USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES ROSTER OF 139 ATHLETES FOR BUDAPEST 23

Right here it’s. The 139-member US group for the Budapest. The US observe group received 33 medals within the final World Champs; what’s going to it do that time? 

INDIANAPOLIS — With 12 days to go earlier than the world’s high observe and discipline athletes take heart stage, USATF has named a full roster of 139 athletes for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23. The nine-day competitors will happen from August 19-27 on the Nationwide Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary.

Staff USATF is coming off of a dominant displaying at Oregon22, having received the first-ever World Athletics Staff Trophy with 328 factors and a historic complete of 33 medals. Tallying 13 gold, 9 silvers and 11 bronze throughout 22 occasions, American athletes actually made their mark.

82 athletes from the Oregon22 group will return to the world stage, together with 23 particular person medalists – 10 of whom received gold. 63 members of the Budapest roster are Tokyo Olympians, and 22 have been medalists.

Of the 139 athletes named, 10 are entered as wild playing cards, having received their occasion at Oregon22 or the Diamond League Ultimate in Zurich, and 45 are making their Staff USATF debut.

Your complete males’s shot put podium from Oregon22 will return in Budapest, together with world document holder and reigning world champion Ryan Crouser. Along with his world champion standing incomes him the bye, Staff USATF will take 4 throwers within the occasion together with Oregon22 silver medalist Joe Kovacs, bronze medalist Josh Awotunde, and Tokyo Olympian Payton Otterdahl.

Noah Lyles will try to be the primary man to tug off a profitable 1-2 double since Usain Bolt in 2015. With the youngest man on the group, 19-year-old bronze medalist Erriyon Knighton, and reigning silver medalist Kenny Bednarek by his aspect, one other Oregon22 podium repeat might be within the works. First-time group member Courtney Lindsey may simply discover himself within the combine, rounding out the lads’s 200 quartet.

Katie Moon is the reigning Olympic and world champion within the ladies’s pole vault and can have three-time silver medalist Sandi Morris and the youngest member of Staff USATF, Washington excessive schooler Hana Moll, becoming a member of her on the runway together with Bridget Williams, who’s making her worldwide debut.

The quickest man on the planet, Fred Kerley, will goal to defend his title within the 100 alongside a robust dash roster. He’s joined by USATF champion Cravont Charleston, Doha champion Christian Coleman, and reigning 200 champion Noah Lyles with the primary spherical scheduled for August 19.

Staff USATF received two medals within the ladies’s hammer for the primary time in Championships historical past at Oregon22, led by champion Brooke Andersen. Bronze medalist Janee’ Kassanavoid was the primary Native American girl to win a World Championships medal, and the duo can have a robust teammate in DeAnna Value, the world champion in 2019 and the American document holder. Making her first international championship look might be Jillian Shippee.

Reigning shot put world champion and winner of the 2022 Diamond League Ultimate, Chase Ealey will try to defend her title with USATF champion Maggie Ewen on her heels. The pair is joined by Tokyo Olympian Adelaide Aquilla and first-time group qualifier Jalani Davis.

Michael Norman broke a nine-year drought within the males’s 400m together with his gold in Eugene final 12 months and appears to proceed his profitable methods in Budapest. 4x400m gold medalist Bryce Deadmon, blended relay bronze medalist Vernon Norwood, and first-time world group member Quincy Corridor will be a part of Norman on the oval.

Olympic and world champion Athing Mu appears to be like to proceed her streak of worldwide titles in her main occasion. USATF champion Nia Akins will be a part of her within the 800, alongside Tokyo bronze medalist Raevyn Rogers and USATF bronze medalist Kaela Edwards.

Two-time 110H world champion Grant Holloway will search for a profitable three-peat in Budapest following Oregon and Doha glory. Three-time USATF champion Daniel Roberts, breakout star Cordell Tinch, and NACAC champion Freddie Crittenden will be a part of him within the brief hurdles, racing within the heats on August 20.

Olympic champion and world bronze medalist Valarie Allman earned a bye within the ladies’s discus along with her Diamond League Ultimate trophy in Zurich. Coming off of a significant private greatest in Eugene, Lagi Tausaga-Collins will be a part of Allman and first-time group member Elena Bruckner within the ring on the second day of competitors. Veronica Fraley, an Oregon22 group member, rounds out the U.S. contingent.

“Coming off of such an unbelievable displaying at Oregon22, Staff USATF is primed for achievement in Budapest,” mentioned USATF CEO Max Siegel. “We’ve watched and supported our athletes on their journey to gold all season lengthy – from the Throws Competition in Tucson, our Grand Prix occasions in Bermuda, Los Angeles, and New York, the 2023 Toyota USATF Outside Championships, on the worldwide circuit and extra. We’re thrilled to see each athlete on this group put the items collectively as we head to Budapest to defend our Staff Trophy.”

A full schedule of occasions might be discovered here.

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*Up to date on August 8, 2023