USATF Outdoor & Para Nationals 2025: How to Watch, Full Schedule & Key Events

The 2025 USA Track and Field Outdoor and Para National Championships are broadcast live on NBC Sports, Peacock, and USATF.TV from Thursday to Sunday.

National champions and world championship teams will be determined at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Headliners include 2024 Olympic gold medalists Noah Lyles (100m), Gabby Thomas (200m), Cole Hocker (1500m), Masai Russell (100m hurdles), Grant Holloway (110m hurdles), Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (400m hurdles, but racing the 400m this week), Rai Benjamin (400m hurdles), Tara Davis-Woodhall (long jump), and Valarie Allman (discus). The top three in most competitions qualify for the World Championships in Tokyo, which take place in September.

Reigning world champions from 2023 have byes to the world team, including Lyles (100m and 200m), Holloway (110m hurdles), Ryan Crouser (shot put, skipping nationals due to an elbow injury), and Sha’Carri Richardson (100m). In those events, the United States has the ability to send four athletes to Worlds.

This week will also feature competition among the nation’s elite Para athletes. For the first time, USA Track and Field will combine the Para National Championships and its annual Outdoor Championships. The para track and field worlds will take place in New Delhi, India, from September 26 to October 5.

Stars to watch include Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

Lyles does not need to race at nationals to reach the global squad, but he intends to run the 200m in Eugene nonetheless. Lyles will attempt a record-tying fifth U.S. men’s 200m title. He’ll have to beat Kenny Bednarek, a two-time Olympic silver medalist.

Richardson hopes to compete the 200m at nationals after receiving a bye into the global championships in the 100 metres. Thomas, the defending national champion, is aiming for her fourth US 200m a crown.

McLaughlin-Levrone, who has broken the 400m hurdles world record six times, elected not to compete in the event at nationals. Instead, she ran the flat 400m, where she is the second-fastest American in history. She is seeded third by best 2025 time, behind Aaliyah Butler and Bella Whittaker.

The men’s 800m may be the most compelling event. The field includes the three fastest Americans in history: Bryce Hoppel (fourth at the 2024 Olympics), Josh Hoey (fourth in the 2024 Olympic Trials, missing the squad by one slot), and Donavan Brazier, the 2019 World Champion, who returns this season after missing nearly three years due to injury.

2025 USATF Outdoor, Para Championships Schedule

Day	Time (ET)	Platform
Thursday	1:30 p.m.-12:10 a.m.	USATF.TV
Friday	2-10:45 p.m.	USATF.TV
Saturday	9:30 a.m.-9 p.m.	USATF.TV
	4-6 p.m.	NBC
	4-7 p.m.	Peacock
Sunday	2:30-6 p.m.	USATF.TV
	4-6 p.m.	NBC, Peacock