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2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor and Para National Championships: How to watch, schedule, preview
The 2025 USA Track and Field Outdoor and Para National Championships air live on NBC Sports, Peacock and from July 31-Aug. 3. National champions and world championships team members will be decided at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Headliners include 2024 Olympic gold medalists Noah Lyles (100m), Gabby Thomas (200m), Cole Hocker (1500m), Masai Russell (100m Hurdles), Grant Holloway (110m hurdles), Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (400m hurdles, but racing the 400m this week), Rai Benjamin (400m hurdles), Tara Davis-Woodhall (long jump) and Valarie Allman (discus). The top three in most events make the team for September's World Championships in Tokyo. Reigning world champions from 2023 have byes onto the world team — including Lyles (100m and 200m), Holloway (110m hurdles), Ryan Crouser (shot put, missing nationals due to an elbow injury) and Sha'Carri Richardson (100m). In those events, the U.S. can send four athletes to worlds. The nation's top Para athletes will also compete this week. USA Track and Field is combining the Para National Championships with its annual Outdoor Championships for the first time. Para track and field worlds are from Sept. 26-Oct. 5 in New Delhi, India. Stars to watch: Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Lyles doesn't need to compete at nationals to make the world team, but he said he plans to run the 200m in Eugene anyway. Lyles will bid for a record-tying fifth U.S. men's 200m title. He'll have to beat two-time Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek. Richardson, with her 100m bye into worlds, said she plans to race the 200m at nationals. Thomas is the reigning national champion there, seeking her fourth U.S. 200m title. McLaughlin-Levrone, who has broken the 400m hurdles world record six times, chose not to race that event at nationals. Instead, she entered the flat 400m, an event where she's the second-fastest American in history. She's seeded third by best 2025 time behind Aaliyah Butler and Bella Whittaker. The men's 800m could be the most compelling event. The field includes the three fastest Americans in history: Bryce Hoppel (fourth at the 2024 Olympics), Josh Hoey (fourth at the 2024 Olympic Trials, missing the team by one spot) and 2019 World champion Donavan Brazier, back this season after missing nearly three years due to injury. 2025 USATF Outdoor, Para Championships Schedule Nick Zaccardi,
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22-07-2025
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Ezra Frech talks 2028 Paralympic promise, ‘Adaptive' doc series on TODAY
For Ezra Frech, gold medals on back-to-back days at the Paris Paralympics were extraordinary, but not completely satisfying. So Frech is sticking to the promise he made years ago — to win three track and field events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. 'To win a gold in the three most explosive events — high jump, long jump, 100m — and do it in my hometown,' he said on the TODAY Show set on Tuesday. 'That would top these (two Paris Olympic gold medals).' Frech, 20, won the T63 100m and high jump in Paris last summer. He also placed fifth in the long jump after finishing fourth in that event at the previous two world championships. He actually missed his first few weeks of freshman classes at USC to compete at the Games. After winning the 100m, a professor sent him a congratulatory email that also reminded him to complete classwork by the next day. 'I'm sitting there, greatest moment of my life, gold medal on my neck, thinking there's no way I'm doing this discussion (work) before tomorrow,' he said. Next on the track for Frech could be the Para National Championships from July 31-Aug. 2 in Eugene, Oregon, held in conjunction with the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships for the first time. Frech is qualified to contest the 100m, high jump and long jump should he choose to compete. The World Championships are Sept. 26-Oct. 5 in New Delhi, India. In the meantime, Frech stars in 'Adaptive,' which debuts July 28 on Peacock. The three-episode series follows four U.S. Paralympians' experiences at the Paris Games: Frech, Jamal Hill (Para swimming), Courtney Ryan (Wheelchair basketball) and Josie Aslakson (Wheelchair basketball). 'Adaptive is literally everything that a sports doc should be,' Frech said. 'It's raw, authentic. It's emotional. It's gritty. There's lots of lows and failure and laughter, and then in my case, ultimately, the highest of the highs.' Paralympic venue plan outlined for 2028 Los Angeles Games All 2028 Paralympic venues are expected to be within a 35-mile radius surrounding Los Angeles.
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11-02-2025
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USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, Para Nationals to be held together
USA Track and Field is combining the Para National Championships with its annual Outdoor Championships for the first time in 2025. The USATF Outdoor Championships are July 31-Aug. 3 at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. Para Nationals are July 31-Aug. 2 at Hayward. 'This meet will be momentous for the sport because we don't often get the opportunity to showcase able-bodied and Para sport side by side,' U.S. Paralympics Track and Field Director Sherrice Fox said in a press release. 'It will not only determine which of our athletes we take with us to worlds, but also will be the first time that fans will get to see Para sport contested at USATF Outdoor Championships. We are so excited to set the cornerstone for what will hopefully be many more combined meets in the future.' Competition will determine teams for the World Track and Field Championships from Sept. 13-21 in Tokyo and the World Para Track and Field Championships from Sept. 26-Oct. 5 in New Delhi, India. Beginning this year, the U.S. Paralympic track and field program has been part of USA Track and Field in the latest move to unify the Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Previously, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee managed Para track and field. 'We are thrilled to host the USATF Para National Championships concurrently with the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field for the first time,' USATF CEO Max Siegel said in the release. 'This historic event underscores USATF's commitment to providing equal opportunities for all elite track and field athletes. With the Championships just a few months away, we're excited to showcase the incredible talent of both Para and able-bodied athletes in one of the most extraordinary facilities in the world.' Nick Zaccardi,
