FEARLESS FORECASTING by Roy Conrad
as of July 29
TEAM USA for September’s World Championships in Tokyo will be chosen at the later-than-usual USATF Championships starting this week. The listing of an athlete in a discipline doesn’t guarantee she’ll contest that event (or events).
Athletes who have met the Tokyo qualifying standard are noted with an asterisk. Achieving a Q isn’t mandatory for making the team, as WA will fill out about half the fields in each event from its world rankings.
The U.S. will have 5 Wild Card slots (meaning 4 can qualify instead of the standard 3): Sha’Carri Richardson (100), Katie Moon (PV), Chase Jackson (SP), Lagi Tausaga (DT), Michelle Atherley (hept).
Here’s our Top 10s (the number in the right-hand column represents the athlete’s placing in last year’s U.S. Rankings as compiled by T&FN):
| 100 METERS | |||
| 1. | *Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | (Nike) | 2 |
| 2. | *Jacious Sears | (Nike) | nr |
| 3. | *Aleia Hobbs | (adidas) | 5 |
| 4. | *Anavia Battle | (adidas) | nr |
| 5. | *TeeTee Terry | (Nike) | 4 |
| 6. | *Gabby Thomas | (New Balance) | nr |
| 7. | *Tamari Davis | (adidas) | 3 |
| 8. | *Samirah Moody | (USC) | nr |
| 9. | *JaMeesia Ford | (South Carolina) | nr |
| 10. | *Sha’Carri Richardson (WC) | (Nike) | 1 |
| 200 METERS | |||
| 1. | *Gabby Thomas | (New Balance) | 1 |
| 2. | *Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | (Nike) | nr |
| 3. | *McKenzie Long | (adidas) | 3 |
| 4. | *Brittany Brown | (Nike) | 2 |
| 5. | *Anavia Battle | (adidas) | 6 |
| 6. | *JaMeesia Ford | (South Carolina) | 7 |
| 7. | *Madison Whyte | (USC) | nr |
| 8. | *Tamari Davis | (adidas) | nr |
| 9. | *Deajah Stevens | (unattached) | nr |
| 10. | *Jenna Prandini | (Puma) | nr |
| 400 METERS | |||
| 1. | *Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | (New Balance) | 3 |
| 2. | *Bella Whittaker | (On ) | 7 |
| 3. | *Aaliyah Butler | (Georgia) | 5 |
| 4. | *Lynna Irby-Jackson | (adidas) | 9 |
| 5. | *Alexis Holmes | (Nike) | 1 |
| 6. | *Bailey Lear | (unattached) | nr |
| 7. | *Rachel Joseph | (Iowa State) | nr |
| 8. | Sami Oblad | (BYU) | nr |
| 9. | *Britton Wilson | (adidas) | nr |
| 10. | *Rosey Effiong | (Arkansas) | 10 |
| 800 METERS | |||
| 1. | *Addy Wiley | (adidas) | 1 |
| 2. | *Raevyn Rogers | (Nike) | 10 |
| 3. | *Roisin Willis | (Stanford) | nr |
| 4. | *Meghan Hunter | (BYU) | nr |
| 5. | *Sage Hurta-Klecker | (On AC) | 5 |
| 6. | *Ajee Wilson | (unattached) | nr |
| 7. | *Michaela Rose | (LSU) | 6 |
| 8. | *Maggie Congdon | (Northern Arizona) | nr |
| 9. | *Nia Akins | (HOKA) | 2 |
| 10. | Athing Mu-Nikolayev | (Nike) | nr |
| 1500 METERS | |||
| 1. | *Nikki Hiltz | (lululemon) | 1 |
| 2. | *Sinclaire Johnson | (Nike) | 4 |
| 3. | *Emily Mackay | (New… | |
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