The top track and field athletes from around the country will descend upon Eugene, Oregon this week for the 2025 U.S. track and field championships.
Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sha’Carri Richardson and Grant Holloway represent some of the star athletes who will compete this week at Hayward Field.
The championships will determine who will make the U.S. team for September’s world track and field championships in Tokyo, Japan.
USA TODAY Sports will be on the ground in Eugene, Oregon to report and provide insight on all the action. To get you ready, we have the marquee athletes to watch:
Noah Lyles
Events: 100, 200
Lyles doesn’t have to compete to clinch a spot on the U.S. national team because he’s the defending world champion in the 100 and 200 meters. He’s entered in both events, but he’s indicated he plans to focus on the 200 in Eugene.
Lyles ran a personal-best 9.79 to win the 100 at the Paris Olympic. His career-best of 19.31 in the 200 is an American record.
Lyles’ top times this year are 10.00 in the 100 and 19.88 in the 200, well off his career-best marks. However, Lyles tends to shine when the lights are bright. He’s the fastest man in the country when he’s in top form.
Sha’Carri Richardson
Events: 100, 200
The reigning 100 world champion earned a bye to the 2025 world championships, but she’s still entered in both the 100 and 200 meters.
Richardson finished ninth in the 100 at the Prefontaine Classic, running a season-best 11.19. Her personal-record is 10.65. She’s the most talented sprinter in the 100 field, but her training mate, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, is having a better season. Jefferson-Wooden has the top 100 time (10.73) in the world this year.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Event: 400
The 400-meter hurdles world record holder and Olympic gold medalist dropped the hurdles and is set to run the open 400.
McLaughlin-Levrone is the heavy favorite in the event. The four-time Olympic gold medalist has run 49.43 in the 400 this year. McLaughlin-Levrone is one of the best female athletes in the country across all sports. She could flirt with the American record (48.70) in Eugene.
Grant Holloway
Event: 110 hurdles
Holloway has a bye into the world championships because he won gold in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2023 world championships. He’s entered in the 110 hurdles, but his bye comes at a necessary times because he’s been dealing with an injury.
Holloway is a three-time world champion in the 110 hurdles and won gold in the event at the Paris Olympics. His lifetime best of 12.81 is the second fastest time ever.
Quincy Wilson
Events: 400
The 400-meter prodigy became one of the darlings of track and field when he earned a spot on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.
Wilson ran a 44.10 in July to break his own under-18 400 world record. The 17-year-old sprinter is tied for the fourth fastest entry in the 400. He’s a podium favorite and will certainly have the crowd on his side in Eugene.
Quincy Hall, the defending Olympic champion in the 400, won’t run at the U.S. championships due to injury.
Athing Mu-Nikolayev
Events: 800
The 800-meter runner looked unbeatable at the Tokyo Olympics and continued her dominance at the 2022 world championships, but she’s been unable to regain her form since.
Mu-Nikolayev endured a heartbreaking fall at the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials and failed to make the squad. She finished 10th – well behind the other runners – at this year’s Prefontaine Classic.
Mu-Nikolayev is the American-record holder in the 800 (1:54.97), but will she be able to return to her dominant ways? It’s one of the biggest questions at the U.S. track and field championships.
When are U.S. track and field championships
The U.S. track and field championships begin Thursday, July 31. The last day of the competition is Sunday, August 3.
A complete schedule of events can be found here.
