After battling through the preliminary rounds, the top collegiate athletes are set to face off at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This year, the meet is being hosted by the University of Texas in Austin, where the nation’s best sprinters, jumpers, throwers, and distance runners will compete for individual and team titles from Wednesday, June 7 through Saturday, June 10.
If you can’t watch from the stands at Mike A. Meyers Stadium, there are still plenty of ways to follow the action from home. Here’s everything you need to know about the championship this week.
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How to watch the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
How to watch: The NCAA outdoor championships will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
When: The meet starts on Wednesday, June 7 with the first day of the men’s competition. The first track event, the 4×100-meter relay kicks off at 6:30 p.m. CT, and the last event of the day, the 4×400-meter relay, starts at 9:48 p.m. CT. The decathlon begins with the 100 meters at 2:30 p.m. CT. Field events begin with the hammer throw at 2:30 p.m. CT. The men’s finals are scheduled for Friday, June 9, on a similar evening timeframe with the first track event starting at 8:02 p.m. CT.
The first day of the women’s competition will take place on Thursday, June 8. The track events start at 7:32 p.m. CT and go until 10:48 p.m. CT. The field events start with the hammer throw at 3:30 p.m. CT. The women’s finals are scheduled for Saturday, June 10, with the first championship race, the 4×100-meter relay starting at 8:02 p.m. CT.
Where: The four-day championship will take place at Mike A. Meyers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin.
Streaming and broadcast schedule
The entire meet will air live on ESPN2 starting at 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, June 7. The broadcast showing the first day of the women’s competition starts at 7:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, June 8. The men’s finals will air at 8:00 p.m. CT on Friday, June 9. The women’s finals will be shown at 8:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, June 10.
Individual field and multi events will be streamed live on ESPN+ throughout the competition. The full meet program will also be live streamed from June 7 through June 10 on ESPN+.
Athletes and teams to follow at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
On the women’s side, No. 1-ranked Texas will aim to become the first team to win on its home track since Oregon accomplished the feat in 2017. The Longhorns bring serious star power with five collegiate-leading marks and 20 entries looking to top the podium in their respective events.
Julien Alfred will be leading the charge in the sprints for Texas. In March, the senior won the 60 and 200 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She’ll look to defend her outdoor 100-meter title and contribute to the team’s 4×100-meter effort three weeks after the Longhorns broke the collegiate record with a blazing 41.89 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships. Alfred is also the collegiate leader in the 200 meters after posting a season’s best of 21.91 earlier this year.
Julien Alfred is the heavy favorite to win the the short sprints.
In an attempt to beat the No.1-ranked Longhorns, No. 2 Florida is bringing top talent, including team leader Jasmine Moore, who is projected to win the long jump and the triple jump. She is the defending NCAA champion across the horizontal jumps.
Leading No. 3-ranked Arkansas will be collegiate record-holder Britton Wilson. The junior Razorback has been on fire this season, twice breaking the collegiate record in the 400 meters. She is scheduled to compete in her signature event, the 400-meter hurdles, the 400 meters, and the 4×400-meter relay this weekend. The 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles are only 25 minutes apart, which means Wilson will have her work cut out for her.
Katelyn Tuohy will also be eying an aggressive double with entries in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters. The three-time NCAA champion from North Carolina State already broke the collegiate record in the 5,000 meters by running 15:03.12 at the On Track Fest in May. She also holds the No. 1 time in the 1,500 meters after running 4:08.29 at the Wake Forest Invitational.
Heading into the men’s championship, Arkansas holds the No. 1 ranking with three collegiate leaders and 18 entries looking to earn the Razorbacks’ 11th outdoor title. Leading the push will be Ayden Owens-Delerme, a decathlete turned 400-meter hurdles star, who is scheduled to compete in the hurdles and the 4×400-meter relay. The Razorbacks are also loaded in the jumps with collegiate leaders Wayne Pinnock (long jump) and Jaydon Hibbert (triple jump) headlining the field.
After winning the 60 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March, Terrence Jones is aiming to lead No. 2-ranked Texas Tech to an upset on the podium. The junior holds the fastest 100-meter time so far this year after running 9.91. He’s also scheduled to compete in the 200 meters and 4×100 meters.
Multi events star Kyle Garland will be contributing major points to No. 3 Georgia’s title chase. The collegiate record-holder in the decathlon will be hard to beat after posting the second-best collegiate all-time score at the SEC Championships.
Taylor Dutch is a writer and editor living in Austin, Texas, and a former NCAA track athlete who specializes in fitness, wellness, and endurance sports coverage. Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, SELF, Bicycling, Outside, and Podium Runner.
