The 2023 DI women’s indoor track and field regular season is over for most teams and the postseason is here. We’re two weeks away from selections — conference championships lie in between — but the regular season has provided enough races to predict this year’s future champions.
Who do I think will be lifting the hardware? Find out below.
The close, but no cigar teams
I evaluated the championship potential of the top-four teams from USTFCCCA’s Feb. 12 rankings. Here’s why the third and fourth-ranked teams are on the outside looking in.
No. 3 Arkansas
I can see an outcome where we end March 11 and Arkansas will have won four first-place trophies. That still won’t be enough for the Razorbacks to contend with the top two teams.
Why? Because Arkansas doesn’t have a diverse set of point scorers. I’ll have Arkansas as my favorite to win the 4×4, and Amanda Fassold leads the country in the pole vault, but there are gaps. The Razorbacks may not score points in any other field event, and Lauren Gregory is the only distance runner that’s shown flashes of point-scoring performances. Arkansas would need Gregory to double at championships and score more than the 11 combined points she…
