With spots to Budapest on the line, Toyota USATF champs begin Thursday in Eugene...
The top three finishers who hold the all-important world championship standards are on the team for Budapest 2023. That said, World Athletics can fill the field with the top-ranked athletes in an event based on their world rankings as of August 2nd.
Note that several countries, including Canada, are holding their national championship meet on the final weekend of July to give their athletes time to either make the world championship standard or accumulate enough world ranking points to receive an invitation from World Athletics.
The United States will get three entries plus a wild card entry for the defending champion from Oregon22 in the men's 100, 200, 400, 110 hurdles, shot put, and women's 800, 400 hurdles, pole vault (former Pullman resident Katie Moon), shot put and hammer. Last year's Wanda Diamond League champion in the discus, Valarie Allman, also received a wild card entry into Budapest. Vancouver native Kara Winger, who won the Diamond League javelin finals last year, is declining her wild card entry, after announcing her retirement.
Forty five athletes with ties to the state of Washington are entered in this weekend’s national championships, with 28 athletes alone in action on Thursday.
The Brooks Beasts have eight entries in the meet, led by 800 meter runner Nia Akins. Akins is the only one from the Beasts who owns the world championship standard.
Entering the national championships, the only athletes with Washington ties who own the world championships standards besides Akins are Washington State alum CJ Allen in the 400 hurdles, and former Renton resident Devon Allen in the 110 hurdles.
The University of Washington has 16 current or former Huskies entered in the meet, led by NCAA 1500 meter champion Nathan Green (Paul Merca photo), plus volunteer coaches Sam Prakel and Alli Cash.
Washington State has current Cougar Jared McElvey in the 400 hurdles, along with alums CJ Allen in the 400 hurdles, and Brock Eager in the hammer. Eastern Washington's lone entry is Eagle alum Parker Bowden in the men's 110 hurdles.
Other notable current collegians in the meet include NCAA steeple champs Kenneth Rooks of College Place near Walla Walla for BYU, and Olivia Markezich of Woodinville and Notre Dame; Markezich's Notre Dame teammate Katie Thronson of Spokane in the steeple; former Huskies Jonah Wilson and Alex Slenning in the shot put and steeplechase; and University Place native Lexi Ellis of Oregon in the triple jump.
Below is a file of athletes with Washington ties competing at the Toyota USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, along with time(s) that they are competing.
Usatf Sr Time Schedule w Wa Athletes by Paul Merca on Scribd
The 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships and USATF U20 Championships will be broadcast live from Historic Hayward Field Thursday through Sunday, July 6-9 via a mix of USATF.TV+ ($), CNBC, and Peacock.tv ($). CNBC and Peacock coverage will air from 10:00 p.m. - midnight ET (7-9 pm PT) on July 7 and 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET (6-8 pm PT) July 8-9.
For the first time ever, USATF.TV+ will air every jump, every throw, and every race (outside the TV window) for the 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships and 2023 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships, including the multi-events. The entire USATF U20 Outdoor Championships will be shown on USATF.TV+.
The USATF Under-20 Championships, which are being held in conjunction with the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, begin Friday and runs through Sunday.
We will preview the USATF U20 championships in a separate post.
NOTE: USA Track & Field contributed to this report.
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