Wednesday, January 8, 2020

NCAA Indoor Preview 3: Hurdles/Multi-Events

(Trey Cunningham-Florida State)

Continuing with our indoor preview, this post is about the hurdlers and multi-event athletes. For the indoor season the men will compete in a heptathlon and the women in a pentathlon. There a few returning champions in these events but do not forget it is an Olympic Year, upsets are bound to happen.


Grant Holloway set the world on fire last season. He broke the NCAA record and at the end of a successful season went pro and won the world title. No one will be able to replace that level of success or production. The top returnee is from the other Florida school, Florida State in junior Trey Cunningham. Cunningham broke Holloway’s high school records and will look to perform at the same high level. After finishing third last indoor season and missing the championship meet outdoors Cunningham is finally ready to step into the spotlight.

In the indoor heptathlon we will look to last outdoor season to tell the story. Johannes Erm of Georgia looks to continue the strong multi-event tradition of Georgia, he won the decathlon last outdoor season and earned All-American honors in the indoor season. Erm is looking to garner another national title for his trophy case.

Chanel Brissett of USC is the defending champion in the 60-meter- hurdles and the top returnee from the 100 hurdles last outdoor season. The speedy hurdler will be relied upon to win the Indoor title to help with the team battle between Arkansas and USC. Teammates Anna Cockrell and Mecca McGlaston return to be a challenge along with Tonea Marshall of LSU.

Two names come to mind win considering the Pentathlon. With defending champion out of eligibility the battle will be between Aliyah Whisby of Georgia and Tyra Gittens of Texas A&M. Whisby is the top returnee from last indoor season and Gittens was runner up outdoors in the heptathlon. Whisby is the latest to pick up the multi-event mantle for the women of Georgia. The Bulldogs will look to make a sweep of the multi-events and continue their storied success. Gittens has proven to be quite the field athlete herself performing well in the jumps and throws.

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