Fast Payton Jordan Races Reshape Distance Rankings

By Adam Schneider of DyeStat

Syracuse senior Justyn Knight moved to 10th all-time among collegians after running 13:18.74 at the Payton Jordan Invitational. Northern Arizona sophomore Tyler Day ran a collegiate-leading 28:04.44 at the same meet. At the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, South Dakota sophomore Chris Nilsen cleared 5.86m/19-2.75 and he moved to fourth all-time among collegians. 

? - Questions about health or fitness remain about these athletes 

+ Had a chance to compete in multiple events. 

(Top 12 in each event plus any athletes that health or eligibility may affect their qualification for the NCAA meet)

Top 10 Team scores

Houston 55

Florida 52

Texas A&M 45

USC 45

Alabama 31

Georgia 29

Texas Tech 25

Arkansas 24

Kansas 21

Northern Arizona 19

 

100 Meters

1. Elijah Hall Sr, Houston

2. Micah Larkins Jr, Northwestern State

3. Andre Ewers Jr, Florida State

4. Cameron Burrell Sr, Houston

5. Jaylan Mitchell So, North Carolina A&T

6. Divine Oduduru So, Texas Tech

7. Jaylen Bacon Sr, Arkansas State

8. Kenzo Cotton Sr, Arkansas

9. Chris Jefferson Jr, Sam Houston State

10. Kendal Williams Jr, Georgia

11. Cejhae Greene Sr, Georgia

12. Keitavious Walter Jr, Alabama 

 

200 Meters

1. Elijah Hall Sr, Houston  

+2. Michael Norman So, USC

3. Ncincilili Titi Sr, South Carolina

4. Andre Ewers Jr, Florida State

5. Divine Oduduru Fr, Texas Tech

6. Jaron Flournoy Jr, LSU

7. Kenzo Cotton Sr, Arkansas

8. Chris Jefferson Jr, Sam Houston State

9. Terrance Laird Fr, Penn State

10. Riak Reese Sr, Kent State

11. Terrell Smith Sr, Kansas State

12. Rodney Rowe Jr, North Carolina A&T 

  

400 Meters

1. Michael Norman So, USC

2. Nathon Allen So, Auburn

3. Akeem Bloomfield So, Auburn

4. Wil London Jr, Baylor

5. Kahmari Montgomery Jr, Houston

6. Nathan Strother Sr, Tennessee

7. Mylik Kerley Sr, Texas A&M

8. Derrick Mokaleng So, TCU

9. Zach Shinnick Fr, USC

10. Dwight St. Hillaire Fr, Kentucky

11. Obi Igbokwe Jr, Arkansas

12. Tyrell Richard Jr, South Carolina State 

 

800 Meters

1. Michael Saruni So, UTEP

2. Isaiah Harris Jr, Penn State

3. Devin Dixon So, Texas A&M

4. Robert Heppenstall Jr, Wake Forest

5. Daniel Kuhn Sr, Indiana

6. John Lewis Jr, Clemson

7. Marco Arop Fr, Mississippi State

8. Avery Bartlett Jr, Georgia Tech

9. Carlos Villarreal So, Arizona

10. Clay Lambourne Sr, Utah State

11. Jonah Koech Jr, UTEP

12. Bryce Hoppel So, Kansas 

 

1,500 Meters

1. Josh Kerr So, New Mexico

2. Robert Domanic Sr, Mississippi

3. Vincent Ciattei Sr, Virginia Tech

4. Sam Prakel Sr, Oregon

5. James West Jr, Oregon

6. Jonathan Davis So, Illinois

7. Reed Brown Fr, Oregon

8?. Neil Gourley Sr, Virginia Tech

9. Carlos Villarreal So, Arizona

10. Oliver Hoare So, Wisconsin

11?. Patrick Joseph Sr, Virginia Tech

12. Amos Bartelsmeyer Sr, Georgetown 

 

3,000m Steeplechase

1. Brian Barraza Sr, Houston

2. Scott Carpenter Sr, Georgetown

3. Yusuke Uchikoshi Sr, Boise State

4. Jamaine Coleman Sr, Eastern Kentucky

5. Matt Owens Fr, BYU

6. Simon Grannetia Jr, Portland

7. Emmanuel Rotich Jr, Tulane

8. Daniel Carney Jr, BYU

9. Clayson Shumway So, BYU

?10. Troy Reeder Sr, Furman

11. Adam Peterman Sr, Colorado

12. Aidan Tooker So, Syracuse 

 

5,000 Meters

1. Grant Fisher Jr, Stanford

2. Justyn Knight Sr, Syracuse

3. Andy Trouard Sr, Northern Arizona

4. Matthew Baxter Sr, Northern Arizona

5. Jack Bruce Sr, Arkansas

6. Amon Kemboi So, Campbell

7. Dillon Maggard Sr, Utah State

8. Sean McGorty rSr, Stanford

9. Mike Tate Sr, Southern Utah

10. Zach Perrin Sr, Colorado

11. Eduardo Herrera Fr, Colorado

12. Cameron Griffith So, Arkansas 

 

10,000 Meters

1. Vincent Kiprop Jr, Alabama

2. Tyler Day So, Northern Arizona

3. Dillon Maggard Sr, Utah State

4. Gilbert Kigen Jr, Alabama

5. Rory Linkletter Jr, BYU

6. Clayton Young Jr, BYU

7. Connor McMillan Jr, BYU

8. Gilbert Kirui Jr, Iona

9. Hassan Abdi Sr, Oklahoma State

10. Lawrence Kipkoech Jr, Campbell

11. Jerrell Mock Jr, Colorado State

12. Jacob Thomson Sr, Kentucky

 

110-Meter Hurdles

1. Grant Holloway So, Florida

2. David Kendziera Sr, Illinois

3. Ruebin Walters Jr, Alabama

4. Damion Thomas Fr, LSU

5. Daniel Roberts So, Kentucky

6. Ashtyn Davis Sr, California

7. Antoine Lloyd Sr, Nebraska

8. Trey Cunningham Fr, Florida State

9. Chad Zallow Jr, Youngstown State

10. Michael Dickson Jr, North Carolina A&T

11. Michael Nicholls Jr, Georgia

12. Amere Lattin Jr, Houston 

 

400-Meter Hurdles

1. Rai Benjamin Jr, USC

2. Kenny Selmon Sr, North Carolina

3. Kemar Mowatt Sr, Arkansas

4. David Kendziera Jr, Illinois

5. Robert Grant Sr, Texas A&M

6. Taylor McLaughlin Jr, Michigan

7. Ilolo Izu Jr, Texas A&M

8. Amere Lattin Jr, Houston

9. Jaelen Williams So, Hampton

10. Scott Meacham Jr, BYU

11. Jayson Baldridge Fr, Baylor

12. Cory Poole Fr, Florida

 

4x100-Meter Relay

1. Houston

2. Arkansas

3. LSU

4. USC

5. Florida

6. Texas Tech

7. Oregon

8. North Carolina A&T

9. Northwestern State

10. Ohio State

11. Baylor

12. Georgia

 

4x400-Meter Relay

1. USC

2. Florida

3. Texas A&M

4. Houston

5. Texas Tech

6. Arkansas

7. Baylor

8. Iowa

9. Auburn

10. LSU

11. TCU

12. Penn State

 

High Jump

1. Trey Culver Sr, Texas Tech

2. Vernon Turner Fr, Oklahoma

3. Shelby McEwen So, Alabama

4. Tejaswin Shankar Fr, Kansas State

5. Keenon Laine Jr, Georgia

6. Clayton Brown So, Florida 

7. Tequan Claitt Jr, Eastern Kentucky

8. Darius Carbin So, Georgia

9. Bryant O’Georgia Jr, Arizona

10. Matthew Campbell Sr, Albany

11. Rahman Minor Fr, Purdue

12. Samuel Shoultz Jr, Maryland 

 

Pole Vault

1. Christopher Nilsen So, South Dakota

2. Devin King Sr, SE Louisiana

3. Matthew Ludwig Jr, Akron

4. Hussain Al Hizam Jr, Kansas

5. Deakin Volz Jr, Virginia Tech

6. Nate Richartz Sr, Notre Dame

7. Audie Wyatt Sr, Texas A&M

8. Tray Oates Sr, Samford 

9. Chase Smith Jr, Washington

10. Sean Collins Jr, South Alabama

11. Jacob Wooten Jr, Texas A&M

12. Torben Laidig Sr, Virginia Tech 

 

Long Jump

1. Will Williams Sr, Texas A&M

2. Grant Holloway So, Florida

3. Charles Brown Jr, Texas Tech

?4. Damarcus Simpson Sr, Oregon

5. Terrell McClain Sr, Akron

6. Zack Bazile Sr, Ohio State

7. KeAndre Bates Sr, Florida

8. Odaine Lewis Jr, Texas Tech

9. Rodney Ruffin Jr, SE Louisiana

10. Yann Randrianasolo Jr, South Carolina

11. Corion Knight Sr, Florida State

12. Jordan Latimer Jr, Akron 

 

Triple Jump

1. O’Brien Wasome So, Texas

2. KeAndre Bates Sr, Florida

3. Barden Adams Jr, Kansas

4. Scotty Newton Sr, TCU

5. Clayton Brown So, Florida

6. Armani Wallace Jr, Florida State

?7.Eric Sloan Sr, USC

8. Chengatayi Mapaya Fr, TCU

9. Charles Brown Jr, Texas Tech

10. David Oluwadara Sr, Boston University

11. Kaiwan Culmer Sr, Nebraska

12. John Warren Jr, Southern Mississippi 

 

Shot Put

1. Mostafa Hassan Sr, Colorado State

2. Denzel Comenentia Jr, Georgia

3. Payton Otterdahl Jr, North Dakota State

4. Nicholas Demaline Sr, Ohio State

5. Austin Droogsma Sr, Florida State

6. Jordan Geist Fr, Arizona

7. Josh Awotunde Sr, South Carolina

8. Jared Kern Sr, Southern Illinois

9. Adrian Piperi Fr, Texas

10. Willie Morrison Jr, Indiana

11. Kord Ferguson Jr, Alabama

12. Andrew Liskowitz So, Michigan 

 

Discus 

1. Nicholas Percy Sr, Nebraska

2. Brian Williams Sr, Mississippi

3. Greg Thompson Jr, Maryland

4. Marek Barta Sr, Virginia Tech

5. Luke Vaughn Sr, Memphis

6. Kord Ferguson Jr, Alabama

7. Ashmon Lucas So, Purdue

8. David Lucas Jr, Penn State

9. Nicolai Ceban Sr, Kansas

10. Ryan Camp So, TCU

11. Payton Otterdahl Jr, North Dakota State

12. Reno Tuufuli Jr, Iowa 

 

Hammer

1. Gleb Dudarev So, Kansas

2. Denzel Comenentia Jr, Georgia

3. Rudy Winkler Sr, Rutgers

4. Anders Eriksson Jr, Florida

5. Hilmar Orn Jonsson Jr, Virginia

6. Jake Norris Fr, LSU

7. Joseph Ellis Jr, Michigan

8. Daniel Haugh Jr, Alabama

9. Morgan Shigo Jr, Penn State

10. Adam Kelly Jr, Princeton

11. Thomas Mardal Fr, Florida

12. Brock Eager Jr, Washington State

 

Javelin 

1. Ioannis Kyriazis Sr, Texas A&M

2. Sindri Gudmundsson So, Utah State

3. Nicolas Quijera Sr, Mississippi State

4. Anderson Peters Fr, Mississippi State

5. Fabian Dohmann Sr, Texas

6. Sam Hardin Sr, Texas A&M

7. Michael Biddle So, Penn State

8. Jonno Engelking So, SE Missouri

9. John Nizich Jr, Oregon

10. William Peterson So, Texas A&M

11. Cade Antonucci Fr, Auburn

12. Skyler Porcaro Jr, Southern Utah 

 

Decathlon

1. Tim Duckworth Sr, Kentucky

2. Hunter Veith Sr, Wichita State

3. Tim Ehrhardt Sr, Michigan State

4. Johannes Erm Fr, Georgia

5. Harrison Williams rJr, Stanford

?6. Karl Saluri Sr, Georgia

7. Scott Filip Sr, Rice

8. Wolf Mahler Sr, Texas

9. TJ Lawson So, Kent State

10. Nathaniel Mechler Sr, Houston

11. Gabe Moore Jr, Arkansas

12. Cody Walton Sr, Nebraska