Mason Finley is favored to regain his national discus title. (VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN)(as of July 02)
fearless forecasting by Dave Johnson
The USATF Championships in Des Moines (July 25–28) will also be the selection meet for the World Championships. The qualifying procedure was explained in detail in the January issue. With almost a month to go before the meet, here are our Top 10s in each event.
The number in the right-hand column is the athlete’s position in T&FN’s ’18 U.S. Rankings. If he wasn’t ranked in ’18, then the ’17 rank is given in parentheses. An “nr” means she didn’t rank in either ’17 or ’18. ¶ = athlete has a Wild Card, so need only appear in competition at the USATF Championships to make the team. In its 5 Wild Card events the U.S. gets 4 entries. Athletes won’t necessarily appear in the events we have listed (or in the meet at all, of course). Athletes who began their year as collegians but have since turned pro are listed with their scholastic affiliation.
100 METERS
1.
Christian Coleman (Nike)
1
2.
Noah Lyles (adidas)
3
3.
¶Justin Gatlin (Nike)
9
4.
Cravon Gillespie (Oregon)
nr
5.
Mike Rodgers (unattached)
4
6.
Ronnie Baker (Nike)
2
7.
Kendal Williams (adidas)
6
8.
Cameron Burrell (Nike Red Bull)
7
9.
Isiah Young (Nike)
5
10.
Christopher Belcher (Nike)
nr
200 METERS
1.
Noah Lyles (adidas)
1
2.
Michael Norman (Nike)
2
3.
Christian Coleman (Nike)
(3)
4.
Kenny Bednarek (Indian Hills CC)
nr
5.
Isiah Young (Nike)
3
6.
Ameer Webb (Nike)
4
7.
Cravon Gillespie (Oregon)
nr
8.
Kendal Williams (adidas)
5
9.
Micaiah Harris (Texas)
nr
10.
Andrew Hudson (Texas Tech)
nr
400 METERS
1.
Michael Norman (Nike)
3
2.
Kahmari Montgomery (Houston)
5
3.
Fred Kerley (Nike)
1
4.
Trevor Stewart (North Carolina A&T)
nr
5.
Kenny Bednarek (Indian Hills CC)
nr
6.
LaShawn Merritt (Nike)
(3)
7.
Wil London (Baylor)
(5)
8.
Paul Dedewo (unattached)
2
9.
Vernon Norwood (New Balance)
(4)
10.
Gil Roberts (unattached)
(2)
800 METERS
1.
Clayton Murphy (Nike Oregon Project)
1
2.
Donavan Brazier (Nike Oregon Project)
(1)
3.
Isaiah Harris (Nike)
2
4.
Bryce Hoppel (Kansas)
5
5.
Erik Sowinski (Nike)
3
6.
Devin Dixon (Texas A&M)
4
7.
Sam Ellison (Boston AA)
nr
8.
Quamel Prince (Under Armour/District TC)
nr
9.
Drew Windle (Brooks Beasts)
(3)
10.
Brannon Kidder (Brooks Beasts)
nr
1500 METERS
1.
Matthew Centrowitz (Nike Oregon Project)
1
2.
Johnny Gregorek (Asics)
9
3.
Drew Hunter (adidas)
2
4.
Craig Engels (Nike Oregon Project)
10
5.
Sam Prakel (adidas)
8
6.
Izaic Yorks (Brooks Beasts)
3
7.
Henry Wynne (Brooks Beasts)
nr
8.
Yared Nuguse (Notre Dame)
nr
9.
Ben Blankenship (Oregon TC)
(4)
10.
Robby Andrews (adidas)
(3)
STEEPLE
1.
Evan Jager (Bowerman TC)
1
2.
Hillary Bor (Nike)
2
3.
Andy Bayer (Nike)
3
4.
Stanley Kebenei (Nike)
4
5.
Travis Mahoney (Hoka/NJ*NYTC)
8
6.
Jordan Mann (New Balance/Ocean State AC)
5
7.
Mason Ferlic (Nike)
(9)
8.
Haron Lagat (US Army)
6
9.
Isaac Updike (Hoka/NJ*NYTC)
10
10.
Benard Keter (US Army)
nr
5000 METERS
1.
Paul Chelimo (US Army)
1
2.
Ben True (Saucony)
2
3.
Ryan Hill (Bowerman TC)
4
4.
Emmanuel Bor (US Army)
6
5.
Kirubel Erassa (American Distance Project)
nr
6.
Eric Jenkins (Nike Oregon Project)
8
7.
Grant Fisher (Stanford)
9
8.
Sean McGorty (Bowerman TC)
10
9.
Hassan Mead (Oregon TC)
3
10.
Shadrack Kipchirchir (Nike)
7
10,000 METERS
1.
Kirubel Erassa (American Distance Project)
nr
2.
Shadrack Kipchirchir (Nike)
1
3.
Leonard Korir (US Army)
(3)
4.
Ben True (Saucony)
nr
5.
Hassan Mead (Oregon TC)
(2)
6.
Lopez Lomong (Bowerman TC)
2
7.
Eric Jenkins (Nike Oregon Project)
nr
8.
Garrett Heath (Brooks Beasts)
3
9.
Lawi Lalang (US Army)
nr
10.
Elkanah Kibet (US Army)
6
110 HURDLES
1.
Grant Holloway (Florida)
2
2.
Devon Allen (Nike)
1
3.
Daniel Roberts (Kentucky)
nr
4.
Freddie Crittenden (adidas)
3
5.
Jarret Eaton (Basics)
4
6.
Aries Merritt (Nike)
5
7.
Aleec Harris (adidas)
6
8.
Isaiah Moore (South Carolina)
nr
9.
Dashaun Jackson (St.
Francis)
nr
10.
Caleb Parker (Southern Mississippi)
nr
400 HURDLES
1.
Rai Benjamin (Nike)
nr
2.
Quincy Hall (South Carolina)
(10)
3.
TJ Holmes (Nike)
1
4.
David Kendziera (unattached)
5
5.
Kenny Selmon (unattached)
2
6.
Norman Grimes (Texas Tech)
nr
7.
Kerron Clement (Nike)
6
8.
Johnny Dutch (unattached)
(8)
9.
Amere Lattin (Houston)
nr
10.
Khallifah Rosser (unattached)
3
HIGH JUMP
1.
Jeron Robinson (unattached)
1
2.
Erik Kynard (Jordan)
2
3.
JuVaughn Harrison (LSU)
nr
4.
Shelby McEwen (Alabama)
6
5.
Ricky Robertson (unattached)
5
6.
Keenon Laine (Georgia)
7
7.
Trey Culver (unattached)
3
8.
Bradley Adkins (unattached)
(9)
9.
JaCorian Duffield (unattached)
(5)
10.
Deante Kemper (unattached)
nr
POLE VAULT
1.
¶Sam Kendricks (Nike)
1
2.
Chris Nilsen (South Dakota)
2
3.
Andrew Irwin (Arkansas Vault Club)
4
4.
Cole Walsh (unattached)
5
5.
Scott Houston (Shore AC)
3
6.
Matt Ludwig (Akron)
6
7.
Clayton Fritsch (Sam Houston State)
nr
8.
Jacob Wooten (Texas A&M)
nr
9.
Zach Bradford (Kansas)
nr
10.
Tray Oates (Arizona PV Academy)
7
LONG JUMP
1.
Jeff Henderson (adidas)
1
2.
Marquis Dendy (Nike)
3
3.
Will Claye (Puma)
nr
4.
JuVaughn Harrison (LSU)
nr
5.
Zack Bazile (unattached)
4
6.
Mike Hartfield (unattached)
6
7.
Trumaine Jefferson (Houston)
nr
8.
KeAndre Bates (unattached)
(5)
9.
Ja’Mari Ward (Missouri)
(8)
10.
Justin Hall (Texas Tech)
nr
TRIPLE JUMP
1.
¶Christian Taylor (Nike)
1
2.
Will Claye (Puma)
2
3.
Omar Craddock (Chula Vista Elite)
3
4.
Donald Scott (unattached)
4
5.
Chris Carter (Air Houston)
6
6.
KeAndre Bates (unattached)
7
7.
Chris Benard (Nike)
5
8.
Armani Wallace (Florida State)
nr
9.
Matthew O’Neal (unattached)
8
10.
Alphonso Jordan (unattached)
nr
SHOT
1.
Ryan Crouser (Nike)
1
2.
Darrell Hill (unattached)
2
3.
Joe Kovacs (Velaasa/New York AC)
5
4.
Jonathan Jones (Velaasa)
8
5.
Payton Otterdahl (North Dakota State)
nr
6.
Tripp Piperi (Texas)
nr
7.
Josh Awotunde (unattached)
7
8.
Jordan Geist (Arizona)
nr
9.
Dotun Ogundeji (UCLA)
nr
10.
Ryan Whiting (Nike)
3
DISCUS
1.
Mason Finley (Nike)
1
2.
Reggie Jagers (Iron Wood)
2
3.
Brian Williams (Velaasa)
10
4.
Sam Mattis (New York AC)
3
5.
Rodney Brown (Raise the Bar)
8
6.
Eric Kicinski (Texas Tech)
nr
7.
Andrew Evans (unattached)
4
8.
Jared Schuurmans (unattached)
5
9.
Kord Ferguson (Alabama)
nr
10.
Dotun Ogundeji (UCLA)
HAMMER
1.
Sean Donnelly (Iron Wood)
2
2.
Rudy Winkler (New York AC)
3
3.
Alex Young (Velaasa)
1
4.
Daniel Haugh (Kennesaw State)
6
5.
Conor McCullough (New York AC)
5
6.
Daniel Roberts (Velaasa)
4
7.
Colin Dunbar (Iron Wood)
8
8.
AJ McFarland (Florida)
nr
9.
Michael Shanahan (unattached)
nr
10.
Morgan Shigo (Penn State)
7
JAVELIN
1.
Riley Dolezal (Velaasa)
4
2.
Michael Shuey (Velaasa)
3
3.
Curtis Thompson (Mississippi State)
1
4.
Nick Howe (unattached)
nr
5.
Marc Minichello (Penn)
nr
6.
Ethan Shalaway (unattached)
nr
7.
Tim Glover (unattached)
nr
8.
Aaron True (Wichita State)
5
9.
Sam Hardin (Texas A&M)
10
10.
Capers Williamson (unattached)
2
DECATHLON
1.
Zach Ziemek (adidas)
1
2.
Devon Williams (unattached)
(1)
3.
Solomon Simmons (unattached)
2
4.
Harrison Williams (Stanford)
3
5.
Gabe Moore (Arkansas)
10
6.
Tim Ehrhardt (Santa Barbara TC)
8
7.
Scott Filip (unattached)
6
8.
Hunter Veith (unattached)
5
9.
TJ Lawson (Kent State)
(10)
10.
Daniel Golubovic (unattached)
4
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