Top 12 Storylines To Watch At New Balance Nationals Indoor 2016

Storyline #8: Girls 60m Hurdles is Unpredictable... and could Tara Davis Triple?

Three girls on the U.S. All-Time List headline this field:

NAMESB2016 RANKINGALL-TIME PRU.S. ALL-TIME RANKINGNATIONALS 2015 PLACEMENT
Anna Cockrell (Providence Day, NC)8.24US #18.21No. 5 All-Time2nd, NBNI 60mH; 3rd, NBNO 100mH; 3rd, NBNO 400mH
Chanel Brissett (Cheltenham, PA)8.25US #28.25No. 7 All-Time39th, NBNI 60m Prelims
Tonea Marshall (Arlington Seguin, TX)8.28US #38.28No. 9 All-Time2nd, NBNO 100mH


Cockrell (pictured above, center) returns as the top seed and the runner-up from last year but she, Brissett and Marshall (pictured above, left) are only the tip of the talent in this stacked event.

Marshall almost raced the No. 4 and No. 5 ranked girls in the nation, Tara Davis of Agoura, California and Alexis Duncan of Desoto, Texas, earlier this year at the Texas A&M HS Invitational, but she and Duncan chose not to contest the finals. Davis won the final there and also won the Simplot Games.

The multi-talented junior Davis (pictured below) will also compete in the long and triple jumps here -- and has a legitimate shot to win all three; she's ranked U.S. #1 in the long jump (20-10.75) and U.S. No. 3 in the triple jump (41-3.75).


But, back to the hurdles! Davis ranks No. 6 in the 55mH (7.88) and No. 4 in the 60mH (8.34); Duncan ranks No. 5 in the 60mH (8.41).

Want a sleeper pick?

Georgia's Tia Jones won New Balance Nationals Outdoor in the 100mH last year as an eighth-grader! She's entered here and ranks No. 10 in the 60mH (8.52).

Also of note, defending champion Sydney McLaughlin will not compete. The junior ranks No. 4 All-Time in this event, but will contest the open 400m. Watch her 2015 winning race below: