Here’s our picks to stand at the stop of the podium at the NCAA Indoor (Birmingham, Alabama; March 08–09) and NCAA Outdoor (Austin, Texas; June 06–08) Championships. Defending champions are noted with a #. Classes: *** = frosh; ** = soph; * = junior; all others are seniors.
| NCAA INDOOR WOMEN’S WINNERS | ||
| Team | Arkansas | |
| 60 | Kortnei Johnson | LSU |
| 200 | **Lynna Irby | Georgia |
| 400 | Irby | |
| 800 | **Sammy Watson | Texas A&M |
| Mile | *Katie Rainsberger | Washington |
| 3000 | Dani Jones | Colorado |
| 5000 | **Weini Kelati | New Mexico |
| 60 Hurdles | Payton Chadwick # | Arkansas |
| 4 x 400 | USC # | |
| Distance Medley | Washington | |
| High Jump | Loretta Blaut | Cincinnati |
| Pole Vault | Lexi Jacobus # | Arkansas |
| Long Jump | Yanis David | Florida |
| Triple Jump | David | |
| Shot | **Samantha Noennig | Arizona State |
| Weight | Stamatia Scarvelis | Tennessee |
| Pentathlon | **Tyra Gittens | Texas A&M |
| NCAA OUTDOOR WOMEN’S WINNERS | ||
| Team | USC | |
| 100 | **Twanisha Terry | USC |
| 200 | **Lauren Rain Williams | USC |
| 400 | **Lynna Irby | Georgia |
| 800 | **Sammy Watson # | Texas A&M |
| 1500 | Dani Jones | Colorado |
| Steeple | *Allie Ostrander # | Boise State |
| 5000 | Ednah Kurgat | New Mexico |
| 10,000 | **Weini Kelati | New Mexico |
| 100 Hurdles | **Chanel Brissett | USC |
| 400 Hurdles | *Anna Cockrell | USC |
| 4 x 100 | USC | |
| 4 x 400 | USC # | |
| High Jump | Logan Boss | Mississippi State |
| Pole Vault | Olivia Gruver # | Washington |
| Long Jump | Yanis David | Florida |
| Triple Jump | David | |
| Shot | **Samantha Noennig | Arizona State |
| Discus | Shadae Lawrence | Colorado State |
| Hammer | ***Beatrice Llano | Arizona State |
| Javelin | Mackenzie Little # | Stanford |
| Heptathlon | *Payton Chadwick | Arkansas |