Fantasy Pick’em Pool: Quick Stats for the 2026 USATF Indoor Championships

This article covers all ten questions for the 2026 USATF Indoor Championships presented by Prevagen Fantasy Pick’em Pool. Answer the most questions correctly for a share of the $2,500 prize pool. This contest is free to enter, with submissions due by 12:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, March 1^st. Eligibility restrictions may apply. Please see official rules for more information.
 
USATF staff member Jordan Testerman walks through stats and trends for each question in this USATF Fantasy Pick’em Pool below. For further analysis and discussion, check out the latest episode of the USATF Fantasy Show on USATF’s YouTube channel.
 
Q: Will anyone jump farther than or equal to 14.30 meters (46 feet 10.75 inches) in the Women’s Triple Jump Final?

• So far this season, no U.S. woman has eclipsed 14.30m in the Triple Jump.
• Agur Dwol leads the U.S. season top list with a 14.28m performance at the Tyson Invitational.
• Jasmine Moore is the only competitor entered that has jumped further than 14.30m in her career.
• 2 of the past 3 winning jumps in this event were further than 14.30m.

• Roger Steen leads the U.S. season top list with a 22.07m performance at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting.
• Jordan Geist is coming into this competition already qualified for the World Athletics Indoor Championships via Wild Card by virtue of winning the 2026 World Indoor Tour.
  • He is the only U.S. athlete this season to throw over 22 meters in multiple competitions.
• 2023 champion Joe Kovacs has improved his Season’s Best with each competition this year, coming in with a mark of 21.92m.
• Reigning USATF Outdoor champion Josh Awotunde has come up clutch in the past, showing that recent results are not always the best indicator for predicting who will win.

• Kennedy Stringfellow and Cordell Tinch both come into these championships atop the U.S. season top lists with jumps of 8.29m.
  • Stringfellow, a junior at the University of Oklahoma, is the son of 2004 World Indoor Champion and 2001 World Championships silver medalist Savanté Stringfellow.
  • Tinch, the 2025 World Champion in the 110m Hurdles, is making a return to the Long Jump after focusing on the hurdles last season. His 8.29m from the 2026 Tyson Invitational is the farthest jump of his career so far.
• Steffin McCarter is the only other man in the field that has jumped further than 8 meters this season.
• Will Williams looks to defend his U.S. Indoor Championship at the same facility he won this title at last season.
• 2025 runner-up Cameron Crump will look to improve on his finish from last season.
• Olympian Jeremiah Davis has a Personal Best of 8.37m indoors, second only to Crump’s 8.39m of those entered.

• Roisin Willis set a new American Record of 1:57.97 earlier this season, but she is not competing at these championships.
  • This, along with defending champion Nia Akins scratching, leaves the door wide open for a highly competitive field to take advantage and qualify for Worlds.
• 5 women entered have run faster than 2:00.00 this season.
• From 2022-2024, no women ran faster than 2:00.00 in the Final at these championships.
• In 2025, only two women ran sub-2:00.00 in the Final.
• Only six athletes advance to the final indoors.

• Britton Wilson, the U.S. leader this season, has scratched.
• Two women entered have run faster than 52.00 so far this season: Rosey Effiong and Paris Peoples.
• Shamier Little has a Season’s Best of 52.18, but an indoor Personal Best of 50.57.
• Bailey Lear has a Season’s Best of 52.28, but an indoor Personal Best of 51.55.
• This year, there will be a 2-section Final with eight athletes total instead of six, seemingly increasing the probability for fast times.

• This record has stood since 1995 and remains the seventh fastest indoor performance in history.
• Khaleb McRae set a pending World Record of 44.52 at the Tyson Invitational on February 13^th, and he sits firmly atop the season top lists.
• The Ocean Breeze facility record is 45.15 set by Chris Bailey in the prelims of these championships last year.

• Elle St. Pierre currently has the fastest time in the world this season with her 3:59.33 official split time en route to a 4:17.83 1 Mile at BU on February 14^th.
  • She broke Heather MacLean’s American Record of 3:59.60 from last season.
• Nikki Hiltz won the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in impressive fashion, running 4:19.64 and taking down Olympic silver medalist Jessica Hull.
• Outdoor and Road 1 Mile American Record holder Sinclaire Johnson has the second-fastest 1500m in the field this season running 4:01.30 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
• Gracie Morris sits third on the U.S. season top list running 4:02.12 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
• 2024 World Indoor bronze medalist Emily Mackay has the experience to possibly upset a talented field.

• Cole Hocker is putting together another impressive season, first breaking the American Record in the 2000m, followed by a memorable win in the 2 Mile at the Millrose Games, and most recently setting the American Record of 3:45.94 in the 1 Mile (and 3:30.80 in the 1500m en route).
• Olympic bronze medalist Yared Nuguse ran 3:48.31 in the Wanamaker Mile and 7:33.78 in the 3000m at the Sound Invite.
• Both men are also entered in the 3000m on Saturday.
• The 1500m field includes 3-time USATF champion Sam Prakel, 2-time NCAA champion Nathan Green, and 3-time USATF Road Mile champion Vincent Ciattei.

• Jacious Sears holds a Season’s Best of 7.03 and comes in as the favorite to win being the U.S. leader.
• Here are the last four winning times: 7.11, 7.02, 6.94, 7.07.
  • The two times faster than 7.05 were run at altitude in Albuquerque.
• Sears’ Personal Best of 7.02 was set at sea level at the Millrose Games last year.

• Jordan Anthony leads the U.S. season top list with a huge Personal Best of 6.43 set at the Tyson Invitational two weeks ago.
• Anthony and Noah Lyles now have the same Personal Best.
  • Lyles has yet to run a 60m this season. He is the World silver medalist from Glasgow two years ago.
• 2016 60m World Champion Trayvon Bromell and defending U.S. champion Ronnie Baker are both highly experienced at this discipline and will attempt to upset the Clermont, FL-based training partners.

You can follow this event by tuning in to USATF.tv on Saturday, February 28^th from 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST and Sunday, March 1^st from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST. NBC coverage begins Sunday, March 1^st from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST.