Seeding is done in 'snake', right? So if it's 2 heats, it'll be 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16; then 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15?
Looking at 800 and mile (top 3 heat, 2 time Q's; 4 per heat, 2 time Q's):
800:
Heat 1:
1 Aidan McCarthy JR Cal Poly 1:45.19 4 Brian Kweyei SO Clemson 1:46.26 5 Darius Smallwood SR Penn State 1:46.28 8 Yukichi Ishii JR Penn State 1:46.41 9 Justin O'Toole SR Washington 1:46.44 12 Darius Kipyego SR Iowa State 1:46.48 13 Olivier Desmeules SR Penn State 1:46.52 16 Tyrice Taylor JR Arkansas 1:46.62
Heat 2:
2 Tinoda Matsatsa SO Georgetown 1:45.21 3 Abdullahi Hassan SR Miss State 1:45.53 6 Dan Watcke FR Villanova 1:46.32 7 Dayton Carlson SR Arizona Stat 1:46.39 10 Kyle Reinheimer SR Washington 1:46.45 11 Cole Lindhorst JR Washington 1:46.47 14 Koitatoi Kidali FR Oregon 1:46.55 15 Matthew Erickson SR Oregon 1:46.58
Mile:
Heat 1:
1 Nathan Green JR Washington 3:50.74 4 Fouad Messaoudi SR Oklahoma Sta 3:52.66 5 Steven Jackson SR Boston Colle 3:52.71 8 Harrison Witt SR Princeton 3:52.87 9 Laban Kipkemboi SO Oklahoma Sta 3:53.29 12 Harvey Cramb SO Montana Stat 3:53.77 13 Foster Malleck SR Boston Unive 3:53.82 16 Benne Anderson SO Syracuse 3:54.12
Heat 2:
2 Ronan McMahon-Staggs JR Washington 3:51.85 3 Abel Teffra SR Georgetown 3:52.44 6 Simeon Birnbaum FR Oregon 3:52.81 7 Colin Sahlman JR Northern Ari 3:52.82 10 Collins Kiprotich FR New Mexico 3:53.41 11 Rob McManus JR Montana Stat 3:53.59 14 Reuben Reina JR Arkansas 3:53.95 15 Isaiah Givens SO Colorado 3:54.12
I'd guess the auto-advancers are (excluding time Q's, though I think heat 2 would be more likely to have them):
800:
H1 - McCarthy, Smallwood, Kipyego H2 - Matsatsa, Watcke, Kidali (1:42 talent is 1:42 talent regardless of indoor times)
You got them basically right (other than Givens/Anderson) but they are listed including position on start line!!
Agree with most. I think there will be one upset in the mile Q. Heat 2 will be the top 4 heat times. But maybe Messaoudi or Jackson might not make it, especially if it's a slower race and Messaoudi is positioned badly.
Dwight Stones with his usual 'ohhhh my god this name is soooo hard to pronounce', just try and say it and move on, it's fine, or make a pronunciation guide.