Top-ranked
LSU will enter the postseason with athletes across 13 events and boast seven top-5 nationally ranked performances. Leading the way for the Tigers with No. 1 billings are
Favour Ofili in the 200 (22.30w)
and
Symone Mason in the 100 (11.02) and
Lisa Gunnarsson in the pole vault (4.50m/14-9). The Tigers also have the top-ranked 4×100 relay of 42.52.
Southern California improved one spot to sit at No. 2 and will rely heavily on their sprints and hurdles squad. The Women of Troy will be paced by
Anna Cockrell, who is currently the fastest seasonal performer in the 400H at 54.77 and ranked No. 5 in the 100H.
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BYU’s star runner Courtney Wayment can run a wide range of races, but her heart is in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, her father’s event. The steeplechase, which was originally an Irish horse race from one steeple to the next over streams and stone walls, throws in her path water jumps and heavy wooden barriers spread out over nearly two miles.
This seems an entirely fitting challenge for Wayment. Ever since she took up running, she has had to hurdle every manner of obstacle thrown in her way, from a mysterious illness that had her sucking oxygen from a tank between races, to blackouts and repeated leg injuries, to the COVID-19 shutdown, to the clutches of a possessive club soccer coach. Her talent was such that it was tempting to wonder what she could do if she ever could train and race unfettered by such problems.