PRESS RELEASE
NEW YORK – The nation’s premier track and field athletes are headed to New York City next week as the Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships return to the Big Apple for the first time in 35 years.
Held July 23-26 at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, the championships mark the first U.S. outdoor track and field national championship in New York since 1991 while celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first U.S. national track and field championships, held in the Bronx in 1876.
For the second consecutive year, the event will feature both the USATF Outdoor Championships and USATF Para National Championships in a fully integrated competition. The championships are organized locally by non-profit organizations Central Park Track Club, USATF New York and New York Road Runners, in partnership with the Randall’s Island Park Alliance and USA Track & Field.
Over four days of competition, America’s top runners, jumpers and throwers will battle for national titles before packed grandstands and a nationwide television audience. The championships will showcase an extraordinary collection of Olympic, Paralympic and world champions, including:
- Jordan Anthony – 2026 World Indoor Champion (60m)
- Jaydin Blackwell – 2024 Paralympic champion (T38 100m); 2025 Para World champion (T38 100m, 400m)
- Michael Brannigan – 2025 Para World champion (T20)
- Tara Davis-Woodhall – 2024 Olympic champion (long jump); 2025 World champion (long jump)
- Quincy Hall – 2024 Olympic Champion (400m)
- Joel Gomez – 2025 Para World champion (T13 1500m)
- Chase Jackson – 2025 World champion (shot put)
- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden – 2025 World champion (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay)
- Noah Lyles – 2024 Olympic champion (100m); 2025 World champion (200m)
- Cooper Lutkenhaus – 2026 World Indoor champion (800m)
- Sha’Carri Richardson – 2023 World Champion (100m)
- Valarie Sion – 2024 Olympic champion (discus); 2025 World champion (discus)
- Cordell Tinch – 2025 World champion (110m hurdles)
- Hunter Woodhall – 2024 Paralympic champion (T62 400m)
A full list of entries for the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships can be found here.
A full list of entries for the USATF Para National Championships can be found here.
Declarations closed July 17 at 6 p.m. ET.
The Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships represent the very best of our sport, and there is no more fitting place to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Outdoor Championships than New York City, where our championship history began,” said Max Siegel, CEO of USA Track & Field. “Bringing these championships back to New York for the first time in more than three decades reflects our commitment to excellence, inclusion and the continued growth of track and field. We look forward to welcoming fans to Icahn Stadium for four unforgettable days of world-class competition.”
Icahn Stadium offers fans a unique, high-energy and intimate opportunity to experience track and field up close. Tickets for all four days of competition are available through Freshtix, the official ticketing provider of the Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships.
A full schedule of events can be found here.
More than 31 hours of coverage of the Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships will air across NBC, NBCSN, Peacock and USATF.tv, with the final two days broadcast live on NBC (WNBC in the New York City market).
Thursday, July 23
- 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, USATF.tv*
- 4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*
Friday, July 24
- 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, USATF.tv*
- 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*
- 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, NBCSN
- 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*
Saturday, July 25
- 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, USATF.tv*
- 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET – NBC, Peacock*
Sunday, July 26
- 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*
- 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET – NBC, Peacock*
*Subscription required.
In addition to the primary broadcast windows, USATF.tv will provide dedicated live streams of every field event throughout the championships.
Media credential applications have closed. However, all media are invited to attend a pre-championship press conference featuring top athletes at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, in the Hall of Fame Room at the New York Athletic Club.
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About USATF
Based in Indianapolis, USA Track & Field® (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long distance running, and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world’s oldest organized sports, the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the number one high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States.
About Central Park Track Club (CPTC)
Founded in 1972, the Central Park Track Club is comprised of 600+ members from the New York area including 14 Olympians and 19 World Championships Qualifiers. CPTC has won the USA Track & Field Club National Championships nine times. The club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information about the club or supporting our NYC elite athlete program, please visit www.centralparktc.org
About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
A New York City-based nonprofit, New York Road Runners’ vision is to build healthier lives and stronger communities through the transformative power of running – serving more than half a million people annually through its races, free community events, youth running initiatives, and school-based programs across the five boroughs. During its nearly 70 years, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization, producing more than 60 adult and youth races each year, including the TCS New York City Marathon. Held the first Sunday each November, the TCS New York City Marathon features more than 55,000 runners—from the world’s best professional athletes to a vast range of runners across experience levels, ages, genders, abilities, and backgrounds. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.
About Randall’s Island Park Alliance and Icahn Stadium
Founded in 1992, the Randall’s Island Park Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a public-private partner of the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, dedicated to realizing the full potential of Randall’s Island Park’s 330 acres of waterfront parkland at the intersection of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens. The Alliance serves as the Park’s steward, sustaining, maintaining, developing, and programming the park for the benefit of all, while also managing operations at Icahn Stadium.
Built in 2005, Icahn Stadium is one of the nation’s premier track and field venues and has hosted hundreds of thousands of athletes across elite competitions. In 2025, the stadium installed a state-of-the-art Mondo track surface, earning Class I certification and becoming one of only four outdoor venues in the United States with this certification and eligibility to host world-class competitions. For more information, visit randallsisland.org.