Hundreds of NCAA track and field alumni will compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Here is a list of athletes to watch out for.
What is the World Athletics Championships?
The World Championships in Athletics, formerly the IAAF World Championships, is an annual athletics competition. Apart from the Olympics, the World Championships in Athletics is the biggest competition in athletics.
Locations and dates for the 2025 World Athletics Championships
The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held in Tokyo, Japan from September 13 to 21.
Famous athletes
Former NCAA Athletes of the USA National Team
Here’s a look at some of the track highlights that made their NCAA debut.
| Events | Athlete | College |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 100 meters | Trayvon Bromell | Baylor |
| Men’s 100/200 meters | Courtney Lindsay | Texas Tech |
| Men’s 100 meters | T’Mars McCallum | Tennessee |
| Men’s 200 meters | Robert Gregory | Florida |
| Men’s 400 meters | Christopher Bailey | Arkansas |
| Men’s 400 meters | Genoa McKeever | Florida |
| Men’s 400 meters | Caleb McRae | Alabama |
| Men’s 400 meters | Vernon Norwood | LSU |
| Men’s 400 meters | Jacory Patterson | Florida |
| Men’s 800 meters | Donovan Grill | Texas A&M |
| Men’s 800 meters | Bryce Hoppel | Kansas |
| Men’s 1500/5000 meters | Cole Hawker | Oregon |
| Men’s 1500 meters | Jonah Koech | Texas Tech |
| Men’s 1500 meters | Ethan Strand | North Carolina |
| Men’s 5000/10000m | Grant Fisher | Stanford |
| Men’s 5000 meters | Cooper Tire | Oregon |
| Men’s 5000/10000m | Nico Young | Northern Arizona |
| Men’s 10,000 meters | Graham Blanks | Harvard |
| Men’s 10,000 meters | Ahmed Muhammad | State of Florida |
| Men’s steeplechase | Daniel Michalski | Indiana |
| Men’s steeplechase | Mount Nathan | Virginia |
| Men’s steeplechase | Kenneth Rooks | BYU |
| Men’s 110 Hurdles | Dylan’s beard | Howard |
| Men’s 110 Hurdles | Trey Cunningham | State of Florida |
| Men’s 110 Hurdles | Grant Holloway | Florida |
| Men’s 110 Hurdles | Ja’Koby Tharpe | Bourne |
| Men’s 110 Hurdles | Cordell Tinch | Pittsburgh County |
| Men’s 400 Hurdles | CJ Allen | Washington State |
| Men’s 400 Hurdles | Ray Benjamin | Southern California (USC) |
| Men’s 400 Hurdles | Caleb Dean | Texas Tech |
| Men’s 400 Hurdles | Chris Robinson | Alabama |
| Men’s 4×100 relay | Ronnie Baker | TCU |
| Men’s 4×100 relay | Christian Coleman | Tennessee |
| Men’s 4×100 relay | Maurice Gleaton | Georgia (promise) |
| Men’s 4×100 relay | King Kairi | Oregon |
| Men’s 4×400 relay | Bryce Dedmon | Texas A&M |
| Women’s 100/200 meters | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | Coastal Carolina |
| Women’s 100 meters | Sha’Curry Richardson | LSU |
| Women’s 100 meters | Jacious Sears | Tennessee |
| Women’s 100 meters | Twanisha “Tee Tee” Terry | Southern California (USC) |
| Women’s 100/200 meters | Kayla White | North Carolina A&T |
| Women’s 200 meters | Anavia battle | Ohio State |
| Women’s 200 meters | Brittany Brown | Iowa |
| Women’s 200 meters | Mackenzie Long | The ole lady |
| Women’s 400 meters | Aaliyah Butler | Georgia |
| Women’s 400 meters | Lynne Irby-Jackson | Georgia |
| Women’s 400 meters | Sydney McLaughlin-Levron | Kentucky |
| Women’s 400 meters | Isabella Whittaker | Arkansas |
| Women’s 800 meters | Nia Akins | Penn |
| Women’s 800 meters | Maggie Congdon | Northern Arizona |
| Women’s 800 meters | Wise Hurta-Klecker | Colorado |
| Women’s 800 meters | Roisin Willis | Stanford |
| Women’s 1500m | Nikki Hiltz | Arkansas |
| Women’s 1500m | Sinclair Johnson | Oklahoma State |
| Women’s 1500m | Emily Mackay | Binghamton |
| Women’s 1500m | Heather McLean | UMass |
| Women’s 5000m | Josette Andrews | Georgetown |
| Women’s 5000/10,000m | Eliza Cranny | Stanford |
| Women’s 5000m | Shelby Houlihan | State of Arizona |
| Women’s 5000/10,000m | Vaini Kelati Fresgi | New Mexico |
| Women’s 10,000m | Emily Infeld | Georgetown |
| Women’s 10,000m | Taylor Roe | Oklahoma State |
| Women’s steeplechase | Christine Gear | Arkansas |
| Women’s steeplechase | Lexi Halladay | BYU |
| Women’s steeplechase | Kylie Mitchell | State of Oregon |
| Women’s steeplechase | Angelina Napoleon | NC State |
| Women’s 100 Hurdles | Kendra Harrison | Kentucky |
| Women’s 100 Hurdles | Alyasha “Lay Lai” Johnson | Texas Tech |
| Women’s 100 Hurdles | Maasai Russell | Kentucky |
| Women’s 100 Hurdles | Grace Stark | Florida |
| Women’s 400 Hurdles | Anna Cockrell | Southern California (USC) |
| Women’s 400 Hurdles | Akala Garrett | Texas |
| Women’s 400 Hurdles | Jasmine Jones | Southern California (USC) |
| Women’s 400 Hurdles | Dalila Muhammad | Southern California (USC) |
| Women’s 4×100 relay | Tamara Clark | Alabama |
| Women’s 4×100 relay | English Gardner | Oregon |
| Women’s 4×100 relay | Jenna Prandini | Oregon |
| Women’s 4×400 relay | Alexis Holmes | Kentucky |
| Women’s 4×400 relay | Britton Wilson | Arkansas |
| Mixed 4×400 relay | Rosie Effiong | Arkansas |
| Mixed 4×400 relay | Quanera Hayes | Livingston |
| Mixed 4×400 relay | Justin Robinson | State of Arizona |
| Mixed 4×400 relay | Demaryius Smith | Oklahoma |
Former NCAA Athletes at World Championships
Here’s a look at some of the standout players from other countries who made their NCAA debuts.
- Men
- Alabama – Jeremy Richards, Trinidad and Tobago (400m)
- Alabama – Kirani James, Grenada (100m)
- Alabama – Samuel Ogazi, Nigeria (400m)
- Arkansas – Aiden Owens-Deleme, Puerto Rico (Decathlon)
- Arkansas – Carey McLeod, Jamaica (long jump)
- Arkansas – Roane Beckford, Jamaica (400 hours)
- Arkansas – Yasin Abdallah, Sudan (marathon)
- Auburn – Israel Okon, Nigeria (100m)
- Auburn — Kainsola Ajayi, Nigeria (100m)
- Auburn — Makanakaishe Charamba, Zimbabwe (200m)
- Baylor — Nathaniel Ezekiel, Nigeria (400 hours)
- California – Rowan Hamilton, Canada (Hammer)
- Duke – Simen Guttormsen, Norway (pole vault)
- Eastern Kentucky – Ahmed Jaziri, Tunis (stuck run)
- Florida – Joseph Fanbulleh, Liberia (200m)
- Florida State – Adrian Wildshutt, South Africa (10,000m)
- Georgia – Christopher Morales Williams, Canada (400m)
- Georgia – Johannes Erm, Estonia (decathlon)
- Georgia – Karel Tilga, Estonia (Decathlon)
- Houston – Louis Hinchliffe, Great Britain (100m)
- Houston – Sean Maswangani, South Africa (200m)
- Kentucky — Tapiwanashe Makaravu of Zimbabwe (200m)
- LSU – Armand Duplantis, Sweden (pole vault)
- LSU – Claudio Romero, Chiles (Courage)
- Minnesota – Charles Godfred, Nigeria (long jump)
- Mississippi State – Marco Arop, Canada (800m)
- Mississippi State – Navaski Anderson, Jamaica (800m)
- Nebraska – Bahamas, Keyshawn Strachan (javelin)
- Nebraska – Till Steinfort, Germany (Decathlon)
- New Mexico – Josh Kerr, Great Britain (1500m)
- Oklahoma vs. Ralphord Mullings, Jamaica (Silk Disc)
- Oklahoma State – Fouad Messaudi (1500m)
- Oregon – Matthew Erickson, Canada (800m)
- Oregon vs. Mikolas Alekna, Lithuania (Discus)
- Princeton – Sondre Guttormsen, Norway (pole vault)
- South Alabama – Kyle Rademeyer, South Africa (pole vault)
- South Carolina – Anas Essayi, Morocco (1500m)
- South Florida – Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Ghana (100m)
- Southern California (USC) – Aaron Brown, Canada (100/200m)
- Southern California (USC) – Andre De Grasse, Canada (100/200m)
- Stanford – Udodi Onwuzurike, Nigeria (200m)
- TCU — Chengetayi Mapaya, Zimbabwe (Triple Jump)
- Texas A&M – Lyndon Victor, Grenada (Decathlon)
- Texas Tech – Moad Zahafi, Morocco (800m)
- Texas Tech – Terrence Jones, Bahamas (100m)
- Washington – Kieran Lumb, Canada (1500m)
- West Texas A&M – Benjamin Azamati, Ghana (100m)
- Wisconsin – Abdullahi Hassan, Canada (800m)
- Wisconsin – Adam Spencer, Australia (1500m)
- Women
- Alabama vs. Doris Lemngole, Kenya (Outside Run)
- Alabama – Marilyn Chelangat, Uganda (marathon)
- Arkansas – Jamaica, Akera Nugent (100 hours)
- Arkansas – Amber Anning, Great Britain (400m)
- Arkansas – Nikisha Price, Jamaica (400m)
- Arkansas – Shafiqua Maloney, St. Vincent (800m)
- Arkansas – Tina Sutei, Slovenia (pole vault)
- California – Camryn Rogers, Canada (Hammer)
- California – Valentina Savva, Cyprus (Hammer)
- Eastern Kentucky – Bahia El Arfaoui, Morocco (1500 m)
- Florida – Alida Van Daalen, Netherlands (Discus)
- Florida – Antaya Charlton, Bahamas (100m)
- Florida – Gabriel Matthews, Jamaica (200m)
- Georgia – Dejania Oakley, Jamaica (400m)
- Georgia — Elena Kulichenko, Cyprus (high jump)
- Georgia – Lianna Davidson, Australia (Javelin)
- Georgia — Manuela Rotondo, Uruguay (Javelin)
- Georgia – Stephanie Ratcliffe, Australia (Hammer)
- Howard – Jessica Gbay, Ivory Coast (200m)
- Illinois – Rose Yeboa, Ghana (high jump)
- Johnson Smith — Daniel Williams, Jamaica (100 hours)
- LSU – Thelma Davis, Liberia (100/200m)
- Maryland – Dominica, Thea LaFond (Triple Jump)
- Michigan – Savannah Sutherland, Canada (400 hours)
- Michigan – Asia Laurencin, St. Lucia (100 hours)
- Minnesota State – Bahamas Denisha Cartwright (100 hours)
- Nebraska – Axelina Johansson, Sweden (Shots)
- Nebraska – Rema Otabor, Bahamas (100 hours)
- New Mexico — Pamela Kosgei, Kenya (Riding with Gad)
- North Florida – Smila Kolbe, Germany (800m)
- Ohio State – Leah Bertrand, Trinidad and Tobago (100/200m)
- Oklahoma — Pippi Lotta Enoch, Estonia (Heptathlon)
- Oklahoma State — Gabija Galvidite, Lithuania (800/1500m)
- Oregon – Jorinde Van Klinken, Netherlands (Shot/Discus)
- Oregon – Klaudia Kazimierska, Poland (1500m)
- Oregon – Shilan Ayyildiz, Turkey (1500 meters)
- Oregon – Jessica Hull, Australia (800/1500m)
- Purdue — Devin Charlton, Bahamas (100 hours)
- Southern California (USC) – Ashley Erasmus, South Africa (Shot)
- Southern California (USC) – Yemi Mary John, Great Britain (400m)
- TCU — Irene Jepkemboi, Kenya (javelin)
- Tennessee – Charisma Taylor, Bahamas (100 hours)
- Texas vs. Jamaica Acclia Smith (Long Jump/Triple Jump)
- Texas – Julien Alfred, St. Lucia (100/200m)
- Texas – Stacey Ann Williams, Jamaica (400m)
- Texas A&M – Lamara Distin, Jamaica (high jump)
- Texas A&M – Tyra Gittens, Trinidad and Tobago (long jump)
- Texas Tech – Rosemary Chukwuma, Nigeria (100m)
- UCF — Beyonce Defreitas, British Virgin Islands (200m)
- UTEP – Tobi Amusa, Nigeria (100 hours)
- Washington – Amina Maatug, Netherlands (1500m)
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