Texas is projected to get 16 points (HJ 1st, LJ 3rd) from versatile Tyra Gittens. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)
THE RACE FOR No. 1 IN TEAM SCORING now has 3 solid contenders. After Chart #1 , 13 points separated Texas in 1 from Texas A&M in 3. That margin is now down to 8, with the Lone Star powerhouses still bracketing Indoor winner Florida.
All 3 schools are projected for 4×4 points, so in theory the meet will come down to the climactic long relay with Florida at 61, Texas at 58 and A&M at 52, so all kinds of permutations are possible.
Here’s a wild and crazy thought: versatile Gator Anna Hall , our projected heptathlon winner, also goes for the 400H and picks up 4th-place points there as well, enough to make the meet a tie. The catch is that the 400H final is slated to go off only 13:00 before the hept’s 800. More likely that she’ll be called on for 4×4 duty 38:00 after the start of the 800.
When it comes to the event winners, 6 new No. 1s are now in place: Katy-Ann McDonald (LSU) 800, Sintayehu Vissa (Ole Miss) 1500, Abby Nichols (Colorado) 5000, Mercy Chelangat (Alabama) 10,000, Grace Stark (Florida) 100H, Ashton Riner (BYU) JT.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
School
Score
Previous Place
1. Texas
68 (–1)
1
2. Florida
63 (–5)
2
3. Texas A&M
60 (+4)
3
4. Kentucky
52 (+9)
4
5. LSU
43 (+6)
=5
6. Arkansas
34 (–3)
=5
7. BYU
31 (+13)
=13
8. Oregon
26 (+3)
=8
9. Texas Tech
25 (–2)
7
10. Arizona State
20 (0)
12
(complete team scores below)
100 METERS
1. Kemba Nelson’
Oregon
Sr
2. Abby Steiner
Kentucky
Jr
3. Julien Alfred’
Texas
Jr
4. Jada Baylark
Arkansas
Sr
5. Celera Barnes
USC
Sr
6. Melissa Jefferson
Coastal Carolina
So
7. Ezinne Abba
Cal
Jr
8. Favour Ofili’
LSU
So
9. Jadyn Mays
Oregon
Fr
10. Rhasidat Adeleke’
Texas
Fr
200 METERS
1. Abby Steiner
Kentucky
Jr
2. Favour Ofili’
LSU
So
3. Anavia Battle
Ohio State
Sr
4. Rhasidat Adeleke’
Texas
Fr
5. Laila Owens
Texas A&M
So
6. Kynnedy Flannel
Texas
Jr
7. Karimah Davis
Kentucky
Jr
8. Melissa Jefferson
Coastal Carolina
So
9. Lasarah Hargrove
Iowa
So
10. Mariah Ayers
Baylor
So
400 METERS
1. Charokee Young’
Texas A&M
So
2. Stacey Ann Williams’
Texas
Jr
3. Alexis Holmes
Kentucky
Jr
4. Tierra Robinson-Jones
Texas A&M
Jr
5. Kennedy Simon
Texas
Jr
6. Talitha Diggs
Florida
So
7. Makenzie Dunmore
South Carolina
Sr
8. Jan’Taijah Ford
USC
So
9. Taiya Shelby
Vanderbilt
Sr
10. Shae Anderson
UCLA
Sr
800 METERS
1. Katy-Ann McDonald’
LSU
Jr
2. Lauren Ellsworth
BYU
Sr
3. Imogen Barrett’
Florida
Jr
4. Sarah Hendrick
Kennesaw State
Jr
5. McKenna Keegan
Villanova
Sr
6. Claire Seymour
BYU
Jr
7. Avi’Tal Wilson-Perteete
Texas A&M
Sr
8. Aurora Rynda’
Michigan
Jr
9. Melissa Riggins
Georgetown
Fr
10. Valery Tobias
Texas
Jr
1500 METERS
1. Sintayehu Vissa’
Ole Miss
Jr
2. Mia Barnett
Virginia
Fr
3. Katelyn Tuohy
NC State
So
4. Christina Aragon
Stanford
Sr
5. Micaela Degenero
Colorado
Sr
6. Anna Gibson
Washington
Jr
7. Eusila Chepkemei’
Middle Tennessee
Sr
8. Emily Mackay
Binghamton
Sr
9. Ellie Leather’
Cincinnati
Sr
10. Tori Herman
Kentucky
Fr
STEEPLE
1. Courtney Wayment
BYU
Sr
2. Joyce Kimeli’
Auburn
Sr
3. Kayley Delay
Yale
Jr
4. Elise Thorner’
New Mexico
So
5. Aneta Konieczek’
Oregon
Sr
6. Alissa Niggemann
Wisconsin
Sr
7. Grace Fetherstonhaugh’
Oregon State
So
8. Logan Jolly
Arkansas
Sr
9. Madie Boreman
Colorado
Sr
10. Lexy Halladay
BYU
So
5000 METERS
1. Abby Nichols
Colorado
Sr
2. Taylor Roe
Oklahoma State
So
3. Katelyn Tuohy
NC State
So
4. Mercy Chelangat’
Alabama
Jr
5. Jenna Magness
Michigan State
Sr
6. Lauren Gregory
Arkansas
Jr
7. Adva Cohen’
New Mexico
SR
8. Gracelyn Larkin’
New Mexico
So
9. Bailey Hertenstein
Indiana
So
10. Lucy Jenks
Stanford
So
10,000 METERS
1. Mercy Chelangat’
Alabama
Jr
2. Lauren Gregory
Arkansas
Jr
3. Amelia Mazza-Downie’
New Mexico
So
4. Nicole Fegans
Georgia Tech
Sr
5. Maggie Donahue
Georgetown
So
6. Emily Venters
Utah
Jr
7. Evelyn Kemboi’
Utah Valley
Jr
8. Emily Covert
Colorado
So
9. Alexandra Hays
NC State
Jr
10. Emma Heckel’
New Mexico
Fr
100 HURDLES
1. Grace Stark
Florida
So
2. Alia Armstrong
LSU
So
3. Paula Salmon
North Carolina A&T
Sr
4. Masai Russell
Kentucky
Jr
5. Ackera Nugent’
Baylor
So
6. Kaylah Robinson
Texas A&M
Sr
7. Jasmine Jones
USC
So
8. Demisha Roswell’
Texas Tech
Jr
9. Rayniah Jones
UCF
So
10. Yoveinny Mota’
Arkansas
Jr
400 HURDLES
1. Britton Wilson
Arkansas
So
2. Masai Russell
Kentucky
Jr
3. Shannon Meisberger
Arizona
Sr
4. Lauren Hoffman
Duke
Sr
5. Vanessa Watson
Florida
So
6. Shana Grebo’
Oregon
Fr
7. Jessica Wright
Howard
Jr
8. Rachel Glenn
South Carolina
So
9. Deshae Wise
Texas A&M
Sr
10. Milan Young
Texas
Sr
4 x 100
1. Texas
Texas
2. Kentucky
Kentucky
3. North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T
4. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
5. LSU
LSU
6. Oregon
Oregon
7. Texas Tech
Texas Tech
8. Arkansas
Arkansas
9. Ohio State
Ohio State
10. Florida
Florida
4 x 400
1. Texas
Texas
2. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
3. Arkansas
Arkansas
4. Kentucky
Kentucky
5. USC
USC
6. North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T
7. Florida
Florida
8. South Carolina
South Carolina
9. Baylor
Baylor
10. LSU
LSU
HIGH JUMP
1. Tyra Gittens’
Texas
Sr
2. Lamara Distin’
Texas A&M
Jr
3. Rachel Glenn
South Carolina
So
4. Abigail Kwarteng’
Middle Tennessee
Sr
5. Jenna Rogers
Nebraska
Fr
6. Nyagoa Bayak
LSU
So
7. Lucy Corbett
Montana State
Jr
8. Abigail O’Donoghue
LSU
Sr
9. Jamari Drake
Georgia
Sr
10. Rylee Anderson
Kansas
Jr
POLE VAULT
1. Rachel Baxter
Virginia Tech
Sr
2. Lisa Gunnarsson’
LSU
Sr
3. Gabriela Leon
Louisville
Sr
4. Olivia Lueking
Oklahoma
Fr
5. Sydney Horn
High Point
So
6. Julia Fixsen
Virginia Tech
Jr
7. Chloe Timberg
Rutgers
Fr
8. Lyndsey Reed
Ole Miss
So
9. Marleen Mulla’
South Dakota
Fr
10. Amanda Fassold
Arkansas
So
LONG JUMP
1. Deborah Acquah’
Texas A&M
Sr
2. Jasmine Moore
Florida
So
3. Tyra Gittens’
Texas
Sr
4. Monae’ Nichols
Texas Tech
Sr
5. Alysah Hickey
Oregon
So
6. Ackelia Smith’
Texas
Fr
7. Claire Bryant
Florida
So
8. Ruth Usoro’
Texas Tech
Sr
9. Anna Keefer
North Carolina
Sr
10. Morgan Smalls
LSU
So
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jasmine Moore
Florida
So
2. Natricia Hooper’
Florida
Sr
3. Rūta Lasmane’
Texas Tech
So
4. Deborah Acquah’
Texas A&M
Sr
5. Ruth Usoro’
Texas Tech
Sr
6. Ackelia Smith’
Texas
Fr
7. Lexi Ellis
Oregon
Jr
8. Destiny Lawrence
Houston
So
9. Arianna Fisher
Missouri
Jr
10. Mikeisha Welcome
Oklahoma
So
SHOT
1. Adelaide Aquilla
Ohio State
Sr
2. Jorinde van Klinken’
Arizona State
Sr
3. Payden Montana
Oklahoma
Jr
4. Axelina Johansson’
Nebraska
Fr
5. Josie Schaefer
Wisconsin
Jr
6. Samantha Noennig
Arizona
Sr
7. Kayli Johnson
Texas Tech
Sr
8. Ana da Silva’
Georgia
Jr
9. Divine Oladipo’
Vanderbilt
Sr
10. Alyssa Wilson
Texas State
Sr
DISCUS
1. Jorinde van Klinken’
Arizona State
Sr
2. Alexandra Emilianov’
Kansas
Jr
3. Annina Brandenburg’
Abilene Christian
Sr
4. Shelby Frank
Minnesota
So
5. Seasons Usual
Texas Tech
Sr
6. Debbie Ajagbe
Miami
Sr
7. Alyssa Wilson
Texas State
Sr
8. Amanda Anderson
North Dakota State
Sr
9. Adelaide Aquilla
Ohio State
Sr
10. Obi Amaechi
North Carolina
Sr
HAMMER
1. Camryn Rogers’
Cal
Sr
2. Alyssa Wilson
Texas State
Sr
3. Anna Purchase’
Cal
Jr
4. Shey Taiwo
Ole Miss
Sr
5. Jillian Shippee
North Carolina
Sr
6. Lauren Jones
Oklahoma
Sr
7. Beatrice Llano’
Arizona State
Sr
8. Madi Malone
Auburn
Jr
9. Amy Phillips
North Dakota State
Sr
10. Shauniece O’Neal
Southern Illinois
Sr
JAVELIN
1. Ashton Riner
BYU
Sr
2. Madison Wiltrout
North Carolina
Sr
3. Virginia Miller
Stanford
Sr
4. Rhema Otabor’
Florida International
So
5. Keira McCarrell’
Auburn
Sr
6. Kelechi Nwanaga’
Florida State
Sr
7. Seri Geisler
SF Austin
Sr
8. Maddie Harris
Nebraska
So
9. Kari Wolfe
North Dakota State
Sr
10. Lianna Davidson
Texas A&M
Fr
HEPTATHLON
1. Anna Hall
Florida
So
2. Erin Marsh
Duke
Sr
3. Ida Eikeng’
Washington
Jr
4. Isabel Wakefield’
Duke
Jr
5. Lexie Keller
Colorado State
Jr
6. Allie Jones
Stanford
Jr
7. Avery McMullen
Colorado
So
8. Nicola Ader’
Nevada
Sr
9. Beatričė Juškevičiūtė’
Cornell
Jr
10. Kristīne Blaževiča’
Texas
So
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Texas
68
2. Florida
63
3. Texas A&M
60
4. Kentucky
52
5. LSU
43
6. Arkansas
34
7. BYU
31
8. Oregon
26
9. Texas Tech
25
10. Arizona State
20
=11. Cal
18
=11. Duke
18
13. Colorado
17
=14. Ole Miss
16
=14. Ohio State
16
=16. Alabama
15
=16. North Carolina A&T
15
=18. New Mexico
14
=18. Oklahoma
14
=18. Stanford
14
=21. Auburn
13
=21. Virginia Tech
13
=23. North Carolina
12
=23. NC State
12
25. USC
11
=26. Nebraska
10
=26. South Carolina
10
=26. Texas State
10
=29. Arizona
9
=29. Washington
9
=31. Kansas
8
=31. Oklahoma State
8
=31. Virginia
8
=34. Middle Tennessee
7
=34. Wisconsin
7
=36. Abilene Christian
6
=36. Louisville
6
=36. Yale
6
=39. Florida International
5
=39. Georgia Tech
5
=39. Kennesaw State
5
=39. Minnesota
5
=43. Baylor
4
=43. Coastal Carolina
4
=43. Colorado State
4
=43. Georgetown
4
=43. High Point
4
=43. Michigan State
4
=43. Villanova
4
=50. Florida State
3
=50. Miami
3
=50. Utah
3
=53. Howard
2
=53. Montana State
2
=53. Oregon State
2
=53. Rutgers
2
=53. SF Austin
2
=53. Utah Valley
2
=59. Binghamton
1
=59. Georgia
1
=59. Houston
1
=59. Michigan
1
=59. North Dakota State
1
=59. Nevada
1