{"id":1243,"date":"2012-06-04T16:11:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T23:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2012-06-05T06:03:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T13:03:07","slug":"my-ncaa-championships-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=1243","title":{"rendered":"My NCAA Championships Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, we\u2019re in the middle of what will be the hottest week of elite track and field this side of the Trials and Games and I nearly forgot that the NCAA Championships are also this week! So this week we get treated to Oslo, New York, the NCAA\u2019s and I\u2019ll throw in the Golden West Invitational out here on the West Coast for high school fans. This is going to be one hot weekend!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really hard to handicap the NCAA meet because they don\u2019t have a lot of dual meets to gauge competitiveness and the Regional meets are merely the heats and quarterfinals for the championship meet. NO finals, and no East vs. West matchups \u2013 would actually make sense to mix the athletes up a bit since we are talking about a National championships.<\/p>\n

That being what it is, here\u2019s my attempt at handicapping the winners for this year\u2019s NCAA Championships. Any predictions have their questions and I\u2019m sure won\u2019t pass the test with some as I know there are some questionable choices. For example my head says that McQuay or Berry will win the men\u2019s 400, but there\u2019s a quality about Nellum and I\u2019ve watched him since his high school days. Cam Levins just seems to be on a roll \u2013 yes I know Lalang is a stud. I also know that English Gardener is a much better starter in the 100, but I still see Duncan with a double win. Same story with Maurice Mitchell. Field event athletes with the best marks tended to get top billing. Ditto for the highest returning athletes from last year\u2019s championships in general. And some programs I just have faith in.<\/p>\n

I still think that the best of the best are headed to Des Moines with the Olympic Trials in the back of their minds \u2013 so we may not see the absolute best from some \u2013 and that had some influence on my thoughts as well. I mean what more important, peaking for the NCAA meet or the Trials? Needless to say the meet will be run and there will be champions crowned, and here is my best guess at who I think they will be.<\/p>\n

\"Maurice<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Events<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
100<\/strong><\/td>\nMaurice Mitchell<\/td>\nFlorida State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/strong><\/td>\nMaurice Mitchell<\/td>\nFlorida State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/strong><\/td>\nBryshon Nellum<\/td>\nUSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/strong><\/td>\nCharles Jock<\/td>\nUC Irvine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/strong><\/td>\nLawi Lalang<\/td>\nArizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000<\/strong><\/td>\nCam Levins<\/td>\nSouthern Utah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10000<\/strong><\/td>\nCam Levins<\/td>\nSouthern Utah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steeple<\/strong><\/td>\nCraig Forys<\/td>\nMichigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110H<\/strong><\/td>\nAndrew Riley<\/td>\nIllinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400H<\/strong><\/td>\nAmaechi Morton<\/td>\nStanford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×1 Relay<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nAuburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×4 Relay<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nFlorida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High Jump<\/strong><\/td>\nRicky Robertson<\/td>\nMississippi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pole Vault<\/strong><\/td>\nJack Whitt<\/td>\nOral Roberts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long Jump<\/strong><\/td>\nMarquis Goodwin<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Triple Jump<\/strong><\/td>\nOmar Craddock<\/td>\nFlorida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot Put<\/strong><\/td>\nJoe Kovacs<\/td>\nPenn St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discus<\/strong><\/td>\nChad Wright<\/td>\nNebraska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammer<\/strong><\/td>\nAlexander Ziegler<\/td>\nVirginia Tech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javelin<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Glover<\/td>\nIllinois State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decathlon<\/strong><\/td>\nIsaac Murphy<\/td>\nTexas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Kimberlyn<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Events<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
100<\/strong><\/td>\nKimberlyn Duncan<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/strong><\/td>\nKimberlyn Duncan<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400<\/strong><\/td>\nAshley Spencer<\/td>\nIllinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800<\/strong><\/td>\nAnn Kesselring<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/strong><\/td>\nJordan Hasay<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000<\/strong><\/td>\nSheila Reid<\/td>\nVillanova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10000<\/strong><\/td>\nMeaghan Nelson<\/td>\nIowa State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steeple<\/strong><\/td>\nShayla Kipp<\/td>\nColorado<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100H<\/strong><\/td>\nChristina Manning<\/td>\nOhio St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400H<\/strong><\/td>\nGeorganne Moline<\/td>\nArizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×1 Relay<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4×4 Relay<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nLSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High Jump<\/strong><\/td>\nBrigetta Barrett<\/td>\nArizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pole Vault<\/strong><\/td>\nTina Sutej<\/td>\nArkansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long Jump<\/strong><\/td>\nWhitney Gipson<\/td>\nTCU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Triple Jump<\/strong><\/td>\nTori Bowie<\/td>\nSouthern Miss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot Put<\/strong><\/td>\nTia Brooks<\/td>\nOklahoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discus<\/strong><\/td>\nAnna Jelmini<\/td>\nArizona St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammer<\/strong><\/td>\nJeneva McCall<\/td>\nSouthern Illinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javelin<\/strong><\/td>\nBrittany Borman<\/td>\nOklahoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decathlon<\/strong><\/td>\nBrianne Theisen<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow, we\u2019re in the middle of what will be the hottest week of elite track and field this side of the Trials and Games and I nearly forgot that the NCAA Championships are also this week! So this week we get treated to Oslo, New York, the NCAA\u2019s and I\u2019ll throw in the Golden West […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-k3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1245,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions\/1245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}