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Hundreds of former NCAA track and field alums will be participating at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Here's a look at some of the athletes you should keep an eye out for.
What are the World Athletics Championships?
The World Athletics Championships — formerly known as the IAAF World Championships — is a track and field meet that happens ever other year. Outside of the Olympics, the World Athletics Championships are the premier event in track and field.
Location and Dates of the 2025 World Athletics Championships
The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held in Tokyo, Japan from September 13-21.
Notable Athletes
Team USA track's former NCAA athletes
Here's a look at some former standouts from track events that got their start in the NCAA ranks.
| Event | Athlete | College |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 meters | Trayvon Bromell | Baylor |
| Men's 100/200 meters | Courtney Lindsey | 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 | Jenoah McKiver | Florida |
| Men's 400 meters | Khaleb McRae | Alavama |
| Men's 400 meters | Vernon Norwood | LSU |
| Men's 400 meters | Jacory Patterson | Florida |
| Men's 800 meters | Donovan Brazier | Texas A&M |
| Men's 800 meters | Bryce Hoppel | Kansas |
| Men's 1500/5000 meters | Cole Hocker | Oregon |
| Men's 1500 meters | Jonah Koech | Texas Tech |
| Men's 1500 meters | Ethan Strand | North Carolina |
| Men's 5000/10,000 meters | Grant Fisher | Stanford |
| Men's 5000 meters | Cooper Teare | Oregon |
| Men's 5000/10,000 meters | Nico Young | Northern Arizona |
| Men's 10,000 meters | Graham Blanks | Harvard |
| Men's 10,000 meters | Ahmed Muhumed | Florida State |
| Men's Steeplechase | Daniel Michalski | Indiana |
| Men's Steeplechase | Nathan Mountain | Virginia |
| Men's Steeplechase | Kenneth Rooks | BYU |
| Men's 110 hurdles | Dylan Beard | Howard |
| Men's 110 hurdles | Trey Cunningham | Florida State |
| Men's 110 hurdles | Grant Holloway | Florida |
| Men's 110 hurdles | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Auburn |
| Men's 110 hurdles | Cordell Tinch | Pittsburg State |
| Men's 400 hurdles | CJ Allen | Washington STate |
| Men's 400 hurdles | Rai Benjamin | Southern California (USC) |
| Men's 400 hurdles | Caleb Dean | Texas Tech |
| Men's 400 hurdles | Chris Robinson | Alabama |
| Men's 4x100 relay | Ronnie Baker | TCU |
| Men's 4x100 relay | Christian Coleman | Tennessee |
| Men's 4x100 relay | Maurice Gleaton | Georgia (commit) |
| Men's 4x100 relay | Kyree King | Oregon |
| Men's 4x400 relay | Bryce Deadmon | Texas A&M |
| Women's 100/200 meters | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | Coastal Carolina |
| Women's 100 meters | Sha'Carri 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 | McKenzie Long | Ole Miss |
| Women's 400 meters | Aaliyah Butler | Georgia |
| Women's 400 meters | Lynna Irby-Jackson | Georgia |
| Women's 400 meters | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | 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 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | Colorado |
| Women's 800 meters | Roisin Willis | Stanford |
| Women's 1500 meters | Nikki Hiltz | Arkansas |
| Women's 1500 meters | Sinclaire Johnson | Oklahoma State |
| Women's 1500 meters | Emily Mackay | Binghamton |
| Women's 1500 meters | Heather Maclean | UMass |
| Women's 5000 meters | Josette Andrews | Georgetown |
| Women's 5000/10,000 meters | Elise Cranny | Stanford |
| Women's 5000 meters | Shelby Houlihan | Arizona State |
| Women's 5000/10,000 meters | Weini Kelati Frezghi | New Mexico |
| Women's 10,000 meters | Emily Infeld | Georgetown |
| Women's 10,000 meters | Taylor Roe | Oklahoma State |
| Women's steeplechase | Kristlin Gear | Arkansas |
| Women's steeplechase | Lexy Halladay | BYU |
| Women's steeplechase | Kaylee Mitchell | Oregon State |
| Women's steeplechase | Angelina Napoleon | NC State |
| Women's 100 hurdles | Kendra Harrison | Kentucky |
| Women's 100 hurdles | Alyasha "Lay Lay" Johnson | Texas Tech |
| Women's 100 hurdles | Masai 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 | Dalilah Muhammad | Southern California (USC) |
| Women's 4x100 relay | Tamara Clark | Alabama |
| Women's 4x100 relay | English Gardner | Oregon |
| Women's 4x100 relay | Jenna Prandini | Oregon |
| Women's 4x400 relay | Alexis Holmes | Kentucky |
| Women's 4x400 relay | Britton Wilson | Arkansas |
| Mixed 4x400 relay | Rosey Effiong | Arkansas |
| Mixed 4x400 relay | Quanera Hayes | Livingstone |
| Mixed 4x400 relay | Justin Robinson | Arizona State |
| Mixed 4x400 relay | Demarius Smith | Oklahoma |
More former NCAA athletes at World Championships
Here's a look at some former standouts from other countries that got their start in the NCAA ranks.
- Men
- Alabama — Jereem Richards, Trinidad and Tobago (400m)
- Alabama — Kirani James, Grenada (100m)
- Alabama — Samuel Ogazi, Nigeria (400m)
- Arkansas — Ayden Owens-Deleme, Puerto Rico (Decathlon)
- Arkansas — Carey McLeod, Jamaica (Long jump)
- Arkansas — Romaine Beckford, Jamaica (400h)
- Arkansas — Yaseen Abdalla, Sudan (Marathon)
- Auburn — Israel Okon, Nigeria (100m)
- Auburn — Kayinsola Ajayi, Nigeria (100m)
- Auburn — Makanakaishe Charamba, Zimbabwe (200m)
- Baylor — Nathaniiel Ezekiel, Nigeria (400h)
- California — Rowan Hamilton, Canada (Hammer)
- Duke — Simen Guttormsen, Norway (Pole vault)
- Eastern Kentucky — Ahmed Jaziri, Tunisia (Steeplechase)
- Florida — Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberia (200m)
- Florida State — Adriaan Wildschutt, South Africa (10,000m)
- Georgia — Christopher Morales Williams, Canada (400m)
- Georgia — Johannes Erm, Estonia (Decathlon)
- Georgia — Karel Tilga, Estonia (Decathlon)
- Houston — Louie Hinchliffe, Great Britain (100m)
- Houston — Shaun Maswanganyi, South Africa (200m)
- Kentucky — Tapiwanashe Makarawu, Zimbabwe (200m)
- LSU — Armand Duplantis, Sweden (Pole vault)
- LSU — Claudio Romero, Chile (Discus)
- Minnesota — Charles Godfred, Nigeria (Long jump)
- Mississippi State — Marco Arop, Canada (800m)
- Mississippi State — Navasky Anderson, Jamaica (800m)
- Nebraska — Keyshawn Strachan, Bahamas (Javelin)
- Nebraska — Till Steinforth, Germany (Decathlon)
- New Mexico — Josh Kerr, Great Britain (1500m)
- Oklahoma — Ralford Mullings, Jamaica (Discus)
- Oklahoma State — Fouad Messaoudi (1500m)
- Oregon — Matthew Erickson, Canada (800m)
- Oregon — Mykolas Alekna, Lithuania (Discus)
- Princeton — Sondre Guttormsen, Norway (Pole vault)
- South Alabama — Kyle Rademeyer, South Africa (Pole vault)
- South Carolina — Anass 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 — Lindon 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 — Doris Lemngole, Kenya (Steeplechase)
- Alabama — Meryline Chelangat, Uganda (Marathon)
- Arkansas — Ackera Nugent, Jamaica (100h)
- Arkansas — Amber Anning, Great Britain (400m)
- Arkansas — Nickisha Pryce, Jamaica (400m)
- Arkansas — Shafiqua Maloney, Saint Vincent (800m)
- Arkansas — Tina Sutej, Slovenia (Pole vault)
- California — Camryn Rogers, Canada (Hammer)
- California — Valentia Savva, Cyprus (Hammer)
- Eastern Kentucky — Bahiya El Arfaoui, Morrocco (1500m)
- Florida — Alida Van Daalen, Netherlands (Discus)
- Florida — Anthaya Charlton, Bahamas (100m)
- Florida — Gabrielle Matthews, Jamaica (200m)
- Georgia — Dejanea Oakley, Jamaica (400m)
- Georgia — Elena Kulichencko, Cyprus (High jump)
- Georgia — Lianna Davidson, Australia (Javelin)
- Georgia — Manuela Rotondo, Uruguay (Javelin)
- Georgia — Stephanie Ratcliffe, Australia (Hammer)
- Howard — Jessika Gbai, Cote D'Ivoire (200m)
- Illinois — Rose Yeboah, Ghana (High jump)
- Johnson C. Smith — Danielle Williams, Jamaica (100h)
- LSU — Thelma Davies, Liberia (100/200m)
- Maryland — Thea LaFond, Dominica (Triple jump)
- Michigan — Savannah Sutherland, Canada (400h)
- Michigan — Aasia Laurencin, Saint Lucia (100h)
- Minnesota State — Denisha Cartwright, Bahamas (100h)
- Nebraska — Axelina Johansson, Sweden (Shot put)
- Nebraska — Rhema Otabor, Bahamas (100h)
- New Mexico — Pamela Kosgei, Kenya (Steeplechase)
- North Florida — Smila Kolbe, Germany (800m)
- Ohio State — Leah Bertrand, Trinidad and Tobago (100/200m)
- Oklahoma — Pippi Lotta Enok, Estonia (Heptathlon)
- Oklahoma State — Gabija Galvydyte, Lithuania (800/1500m)
- Oregon — Jorinde Van Klinken, Netherlands (Shot put/Discus)
- Oregon — Klaudia Kazimierska, Poland (1500m)
- Oregon — Şilan Ayyildiz, Turkey (1500 meters)
- Oregon — Jessica Hull, Australia (800/1500m)
- Purdue — Devynne Charlton, Bahamas (100h)
- Southern California (USC) — Ashley Erasmus, South Africa (Shot put)
- Southern California (USC) — Yemi Mary John, Great Britain (400m)
- TCU — Irene Jepkemboi, Kenya (Javelin)
- Tennessee — Charisma Taylor, Bahamas (100h)
- Texas — Ackelia Smith, Jamaica (Long jump/Triple jump)
- Texas — Julien Alfred, Saint 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 (100h)
- Washington — Amina Maatoug, Netherlands (1500m)
