USATF has named a roster of more than 100 athletes who will compete at Stade de France in Saint Denis.
Team USATF dominated the medals table at the past two World Athletics Championships, earning 33 total medals at Oregon22 and 29 last summer at Budapest, including 12 gold. American athletes finished atop the medal table at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, too, grabbing 26, seven of them gold.
Four reigning Olympic champions lead the U.S. roster, with two-time shot put gold medalist and world record holder Ryan Crouser heading the men’s team and 400 hurdles world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone coming off her fifth world record to top the women’s entrants. Katie Moon is the defending women’s pole vault champion, and Valarie Allman will be seeking a second straight gold in the women’s discus.
At last year’s World Championships in Budapest, Noah Lyles swept the men’s 100 and 200 and helped the U.S. to victory in the 4×100 relay. He is again a favorite to top the podium in both individual events and will be a key player on the relay. Other individual gold medalists from Budapest making the Paris trip are Crouser and Moon, as well as women’s 100 champion Sha’Carri Richardson. Richardson picked up bronze in the 200 and helped Team USATF to gold in the 4×100.
Grant Holloway is a three-time world champion in the men’s 110 hurdles who earned silver at Tokyo, and his 12.86 win at the Olympic Trials in Eugene perhaps set the scene for his first Olympic gold. Winner of the last two world titles in the women’s shot put, Chase Jackson is the American record holder and is seeking gold in her Olympic debut.
Other returning medalists from Tokyo include men’s 400 hurdles American record holder Rai Benjamin, who set the AR of 46.17 for silver in that historic Tokyo race. Benjamin clocked a world-leading 46.46 to win the Trials. Sprint stars Fred Kerley and Kenny Bednarek are also gold medal threats in the 100 and 200. Kerley won the world 100 title at Oregon22, while Bednarek dropped his 200 PB to 19.59 at the Trials and was a silver medalist at Oregon22.
Field eventers Joe Kovacs and Chris Nilsen have vast international experience, and Kovacs has two world titles to his credit. Owner of the best men’s shot put mark in the world this year at 23.13, Kovacs has a pair of Olympic silvers from Rio 2016 and Tokyo, and is the second best thrower in history behind only Crouser. Nilsen nabbed pole vault silver at Tokyo and Oregon22. Women’s shot put stalwart Raven Saunders was the Tokyo silver medalist and placed fifth at Rio in 2016.
Gabby Thomas was the women’s 200 silver medalist at Budapest last fall and earned bronze at Tokyo. She has the fastest time in the world this year, a 21.78 in the Trials semifinal, and her 21.60 PB makes her the second fastest American ever and No. 4 on the world all-time performer list.
WOMEN’S ROSTER BY EVENT
| EVENT/ATHLETE | RESIDENCE | ASSOCIATION |
| 100 | ||
| Sha’Carri Richardson | Clermont, FL | Florida |
| Melissa Jefferson | Clermont, FL | Florida |
| Twanisha Terry | Clermont, FL | Florida |
| 200 | ||
| Gabby Thomas | Austin, TX | Texas Southern |
| Brittany Brown | Tontitown, AR | Iowa |
| McKenzie Long | Dayton, OH | Ohio |
| 400 | ||
| Kendall Ellis | North Hollywood, CA | Southern California |
| Aaliyah Butler | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Florida |
| Alexis Holmes | Hamden, CT | Connecticut |
| 800 | ||
| Nia Akins | Seattle, WA | Pacific Northwest |
| Allie Wilson | Indianapolis, IN | Indiana |
| Juliette Whittaker | Laurel, MD | Potomac Valley |
| 1500 | ||
| Nikki Hiltz | Flagstaff, AZ | Arizona |
| Emily Mackay | Endicott, NY | New England |
| Elle St. Pierre | Enosburg, VT | New England |
| 3000 Steeplechase | ||
| Valerie Constien | Boulder, CO | Colorado |
| Courtney Wayment | Springville, UT | Utah |
| Marisa Howard | Boise, ID | Snake River |
| 5000 | ||
| Elise Cranny | Niwot, CO | Colorado |
| Karissa Schweizer | Eugene, OR | Oregon |
| Whittni Morgan | Springville, UT | Utah |
| 10,000 | ||
| Weini Kelati | Flagstaff, AZ | Arizona |
| Parker Valby | Brooksville, FL | Florida |
| Karissa Schweizer | Eugene, OR | Oregon |
| Marathon | ||
| Fiona O’Keeffe | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina |
| Emily Sisson | Flagstaff, AZ | Arizona |
| Dakotah Lindwurm | Hopkins, MN | Minnesota |
| 100H | ||
| Masai Russell | Upper Marlboro, MD | Potomac Valley |
| Alaysha Johnson | Dallas, TX | Southwestern |
| Grace Stark | White Lake, MI | Michigan |
| 400H | ||
| Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | Playa Vista, CA | Southern California |
| Anna Cockrell | Westworth Village, TX | Southwestern |
| Jasmine Jones | Atlanta, GA | Georgia |
| High Jump | ||
| Rachel Glenn | Long Beach, CA | Southern California |
| Vashti Cunningham | Las Vegas, NV | Nevada |
| Pole Vault | ||
| Bridget Williams | Fairlawn, VA | Virginia |
| Katie Moon | Powder Springs, GA | New York |
| Brynn King | Tomball, TX | Gulf |
| Long Jump | ||
| Tara Davis-Woodhall | Fayetteville, AR | New York |
| Jasmine Moore | Gainesville, FL | Florida |
| Monae’ Nichols | Winter Haven, FL | Florida |
| Triple Jump | ||
| Jasmine Moore | Gainesville, FL | Florida |
| Keturah Orji | Atlanta, GA | Georgia |
| Tori Franklin | Chicago, IL | Illinois |
| Shot Put | ||
| Chase Jackson | Holman, NM | New Mexico |
| Raven Saunders | North Charleston, SC | South Carolina |
| Jaida Ross | Eugene, OR | Oregon |
| Discus | ||
| Valarie Allman | Austin, TX | Texas Southern |
| Jayden Ulrich | East Alton, IL | Ozark |
| Veronica Fraley | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina |
| Hammer | ||
| Annette Echikunwoke | Cincinnati, OH | Ohio |
| DeAnna Price | Champaign, IL | New York |
| Erin Reese | Terre Haute, IN | Indiana |
| Javelin | ||
| Maggie Malone Hardin | Lincoln, NE | New York |
| Heptathlon | ||
| Anna Hall | Gainesville, FL | Florida |
| Chari Hawkins | San Diego, CA | San Diego-Imperial |
| Taliyah Brooks | Tontitown, AR | Arkansas |
| Relay pool (Additional Athletes) | ||
| Kaylyn Brown | Gastonia, NC | North Carolina |
| Tamari Davis | Orlando, FL | Florida |
| Quanera Hayes | Hope Mills, NC | North Carolina |
| Aleia Hobbs | Geismar, LA | Southern |
| Shamier Little | Farmington, AR | Arkansas |
| Isabella Whittaker | Laurel, MD | Potomac Valley |
MEN’S ROSTER BY EVENT
| EVENT/ATHLETE | RESIDENCE | ASSOCIATION |
| 100 | ||
| Noah Lyles | Clermont, FL | Potomac Valley |
| Kenny Bednarek | Minneola, FL | Wisconsin |
| Fred Kerley | Miami, FL | Florida |
| 200 | ||
| Noah Lyles | Clermont, FL | Potomac Valley |
| Kenny Bednarek | Minneola, FL | Wisconsin |
| Erriyon Knighton | Gainesville, FL | Florida |
| 400 | ||
| Quincy Hall | Gainesville, FL | Florida |
| Michael Norman | Los Angeles, CA | Southern California |
| Chris Bailey | Fayetteville, AR | Arkansas |
| 800 | ||
| Bryce Hoppel | Dallas, TX | Southwestern |
| Hobbs Kessler | Ann Arbor, MI | Michigan |
| Brandon Miller | O’Fallon, MO | Pacific Northwest |
| 1500 | ||
| Cole Hocker | Blacksburg, VA | Oregon |
| Yared Nuguse | Boulder, CO | Colorado |
| Hobbs Kessler | Ann Arbor, MI | Michigan |
| 3000 Steeplechase | ||
| Kenneth Rooks | Provo, UT | Utah |
| Matthew Wilkinson | Minneapolis, MN | Arizona |
| James Corrigan | Los Angeles, CA | Southern California |
| 5000 | ||
| Grant Fisher | Park City, UT | Utah |
| Abdihamid Nur | Flagstaff, AZ | Arizona |
| Graham Blanks | Athens, GA | Georgia |
| 10,000 | ||
| Grant Fisher | Park City, UT | Utah |
| Woody Kincaid | Portland, OR | Oregon |
| Nico Young | Flagstaff, AZ | Arizona |
| Marathon | ||
| Conner Mantz | Provo, UT | Utah |
| Clayton Young | Springville, UT | Utah |
| Leonard Korir | Colorado Springs, CO | Colorado |
| 110H | ||
| Grant Holloway | Gainesville, FL | Florida |
| Freddie Crittenden | Phoenix, AZ | Arizona |
| Daniel Roberts | Greensboro, NC | Kentucky |
| 400H | ||
| Rai Benjamin | Bronxville, NY | New York |
| CJ Allen | Marietta, GA | Georgia |
| Trevor Bassitt | Gainesville, FL | Ohio |
| High Jump | ||
| Shelby McEwen | Abbeville, MS | Southern |
| JuVaughn Harrison | Baton Rouge, LA | Southern |
| Vernon Turner | Norman, OK | Oklahoma |
| Pole Vault | ||
| Sam Kendricks | Oxford, MS | Southern |
| Chris Nilsen | Vermillion, SD | New York |
| Jacob Wooten | Tomball, TX | Gulf |
| Long Jump | ||
| Jeremiah Davis | Tallahassee, FL | Florida |
| Malcolm Clemons | Richmond, CA | Pacific |
| Jarrion Lawson | Rogers, AR | Arkansas |
| Triple Jump | ||
| Salif Mane | Teaneck, NJ | New Jersey |
| Russell Robinson | Windermere, FL | Florida |
| Donald Scott | Gainesville, FL | Michigan |
| Shot Put | ||
| Ryan Crouser | Farmington, AR | Arkansas |
| Joe Kovacs | Dublin, OH | New York |
| Payton Otterdahl | Lincoln, NE | Dakotas |
| Discus | ||
| Andrew Evans | Portage, MI | Kentucky |
| Sam Mattis | Temple, PA | Mid-Atlantic |
| Joseph Brown | Commerce, TX | Southwestern |
| Hammer | ||
| Daniel Haugh | Marietta, GA | New York |
| Rudy Winkler | Washington, DC | New York |
| Javelin | ||
| Curtis Thompson | Florence, NJ | New England |
| Decathlon | ||
| Heath Baldwin | Kalamazoo, MI | Michigan |
| Zach Ziemek | Waunakee, WI | Wisconsin |
| Harrison Williams | Chula Vista, CA | North Carolina |
| Relay pool (Additional Athletes) | ||
| Christian Coleman | West Columbia, SC | South Carolina |
| Bryce Deadmon | Houston, TX | Gulf |
| Kyree King | Clermont, FL | Florida |
| Courtney Lindsey | Rock Island, IL | Illinois |
| Vernon Norwood | Baton Rouge, LA | Southern |
| Quincy Wilson | Bowie, MD | Potomac Valley |