A lot of people want to know who is going to win NCAA titles this weekend in Boston, but I’m just as interested in how.

As in ... how fast, how far and how high will the winning athletes perform at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships?

I’ve taken the liberty of predicting the winning marks in each event along with the projected winner. This way, you can point and laugh at me when I inevitably get many of these wrong.

 Also, please note: some of the predicted winning times for the distance races factor in a likely tactical affair, which is why they are slower relative to season’s bests.

Off we go… 

Men’s 60m

6.50 (Terrence Jones, Texas Tech)

Men’s 200m

20.15 (Terrence Jones, Texas Tech)

Men’s 400m

44.55 (Christopher Morales Williams, Georgia)

Men’s 800m

1:46.25 (Yusuf Bizimana, Texas)

Men’s Mile

3:59.90 (Luse Houser, Washington)

Men’s 3,000m

7:42.46 (Nico Young, Northern Arizona)

Men’s 5,000m

13:24.85 (Nico Young, Northern Arizona)

Men’s 60m Hurdles

7.52 (Johnny Brackins, USC)

Men’s 4x400m

3:02.82 (Arizona State)

Men’s DMR

9:22.42 (Washington)

Men’s High Jump

2.26m (Romaine Beckford, Arkansas)

Men’s Pole Vault

5.75m (Keaton Daniel, Kentucky)

Men’s Long Jump

8.30m (Wayne Pinnock, Arkansas)

Men’s Triple Jump

16.65m (Luke Brown, Kentucky)

Men’s Shot Put

20.50 (Alexander Kolesnikoff, Georgia)

Men’s Weight Throw

24.25 (Kenneth Ijeji, Harvard)

Heptathlon

6200 points (Leo Neugebauer, Texas)

Women’s 60m

7.09 (Brianna Liston, LSU)

Women’s 200m

22.15 (JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina)

Women’s 400m

50.28 (Amber Anning, Arkansas)

Women’s 800m

1:58.99 (Michaela Rose, LSU)

Women’s Mile

4:27.88 (Maia Ramsden, Harvard)

Women’s 3,000m

8:41.50 (Parker Valby, Florida)

Women’s 5,000m

15:05.22 (Parker Valby, Florida)

Women’s 60m Hurdles

7.82 (Jasmine Jones, USC)

Women’s 4x400m

3:23.98 (Arkansas)

Women’s DMR

10:47.26 (Washington)

Women’s High Jump

2.00m (Lamara Distin, Texas A&M)

Women’s Pole Vault

4.60m (Hana Moll, Washington)

Women’s Long Jump

6.78m (Ackelia Smith, Texas)

Women’s Triple Jump

13.95m (Emilia Sjostrand, San Jose St.)

Women’s Shot Put

19.20m (Mya Lesnar, Colorado St.)

Women’s Weight Throw

25.01m (Jalani Davis, Ole Miss)

Pentathlon

4535 points (Allie Jones, USC)