Whatever combination of events she runs, Julien Alfred figures to score a lot of points in the 100, 200, 4×1 and 4×4. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE in just 3 weeks! In the year’s first set of online picks in early April, Texas was tabbed as a 3-point favorite over Florida, with another 12 points back to Arkansas. But our end-of-the month charting suggests that Edrick Floréal’s Longhorns — enjoying homefield advantage — will win by 27 over the Gators, with another 9 back to Arkansas. While Texas added 3 more points to its projected total, Florida (-21) and Arkansas (-18) both took serious hits.
Our crystal ball sees Texas scoring 14 times in 9 events: 100 (1, 3), 200 (2, 7, 8), 400 (1, 5, 8), 800(5), 4×1 (1), 4×4 (2), LJ (4), TJ (4) & hept (5).
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
School
Score
Previous Place
1. Texas
78 (+3)
1
2. Florida
51 (-21)
2
3. Arkansas
42 (-18)
3
4. Oregon
35 (-2)
=4
=5. Georgia
32 (+7)
=9
=5. LSU
32 (-5)
=4
=5. USC
32 (+15)
=15
=8. Kentucky
30 (-3)
6
=8. Texas A&M
30 (-2)
7
10. Alabama
27 (+5)
12
(complete team scores below events)
100 METERS
1. Julien Alfred’
Texas
Jr
2. Rosemary Chukwuma’
Texas Tech
Jr
3. Kevona Davis’
Texas
Jr
4. McKenzie Long
Mississippi
Sr
5. Talitha Diggs
Florida
Jr
6. Kaila Jackson
Georgia
Fr
7. Samirah Moody
USC
So
8. Jadyn Mays
Oregon
So
9. Autumn Wilson
Georgia
Fr
10. Jacious Sears
Tennessee
Jr
200 METERS
1. Favour Ofili’
LSU
So
2. Julien Alfred’
Texas
Jr
3. McKenzie Long
Mississippi
Sr
4. Talitha Diggs
Florida
Jr
5. Caisja Chandler
USC
Sr
6. Autumn Wilson
Georgia
Fr
7. Lanae Thomas
Texas
Sr
8. Kevona Davis’
Texas
Jr
9. Kynnedy Flannel
Florida
Sr
10. Jadyn Mays
Oregon
So
400 METERS
1. Rhasidat Adeleke’
Texas
Jr
2. Rosey Effiong’
Arkansas
So
3. Jermaisha Arnold
Texas A&M
Jr
4. Tierra Robinson-Jones
Texas A&M
Sr
5. Kennedy Simon
Texas
Sr
6. Jan’Taijah Jones
USC
Jr
7. Bailey Lear
USC
Sr
8. Lanae Thomas
Texas
Sr
9. Ziyah Holman
Michigan
Jr
10. Nickisha Pryce’
Arkansas
So
800 METERS
1. Roisin Willis
Stanford
Fr
2. Juliette Whittaker
Stanford
Fr
3. Michaela Rose
LSU
So
4. Claire Seymour
BYU
Sr
5. Valery Tobias
Texas
Sr
6. Sarah Hendrick
Kennesaw State
Sr
7. Imogen Barrett’
Florida
Sr
8. Gabija Galvydytė’
Oklahoma State
So
9. Wilma Nielsen’
Bradley
Jr
10. Teagan Schein-Becker
Rider
Jr
1500 METERS
1. Olivia Howell
Illinois
Jr
2. Margot Appleton
Virginia
So
3. Izzy Thornton-Bott’
Oregon
Jr
4. Mia Barnett
UCLA
So
5. Melissa Riggins
Georgetown
So
6. Rylee Penn
Cincinnati
Jr
7. Flomena Asekol’
Alabama
Jr
8. Klaudia Kazimierska’
Oregon
Fr
9. Amina Maatoug’
Duke
So
10. Maia Ramsden’
Harvard
So
STEEPLE
1. Ceili McCabe’
West Virginia
Jr
2. Elise Thorner’
New Mexico
Jr
3. Grace Fetherstonaugh’
Oregon State
Sr
4. Kaylee Mitchell
Oregon State
Sr
5. Kayley Delay
Washington
Sr
6. Angelina Ellis
Butler
Sr
7. Greta Karinauskaitė’
Cal Baptist
Jr
8. Lexy Halladay Lowry
BYU
Jr
9. Laura Taborda’
Arkansas
Jr
10. Maisie Grice’
New Mexico
Jr
5000 METERS
1. Katelyn Tuohy
NC State
Jr
2. Hilda Olemomoi’
Alabama
So
3. Everlyn Kemboi’
Utah Valley
Jr
4. Emily Venters
Utah
Sr
5. Mercy Chelangat’
Alabama
Sr
6. Simone Plourde’
Utah
Jr
7. Taylor Roe
Oklahoma State
Jr
8. Amaris Tyynismaa
NC State
Jr
9. Zofia Dudek’
Stanford
Fr
10. Lucy Jenks
Stanford
Jr
10,000 METERS
1. Emily Venters
Utah
Sr
2. Mercy Chelangat’
Alabama
Sr
3. Amelia Mazza-Downie’
New Mexico
Jr
4. Everlyn Kemboi’
Utah Valley
Jr
5. Hilda Olemomoi’
Alabama
So
6. Alexandra Hays
NC State
Sr
7. Kelsey Chmiel
NC State
Jr
8. Amanda Vestri
Syracuse
Sr
9. Emma Heckel’
New Mexico
Jr
10. Annamaria Kostarellis
Baylor
Sr
100 HURDLES
1. Masai Russell
Kentucky
Sr
2. Alia Armstrong
LSU
Jr
3. Ackera Nugent’
Arkansas
Jr
4. Talie Bonds
Arizona
Sr
5. Raniyah Jones
UCF
Jr
6. Grace Stark
Florida
Jr
7. Demisha Roswell’
Texas Tech
Sr
8. Jasmine Jones
USC
Jr
9. Leah Phillips
LSU
Jr
10. Charisma Taylor’
Tennessee
Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Britton Wilson
Arkansas
Jr
2. Masai Russell
Kentucky
Sr
3. Savannah Sutherland’
Michigan
So
4. Sanaa Hebron
Miami
Fr
5. Shani’a Bellamy
LSU
Jr
6. Jessica Wright
Howard
Sr
7. Jasmine Jones
USC
Jr
8. Leah Phillips
LSU
Jr
9. Vanessa Watson
Florida
Jr
10. Lashanna Graham’
Clemson
Jr
4 x 100
1. Texas
Texas
2. Kentucky
Kentucky
3. Georgia
Georgia
4. Florida
Florida
5. Central Florida
UCF
6. LSU
LSU
7. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
8. Ohio State
Ohio State
9. USC
USC
10. Oregon
Oregon
4 x 400
1. Arkansas
Arkansas
2. Texas
Texas
3. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
4. USC
USC
5. Ohio State
Ohio State
6. Central Florida
UCF
7. UCLA
UCLA
8. Florida
Florida
9. Kentucky
Kentucky
10. Duke
Duke
HIGH JUMP
1. Lamara Distin’
Texas A&M
Sr
2. Elena Kulichenko’
Georgia
So
3. Rylee Anderson
Kansas
Sr
4. Jenna Rogers
Nebraska
So
5. Cierra Tidwell
BYU
Jr
6. Charity Griffith
Ball State
Sr
7. Claudina Díaz’
Missouri
So
8. Cheyla Scott
Tennessee
Fr
9. Morgan Smalls
LSU
Sr
10. Talie Bonds
Arizona
Sr
POLE VAULT
1. Nastassja Campbell
Washington
Jr
2. Amanda Fassold
Arkansas
Jr
3. Olivia Lueking
Oklahoma
So
4. Kenna Stimmel
Virginia Tech
Fr
5. Chloe Timberg
Rutgers
So
6. Riley Felts
UNC Charlotte
Jr
7. Gennifer Hirata
South Dakota
Jr
8. Marleen Mulla’
South Dakota
So
9. Heather Abadie’
Texas A&M
So
10. Julia Fixsen
Virginia Tech
Sr
LONG JUMP
1. Jasmine Moore
Florida
Jr
2. Alysah Hickey
Oregon
Jr
3. Claire Bryant
Florida
Jr
4. Ackelia Smith’
Texas
So
5. Anthaya Charlton’
Kentucky
Fr
6. Alyssa Jones
Stanford
Fr
7. Aliyah Thomas
Connecticut
Fr
8. Charisma Taylor’
Tennessee
Sr
9. Synclair Savage
Louisville
Jr
10. Tacoria Humphrey
Illinois
So
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jasmine Moore
Florida
Jr
2. Mikeisha Welcome’
Georgia
Jr
3. Charisma Taylor’
Tennessee
Sr
4. Ackelia Smith’
Texas
So
5. Titiana Marsh
Georgia
Sr
6. Temi Ojora’
USC
Jr
7. Arianna Fisher
Missouri
Sr
8. Lexi Ellis
Oregon
Sr
9. Emilia Sjöstrand’
San José State
Fr
10. Dominique Ruotolo
USC
Jr
SHOT
1. Axelina Johansson’
Nebraska
So
2. Josie Schaefer
Wisconsin
Sr
3. Jorinde van Klinken’
Oregon
Sr
4. Rosa Santana’
UNLV
Fr
5. Alida van Daalen’
Florida
Fr
6. Hannah Hall
Miami
Sr
7. Jaida Ross
Oregon
Jr
8. Chelsea Igberaese
Alabama
Sr
9. KeAyla Dove
North Texas
Jr
10. Payden Montana
Oklahoma
Sr
DISCUS
1. Jorinde van Klinken’
Oregon
Sr
2. Veronica Fraley
Vanderbilt
Sr
3. Ashley Anumba’
Virginia
Sr
4. Caisa-Marie Lindfors’
Florida State
So
5. Faith Bender
Ohio State
So
6. Cierra Jackson
Fresno State
So
7. Malin Smith
Texas Tech
Sr
8. Alida van Daalen’
Florida
Fr
9. Jaida Ross
Oregon
Jr
10. Jade Whitfield
Oregon State
So
HAMMER
1. Anna Purchase’
Cal
Sr
2. Stephanie Ratcliffe’
Harvard
So
3. Madi Malone
Auburn
Sr
4. Tara Simpson-Sullivan’
Rice
Sr
5. Sara Killinen’
Virginia Tech
Jr
6. Jalani Davis
Mississippi
Sr
7. Shey Taiwo
Mississippi
Sr
8. Emma Robbins
Kansas State
Jr
9. Mayyi Mahama
UCLA
Sr
10. Shelby Moran
Oregon
Jr
JAVELIN
1. Madison Wiltrout
North Carolina
Sr
2. Ashton Riner
BYU
Sr
3. Rhema Otabor’
Nebraska
Jr
4. Maddie Harris
Nebraska
Jr
5. Sophia Rivera’
Missouri
Sr
6. Arianna Morais’
UTEP
Jr
7. McKayla Van Der Westhuizen’
Rice
Fr
8. Lianna Davidson
Texas A&M
So
9. Kelsi Oldroyd
Utah Valley
So
10. Deisiane Teixeira’
UNLV
Jr
HEPTATHLON
1. Allie Jones
USC
Sr
2. Ida Eikeng’
Washington
Jr
3. Beatričė Juškevičiūtė’
Vanderbilt
Sr
4. Jadin O’Brien
Notre Dame
So
5. Kristīne Blaževiča’
Texas
Jr
6. Pippi Lotta Enok’
Oklahoma
Fr
7. Bailey Golden
Oklahoma State
Jr
8. Izzy Goudros’
Harvard
So
9. Kristen O’Handley
Tulane
Sr
10. Elise Ulseth’
North Dakota
Jr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Texas
78
2. Florida
51
3. Arkansas
42
4. Oregon
35
=5. Georgia
32
=5. LSU
32
=5. USC
32
=8. Kentucky
30
=8. Texas A&M
30
10. Alabama
27
11. Nebraska
26
12. Washington
22
13. Stanford
21
=14. BYU
18
=14. Utah
18
=16. Mississippi
16
=16. NC State
16
=18. New Mexico
14
=18. Virginia
14
=18. Vanderbilt
14
21. Texas Tech
12
=22. Oregon State
11
=22. UCF
11
=22. Utah Valley
11
=25. Cal
10
=25. Illinois
10
=25. North Carolina
10
=25. West Virginia
10
=29. Harvard
9
=29. Ohio State
9
=29. Oklahoma
9
=29. Virginia Tech
9
=33. Missouri
8
=33. Tennessee
8
=33. Wisconsin
8
=36. Rice
7
=36. UCLA
7
=38. Auburn
6
=38. Kansas
6
=38. Michigan
6
=41. Arizona
5
=41. Florida State
5
=41. Miami
5
=41. Notre Dame
5
=41. Oklahoma State
5
=41. UNLV
5
=47. Georgetown
4
=47. Rutgers
4
=49. Ball State
3
=49. Butler
3
=49. Cincinnati
3
=49. Fresno State
3
=49. Howard
3
=49. Kennesaw State
3
=49. Miami
3
=49. South Dakota
3
=49. UNC Charlotte
3
=49. UTEP
3
=59. Cal Baptist
2
=59. Connecticut
2
=61. Kansas State
1
=61. Syracuse
1