Florida Solid Favorite Ahead of SEC, Pac-12 Contenders

By Adam Schneider of DyeStat

The NCAA Championships is the meet where athletes take chances and push themselves to gain glory for themselves and their teams. Athletes may play it safe during the year in order to maximize their results at this meet. There are a few favorites in our rankings that have battled injury, but now that the meet is here we expect them to succeed.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4x100-Meter Relay

1. Houston

2. Arkansas

3. LSU

4. Florida

5. Ohio State

6. Texas Tech

7. Florida State

8. Southern Mississippi

 

4x400-Meter Relay

1. USC

2. Florida

3. Texas A&M

4. LSU

5. Houston

6. Arkansas

7. Baylor

8. Iowa

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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