Fantasy Pick’em Pool: Quick Stats for the 2026 USATF Lone Star Grand Prix

This article covers every question for the 2026 USATF Lone Star Grand Prix presented by 44 Farms Fantasy Pick’em Pool. There is a $1,000 prize pool for whoever answers the most questions correctly. This contest is free to enter, with submissions due by 3:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 6, 2026. Eligibility restrictions may apply. Please see official rules for more information.
 
Below, USATF staff member Jordan Testerman walks through stats and trends for each question in this USATF Fantasy Pick’em Pool. For further analysis and discussion, check out the latest episode of the USATF Fantasy Show on USATF’s YouTube channel.
 
Q: Will a U.S. athlete win the Women’s Hammer Throw at the 2026 USATF Lone Star Grand Prix presented by 44 Farms?

• This is one of the deepest fields ever assembled outside of an Olympic Games or World Championships.
  • 7 of the top 9 (#1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9) ranked women’s hammer throwers in the world are on the start list for the Lone Star Grand Prix.
• Every gold medalist from the last four World Athletics Championships and the most recent Olympic Games are in this field.
• Every single medalist from the last four major global championships period is entered in this competition.
• Camryn Rogers from Canada comes in as the favorite having won the last three major global titles and has the three farthest throws in the world this season.
  • Rogers is the only woman to throw over 80 meters this season.
• Tokyo 25 silver and bronze medalists, Zhao Jie and Zhang Jiale from China, will be competing here.
• The U.S. has four athletes in this field ranked 9^th in the world or higher.

• KC Lightfoot has had three competitions this year with a clearance of 5.90m or higher.
  • The next highest season’s best of anyone in this field is 5.85m by Chris Nilsen during the indoor season.
• Ashton Barkdull has the highest outdoor mark of anyone in the field this season at 5.82m.
• Reigning USATF Outdoor Champion Austin Miller will be looking to improve on his 5.51m season’s best.
• Chris Nilsen is the only man in the field that has won an Olympic and/or World Championships medal.

• Nobody in this field has run faster than 13.23 this season thus far, under any conditions.
  • E.B. Cushing Stadium has had a history of strong wind-aided times in the straight sprints. Could the same apply to the high hurdles? Some argue that a strong tailwind could push the athletes too close to the hurdles and may result in a sloppy race. On the other hand, a strong headwind would most likely be detrimental to results as well.
• Only three athletes in this field have ever run faster than 13.15 under any conditions.
• Jamar Marshall comes into this race with the fastest season’s best at 13.23.
• Tokyo 25 bronze medalist Tyler Mason is making his 110m Hurdles season debut at the Lone Star Grand Prix.

• Ella Onojuvwevwo comes into this race with the fastest season’s best at 49.59.
  • Onojuvwevwo is the only woman in this field to have run sub-50 seconds this season, but has not competed since May 2.
• Britton Wilson has the fastest personal best in the field at 49.13.
• Stacey Ann Williams, Alexis Holmes, Britton Wilson, Ella Onojuvwevwo, and Bailey Lear are all ranked in the top 30 in the world in this event.

• World #3 ranked Grace Stark and 2019 World Champion Nia Ali are both making their season debuts at the Lone Star Grand Prix.
• Rayniah Jones comes into this meet with the fastest season’s best at 12.60.
• 6 of the 9 women in this field have personal bests faster than 12.50.
• Similar to the Men’s 110m Hurdles, the wind conditions at the time of the race may have a significant impact on the final results.

• 2026 World Indoor Champion Christopher Morales Williams comes into this race with the fastest season’s best at 44.30.
• 2024 Olympic Champion Quincy Hall is making a quick return after his season opener at the Rabat Diamond League Meeting on May 31. He ran 45.54 there to place eighth.
  • Hall’s personal best is the fastest in the field at 43.40.
• Texas A&M University alum Bryce Deadmon and 2025 World Indoor Champion Chris Bailey are the only other men besides Morales Williams to run sub-45 seconds this season.

• 2024 Olympic Champion Gabby Thomas has the fastest season’s best in the field at 21.89.
• Cambrea Sturgis is the only other woman in this field to have run sub-22 seconds this season.
• Thomas is 2-0 against Sturgis this season in the 200m, with the most recent head-to-head being at the Kip Keino Classic where the margin of victory was only 0.04 seconds.
• 6 of the 9 women in this field are ranked in the top 25 in the world (Ashanti Moore, Favour Ofili, Jenna Prandini, Deajah Stevens, Kayla White, and Cambrea Sturgis).

• Caleb Dean comes into this race with the fastest season’s best at 47.75.
• Trevor Bassitt is the only other man in this field to have run sub-48 seconds this season.
• 2025 NCAA Champion Ezekiel Nathaniel has the fastest personal best in the field at 47.11 and is making his 400m Hurdles season debut at the Lone Star Grand Prix.
• Dean, Bassitt, and Nathaniel are all ranked in the top 10 in the world along with CJ Allen.

• Four athletes in this field have already run sub-2:00.00 this season.
• Every athlete entered has run sub-2:00.00 at least once in their careers.
• Only two of the athletes in the field are ranked in the top 35 in the world.
• As of June 5 at 1:00 p.m. CDT, the current forecast for this race is 84°F and scattered rain/thunderstorms.

• 2025 World Champion Oblique Seville is making his 100m season debut at the Lone Star Grand Prix.
• Andre De Grasse comes into this race with the fastest season’s best at 9.95.
  • Kadrian Goldson is the only other athlete in the field to have run sub-10 seconds this season.
• Trayvon Bromell has the fastest personal best in the field at 9.76. He recently earned a bronze medal over 60m at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
• 5 of the 9 men in this field are ranked in the top 25 in the world.

• Have fun with this one! The wind conditions at E.B. Cushing Stadium can be unpredictable. I would tentatively expect there to be a sizable tailwind, so it’s possible that athletes may outperform their season’s bests by a tenth of a second or two.

You can follow this event by tuning in to NBC and Peacock on Saturday, June 6^th from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EDT.