South Carolina’s JaMeesia Ford, the 200 winner in ’25, and runner-up finisher in the 100 & 4×1, leads both sprint lists. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
AS HAS BEEN the case for 11 of the last 15 editions of the NCAA Outdoor Champs, Eugene (June 10–13) will host this year’s collegiate crown jewel meet. Here’s an advance peek at who the major players should be as we list for you the top 10 eligibles by event, in order of their PRs.
Marks are as of February 04. Only wind-legal marks are included. The column on the right is the athlete’s finish in the ’25 NCAA Outdoor Championships. If she didn’t compete in that meet (which includes the rounds held at the Regionals), then the Indoor Champs or XC finish is given. A slash followed by another number/letter indicates competition in a different event.
Seven reigning individual champions should be back for another go: JaMeesia Ford (South Carolina) 200, Doris Lemngole (Alabama) steeple & 5000, Pamela Kosgei (New Mexico) 10,000, Aaliyah McCormick (Oregon) 100H, Hana Moll (Washington) PV, Winny Bii (Texas A&M) TJ, Valentina Barrios (Missouri) JT.
Symbols: h = heat; qf = quarterfinal; sf = semi; fs = false start; dnf = did not finish; dnc = didn’t compete at Nationals/Regionals; dnq = didn’t advance from Regionals field-event qualifying; (A) = altitude-aided mark (over 1000m); ‘ = not eligible for Team USA. Eligibility classes (outdoors): *** = frosh; ** = soph; * = juniors; all others are seniors.
100 METERS
10.87
*JaMeesia Ford (South Carolina)
2
10.89
**Shawnti Jackson (LSU)
rs
10.91
*Tima Godbless (LSU)
3
10.93(A)
Alexis Brown (South Carolina)
D2
10.93
Dajaz Defrand (USC)
7
11.00
***Mia Brahe-Pedersen (USC)
rs
11.00
Kaila Jackson (Georgia)
5sf
11.01
*Victoria Cameron (Tarleton State)
9
11.01
**Brianna Selby (USC)
8
11.02
Jasmine Montgomery (Texas A&M)
4sf
11.02
***Dana Wilson (Tennessee)
hs
200 METERS
21.98
*JaMeesia Ford (South Carolina)
1
22.16
*Madison Whyte (USC)
2
22.20
Dajaz Defrand (USC)
3
22.26
Jasmine Montgomery (Texas A&M)
5
22.30
**Indya Mayberry (TCU)
3sf
22.33
***Adaejah Hodge’ (Georgia)
hs
22.35(A)
Alexis Brown (South Carolina)
D2
22.35
**Shawnti Jackson (LSU)
rs
22.43
***Mia Brahe-Pedersen (USC)
rs
22.43
Dejanea Oakley’ (Ga)
2-400
400 METERS
49.65
Dejanea Oakley’ (Georgia)
2
50.25
Vimbayi Maisvorewa’ (Georgia)
9
50.31
Ella Onojuvwevwo’ (LSU)
4
50.35
*Kaylyn Brown (Arkansas)
5
50.43
*JaMeesia Ford (South Carolina)
1-200
50.50
Yemi John’ (USC)
4sf
50.66
Rachel Joseph (Iowa State)
6
50.68
Javonya Valcourt’ (Tennessee)
4sf
50.78
*Madison Whyte (USC)
2-200
50.95
Shaquena Foote’ (San Diego State)
5sf
800 METERS
1:58.81
*Gladys Chepngetich’ (Clemson)
4sf
1:58.97
Makayla Paige (North Carolina)
2
1:59.39
Lauren Tolbert (Duke)
5
1:59.44
Juliette Whittaker (Stanford)
rs
1:59.75
Riley Chamberlain (BYU)
6sf-1500
1:59.77
Sanu Jallow’ (Arkansas)
dq-sf
2:00.01
Hayley Kitching’ (Penn State)
rs
2:00.11
**Veronica Hargrave (Indiana)
8
2:00.25
***Emmry Ross (Michigan)
hs
2:00.29
*Judy Kosgei’ (Clemson)
4qf
2:00.36
*Janet Jepkemboi Amimo’ (Kentucky)
3sf
Versatile BYU Cougar Riley Chamberlain — 1:59.75 800 PR and 4th at NCAA XC — returns with the fastest 1500 mark. (DON GOSNEY)
1500 METERS
4:02.03
Riley Chamberlain (BYU)
6sf
4:02.05
Wilma Nielsen ‘(Oregon)
intl
4:04.68
***Jane Hedengren (BYU)
hs
4:05.00+
**Rosemary Longisa’ (Washington State)
10qf
4:05.09
Vera Sjöberg’ (BU)
11
4:05.20
*Bahiya El Arfaoui’ (Oregon)
9sf
4:05.48+
Şilan Ayyıldız’ (Oregon)
4
4:05.68
*Silvia Jelelgo’ (Clemson)
8sf
4:05.75
Chloe Foerster (Washington)
8
4:05.85
*Salma Elbadra’ (South Carolina)
10
STEEPLE
8:58.15
*Doris Lemngole’ (Alabama)
1
9:10.72
*Angelina Napoleon (NC State)
3
9:15.93
**Pamela Kosgei’ (New Mexico)
1-5/10
9:32.10
**Debora Cherono’ (Texas A&M)
5
9:34.71
**Leah Jeruto’ (Oklahoma)
8
9:37.93
*Karrie Baloga (BYU)
3sf
9:37.97
*Taylor Lovell (BYU)
9
9:46.53
**Ebba Cronholm’ (Kansas)
7sf
9:48.12
Sydney Masciarelli (North Carolina)
7sf
9:52.46
*Zoie Dundon (Minnesota)
4h
5000 METERS
14:44.79
***Jane Hedengren (BYU)
hs
14:52.45
**Pamela Kosgei’ (New Mexico)
1
14:58.11
Grace Hartman (NC State)
5
14:58.97
Riley Chamberlain (BYU)
6sf-1500
15:04.65
Hilda Olemomoi’ (Florida)
6h
15:05.93
*Doris Lemngole’ (Alabama)
1St
15:10.71
*Sophia Kennedy (Stanford)
3
15:11.27
**Paityn Noe (Arkansas)
6
15:11.31
**Mary Dalton Bonner (Notre Dame)
31h-10
15:11.91
**Joy Naukot’ (West Virginia)
3-10K
15:12.57
*Judy Chepkoech’ (Florida)
intl
10,000 METERS
31:02.73
**Pamela Kosgei’ (New Mexico)
1
31:20.60
Grace Hartman (NC State)
2
31:34.34
**Joy Naukot’ (West Virginia)
3
31:36.91
*Paityn Noe (Arkansas)
4
31:45.22
**Diana Cherotich’ (Oregon)
dnf
32:02.78
*Juliet Cherubet’ (Oregon)
dnq
32:06.70
Jadyn Keeler’ (North Dakota)
16
32:10.75
**Edna Chepkemoi’ (LSU)
6
32:15.49
Rosina Machu (Gonzaga)
7
32:20.14
Brenda Tuwei’ (Alabama)
8
100 HURDLES
12.62
**Habiba Harris’ (Florida)
dns
12.74
Aaliyah McCormick (Oregon)
1
12.77
Marcia Sey’ (Howard)
3
12.81
*Ana-Liese Torian (Auburn)
4
12.85
Micaela de Mello’ (Oregon)
rs
12.86
Jaiya Covington (Texas A&M)
2d
12.93/12.75w
*Akala Garrett (South Carolina)
dq
12.93
*Emmi Scales (Kentucky)
4sf
12.94
Naomi Krebs’ (Texas Tech)
6h
12.94
Janela Spencer’ (Ohio State)
6
12.94
Oneka Wilson’ (Clemson)
5
400 HURDLES
53.73
*Akala Garrett (South Carolina)
2
54.56
**Michelle Smith’ (Georgia)
3
55.21
*Sanaa Hebron (Miami)
4
55.36
Vanessa Baldé’ (Texas Tech)
8h
55.49
*Saira Prince (Arkansas)
8h
55.65
Allyria McBride (Vanderbilt)
8
55.78
***Morgan Herbst (Arkansas)
hs
55.81
Chloe Fair (Harvard)
6
55.84
*Amelliah Birdow (TCU)
7
55.90
Safhia Hinds’ (Kansas State)
3sf
HIGH JUMP
1.97 | 6-5½
*Temitope Adeshina’ (Texas Tech)
5
1.97 | 6-5½
Rose Yeboah’ (Illinois)
2
1.91 | 6-3¼
Emma Gates (Arizona)
rs
1.91 | 6-3¼
Alyssa Jones (Stanford)
4
1.90 | 6-2¾
Evelyn Lavielle (Texas Tech)
dnq
1.89 | 6-2¼
Cheyla Scott (South Carolina)
=13
1.89 | 6-2¼
***JaiCieonna Gero-Holt (Illinois)
rs
1.88 | 6-2
**Maria Arboleda’ (Iowa)
18
1.88 | 6-2
***Kya Crooke (Arizona)
hs
1.88 | 6-2
*Sharie Enoe’ (Kansas State)
=19
1.88 | 6-2
*Paris Mikinski (Arizona)
rs
POLE VAULT
4.91 | 16-1¼
*Amanda Moll (Washington)
3
4.88 | 16-0
*Hana Moll (Washington)
1
4.61 | 15-1½
*Molly Haywood (Baylor)
8
4.57 | 15-0
Marleen Mülla’ (South Dakota)
dnq
4.56 | 14-11½
*Mason Meinershagen (Kansas)
dnq
4.52 | 14-10
**Anna Willis (South Dakota)
4t
4.51 | 14-9½(A)
Ashley Callahan (Louisville)
12t
4.50 | 14-9
*Tatum Moku (Washington State)
dnq
4.50 | 14-9
**Jathiyah Muhammad (South Carolina)
dnq
4.48 | 14-8¼
Lexi Evans (Cal Poly/SLO)
dnq
Rūta Lasmane, the ’24 NCAA indoor TJ titlist, leads the 3-bounce list after redshirting in ’25. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)
LONG JUMP
6.90 | 22-7¾
Alyssa Jones (Stanford)
2
6.85 | 22-5¾
*Sophia Beckmon (Illinois)
6
6.67 | 21-10¾
*Shamia Joiner (Grambling)
dnq
6.67 | 21-10¾
**Prestina Ochonogor’ (Tarleton State)
8
6.66 | 21-10¼
Sydney Willits (Iowa State)
rs
6.63 | 21-9
Machaeda Linton’ (LSU)
dnq
6.63 | 21-9
*Elizabeth Ndudi’ (Illinois)
dnq
6.58 | 21-7¼
**Janae De Gannes’ (Baylor)
12
6.58 | 21-7¼
*Maud Zeffou-Poaty (Kansas State)
dnq
6.57 | 21-6¾
*Aaliyah Foster’ (Kansas State)
7
TRIPLE JUMP
14.47 | 47-5¾
Rūta Lasmane’ (Texas Tech)
rs
14.17 | 46-6
Shantae Foreman’ (Clemson)
4
14.01 | 45-11¾
Winny Bii’ (Texas A&M)
1
13.87 | 45-6¼
Agur Dwol (Oklahoma)
3
13.72 | 45-¼
*Tamiah Washington (Texas Tech)
10
13.62 | 44-8¼
***Adriana Kruzmane’ (Miami)
intl
13.57 | 44-6¼
Machaeda Linton’ (LSU)
19
13.52 | 44-4¼
**Skylynn Townsend (Georgia)
6
13.51 | 44-4
*Daniela Wamokpego’ (Iowa)
18
13.50 | 44-3½
***Romi Tamir’ (Illinois)
intl
SHOT
19.72 | 64-8½
Axelina Johansson’ (Nebraska)
rs
18.93 | 62-1¼
*Akaoma Odeluga (Ole Miss)
12
18.91 | 62-½
*Nina Ndubuisi’ (Georgia)
3
18.66 | 61-2¾
Alida van Daalen’ (Florida)
9
18.45 | 60-6½
***Jessica Oji (Penn)
hs
18.37 | 60-3¼
Miné De Klerk’ (Nebraska)
rs
18.31 | 60-1
*Gracelyn Leiseth (Florida)
10
18.27 | 59-11¼
Megan Hague (Auburn)
20
18.26 | 59-11
*Elizabeth Tapper (Michigan)
14
18.21 | 59-9
Melanie Duron’ (Texas State)
18
The discus runner-up in ’25, Alida van Daalen also earned NCAA shot 4ths indoors & out in ’24. (ERROL ANDERSON/THE SPORTING IMAGE)
