohio State
Sr
STEEPLE
1.
Doris Lemngole’
Alabama
Jr
2.
Angelina Napoleon
NC State
Jr
3.
Sophie Novak
Notre Dame
Sr
4.
Taylor Lovell
BYU
Jr
5.
Katelyn Stewart-Barnett’
Michigan State
Sr
6.
Jule Lindner’
Virginia Tech
Fr
7.
Amelia Wills’
Tennessee
Sr
8.
Raygan Dimond
BYU
Jr
9.
Debora Cherono’
Texas A&M
So
10.
Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
So
5000 METERS
1.
Jane Hedengren
BYU
Fr
2.
Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
So
3.
Joy Naukot’
West Virginia
So
4.
Jenna Hutchins
BYU
Sr
5.
Hayley Burns
Northern Arizona
Jr
6.
Marion Jepngetich’
New Mexico
So
7.
Katie Bohlke
Virginia Tech
Fr
8.
Vera Sjöberg’
North Carolina
Sr
9.
Isca Chelangat’
Oklahoma State
So
10.
Nancy Cherop’
Clemson
Fr
10,000 METERS
1.
Jane Hedengren
BYU
Fr
2.
Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
So
3.
Hilda Olemomoi’
Florida
Sr
4.
Caren Kiplagat’
Alabama
Fr
5.
Edna Chelulei’
Eastern Kentucky
So
6.
Mercyline Kirwa’
Iowa State
Fr
7.
Jadyn Keeler’
North Dakota
Sr
8.
Judy Chepkoech’
Florida
Fr
9.
Betty Kipkore’
Iowa State
Fr
10.
Diana Cherotich’
Oregon
So
100 HURDLES
1.
Aaliyah McCormick
Oregon
Sr
2.
Emmi Scales
Kentucky
Jr
3.
Tashina Alase
Southern U
Jr
4.
Jaiya Covington
Texas A&M
Jr
5.
Adeyah Brewster’
LSU
Jr
6.
Joslyn Hamilton
South Carolina
So
7.
Janela Spencer’
Ohio State
Sr
8.
Rachel Mehringer
Indiana State
Jr
9.
Oneka Wilson’
Clemson
Sr
10.
Danae Nembhard’
Auburn
Sr
400 HURDLES
1.
Akala Garrett
South Carolina
Jr
2.
Amelliah Birdow
Texas
Jr
3.
Michelle Smith’
Georgia
So
4.
Sanaa Hebron
Miami
Jr
5.
Vanice Kerubo’
Kentucky
Fr
6.
Kelsie Belquist
Nebraska
So
7.
Saira Prince
Arkansas
Jr
8.
Braelyn Baker
Duke
So
9.
Vanessa Balde’
Texas Tech
Sr
10.
Sydney Sutton
Florida
Fr
4 x 100
1.
USC
USC
2.
South Carolina
South Carolina
3.
Georgia
Georgia
4.
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
5.
TCU
TCU
6.
LSU
LSU
7.
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
8.
Tennessee
Tennessee
9.
Florida
Florida
10.
Texas
Texas
4 x 400
1.
Arkansas
Arkansas
2.
Georgia
Georgia
3.
South Carolina
South Carolina
4.
LSU
LSU
5.
Florida
Florida
6.
Tennessee
Tennessee
7.
Kentucky
Kentucky
8.
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
9.
Texas
Texas
10.
Duke
Duke
HIGH JUMP
1.
Temitope Adeshina’
Texas Tech
Jr
2.
Rose Yeboah’
Illinois
Sr
3.
Alyssa Jones
Stanford
Sr
4.
Emma Gates
Arizona
Sr
5.
Valentina Fakrogha
UCLA
So
6.
Karsyn Leeling
Nebraska
So
7.
Claire Lowrey
Texas Tech
Jr
8.
Kemarah Howard
Kentucky
Fr
9.
Annishka McDonald’
West Virginia
Jr
10.
JaiCieonna Gero-Holt
Illinois
Fr
POLE VAULT
1.
Hana Moll
Washington
Jr
2.
Anna Willis
South Dakota
So
3.
Molly Haywood
Baylor
Jr
4.
Mason Meinershagen
Kansas
Jr
5.
Marleen Mulla’
South Dakota
Sr
6.
Ashley Callahan
Louisville
Sr
7.
Hannah Grace
Tennessee
Fr
8.
Ali Sahaida
Cal
Sr
9.
Tenly Kuhn
Baylor
So
10.
Emily Fitzsimmons
Oregon
Sr
LONG JUMP
1.
Sophia Beckmon
Illinois
Jr
2.
Alyssa Jones
Stanford
Sr
3.
Alexandra Kelly
Princeton
Sr
4.
Ida Breigan’
UT San Antonio
Jr
5.
Eve Divinity
Louisville
Sr
6.
Georgina Scoot’
Princeton
Sr
7.
Janae De Gannes’
Baylor
So
8.
Prestina Ochonogor’
Tarleton State
So
9.
Sydney Willits
Iowa State
Sr
10.
Maud Zeffou-Poaty’
Kansas State
Jr
TRIPLE JUMP
1.
Daniela Wamokpego’
Kansas State
Jr
2.
Shantae Foreman’
Clemson
Sr
3.
Tamiah Washington
Texas Tech
Jr
4.
Georgina Scoot’
Princeton
Sr
5.
Rhianna Phipps’
Nebraska
Sr
6.
Skylynn Townsend
Georgia
So
7.
Asia Phillips’
Florida
So
8.
Adriana Krūzmane’
Miami
Fr
9.
Destini Smith
Kansas State
Fr
10.
Taryn Burkett
Grand Canyon
Sr
SHOT
1.
Axelina Johansson’
Nebraska
Sr
2.
Akaoma Odeluga
Ole Miss
Jr
3.
Megan Hague
Auburn
Sr
4.
Jessica Oji’
Penn
Fr
5.
Ashley Erasmus’
USC
So
6.
Nina Ndubuisi’
Georgia
Jr
7.
Mine De Klerk’
Nebraska
Sr
8.
Alida Van Daalen’
Florida
Jr
9.
Gracelyn Leiseth’
Florida
Jr
10.
Kelsie Murrell-Ross’
Georgia
Sr
DISCUS
1.
Alida Van Daalen’
Florida
Jr
2.
Joyce Oguama’
Alabama
Jr
3.
Cedricka Williams’
Tennessee
Jr
4.
Princesse Hyman’
LSU
So
5.
Inés López’
Arizona State
Sr
6.
Layla Giordano
Princeton
So
7.
Camryn Massey
Auburn
So
8.
Donna Douglas
Nebraska
So
9.
Abigail Martin’
Texas A&M
Jr
10.
Klaire Kovatch
Colorado State
Sr
HAMMER
1.
Annie Nabwe’
Minnesota
Jr
2.
Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir
Texas State
Jr
3.
Hadley Streit
Minnesota
Jr
4.
Kali Terza
Kennesaw State
Sr
5.
Marie Rougetet’
Mississippi State
So
6.
Giavonna Meeks
Texas
Jr
7.
Valentina Savva’
Cal
So
8.
Lara Roberts’
Texas State
Jr
9.
Phethisang Makethe’
Illinois
Sr
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.
Manuela Rotundo’
Georgia
So
5.
Skylar Ciccolini
Missouri
Sr
6.
Shea Greene
Princeton
Sr
7.
Jana Lowka’
Nebraska
Sr
8.
Katelyn Fairchild
Texas A&M
Sr
9.
Taysha Stubbs’
Nebraska
Fr
10.
Irene Jepkemboi’
TCU
Jr
HEPTATHLON
1.
Sofía Cosculluela’
Washington
So
2.
Juliette Laracuente-Huebner
Cincinnati
Jr
3.
Liisa-Maria Lusti’
Oregon
Fr
4.
JaiCieonna Gero-Holt
Illinois
Fr
5.
Meagan Humphries
Illinois
So
6.
Jenna Fee Feyerabend’
San Diego State
Sr
7.
Annie Molenhouse
Oklahoma State
Sr
8.
Maresa Hense’
UConn
So
9.
Ella Rush’
Georgia
Sr
10.
Sofia Iakushina’
Texas A&M
So
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1.
Georgia
57
2.
South Carolina
44
3.
LSU
39
4.
BYU
32
5.
Florida
28
=6.
Arkansas
27
=6.
Illinois
27
=6.
Oregon
27
=6.
USC
27
10.
Nebraska
25
=11.
Alabama
23
=11.
Texas Tech
23
=13.
Princeton
20
=13.
Washington
20
=15.
Clemson
19
=15.
New Mexico
19
=15.
Texas A&M
19
18.
Stanford
18
19.
Minnesota
16
=20.
Kentucky
15
=20.
Tennessee
15
22.
NC State
13
=23.
Missouri
12
=23.
Ole Miss
12
=23.
South Dakota
12
26.
Texas
11
=27.
Bucknell
10
=27.
Kansas State
10
=27.
Washington State
10
=30.
Baylor
9
=30.
Duke
9
=30.
Texas State
9
=33.
Auburn
8
=33.
Cincinnati
8
=33.
Florida State
8
=36.
Kansas
7
=36.
Louisville
7
=38.
Iowa State
6
=38.
Miami
6
=38.
Notre Dame
6
=38.
Oklahoma State
6
=38.
Rice
6
=38.
Southern U
6
=38.
West Virginia
6
=45.
Arizona
5
=45.
Indiana
5
=45.
Kennesaw State
5
=45.
Penn
5
=45.
UT San Antonio
5
=45.
Virginia Tech
5
=51.
Arizona State
4
=51.
Eastern Kentucky
4
=51.
Michigan State
4
=51.
Mississippi State
4
=51.
North Carolina
4
=51.
Northern Arizona
4
=51.
Tarleton State
4
=51.
TCU
4
=51.
UCLA
4
=60.
Cal
3
=60.
San Diego State
3
=62.
East Carolina
2
=62.
North Dakota
2
=62.
Ohio State
2
=62.
Penn State
2
=66.
Indiana State
1
=66.
UConn
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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