The USATF Indoor Championships are in the heart of the NCAA season. As a result, many qualified U.S. athletes still in college will miss out on the opportunity to represent Team USA in Birmingham this year.

Below is a list of one NCAA athlete per event who have a realistic shot of being top-2 at the USATF Indoor Championships this year.

NOTE: In some events there are more than one NCAA athlete with World Team caliber potential but for simplicity we selected one athlete per event.

60m Dash

SR Eli Hall (Houston)

2018 U.S. Rank | #9 6.58

Credentials | Made the 2017 World 200m Team

SR Mikiah Brisco (LSU)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 7.08

Credentials | Currently .06 sec faster than heavy favorite Tori Bowie

400m Dash

SO Michael Norman (USC)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 45.00

Credentials | Made back-to-back US outdoor finals (200 in 2016, 400 in 2017)

SR Kendall Ellis (USC)

2018 U.S. Rank | #3 51.53

Credentials | Made the 2017 World 400m Team

800m Run

JR Isaiah Harris (Penn State)

2018 U.S. Rank | #9 1:47.38

Credentials | Made the 2017 World 800m Team

FR Sammy Watson (Texas A&M)

2018 U.S. Rank | #10 2:03.42

Credentials | 6th at the 2017 U.S. Championships

1500m Run

SR Andy Trouard (Northern Arizona)

2018 U.S. Rank | #14 3:58.01

Credentials | Trains at altitude, recently showed his kicking ability

SR Elinor Purrier (New Hampshire)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 4:26.55

Credentials | Top competitor, Colleen Quigley is a steepler like Purrier

3,000m Run

JR Grant Fisher (Stanford)

2018 U.S. Rank | #9 7:48.56

Credentials | 2017 NCAA 5k Champion

SR Karissa Schweizer (Missouri)

2018 U.S. Rank | #5 8:41.60

Credentials | 4th at the 2017 U.S. Championships

60m Hurdles

SO Grant Holloway (Florida)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 7.42

Credentials | 4th at the 2017 U.S. Championships

JR Dior Hall (USC)

2018 U.S. Rank | #4 7.94

Credentials | Fastest PB among NCAA athletes

High Jump

SR Trey Culver (Texas Tech)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 2.33m

Credentials | 2-Time NCAA High Jump Champion

SR Madeline Fagan (Georgia)

2018 U.S. Rank | #10 1.85m

Credentials | Jumped 1.93m in 2017

Pole Vault

SO Chris Nilsen (South Dakota)

2018 U.S. Rank | #2 5.72m

Credentials | Made the 2017 World Pole Vault Team

JR Oliva Gruver (Kentucky)

2018 U.S. Rank | #4 4.65m

Credentials | 2017 NCAA Outdoor Champion

Long Jump

JR Charles Brown (Texas Tech)

2018 U.S. Rank | #3 8.03m

Credentials | Jumped 8.14m in 2017

JR Kate Hall (Georgia)

U.S. Rank | #2 6.64m

Credentials | 2017 NCAA Outdoor Champion

Triple Jump

SR KeAndre Bates (Florida)

2018 U.S. Rank | #6 16.48m

Credentials | Jumped 16.81m in 2017

SR Keturah Orji (Georgia)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 14.53m

Credentials | U.S. Record Holder

Shot Put

FR Jordan Geist (Arizona)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 21.45m

Credentials | Two foot lead over second American in 2018

SR Maggie Ewen (Arizona State)

2018 U.S. Rank | #1 19.20m

Credentials | Made the 2017 World Hammer Throw Team