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NCAA Men's D1 Outdoor Formchart By Jack Pfeifer for DyeStat Place Name School Class 100 4 Louie Hinchcliffe Houston Sr 6 Traunard Folson Tennessee Jr 8 Mustafa Bokpin Middle Tennessee So A lot happened in the Regionals – six quarterfinals in all, producing the Eugene field of 24 – and not all of it was a plus. In the East, Jaleel Croal (9.75w) of South Florida false-started, Denzel Simusialela of Kentucky failed to take the line and Neo Mosebi (9.96w) of Florida State sneaked in as a time qualifier. In the West. Oregon’s P.J. Ize-Iyamu (9.80w) did not get out of the first round. On the plus side, Ajayi ran a scorching, legal-wind 9.84 to establish him as the favorite over Watkins. Though they are in the same conference, the SEC, they run in different Regionals because of geography. Watkins (9.82w best) won his heat in the West comfortably in 10.03. Penn State’s Dwyer beat the SEC runnerup, Folson, in 9.99, while Ajayi’s Auburn teammate Okon won his semi in 9.97w. The 2024 champion, Hinchliffe, beat Lawyer by .02 in their semi, both faster than USC’s Eddie Nketia ran in his. An hour later, Nketia struggled in the deuce. 200 3 Ian Dossman Cal State Fullerton Jr 4 Miguel Rosario Grand Canyon Jr 7 T'Mars McCallum Tennessee Sr 8 Traunard Folson Tennessee Jr Can Watkins and Okon survive the 1-2-4x1 triple on short rest on Friday? Recent history has shown that this is difficult, as fine a sprinter as each may be. With the absence by injury of USC’s Garrett Kaalund (19.85 PR), the indoor champ, and Florida’s Wanya McCoy (19.93), who gets the favorite’s role? The top qualifier out of the West was the previously obscure Dossman, whose PR prior to this season was a modest 20.56. Rosario PR’d in the heats (20.58), then in the QFs (20.21). Contenders such as Eddie Nketia (20.03w) of USC and Aaron Charles (20.09w) of Minnesota, 1-2 at the Big Ten, barely got out of the West Regional. LSU’s Reid, who ran an excellent 20.01 in his semi, is also tripling. So is Dossman, but by final day he may be down to one event. Here’s the schedule June 12 – 5:02 4x1, 5:52 100, 6:37 200. We will try to ignore this in our picks, but our crystal ball warns us to be surprised by the actual outcome. 400 6 Jayden Davis Arizona State Jr What to make of the incredible quartermiling at the East Regional? Of the 19 sprinters who ran 45.55 or faster, all but 4 ran lifetime bests, including one – Ogazi – who ALREADY had a PR in the 43s. So Ogazi, the reigning champion, lowered his seasonal best from 43.95 to 43.82, two tenths from Michael Norman’s collegiate record, and pulled Braun along to 43.99, becoming the sixth collegian to break 44. Simms, who has merely run 44.02, ran “only” 44.35 to win his quarterfinal, while his UGA teammate Njie blasted 44.24 in a QF in which 5th place was 44.88. After Njie, the other four runners in the 44s in that race are not even among the eight projected scorers here! (They are Samuel Vessat of Purdue, Devan Crumpton of South Carolina, Grant Buckmiller of LSU and George Franks of Miami). Out West, Pierre, the SEC runnerup for Arkansas, edged Davis in their QF, while the SC freshman Stadlman PR’d at 44.79 in his, the same time the 19-year-old Trinidadian Marchan ran for 3rd behind Ogazi and Braun, a PR by nearly a full second. That is the slowest PR of the eight runners shown here. 800 2 Colin Sahlman Northern Arizona Sr 4 Rivaldo Marshall Arkansas Sr 7 Tinoda Matsatsa Georgetown Jr 8 Christian Jackson Virginia Tech Sr What a field, what a race. All those on the above list have run in the 1:44s. Can Taylor and Marshall repeat the 1-2 finish they had for the Hogs at NCAA Indoor? Both Jamaican, Marshall set the national indoor record (1:45.62) this winter, and Taylor already holds the outdoor mark (1:43.74). Sahlman, who won the NCAA 3,000 indoors, holds the indoor collegiate record (1:44.70). Clay holds the Japanese national indoor record, and he led Brown and Matsatsa under 1:45 in their East quarterfinal, the first time for all of them. Narumba lost to the Hogs pair indoors, then split them at SEC outdoor. Taylor bested him 1:44.35-1:44.65 at Regional. 1,500 6 Nicholas Plant Virginia Tech Sr 7 George Couttie Virginia Tech So Birnbaum has had a spectacular season, breaking the collegiate record by running 3:31.69 on his home track, then handling the Michigan pair of McFarland (3:33.17) and Brendan Herger (3:34.06) with ease at the Big Ten. Masai came out of nowhere to run 3:33.17, then took the SEC by outkicking Florida’s Allaoui. Martin (3:34.12) was 2nd to Plant (3:37.12) at the ACC while Cutting (3:35.88) won the indoor mile. The last Michigan victory in the event was in 1995 by Kevin Sullivan, the school’s current coach. Washington, which has two qualifiers, has won this event a record four years in a row. Birnbaum’s Ducks have three qualifiers. Oregon has had 10 different outdoor champions in the 1,500 or mile, dating to Bill Dellinger in 1954. The UW’s first dates to 1928, Rufus Kiser. Birnbaum and Martin both also advanced in the 5k. Steeplechase 1 Geoffrey Kirwa Louisville So 4 Kristian Imroth Eastern Kentucky Sr Kirwa, runnerup a year ago, ran 8:08.10 at Azusa in April, just 2 ½ seconds from Henry Rono’s nearly 50-year-old collegiate record. Kiptanui won his QF in a PR 8:18.09, the fastest time of the Regionals. Kimaru ran 8:18.26 to win the Big 12 and won his quarterfinal (8:28.68) in the West while Ruto, 4th a year ago, won his in 8:26.87. Mountain, the 2024 runnerup, ran 8:11.92 this spring but has not shown that sort of form recently. James Corrigan of BYU, the defending champion, failed to advance. 5,000 4 Ernest Cheruiyot Arkansas Jr 5 Brian Musau Oklahoma State Jr 6 Elsingi Kipruto Louisville Fr Musau (12:59.82 PR) is defending champion, in 2025 taking the measure of Samuel, Langon (13:05.21) and Hansen (13:07.77). His condition in 2026 however is hard to discern, as his lone race at Big 12 was a 13th-place finish in the 10k. His 5k qualifier of 13:23.86 came in early April. Then Samuel, in an Open race in Los Angeles days prior to Regionals, hammered a 12:57.22, fastest ever run outdoors by a collegian, making him the favorite. Cheruiyot (13:15.30) and Kipruto (13:15.74) were 3-4 indoors this winter behind Samuel and Langon. Langon beat Samuel by thousandths in a race in Boston in December, then lost to him in the NCAA indoor final. Samuel broke Henry Rono’s historic collegiate record for two miles at this year’s Millrose Games. Birnbaum (13:19.73) would be doubling back from the 1,500, searching for team points for the host Ducks. Martin is planning the same double while Samuel and Cheruiyot are planning the 5/10. 10,000 2 Denis Kipngetich Oklahoma State Jr 3 Elsingi Kipruto Louisville Fr 4 Ernest Cheruiyot Arkansas Jr 5 Evans Kurui Washington State So 7 Kelvin Cheruiyot, Florida Fr The first-year collegian Ishmael Kipkurui, of New Mexico, won last year’s race and immediately turned pro. Fellow Lobo Samuel (26:51.06 PR), the runnerup, becomes the favorite as a result. Kipngetich (27:21.10), Ernest Cheruiyot (27:45.65) and Kurui (27:27.32) were all also in last year’s final. Newcomer Elsingi Kipruto ran 27:39.83 this spring. 110 Hurdles Tharp (13.01 PR) is defending collegiate and U.S. champion. He hasn’t lost a race since finishing 6th in last year’s World Championships in Tokyo, including the NCAA indoor and the SEC, where he ran 13.05, defeating Smallwood and the freshman Le’Ezra Brown (13.22). Then in his Regional QF, Smallwood shocked with a legal 13.04, while Tharp won his in 13.05 over Jamir Brown. Franklin (13.07w), runnerup to Tharp indoors, won his QF in 13.25. Snow (13.08w), Big 12 champ, lost to Josh Parrish of Wichita by .01, 13.17-13.18, but Parrish faces the daunting task of the hurdles double. Brann (13.18w), the Big Ten champion, defeated Le’Ezra Brown by .01 in their QF in the East. The semis in this event will be brutal, separated by thousandths perhaps. 400 Hurdles 2 Ja’Qualon Scott Texas A&M Sr 4 Xzaviah Taylor North Carolina A&T Jr 6 Jason Parrish Wichita State Jr 7 Isaiah Taylor North Carolina A&T Jr Scott, list leader most of the year (48.22), finished a well-beaten 4th at SEC in a race won by Blackwood (48.26) as Mohamed Adoini (48.75) of Georgia and Nilsson (48.77) finished 2-3 and broke into the 48s for the first time. Scott and Blackwood were 2-3 a year ago at Nationals. Then at Regionals five others ran in the 48s, all in the East, led by the Taylors at North Carolina A&T, Xzaviah (48.82) in winning QF I, Isaiah (48.71) in winning III. Adoini failed to advance. In the West, Scott (49.24) and Blackwood (49.09) won their QFs, but their times were not as impressive. What to make of this? In addition, Blackwood, Parrish and Scott are doubling. Should they make both finals, those races are 45 minutes apart. 4x100 1 Auburn 2 Tennessee 3 Arkansas 4 Minnesota 5 South Florida 6 Houston 7 East Carolina 8 Oregon Auburn has won the last two titles, running 38.33 in 2025 and 38.03 in 2024, and leads the college list so far in 2026 by winning the SEC in 38.07, defeating LSU (38.35) and Tennessee (38.51). Coach Leroy Burrell’s Tigers did so without using one of their stars, Israel Okon. Minnesota (38.44) edged Oregon by .03 at the Big Ten. Houston (38.51) won Big 12. At Regionals, Tennessee (38.37) and South Florida (38.45) won their heats, while Arkansas (38.56) defeated Houston in the West. 4x400 1 Georgia 2 LSU 3 Florida 4 Texas A&M 5 Alabama 6 Arkansas 7 Ohio State 8 Purdue LSU ran a spectacular 2:58.47 to win the SEC, a school record for Coach Dennis Shaver’s Tigers. But they did not have the lead at the last exchange; that honor belonged to Georgia, our pick to win it all when the chips are down, led by their brilliant freshmen, Jonathan Simms and Sidi Njie. The Bulldogs had the fastest time of the Regionals, 2:59.75. Ohio State (3:03.23) beat Purdue (3:02.15 seasonal best) at the Big Ten. A&M and Arkansas had the fastest times in the West. The defending champions, South Florida, qualified on time. High Jump 2 Gage Voyles Kennesaw State Fr This is the first American college season for Jack, the solid favorite off his SEC win and his 7-7 clearance this spring. In England Jack attended St. Albans School, a school founded in the year 948. He tied for 3rd in this winter’s indoor NCAA, a competition won by the Ivy League champion, Tito Alofe (7-4 ½), a junior at Harvard, a school founded merely in 1640. Troupe (7-5 ½), the defending outdoor champ, has had a lackluster season but is in the field. In addition to Jack, Georgia has Stephens (7-3 ¾) and Riyon Rankin (7-6), while Oklahoma has Kyren Washington (7-4 ¼), Tyson Ritz (7-4 ½), Trey Bartholomew (7-3) and Julian McCullough (7-1 ½). Voyles (7-5 ¼) won Conference USA, Mita (7-5) the Big 12, Jonathan Kapitolnik of Illinois (7-3) the Big Ten. Bassey (7-3 ¾) was SEC runnerup. Hayes (7-4 ¼) tied for 2nd a year ago. Mita and Bassey both needed three tries to get over 7-2 ½ in the West Regional, whereas Vines, who can be erratic, had no misses on the day. Pole Vault 2 Ismaila Sawaneh Tennessee Jr 3 Matthew Gray Appalachian State Jr 4 Aleksandr Solovev Texas A&M Sr 5 Ricardo Montes de Oca High Point So 6 Maddox Hamm Virginia Tech Jr Because a number of the better vaulters were able to avoid attempting the final heights at Regionals, it is difficult to make an assessment of their current condition. The East Region, for example, was won by Hamm and the West by Cody Johnston of Illinois, but contenders Wicker, Solovev and de Oca advanced by clearing only a lower bar. In the West, Meacham needed 3 tries at 17-11 while Rhoads needed 3 tries at 17-7 plus victory in a jumpoff to make the field. Gray enters the Finals with the season’s highest clearance, 19-2. Meacham won the Big 12 and has two outdoor 19-foot clearances this season, while most others are thankful for once, including Wicker, who won the Big Ten on the countback over Rhoads, and Solovyov, the defending champion but just 3rd at the SEC, behind Sawaneh. Regional winners Hamm and Johnston both have bests of 18-8 ¼. Johnston missed most of the spring but returned in time for conference. Long Jump 1 Tafadzwa Chikomba Kansas State Jr 3 Tyler Nichols Southern Miss Jr 7 Charles Godfred Minnesota Jr After jumping 27-1 ¾ to win the Big 12, Chikomba jumped a huge 28-8 ½, aided by 3.2 wind, to win the West Regional by 2 feet. It is the longest all-conditions collegiate jump ever, a quarter-inch beyond the 32-year-old collegiate record by Erick Walder of Arkansas. Masikane (26-7 ¼ PR) needed three jumps to do so but he did win the East Regional at 26-5, after winning the SEC. Nichols, the Sun Belt champion at 26-10 ½, also went 26-5 in the East, but his Southern Miss teammate De’Aundre Ward (26-8 ½) failed to advance. Foster, 4th in the East, jumped 27-0 ½ indoors but was relegated to 4th indoors. LSU’s Turner (26-6 ¼) was SEC runnerup behind Masikane and 3rd in the East. Godfred (26-6 ¼), who won the Big Ten, was 5th in the West but passed up his 3rd jump. That round however was crucial to Latif, who got his qualifier by going 26-5 ½ on his final effort, and Arkansas’s Juriad Hughes, who went 26-2 ¼ windy after two fouls to finish just behind K State’s Ryan (26-3 1/2), who joined fellow Wildcats Chikomba and Croix Dacunha (25-8 ¼) as qualifiers. Triple Jump 1 Jonathan Seremes Texas Tech Jr 2 Selva Prabhu Kansas State So 6 Theo Mudzengerere Kentucky Sr 8 Aaron Antoine Kansas State Jr Seremes (56-7 ¼), who redshirted the 2025 season, won the indoor title this winter on his final jump, over Prabhu (56-4 3/4w), Daniel (54-8 ¾), Antoine (55-0 ¼) and Mudzengerere (55-2 3/4). Green (55-7 ¾) is defending champion, making this an all-Midwest affair. (Note the absence of anyone from a coastal state on this list.) The big new name is Smith, a freshman from Arizona who had a big 55-7 jump to get 3rd at the Big 12. K State has four in the field – Prabhu, Antoine, Jhavor Bennett and Apalos Edwards. Mundzengerere was just 8th in the East, the softer region in this event. Shot Put 4 J.L. Van Rensburg Tennessee So 5 Dylan Lambrecht Penn State Sr With senior Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan of Ole Miss gone from the field because of injury, the Ducks freshman Smith (68-6 at Big Ten) has become the clear favorite; he won the West Regional with 67-3 ¼, ahead of Lamberts (66-5) and his fellow Cornhusker Moran (64-4). Van Rensburg (64-5) and Lambrecht (64-3) went 1-2 in the East. Newcomer Michelini – 65-4 to win the Big 12 -- was 4th in the West. The final qualifier in each Region – Dillon Morlock of Michigan State (seasonal best of 65-10 ¼) in the East, Kobe Lawrence (67-3 ¼) of Oregon in the West – barely made it and thus drop off our list. Discus 1 Ralford Mullings Oklahoma Sr 6 Christopher Crawford Alabama Sr 7 Aron Alvarez Aranda Tennessee Jr Mullings (236-3) is the defending champion, having beaten the favored Mykolas Alekna by 8 feet in 2025. Since then Alekna, the world recordholder, transferred from Cal to Oregon and had season-ending shoulder surgery. Returnees Vlad Puchko of Virginia Tech (209-9) and Michael Pinckney of UCLA (216-2) are redshirting. That leaves the Trojans’ Broderick (207-8), who won the Big Ten; Reid (216-1), who won the ACC, and the Air Force’s Tanner. Tanner made a pilgrimage to the DT mecca at Ramona, Oklahoma, pushing his best way out to 228-2. Alabama has Gunzell (209-7), Crawford (198-5) and Christopher Young (201-4). Hammer 2 Angelos Mantzouranis Minnesota Jr 7 Travis Martin Cal Poly/SLO Sr Three in the field are in the 250s this spring – Tanner (258-9), Johnson (254-9) and Mantzouranis (257-6). Mantzouranis, 2nd a year ago to fellow Gopher Kostas Zaltos, needed a clutch final throw of 244-0 to survive the West Regional, 4 inches behind Tanner, 9 inches ahead of Johnson. Nubbe, who threw 242-0 to win Penn Relays, won the East with a modest 231-2; Olaru, who has thrown 239-8, was 5th in the East. Martin threw 248-1 in April but just 223-3 for 7th in the West, trailing Barmes (233-11) and Bernstein (232-3). Three-time All-American Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan was scratched because of injury. Javelin 1 Chinecherem Nnamdi Prosper Texas A&M Sr 2 Keyshawn Strachan Nebraska Sr 6 Leikel Cabrera Gay Florida Jr Nnamdi, a Nigeria Olympian in Paris Olympics, is seasonal leader this year (277-10) and won the West Regional (260-6) ahead of Strachan (276-5 PR). In a big meeting at Spec Towns in April, Strachan defeated Davis (277-0 PR) by 3 feet. Davis was Div. II champ two years ago for Southern Connecticut. The Cuban Gay threw a PR 259-4 to get 2nd a year ago, ahead of Strachan (5th) and Iowa’s Mike Stein (266-4). Stein hasn’t thrown since. Newcomers in the 250s include Shughart (254-0), Larriviere (258-1), Reynolds (254-5) and Oregon’s Thrana (256-11) and Pat Vialva (253-11), who threw a 20-foot PR to get 3rd at Big Ten. Decathlon 6 Zach McGlynn North Dakota State Sr 8 Carter Morton Northern Iowa Sr Peyton Bair (8323 PR) won a year ago by 435 points for Mississippi State before transferring in the off-season to Oregon, for whom he won the indoor heptathlon with a record total. But he has not competed outdoors. Perhaps he is injured. Till Steinforth (8287) was listed on the Nebraska roster but has not competed since winning the Drake Relays in 2025. That leaves us with Illinois, which has three of this year’s competitors, including the two young Dutchmen who may go 1-2, the 6-foot-8 Pelkmans (8004) and list leader de Greef (8039). Both had subpar discus marks in their decs this spring so have plenty of room to improve their scores. The third member of their group is Andreas Hantson (7733). Byrd (7891), 2nd to Bair indoors, scored 7849 last year as a freshman in finishing 4th. Barton has scored 7998, McGlynn 7922, Mooney 8033. Projected Team Scores 1 Arkansas 71 2 Georgia 51 3 Auburn 46 4 Florida 39 5 Texas A&M 36 6 Oregon 32 Nebraska 32 Tennessee 32 9 Alabama 24 10 Texas Tech 23 |
