Florida Has Pieces In Place For Another NCAA Title

By Adam Schneider of DyeStat

USC didn't get everyone through at the West Region Championships but top performers Michael Norman and Rai Benjamin indicated they are ready for tremendous performances at the NCAA championships. Florida’s Grant Holloway and KeAndre Bates are set up to have big meets at the NCAA championships after the loss of some of their top competition and the Gators look primed to hold onto the team title

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

Top 10 Predicted team scores

Florida 55

Georgia 40

Alabama 34

Houston 33

USC 33

Texas A&M 28

Arkansas 25

Florida State 25

Texas Tech 25

Northern Arizona 19

Oregon 19

 

100 Meters

1. Jaylen Bacon Sr, Arkansas State

2. Andre Ewers Jr, Florida State

3. Kendal Williams Jr, Georgia

4. Raheem Chambers So, Auburn

5. Cameron Burrell Sr, Houston

6. Elijah Hall Sr, Houston

7. Cejhae Greene Sr, Georgia

8. Cravon Gillespie Jr, Oregon

9. McKinely West Jr, Southern Miss.

10. Divine Oduduru So, Texas Tech

11. Kenzo Cotton Sr, Arkansas

12. Darryl Haraway Jr, Florida State

 

200 Meters

1. Andre Ewers Jr, Florida State

2. Ncincilili Titi Sr, South Carolina

3. Kendal Williams Jr, Georgia

4. Divine Oduduru Fr, Texas Tech

5. Jaylen Bacon Sr, Arkansas State

6. Rodney Rowe Jr, North Carolina A&T

7. Kenzo Cotton Sr, Arkansas

8. Mustaqeem Williams Jr, Tennessee

9. Cravon Gillespie Jr, Oregon

10. Jaron Flournoy Jr, LSU

11. Devin Quinn Jr, Illinois

12. Julius Morris Sr, Western Kentucky

 

400 Meters

1. Michael Norman So, USC

2. Nathon Allen So, Auburn

3. Nathan Strother Sr, Tennessee

4. Akeem Bloomfield So, Auburn

5. Dwight St. Hillaire Fr, Kentucky

6. Wil London Jr, Baylor

7. Kahmari Montgomery Jr, Houston

8. Alejandro Zapata Jr, Liberty

9. Obi Igbokwe Jr, Arkansas

10. Derrick Mokaleng So, TCU

11. Mar’yea Harris Jr, Iowa

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. Robert Ford Sr, USC

7. John Lewis Jr, Clemson

8. Marco Arop Fr, Mississippi State

9. Avery Bartlett Jr, Georgia Tech

10. Vincent Crisp Jr, Texas Tech

11. Clay Lambourne Sr, Utah State

12. Jonah Koech Jr, UTEP

 

1,500 Meters

1. Josh Kerr So, New Mexico

2. Robert Domanic Sr, Mississippi

3. Sam Prakel Sr, Oregon

4. Diego Zarate Jr, Virginia Tech

5. Cameron Griffith Jr, Arkansas

6. Vincent Ciattei Sr, Virginia Tech

7. Sam Worley Fr, Texas

8. Oliver Hoare So, Wisconsin

9. Amos Bartelsmeyer Sr, Georgetown

10. Ben Malone Sr, Villanova

11. Ian Crowe-Wright Jr, New Mexico

12. Justine Kiprotich Jr, Michigan State

 

3,000m Steeplechase

1. Brian Barraza Sr, Houston

2. Emmanuel Rotich Jr, Tulane

3. Jamaine Coleman Sr, Eastern Kentucky

4. Matt Owens Fr, BYU

5. Obsa Ali Jr, Minnesota

6. Clayson Shumway So, BYU

7. Andrew Gardner Sr, Washington

8. Steven Fahy Jr, Stanford

9. Hlynur Andresson Sr, Eastern Michigan

10. Aidan Tooker So, Syracuse

11. Wesley Kirui Fr, Hampton

12. Noah Affolder Fr, Syracuse

 

5,000 Meters

1. Grant Fisher Jr, Stanford

2. Justyn Knight Sr, Syracuse

3. Andy Trouard Sr, Northern Arizona

4. Amon Kemboi So, Campbell

5. Zach Perrin Sr, Colorado

6. Sean McGorty rSr, Stanford

7. Vincent Kiprop Jr, Alabama

8. Gilbert Kigen Jr, Alabama

9. Dillon Maggard Sr, Utah State

10. Colby Gilbert Sr, Washington

11. Connor McMillan Jr, BYU

12. Rory Linkletter Jr, BYU

 

10,000 Meters

1. Vincent Kiprop Jr, Alabama

2. Tyler Day So, Northern Arizona

3. Connor McMillan Jr, BYU

4. Matthew Baxter Sr, Northern Arizona

5. Lawrence Kipkoech Jr, Campbell

6. Rory Linkletter Jr, BYU

7. Gilbert Kigen Jr, Alabama

8. Dillon Maggard Sr, Utah State

9. Ben Flanagan Sr, Michigan

10. Jacob Thomson Sr, Kentucky

11. Matt Welch Sr, Portland

12. Clayton Young Jr, BYU

 

110-Meter Hurdles

1. Grant Holloway So, Florida

2. Ruebin Walters Sr, Alabama

3. David Kendziera Sr, Illinois

4. Damion Thomas Fr, LSU

5. Daniel Roberts So, Kentucky

6. Ashtyn Davis Sr, California

7. John Burt Jr, Texas

8. Antoine Lloyd Sr, Nebraska

9. Trey Cunningham Fr, Florida State

10. Chad Zallow Jr, Youngstown State

11. Amere Lattin Jr, Houston

12. Jaylan McConico So, Illinois State

 

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. Norman Grimes Fr, Texas Tech

6. Infinite Tucker So, Texas A&M

7. Taylor McLaughlin Jr, Michigan

8. Ilolo Izu Jr, Texas A&M

9. Gregory Chiles Sr, Virginia Tech

10. Amere Lattin Jr, Houston

11. Cory Poole Fr, Florida

12. Eric Fogltanz Jr, Iowa State

 

4x100-Meter Relay

1. Houston

2. Arkansas

3. LSU

4. Florida

5. Ohio State

6. Texas Tech

7. Florida State

8. Southern Mississippi

9. North Carolina A&T

10. Georgia

11. Arkansas-Little Rock

12. Northwestern State

 

4x400-Meter Relay

1. USC

2. Florida

3. Texas A&M

4. LSU

5. Houston

6. Arkansas

7. Baylor

8. Iowa

9. Auburn

10. Rutgers

11. TCU

12. Oregon

 

High Jump

1. Trey Culver Sr, Texas Tech

2. Vernon Turner Fr, Oklahoma

3. Shelby McEwen So, Alabama

4. Clayton Brown So, Florida 

5. Tejaswin Shankar Fr, Kansas State

6. Jonathan Wells Jr, Illinois

7. Keenon Laine Jr, Georgia

8. Damar Robinson Sr, Louisville

9. Ben Milligan Jr, Oregon

10. Samuel Shoultz Jr, Maryland

11. JuVaughn Blake Fr, LSU

12. Zack Anderson So, South Dakota

 

Pole Vault

1. Christopher Nilsen So, South Dakota

2. Devin King Sr, SE Louisiana

3. Hussain Al Hizam Jr, Kansas

4. Nate Richartz Sr, Notre Dame

5. Audie Wyatt Sr, Texas A&M

6. Matthew Ludwig Jr, Akron

7. Deakin Volz Jr, Virginia Tech

8. Tray Oates Sr, Samford 

9. Torben Laidig Sr, Virginia Tech

10. Sean Collins Jr, South Alabama

11. Jacob Wooten Jr, Texas A&M

12. Scott Marshall Sr, Grand Canyon

 

Long Jump

1. Damarcus Simpson Sr, Oregon

2. Grant Holloway So, Florida

3. Zack Bazile Sr, Ohio State

4. Julian Harvey Sr, SIU Edwardsville

5. Terrell McClain Sr, Akron

6. Odaine Lewis Jr, Texas Tech

7. KeAndre Bates Sr, Florida

8. Charles Brown Jr, Texas Tech

9. Yann Randrianasolo Jr, South Carolina

10. JuVaughn Blake Fr, LSU

11. Kyle Darrow Sr, Northeastern

12. Rayvon Grey So, LSU

 

Triple Jump

1. KeAndre Bates Sr, Florida

2. Tahar Triki So, Texas A&M

3. Scotty Newton Sr, TCU

4. Armani Wallace Jr, Florida State

5. John Warren Jr, Southern Mississippi 

6. Odaine Lewis Jr, Texas Tech

7. Barden Adams Sr, Kansas

8. O’Brien Wasome So, Texas

9. Kaiwan Culmer Sr, Nebraska

10. Jordan Scott So, Virginia

11.. Clayton Brown So, Florida

12. Darius Armstead Sr, Sacramento State

 

Shot Put

1. Mostafa Hassan Sr, Colorado State

2. Denzel Comenentia Jr, Georgia

3. Payton Otterdahl Jr, North Dakota State

4. Josh Awotunde Sr, South Carolina

5. Adrian Piperi Fr, Texas

6. Jordan Geist Fr, Arizona

7. Nicholas Demaline Sr, Ohio State

8. Jared Kern Sr, Southern Illinois

9. Austin Droogsma Sr, Florida State

10. McKay Johnson So, California

11. Andrew Liskowitz So, Michigan

12. Kord Ferguson Jr, Alabama

 

Discus Throw

1. Nicholas Percy Sr, Nebraska

2. Reno Tuufuli Jr, Iowa 

3. Brian Williams Sr, Mississippi

4. Greg Thompson Jr, Maryland

5. Luke Vaughn Sr, Memphis

6. Ashmon Lucas So, Purdue

7. Kord Ferguson Jr, Alabama

8. David Lucas Jr, Penn State

9. Eric Kicinski Jr, Texas Tech

10. Carlos Davis Jr, Nebraska

11. Payton Otterdahl Jr, North Dakota State

12. Gian Ragonesi Sr, Miami

 

Hammer Throw

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. Daniel Haugh Jr, Alabama

7. Thomas Mardal Fr, Florida

8. Adam Kelly Jr, Princeton

9. Jake Norris Fr, LSU

10. Morgan Shigo Jr, Penn State

11. Cristian Ravar Ladislau Sr, Arkansas State

12. Brock Eager Jr, Washington State

 

Javelin Throw

1. Anderson Peters Fr, Mississippi State

2. Sindri Gudmundsson So, Utah State

3. Nicolas Quijera Sr, Mississippi State

4. Fabian Dohmann Sr, Texas

5. Michael Biddle So, Penn State

6, Aaron True Wichita State

7. John Nizich Jr, Oregon

8. Jonno Engelking So, SE Missouri

9. Simon Litzell So, UCLA

10. Denzel Pratt Jr, Liberty

11. Richard Vinson Sr, SE Missouri

12. Trevor Danielson Jr, Stanford 

 

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. Gabe Moore Jr, Arkansas

8. Scott Filip Sr, Rice

9. TJ Lawson So, Kent State

10. Nathaniel Mechler Sr, Houston

11. Nathan Hite Jr, Texas A&M

12. Nick Guerrant So, Michigan State