Dejanea Oakley is favored to prevail in a stacked 400 and bank 10 points for the Bulldogs. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
WITH A 25-POINT EDGE going in, Caryl Smith-Gilbert has her potent Georgia team poised for an easy women’s team repeat. The last time anyone was successful at that task was when Texas A&M cranked out a 3-peat, 2009–11.
The Bulldogs appear to have a 25-point margin over South Carolina, the Gamecocks heading towards their highest finish since a tie for 2nd in ’05.
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
1.
Georgia
65
2.
South Carolina
40
3.
USC
37
=4.
Arkansas
35
=4.
Oregon
35
6.
Alabama
30
=7.
Florida
28
=7.
Illinois
28
=7.
Washington
28
10.
BYU
26
(complete team scores below event picks .)
100 METERS
1.
Adaejah Hodge’
Georgia
Fr
2.
Brianna Selby
USC
So
3.
Shenese Walker’
Florida State
Sr
4.
Jassani Carter
Georgia
Sr
5.
Shawnti Jackson
LSU
So
6.
Gabrielle Matthews’
Florida
Sr
7.
Alicia Burnett
Ole Miss
Sr
8.
Dajaz Defrand
USC
Sr
9.
Kaila Jackson
Georgia
Sr
10.
Taniya Looney
New Mexico
Jr
200 METERS
1.
Adaejah Hodge’
Georgia
Fr
2.
JaMeesia Ford
South Carolina
Jr
3.
Camryn Dickson
Texas A&M
Sr
4.
Tiriah Kelley
Baylor
Sr
5.
Dajaz Defrand
USC
Sr
6.
Alexis Brown
South Carolina
Sr
7.
Yahnari Lyons
Howard
So
8.
Shawnti Jackson
LSU
So
9.
Gabrielle Matthews’
Florida
Sr
10.
Taylor Snaer
UCLA
Jr
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.
Javonya Valcourt’
Tennessee
Sr
8.
Quincy Penn’
Florida
Jr
9.
Hannah Douglas
Kentucky
Sr
10.
Onyah Onyinye Favour’
Southeastern Louisiana
Jr
800 METERS
1.
Sanu Jallow-Lockhart
Arkansas
Sr
2.
Makayla Paige
North Carolina
Sr
3.
Juliette Whittaker
Stanford
Sr
4.
Hayley Kitching’
Penn State
Jr
5.
Gladys Chepngetich’
Clemson
Jr
6.
Lauren Tolbert
Duke
Sr
7.
Emmaculate Jemutai’
Kansas
Jr
8.
Janet Jepkemboi Amimo’
Kentucky
So
9.
Veronica Hargrave
Indiana
So
10.
Analisse Batista
Arkansas
Jr
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.
Claire Stegall
Florida
Fr
8.
Juliet Cherubet’
Oregon
Jr
9.
Carmen Alder’
BYU
Sr
10.
Wilma Nielsen’
Oregon
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.
Kate Putman
NC State
So
10.
Debora Cherono’
Texas A&M
So
5000 METERS
1.
Doris Lemngole’
Alabama
Jr
2.
Jane Hedengren
BYU
Fr
3.
Pamela Kosgei’
New Mexico
So
4.
Betty Kipkore’
Iowa State
Fr
5.
Marion Jepngetich’
New Mexico
So
6.
Edna Chelulei’
Eastern Kentucky
So
7.
Judy Chepkoech’
Florida
Fr
8.
Katie Bohlke
Virginia Tech
Fr
9.
Isca Chelangat’
Oklahoma State
So
10.
Juliet Cherubet’
Oregon
Jr
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.
Mercyline Kirwa’
Iowa State
Fr
6.
Jadyn Keeler’
North Dakota
Sr
7.
Joy Naukot’
West Virginia
So
8.
Betty Kipkore’
Iowa State
Fr
9.
Ruth Kimeli’
Baylor
Jr
10.
Jenna Hutchins
BYU
Sr
100 HURDLES
1.
Aaliyah McCormick
Oregon
Sr
2.
Emmi Scales
Kentucky
Jr
3.
Tashina Alase
Southern U
Jr
4.
Rachel Mehringer
Indiana State
Jr
5.
Janela Spencer’
Ohio State
Sr
6.
Micaela De Mello’
Oregon
Sr
7.
Celeste Polzonetti’
UCLA
So
8.
Jaiya Covington
Texas A&M
Jr
9.
Tonie-Ann Forbes’
Texas Tech
Jr
10.
Taylor Cox
Georgia
Fr
400 HURDLES
1.
Akala Garrett
South Carolina
Jr
2.
Michelle Smith’
Georgia
So
3.
Amelliah Birdow
Texas
Jr
4.
Cenaiya Billups
Howard
So
5.
Saira Prince
Arkansas
Jr
6.
Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera’
Kentucky
Fr
7.
Aniya Woodruff
Howard
Sr
8.
Sanaa Hebron
Miami
Jr
9.
Kelsie Belquist
Nebraska
So
10.
Vanessa Balde’
Texas Tech
Sr
4 x 100
1.
USC
USC
2.
LSU
LSU
3.
South Carolina
South Carolina
4.
Georgia
Georgia
5.
Tennessee
Tennessee
6.
Clemson
Clemson
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.
LSU
LSU
8.
Texas
Texas
9.
Duke
Duke
10.
Florida
Florida
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.
Karsyn Leeling
Nebraska
So
9.
Paris Mikinski
Arizona
Jr
10.
Evelyn Lavielle
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.
Sydnie Vanek
Arizona
So
4.
Shantae Foreman’
Clemson
Sr
5.
Prestina Ochonogor’
Tarleton State
So
6.
Eve Divinity
Louisville
Sr
7.
Ida Breigan’
UT San Antonio
Jr
8.
Georgina Scoot’
Princeton
Sr
9.
Alexandra Kelly
Princeton
Sr
10.
Maeva Tahou’
Charleston Southern
So
TRIPLE JUMP
1.
Sharifa Davronova’
Oregon
So
2.
Shantae Foreman’
Clemson
Sr
3.
Katharina Graman’
Illinois
Jr
4.
Destini Smith
Kansas State
Fr
5.
Tamiah Washington
Texas Tech
Jr
6.
Daniela Wamokpego’
Kansas State
Jr
7.
Georgina Scoot’
Princeton
Sr
8.
Cassandra Atkins
Oregon
So
9.
Kayla Pinkard
Florida State
Sr
10.
Asia Phillips’
Florida
So
SHOT
1.
Axelina Johansson’
Nebraska
Sr
2.
Jessica Oji’
Penn
Fr
3.
Ashley Erasmus’
USC
So
4.
Kelsie Murrell-Ross’
Georgia
Sr
5.
Nina Ndubuisi’
Georgia
Jr
6.
Megan Hague
Auburn
Sr
7.
Mine De Klerk’
Nebraska
Sr
8.
Alida Van Daalen’
Florida
Jr
9.
Annie Nabwe’
Minnesota
Jr
10.
Marley Raikiwasa’
Auburn
So
DISCUS
1.
Alida Van Daalen’
Florida
Jr
2.
Inés López’
Arizona State
Sr
3.
Joyce Oguama’
Alabama
Jr
4.
Princesse Hyman’
LSU
So
5.
Layla Giordano
Princeton
So
6.
Klaire Kovatch
Colorado State
Sr
7.
Marie-Josée Bovele-Linaka’
Oregon
Fr
8.
Summer Mosley
Cal State Northridge
Sr
9.
Camryn Massey
Auburn
So
10.
Calea Jackson’
Miami
Jr
HAMMER
1.
Annie Nabwe’
Minnesota
Jr
2.
Marie Rougetet’
Mississippi State
So
3.
Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir’
Texas State
Jr
4.
Valentina Savva’
Cal
So
5.
Kali Terza
Kennesaw State
Sr
6.
Phethisang Makethe’
Illinois
Sr
7.
Hadley Streit
Minnesota
Jr
8.
Giavonna Meeks
Texas
Jr
9.
Lara Roberts’
Texas State
Jr
10.
Jordan Koskondy
Illinois
Jr
JAVELIN
1.
Evie Bliss
Bucknell
Jr
2.
Valentina Barrios’
Missouri
Sr
3.
McKyla Van Der Westhuizen’
Rice
Sr
4.
Eleanor Partrick
Alabama
So
5.
Shea Greene
Princeton
Sr
6.
Katelyn Fairchild
Texas A&M
Sr
7.
Jana Lowka’
Nebraska
Sr
8.
Lilly Urban’
Nevada
Jr
9.
Sophia Mazzoni
Auburn
Fr
10.
Irene Jepkemboi’
TCU
Jr
HEPTATHLON
1.
Sofía 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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