Update to Collegiate Rankings

With most of the major collegiate conferences on tap this weekend, that means the NCAA Championships are just around the bend. At the beginning of the season I gave my predictions for those collegians I felt were the favorites to win their respective events in Eugene. Seems like a good time to update that list as they begin to position themselves and their teams.

Looking back at the first list I don’t see that many changes. Mostly because there really isn’t much of a collegiate season – mostly competing on the relay circuit. So as we really get into the “championship” portion of the collegiate season I’m sure we’ll begin to get a better idea of just where all the athletes really are. Which means I’ll probably have to come back just before Nationals for one final update. So following is how I see things as everyone prepares to head into battle.

 

2010 MEN’S COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIIP FAVORITES

Event	Athlete	School
100 Meters	Jeff Demps	Florida
200 Meters	Curtis Mitchell	Texas A&M
400 Meters	Tavaris Tate	Mississippi State
800 Meters	Andrew Wheating	Oregon
1500 Meters	Andrew Wheating	Oregon
3000 Steeplechase	Richard Nelson	BYU
5000 Meters	David McNeill	Northern Arizona
10000 Meters	Sam Chalenga	Liberty
110 Hurdles	Ronnie Ash	Oklahoma
400 Hurdles	Jesua Anderson	Washington State
4 x 100 Relay	Rankin, Hall, Wilks, Demps	Florida
4 x 400 Relay	Anderson McQuay, Taylor, Smith	Florida
High Jump	Clint Silcock	Utah State
Pole Vault	Jason Colwick	Rice
Long Jump	Alain Bailey	Arkansas
Triple Jump	Christian Taylor	Florida
Shot Put	Ryan Whiting	Arizona
Discus	Mason Finley	Kansas
Hammer	Marcel Lomnicky	Virginia Tech
Javelin	Sam Humphreys	Texas A&M
Decathlon	Ashton Eaton	Oregon

 

 

2010 WOMEN’S COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP FAVORITES

Event	Athlete	School
100 Meters	Blessing Okagbare	BYU
200 Meters	Porsha Lucas	Texas A&M
400 Meters	Francena McCorory	Hampton
800 Meters	LaTavia Thomas	LSU
1500 Meters	Jordan Hassay	Oregon
3000 Steeplechase	Mel Lawrence	Washington
5000 Meters	Lisa Koll	Iowa State
10000 Meters	Lisa Koll	Iowa State
100 Hurdles	Queen Harrison	Virginia Tech
400 Hurdles	Queen Harrison	Virginia Tech
4 x 100 Relay	Tarmoh, Lucas, Duncan, Mayo	Texas A&M
4 x 400 Relay	Hall, Tate, Thompson, Thomas	LSU
High Jump	Amber Kaufman	Hawaii
Pole Vault	Melissa Gergel	Oregon
Long Jump	Blessing Okagbare	UTEP
Triple Jump	Deanna Young	New Mexico
Shot Put	Mariam Kevkhishvilli	Florida
Discus	Simone du Toit	SMU
Hammer	Nicola Lomnicka	Georgia
Javelin	Anna Wessman	UTEP
Heptathlon	Brianne Theisen	Oregon