Aggie senior Sam Whitmarsh, the 800 runner-up in ’24, is picked to score 10 points this time. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
IF YOU’RE A TEAM SCORE FOLLOWER, don’t emulate a Dodger fan and leave the meet early. It looks as if there’ll be no shortage of action on the track as the men’s meet winds up.
With 2 running events remaining — the 5000 and 4×4 — Minnesota projects to be in the lead, a point up on Texas A&M. But then New Mexico is slotted for 18 off a 1-2 in the 5000 and suddenly the Lobos are up by 8 with just the relay to go. But while the Aggies are favored to win, New Mexico doesn’t have a baton foursome and A&M slides to a narrow win.
Note that while A&M has won this title 3 times and tied for it once, the highest New Mexico finish ever was 5th in ’65. Remember Charlie Greene?
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
TOP 10 TEAMS
projected score
change in score
previous place
1. Texas A&M
44
–2
2
2. New Mexico
42
+4
=4
3. Minnesota
35
+3
6
4. South Florida
34
+14
13
=5. Arkansas
33
+9
=9
=5. Nebraska
33
–5
=4
7. Auburn
32
–10
3
8. USC
28
–23
1
9. Georgia
26
–1
7
10. Tennessee
24
+7
15
(complete team scores below event picks .)
100 METERS
1. Jordan Anthony
Arkansas
So
2. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’
South Florida
Sr
3. Kanyinsola Ajayi’
Auburn
So
4. Jelani Watkins
LSU
Fr
5. T’Mars McCallum
Tennessee
Jr
6. Jaiden Reid’
LSU
So
7. Israel Okon’
Auburn
Fr
8. Kalen Walker
Iowa
Jr
9. Taylor Banks
USC
Sr
10. Max Thomas
USC
Jr
200 METERS
1. Jordan Anthony
Arkansas
So
2. Garrett Kaalund
USC
Jr
3. Makanakaishe Charamba’
Auburn
Sr
4. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu’
South Florida
Sr
5. T’Mars McCallum
Tennessee
Jr
6. Carli Makarawu’
Kentucky
Jr
7. Jaiden Reid’
LSU
So
8. Cameron Miller
Purdue
Jr
9. Jaleel Croal’
South Florida
Jr
10. Jamarion Stubbs
Alabama State
Jr
400 METERS
1. Samuel Ogazi’
Alabama
So
2. Micahi Danzy
Florida State
Fr
3. Auhmad Robinson
Texas A&M
Sr
4. Jayden Davis
Arizona State
So
5. William Jones
USC
Jr
6. Will Floyd’
Georgia
So
7. Gabriel Moronta’
South Florida
Sr
8. Joseph Taylor
Duke
Fr
9. Shaemar Uter’
Texas Tech
Jr
10. Jalen Williams
Wisconsin
Jr
800 METERS
1. Sam Whitmarsh
Texas A&M
Sr
2. Christian Jackson
Virginia Tech
Jr
3. Matti Erickson’
Oregon
Sr
4. Tinoda Matsatsa
Georgetown
So
5. Abdullahi Hassan’
Mississippi State
Sr
6. Aidan McCarthy
Cal Poly SLO
Jr
7. Brian Kweyei’
Clemson
So
8. Handal Roban’
Penn State
Jr
9. Rivaldo Marshall’
Arkansas
Sr
10. Koitatopi Kidali’
Oregon
Fr
1500 METERS
1. Nathan Green
Washington
Jr
2. Ethan Strand
North Carolina
Jr
3. Liam Murphy
Villanova
Sr
4. Adam Spencer’
Wisconsin
Sr
5. Abel Teffra
Georgetown
Sr
6. Gary Martin
Virginia
Jr
7. Colin Sahlman
Northern Arizona
Jr
8. Harrison Witt
Princeton
Sr
9. Alex Stitt’
Oklahoma State
Sr
10. Simeon Birnbaum
Oregon
So
STEEPLE
1. Geoffrey Kirwa’
Louisville
Fr
2. James Corrigan
BYU
Jr
3. Mathew Kosgei’
New Mexico
Fr
4. Collins Kipngok’
Kentucky
Fr
5. Rob McManus
Montana State
Jr
6. Joash Ruto’
Iowa State
Fr
7. Brett Gardner
NC State
Jr
8. Silas Kiptanui’
Tulane
So
9. Kristian Imroth’
Eastern Kentucky
Jr
10. Carson Williams
Furman
Sr
5000 METERS
1. Habtom Samuel’
New Mexico
So
2. Ishmael Kipkurui’
New Mexico
Fr
3. Fouad Messaoudi’
Oklahoma State
Sr
4. Brian Musau’
Oklahoma State
So
5. Marco Langon
Villanova
Jr
6. Ethan Strand
North Carolina
Jr
7. Valentin Soca’
Cal Baptist
Jr
8. Drew Bosley
Northern Arizona
Sr
9. Matt Strangio
Portland
Sr
10. Rocky Hansen
Wake Forest
So
10,000 METERS
1. Ishmael Kipkurui’
New Mexico
Fr
2. Habtom Samuel’
New Mexico
So
3. Evans Kurui’
Washington State
So
4. Dylan Schubert
Furman
Sr
5. Ernest Cheruiyot’
Texas Tech
So
6. Victor Kiprop’
Alabama
Sr
7. Denis Kipngetich’
Oklahoma State
So
8. David Mullarkey’
Northern Arizona
Sr
9. Creed Thompson
BYU
Jr
10. Dismus Lokira’
Alabama
Fr
110 HURDLES
1. Kendrick Smallwood
Texas
Jr
2. Ja’Kobe Tharp
Auburn
So
3. Jamar Marshall
Houston
Sr
4. Ja’Qualon Scott
Texas A&M
Sr
5. Jerome Campbell’
Northern Colorado
Jr
6. Zachary Extine
Arizona
Jr
7. John Adesola’
Houston
Sr
8. Demario Prince’
Baylor
So
9. Darius Brown
De Paul
Sr
10. Johnny Brackins
USC
Sr
400 HURDLES
1. Nathaniel Ezekiel’
Baylor
Sr
2. Saad Hinti’
Tennessee
Fr
3. Kody Blackwood
Texas
Jr
4. Ja’Qualon Scott
Texas A&M
Sr
5. Oskar Edlund’
Texas Tech
Sr
6. Jason Parrish
Wichita State
So
7. Ryan Matulonis
Penn
So
8. Johnny Brackins
USC
Sr
9. Xzaviah Taylor
North Carolina A&T
So
10. Hugo Menin’
UT San Antonio
So
4 x 100
1. South Florida
South Florida
2. Tennessee
Tennessee
3. Auburn
Auburn
4. USC
USC
5. LSU
LSU
6. Minnesota
Minnesota
7. Arkansas
Arkansas
8. Texas
Texas
9. Kentucky
Kentucky
10. Florida State
Florida State
4 x 400
1. Texas A&M
Texas A&M
2. South Florida
South Florida
3. Florida
Florida
4. Arkansas
Arkansas
5. Georgia
Georgia
6. Arizona State
Arizona State
7. USC
USC
8. Texas Tech
Texas Tech
9. Texas
Texas
10. Princeton
Princeton
HIGH JUMP
1. Tyus Wilson
Nebraska
Sr
2. Riyon Rankin
Georgia
So
3. Arvesta Troupe
Ole Miss
Jr
4. Tito Alofe
Harvard
So
5. Aiden Hayes
Texas State
Jr
6. Kampton Kam’
Penn
Jr
7. Kason O’Riley
Texas State
Sr
8. Antrea Mita’
Houston
So
9. Elias Gerald
USC
Jr
10. Kuda Chadenga’
LSU
Sr
POLE VAULT
1. Simen Guttormsen’
Duke
Sr
2. Aleksandr Solovev’
Texas A&M
Jr
3. Logan Hammer
Utah State
Jr
4. Arnie Grunert
Western Illinois
Jr
5. Hunter Garretson
Akron
Sr
6. Ashton Barkdull
Kansas
Jr
7. Scott Toney
Washington
Sr
8. Bradley Jelmert
Arkansas State
Sr
9. William Staggs
Indiana State
Sr
10. Cade Gray
Tennessee
Sr
LONG JUMP
1. Charles Godfred’
Minnesota
So
2. JC Stevenson
USC
Jr
3. Lokesh Sathyanathan’
Tarleton State
Sr
4. Malcolm Clemons
Florida
Sr
5. Greg Foster
Princeton
Jr
6. Jayden Keys
Georgia
Fr
7. Channing Ferguson
South Carolina
So
8. Tyson Adams
NC State
Fr
9. Curtis Williams
Florida State
Jr
10. Louis Gordon’
Albany
Sr
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Brandon Green
Oklahoma
Jr
2. Theophilus Mudzengerere’
South Carolina
Jr
3. Selva Prabhu’
Kansas State
Fr
4. Xavier Drumgoole
Stanford
Fr
5. Hakeem Ford
Minnesota
So
6. Luke Brown’
Kentucky
Jr
7. Alexandre Malanda’
Kent State
Sr
8. Kelsey Daniel’
Texas
Sr
9. Kyvon Tatham
Florida State
Jr
10. Jaren Holmes
USC
Sr
SHOT
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan
Ole Miss
Jr
2. Jason Swarens
Wisconsin
Sr
3. Christopher Licata
South Carolina
Sr
4. Fred Moudani’
Cincinnati
Sr
5. Obiora Okeke
Columbia
Sr
6. Zach Landa
Arizona
Sr
7. Joseph White
Wisconsin
Sr
8. Trevor Gunzell’
Alabama
Jr
9. Alexander Kolesnikoff’
Georgia
Sr
10. Dylan Targgart
South Carolina
Sr
DISCUS
1. Mykolas Alekna’
Cal
Jr
2. Ralford Mullings’
Oklahoma
Jr
3. Dimítrios Pavlídis’
Kansas
Sr
4. Trevor Gunzell’
Alabama
Jr
5. Seth Allen
Auburn
Jr
6. Uladzislau Puchko’
Virginia Tech
So
7. Casey Helm
Princeton
Jr
8. Vincent Ugwoke
South Florida
Sr
9. Texas Tanner
Air Force
Jr
10. Jacob Lemmon
Florida
Sr
HAMMER
1. Kostas Záltos’
Minnesota
Sr
2. Ángelos Mantzouránis’
Minnesota
So
3. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan
Ole Miss
Jr
4. Texas Tanner
Air Force
Jr
5. Daniel Reynolds
Wyoming
Sr
6. Ryan Johnson
Iowa
So
7. Christian Toro
Duke
So
8. Travis Martin
Cal Poly SLO
Sr
9. Rory Devaney
Cal Poly SLO
Jr
10. Jake Dalton
Ole Miss
Sr
JAVELIN
1. Keyshawn Strachan’
Nebraska
Jr
2. Moustafa Alsherif’
Georgia
Sr
3. Remi Rougetet’
Mississippi State
Sr
4. Devoux Deysel’
Miami
Sr
5. Mike Stein
Iowa
Jr
6. Dash Sirmon
Nebraska
Jr
7. Tuomas Narhi’
Mississippi State
Fr
8. Leikel Cabrera Gay’
Florida
So
9. Arthur Petersen’
Nebraska
Sr
10. Callan Saldutto’
Missouri
Sr
DECATHLON
1. Till Steinforth’
Nebraska
Jr
2. Peyton Bair
Mississippi State
Jr
3. Marcus Weaver
Arkansas
Sr
4. Brad Thomas
UC Santa Barbara
Sr
5. Edgar Campre’
Miami
Jr
6. Jaden Roskelley
BYU
So
7. Paul Kallenberg’
Louisville
Jr
8. Ryan Gregory
Long Beach State
So
9. Abraham Vogelsang’
Iowa
Fr
10. Ben Barton
BYU
Jr
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. Texas A&M
44
2. New Mexico
42
3. Minnesota
35
4. South Florida
34
=5. Arkansas
33
=5. Nebraska
33
7. Auburn
32
8. USC
28
9. Georgia
26
10. Tennessee
24
11. Ole Miss
22
12. Mississippi State
20
13. Alabama
19
=14. Oklahoma
18
=14. Texas
18
16. South Carolina
16
17. Wisconsin
15
18. LSU
14
=19. Duke
13
=19. Oklahoma State
13
=21. Florida
12
=21. Louisville
12
=21. Washington
12
=24. Baylor
11
=24. BYU
11
=24. Kentucky
11
=24. North Carolina
11
=24. Virginia Tech
11
=29. Cal
10
=29. Villanova
10
=31. Georgetown
9
=31. Houston
9
=31. Kansas
9
=31. Miami
9
=31. Texas Tech
9
=36. Arizona State
8
=36. Florida State
8
=36. Iowa
8
39. Princeton
7
=40. Arizona
6
=40. Kansas State
6
=40. Oregon
6
=40. Tarleton State
6
=40. Texas State
6
=40. Utah State
6
=40. Washington State
6
=47. Air Force
5
=47. Cincinnati
5
=47. Furman
5
=47. Harvard
5
=47. Penn
5
=47. Stanford
5
=47. UC Santa Barbara
5
=47. Western Illinois
5
=55. Akron
4
=55. Columbia
4
=55. Montana State
4
=55. Northern Arizona
4
=55. Northern Colorado
4
=55. Cal Poly SLO
4
=55. Wyoming
4
=62. Iowa State
3
=62. NC State
3
=62. Virginia
3
=62. Wichita State
3
=66. Cal Baptist
2
=66. Clemson
2
=66. Kent State
2
=69. Arkansas State
1
=69. Long Beach State
1
=69. Penn State
1
=69. Purdue
1
=69. Tulane
1
COMPLETE TEAM SCORES
1. USC
51
2. Texas A&M
46
3. Auburn
42
=4. Nebraska
38
=4. New Mexico
38
6. Minnesota
32
7. Georgia
27
8. Florida
26
=9. Arkansas
24
=9. Texas
24
=11. Kentucky
22
=11. North Carolina
22
13. South Florida
20
14. Oklahoma
18
15. Tennessee
17
=16. Alabama
16
=16. Arizona State
16
=16. Mississippi State
16
19. Mississippi
15
=20. Texas Tech
14
=20. Villanova
14
=22. Duke
13
=22. Washington
13
=24. Iowa
11
=24. Oklahoma State
11
=26. Baylor
10
=26. Cal
10
=26. Louisville
10
=26. Oregon
10
=26. Tarleton State
10
=31. Houston
9
=31. South Carolina
9
=33. Arizona
8
=33. Cal State Northridge
8
=33. Miami
8
=36. Georgetown
7
=36. Virginia Tech
7
=38. Florida State
6
=38. Kansas
6
=38. Penn
6
=38. Utah State
6
=38. Virginia
6
=38. Washington State
6
=38. Wisconsin
6
=45. Air Force
5
=45. Akron
5
=45. LSU
5
=45. Cal Poly SLO
5
=45. Western Illinois
5
=50. Furman
4
=50. Harvard
4
=50. Montana State
4
=50. Princeton
4
=50. Purdue
4
=55. Cincinnati
3
=55. Iowa State
3
=55. Penn State
3
=55. Texas State
3
=59. Arkansas State
2
=59. BYU
2
=59. Cal Baptist
2
=59. Illinois
2
=59. Louisiana-Monroe
2
=59. North Carolina A&T
2
=59. NC State
2
=59. Ohio State
2
=59. Stanford
2
=68. Long Beach State
1
=68. Wyoming
1
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