2021 NCAA Women’s Formchart #2 — USC Has New Challenger

IN CHART #1, Caryl Smith Gilbert’s speed-laden Trojans had a tenuous 2-point lead in NCAA women’s team scoring. The SoCal crew still finds itself with that same slim margin, but the projected runner-up has changed from LSU to Texas A&M, with the Bengals dropping to No. 3. Previous No. 3 Arkansas dropped to No. 5, behind Texas, which rose a place.

Field events? Who needs field events? As in our first prognostications, USC is going to win the national title without a single point from a jumper or thrower. Not to mention sans points from anybody in a race that’s not run in lanes. Caryl Smith Gilbert’s speed-laden Trojans are currently projected to come away with 4 event wins: 100, 400, 400H, 4×1, plus backup points in the 200 (7th), 400 (4th), 100H (4th & 7th) and 4×4 (2nd).

Pat Henry’s Aggies are tabbed to pick up wins in the 800, HJ & heptathlon, and backup points in the 400 (3rd), 4×4 (4th), HJ (6th), LJ (3rd & 7th) & TJ (2nd). The huge key for the challengers is Tyra Gittens, slated for 22 points (wins in the HJ and hept, 7th in the LJ).

As is so often the case, the team battle is likely to come down to the climactic 4×4. Based on our current charting, as the teams toe the line A&M would be leading at 55. USC would be just a point behind at 54, with another 2 points back to LSU. There are all kinds of permutations possible there, all adding up to a slam-bam finish. Hint: no matter how it plays out teamwise, watch out for Athing Mu on the A&M anchor!

The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):

TOP 10 TEAMS
School	Score	Previous Place
1. USC	62 (-9)	1
2. Texas A&M	60 (+5)	4
3. LSU	55 (-14)	2
4. Texas	51 (+13)	5
5. Arkansas	49 (-7)	3
6. Alabama	47 (+17)	7
7. Georgia	45 (+9)	6
8. Florida State	30 (+10)	11
9. Iowa	22 (+1)	=9
10. Arizona	21 (+5)	=15
(complete team scores below event charts)

100 METERS
1. TeeTee Terry	USC	Jr
2. Kemba Nelson’	Oregon	Jr
3. Tamara Clark	Alabama	Sr
4. Jayla Kirkland	Florida State	Sr
5. Jada Baylark	Arkansas	Jr
6. Kiara Grant’	Norfolk State	Jr
7. Tiana Wilson	Arkansas	So
8. Cambrea Sturgis	North Carolina A&T	So
9. Angie Annelus	USC	Sr
10. Kynnedy Flannel	Texas	Jr

200 METERS
1. Abby Steiner	Kentucky	So
2. Tamara Clark	Alabama	Sr
3. Favour Ofili’	LSU	Fr
4. Cambrea Sturgis	North Carolina A&T	So
5. Kemba Nelson’	Oregon	Jr
6. Kynnedy Flannel	Texas	Jr
7. Angie Annelus	USC	Sr
8. Anavia Battle	Ohio State	Sr
9. TeeTee Terry	USC	Jr
10. Brittany Aveni	Duke	Sr

400 METERS
1. Kaelin Roberts	USC	Jr
2. Stacey Ann Williams’	Texas	Jr
3. Charokee Young’	Texas A&M	So
4. Bailey Lear	USC	Jr
5. Meleni Rodney’	UCLA	Sr
6. Talitha Diggs	Florida	Fr
7. Paris Peoples	Arkansas	So
8. Taylor Manson	Florida	Sr
9. Kethlin Campbell	Arkansas	Jr
10. Alexis Holmes	Kentucky	So

800 METERS
1. Athing Mu	Texas A&M	Fr
2. Aaliyah Miller	Baylor	Sr
3. Avi’Tal Wilson-Perteete	UNLV	So
4. Laurie Barton	Clemson	Sr
5. Shafiqua Maloney’	Arkansas	Sr
6. Amber Tanner	Georgia	Sr
7. Gabrielle Wilkinson	Florida	So
8. Lindsey Butler	Virginia Tech	So
9. Sarah Hendrick	Kennesaw State	So
10. Anna Camp	BYU	Sr

1500 METERS
1. Sage Hurta	Colorado	Sr
2. Ella Donaghu	Stanford	Jr
3. Michaela Meyer	Virginia	Sr
4. Maudie Skyring’	Florida State	Jr
5. Presley Weems	Auburn	Jr
6. Kennedy Thomson’	Arkansas	Sr
7. Bailey Hertenstein	Indiana	Fr
8. Kaley Richards	UMass Lowell	Jr
9. Katie Camarena	UC Santa Barbara	Sr
10. Danae Rivers	Penn State	Sr

STEEPLE
1. Hannah Steelman	NC State	Sr
2. Joyce Kimeli’	Auburn	Jr
3. Krissy Gear	Arkansas	Jr
4. Courtney Wayment	BYU	Jr
5. Gabrielle Jennings	Furman	Sr
6. Katie Rainsberger	Washington	Sr
7. Olivia Markezich	Notre Dame	Fr
8. Madie Boreman	Colorado	Sr
9. Charlotte Prouse’	New Mexico	Jr
10. Gracie Hyde	Arkansas	Jr

5000 METERS
1. Katie Wasserman	Notre Dame	Sr
2. Mercy Chelangat’	Alabama	So
3. Beth Hasz	Minnesota	Sr
4. Esther Gitahi’	Alabama	Sr
5. Amaris Tynnismaa	Alabama	Fr
6. Whittni Orton	BYU	Sr
7. Abbey Wheeler	Providence	Sr
8. Megan Hasz	Minnesota	Sr
9. Nicole Fegans	Georgia Tech	Jr
10. Lauren Gregory	Arkansas	So

10,000 METERS
1. Mercy Chelangat’	Alabama	So
2. Carmela Cardama Baez’	Oregon	Sr
3. Amanda Vestri	Syracuse	Jr
4. Grace Forbes	Rice	Fr
5. Clare O’Brien’	Boise	Sr
6. Lexie Thompson	Weber State	Sr
7. Aubrey Frentheway	BYU	So
8. Katie Izzo	Arkansas	Sr
9. Aiobhe Richardson’	USF	Sr
10. Callie Logue	Iowa State	Jr

100 HURDLES
1. Tonea Marshall	LSU	Sr
2. Tara Davis	Texas	Jr
3. Chanel Brissett	Texas	Jr
4. Anna Cockrell	USC	Sr
5. Ackera Nugent’	Baylor	Fr
6. Daszay Freeman’	Arkansas	So
7. Jasmine Jones	USC	Fr
8. Tiara McMinn	Miami	Sr
9. Rayniah Jones	UCF	Fr
10.Yoveinny Mota’ (Ar)	So

400 HURDLES
1. Anna Cockrell	USC	Sr
2. Shae Anderson	UCLA	So
3. Jurnee Woodward	LSU	Jr
4. Shannon Meisberger	Arizona	Jr
5. Brittley Humphrey	LSU	Sr
6. Ashton Lindley	South Carolina	Fr
7. Andrenette Knight’	Virginia	Sr
8. Lauren Hoffman	Duke	Jr
9. Milan Young	LSU	So
10. Darhian Mills	Washington	Jr

4 x 100
1. USC	USC
2. LSU	LSU
3. Arkansas	Arkansas
4. Texas	Texas
5. Alabama	Alabama
6. Miami	Miami
7. Florida State	Florida State
8. North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
9. Houston	Houston
10. Texas A&M	Texas A&M

4 x 400
1. Arkansas	Arkansas
2. USC	USC
3. Texas	Texas
4. Texas A&M	Texas A&M
5. Kentucky	Kentucky
6. LSU	LSU
7. Alabama	Alabama
8. Florida	Florida
9. UCLA	UCLA
10. South Carolina	South Carolina

HIGH JUMP
1. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
2. Abigail O’Donoghue	LSU	Sr
3. Alexa Porpaczy’	Arizona	So
4. Rachel Glenn	South Carolina	Fr
5. Anna Hall	Georgia	Fr
6. Lamara Distin’	Texas A&M	So
7. Esther Isa’	Middle Tennessee	Jr
8. Jamari Drake	New Mexico	Sr
9. Nyagoa Bayak	LSU	Fr
10. Morgan Smalls	USC	Fr

POLE VAULT
1. Lisa Gunnarsson’	LSU	Sr
2. Kayla Smith	Georgia	Sr
3. Nastassja Campbell	Arkansas	So
4. Rachel Baxter	Virginia Tech	Sr
5. Sydney Horn	High Point	Fr
6. Tuesdi Tidwell	Baylor	Jr
7. Lauren Martinez	Arkansas	Sr
8. Helen Falda’	South Dakota	Sr
9. Ariádni Adamopoúlou’	Oklahoma State	So
10. Julia Fixsen	Georgia	So

LONG JUMP
1. Tara Davis	Texas	Jr
2. Claire Bryant	Florida	Fr
3. Deborah Acquah’	Texas A&M	Sr
4. Jasmine Moore	Georgia	Fr
5. Ruth Usoro’	Texas Tech	Jr
6. Jasmyn Steels	Northwestern Louisiana	Jr
7. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
8. Monae’ Nichols	Texas Tech	Sr
9. Aliyah Whisby	LSU	Sr
10. Destiny Longmire	TCU	Sr

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Ruth Usoro’	Texas Tech	Jr
2. Deborah Acquah’	Texas A&M	Sr
3. Rūta Lasmane’	Florida State	Fr
4. Jasmine Moore	Georgia	So
5. Charisma Taylor’	Washington State	Jr
6. Mikeisha Welcome	Oklahoma	So
7. Titiana Marsh	Georgia	Jr
8. Bria Matthews	Georgia Tech	Sr
9. Natricia Hooper’	Florida	Sr
10. Eszter Bajnok’	Virginia Tech	Sr

SHOT
1. Samantha Noennig	Arizona	Jr
2. Adelaide Aquilla	Ohio State	Jr
3. Lagi Tausaga	Iowa	Sr
4. Sade Olatoye’	Ohio State	Sr
5. Khayla Dawson	Indiana	Sr
6. Akealy Moton	North Dakota State	So
7. Jorinde Van Klinken’	Arizona State	Jr
8. Madison Pollard	Indiana	Sr
9. Latavia Maines	Tennessee	Sr
10. Taylor Latimer	Kansas State	Jr

DISCUS
1. Lagi Tausaga	Iowa	Sr
2. Shanice Love’	Florida State	Sr
3. Alexandra Emilianov’	Kansas	So
4. Jorinde Van Klinken’	Arizona State	Jr
5. Serena Brown’	Iowa	Jr
6. Seasons Usual	Texas Tech	Jr
7. Nora Monie	Houston	Sr
8. Zakiya Rashid	Miami	Sr
9. Debbie Ajagbe	Miami	Jr
10. Desirea Buerge	UT Rio Grande Valley	Sr

HAMMER
1. Camryn Rogers’	Cal	Jr
2. Alyssa Wilson	UCLA	Jr
3. Beatrice Llano’	Arizona State	Jr
4. Sade Olatoye’	Ohio State	Sr
5. Maddy Nilles	North Dakota State	Sr
6. Jillian Shippee	North Carolina	Jr
7. Autavia Fluker	South Alabama	Sr
8. Shey Taiwo	Ole Miss	Jr
9. Helene Ingvaldsen’	Kansas State	Sr
10. Tara Simpson-Sullivan’	Rice	Fr

JAVELIN
1. Marie-Therese Obst’	Georgia	Sr
2. Kylee Carter	Auburn	Sr
3. Alexandra Roberts’	Wake Forest	Fr
4. Skylar Ciccolini	Missouri	Fr
5. Kelechi Nwanaga’	Florida State	Jr
6. Ashton Riner	BYU	Jr
7. Madison Wiltrout	North Carolina	Jr
8. Rhema Otabor’	Florida International	Fr
9. Kari Wolfe	North Dakota State	So
10. Roosa Ylönen’	UTEP	So

HEPTATHLON
1. Tyra Gittens’	Texas A&M	Jr
2. Anna Hall	Georgia	Fr
3. Michelle Atherley	Miami	Sr
4. Kristīne Blaževiča’	Texas	Fr
5. Lauren Taubert	Kansas State	Sr
6. Erin Marsh	Duke	Sr
7. Jenny Kimbro	Iowa	Sr
8. Jadin O’Brien	Notre Dame	Fr
9. Mathilde Rey’	Oregon	Fr
10. Grace McKenzie’	McNeese State	Sr

COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. USC	62
2. Texas A&M	60
3. LSU	55
4. Texas	51
5. Arkansas	49
6. Alabama	47
7. Georgia	45
8. Florida State	30
9. Iowa	22
10. Arizona	21
=11. Auburn	20
=11. Oregon	20
=11. UCLA	20
14. Ohio State	19
15. Texas Tech	18
=16. Baylor	15
=16. Florida	15
18. Kentucky	14
=19. Arizona State	13
=19. BYU	13
=19. Notre Dame	13
=22. Colorado	11
=22. Miami	11
=24. Cal	10
=24. NC State	10
=26. South Carolina	8
=26. Stanford	8
=26. Virginia	8
=29. Indiana	7
=29. Minnesota	7
=29. North Carolina A&T	7
=29. North Dakota State	7
=33. Kansas	6
=33. Syracuse	6
=33. UNLV	6
=33. Virginia Tech	6
=33. Wake Forest	6
=38. Clemson	5
=38. Missouri	5
=38. North Carolina	5
=38. Rice	5
=42. Boise	4
=42. Duke	4
=42. Furman	4
=42. High Point	4
=42. Kansas State	4
=42. Washington State	4
=48. Norfolk State	3
=48. Northwestern Louisiana	3
=48. Oklahoma	3
=48. Washington	3
=48. Weber State	3
=53. Houston	2
=53. Middle Tennessee	2
=53. Providence	2
=53. South Alabama	2
=57. Florida International	1
=57. Georgia Tech	1
=57. UMass Lowell	1
=57. Ole Miss	1
=57. New Mexico	1
=57. South Dakota	1