A MONTH AGO, FORMCHART #2 saw Texas as a runaway winner of the NCAA Women’s team title, 78–51 over Florida. The Longhorns’ 27-point margin seemed almost insurmountable, but with the Conference results now in the bank the gap has dropped to just 9. Texas has dropped by 8 and Florida risen by 10.
As a result, Edrick Floréal’s host Longhorns, fresh off a strong Big 12 win, project to go into the climactic 4×4 with a 3-point lead over the Gators. From the current vantage point, Texas is picked for 2nd and Florida for 7th, meaning the meet is the Longhorns’ to lose.
Chart No. 3 features a significant rewrite of the top step of the podium, with no fewer than 9 new No. 1s: McKenzie Long (Mississippi) 200, Britton Wilson (Arkansas) 400, Michaela Rose (LSU) 800, Margot Appleton (Virginia) 1500, Grace Fetherstonhaugh (Oregon State) steeple, Parker Valby (Florida) 5000, Alia Armstrong (LSU) 100H, Veronica Fraley (Vanderbilt) DT, & Anna Purchase (Cal) HT.
Our fourth and final chart of the year will appear a few days before the meet kicks off in Austin on June 07 (women’s events on June 08).
The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):
| TOP 10 TEAMS | ||
| School | Score | Previous Place |
| 1. Texas | 70 (-8) | 1 |
| 2. Florida | 61 (+10) | 2 |
| 3. Arkansas | 46 (+4) | 3 |
| 4. Oregon | 39 (+4) | 4 |
| 5. Texas A&M | 36 (+6) | =8 |
| =6. Nebraska | 29 (+3) | 11 |
| =6. Utah | 29 (+11) | =14 |
| 8. Georgia | 28 (-4) | =5 |
| =9. LSU | 27 (-5) | =5 |
| =9. Tennessee | 27 (+19) | =33 |
| (complete team scores below events) | ||
| 100 METERS | ||
| 1. Julien Alfred’ | Texas | Jr |
| 2. Jacious Sears | Tennessee | Jr |
| 3. Jadyn Mays | Oregon | So |
| 4. Kevona Davis’ | Texas | Jr |
| 5. Kaila Jackson | Georgia | Fr |
| 6. McKenzie Long | Mississippi | Sr |
| 7. Samirah Moody | USC | So |
| 8. Rosemary Chukwuma’ | Texas Tech | Jr |
| 9. Rayniah Jones | UCF | Jr |
| 10. Anthaya Charlton’ | Kentucky | Fr |
| 200 METERS | ||
| 1. McKenzie Long | Mississippi | Sr |
| 2. Julien Alfred’ | Texas | Jr |
| 3. Talitha Diggs | Florida | Jr |
| 4. Jacious Sears | Tennessee | Jr |
| 5. Caisja Chandler | USC | Sr |
| 6. Kaila Jackson | Georgia | Fr |
| 7. Jadyn Mays | Oregon | So |
| 8. Favour Ofili’ | LSU | So |
| 9. Latasha Smith | UCF | Jr |
| 10. Lanae Thomas | Texas | Sr |
| 400 METERS | ||
| 1. Britton Wilson | Arkansas | Jr |
| 2. Rhasidat Adeleke’ | Texas | Jr |
| 3. Tierra Robinson-Jones | Texas A&M | Sr |
| 4. Talitha… | ||
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