The 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships begin in early July as some of the best athletes in the nation head to Oregon with goals of winning a championship. 

Less than a month after the college track season concluded in Austin, the outdoor season rolls on with one of the biggest track meets in the world. U.S. athletes will look to make Team USA and qualify for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August. 

In 2022, track stars Fred Kerley, Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin, among others, won gold medals at the USATF Outdoor Championships. Meanwhile Olympic champion Ryan Crouser continued his dominance in the shotput and fellow Olympic champion Valarie Allman did the same in the discus throw. 

But that was last year. Here’s what you need to know about the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships. 

When Is The USATF Outdoor Championships 2023?

The meet begins on Thursday, July 6 and ends on Sunday, July 9. Events will begin at 2:25 p.m. EST on Thursday. 

Where Is The USATF Outdoor Championships 2023?

For the third year in a row Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on the campus of the University of Oregon, will host the event. The last location other than Oregon to host the event was Des Moines, Iowa in 2018 and 2019. 

USATF Outdoor Championships 2023 Schedule 

Here is the schedule for the event. 

All times are PST.

Day 1 — Thursday, July 6

• 11:25 100m Hurdles Senior Women Heptathlon
• 11:45 100m Senior Men Decathlon
• 12:40 High Jump Senior Women Heptathlon
• 12:40 Long Jump Senior Men Decathlon
• 1:50 Shot Put Senior Men Decathlon
• 2:40 Shot Put Senior Women Heptathlon
• 2:45 NATIONAL ANTHEM
• 2:52 800m Senior Men 1st round
• 3:15 High Jump Senior Men Decathlon
• 3:30 Discus Throw Senior Men Final
• 3:18 800m Senior Women 1st round
• 3:48 200m Senior Women Heptathlon
• 4:04 100m Senior Women 1st round
• 4:30 100m Senior Men 1st round
• 4:56 400m Senior Women 1st round
• 5:23 400m Senior Men 1st round
• 5:48 400m Senior Men Decathlon
• 6:00 Triple Jump Senior Women Final
• 6:04 3000m Steeplechase Senior Women 1st round
• 6:30 Javelin Throw Senior Women Final
• 6:35 3000m Steeplechase Senior Men 1st round
• 7:05 1500m Senior Men 1st round
• 7:26 1500m Senior Women 1st round
• 7:45 10000m Senior Women Final
• 8:30 10000m Senior Men Final

Day 2 — Friday, July 7

• 11:00 100m Hurdles U20 Women Heptathlon
• 11:45 110m Hurdles Senior Men Decathlon
• 12:00 High Jump U20 Women Heptathlon
• 12:30 Discus Throw Senior Men Decathlon
• 1:45 Long Jump Senior Women Heptathlon
• 1:46 800m U20 Men 1st round
• 2:00 Shot Put U20 Women Heptathlon
• 2:06 800m U20 Women 1st round
• 2:26 110m hurdles U20 Men 1st round
• 2:30 Pole Vault Senior Men Decathlon
• 2:46 100m hurdles U20 Women 1st round
• 3:00 Triple Jump U20 Women Final
• 3:05 Triple Jump U20 Men Final
• 3:07 200m U20 Women Heptathlon
• 3:00 Javelin Throw Senior Women Heptathlon
• 3:27 1500m U20 Women 1st round
• 3:48 1500m U20 Men 1st round
• 4:10 110m Hurdles U20 Men Final
• 4:18 100m Hurdles U20 Women Final
• 4:20 NATIONAL ANTHEM
• 4:27 100m hurdles Senior Women 1st round
• 4:53 800m Senior Women Heptathlon
• 4:57 Javelin Throw Senior Men Decathlon
• 5:09 100m Senior Women Semi-Final
• 5:24 100m Senior Men Semi-Final
• 5:30 Hammer Throw U20 Men Final
• 5:39 400m Senior Women Semi-Final
• 5:40 High Jump Senior Women Final
• 5:55 400m Senior Men Semi-Final
• 6:00 Triple Jump Senior Men Final
• 6:10 800m Senior Men Semi-Final
• 6:25 800m Senior Women Semi-Final
• 6:40 1500m Senior Men Decathlon
• 6:45 Discus Throw U20 Women Final
• 6:53 100m Senior Women Final
• 7:02 100m Senior Men Final
• 7:11 400m Hurdles Senior Men 1st round
• 7:37 400m Hurdles Senior Women 1st round
• 8:03 5000m U20 Women Final
• 8:26 10000m U20 Men Final

Day 3 — Saturday, July 8

• 6:30 20 km Race Walk Senior Women Final
• 6:31 20 km Race Walk Senior Men Final
• 8:45 10 km Race Walk U20 Women Final
• 8:46 10 km Race Walk U20 Men Final
• 10:00 Long Jump U20 Women Heptathlon
• 10:05 100m U20 Men Decathlon
• 11:00 High Jump U20 Men Final
• 11:00 Javelin Throw U20 Women Heptathlon
• 11:05 Long Jump U20 Men Decathlon
• 11:09 3000m Steeplechase U20 Women Final
• 11:27 3000m Steeplechase U20 Men Final
• 11:30 Hammer Throw U20 Women Final
• 12:05 Long Jump U20 Women Final
• 12:05 Shot Put U20 Men Decathlon
• 12:30 Javelin Throw U20 Men Final
• 12:30 Pole Vault U20 Men Final
• 12:35 Pole Vault U20 Women Final
• 1:01 800m U20 Women Heptathlon
• 1:15 Shot Put U20 Men Final
• 1:44 100m U20 Women 1st round
• 1:45 High Jump U20 Men Decathlon
• 2:00 Long Jump U20 Men Final
• 2:04 100m U20 Men 1st round
• 2:24 400m U20 Women 1st round
• 2:44 400m U20 Men 1st round
• 3:00 Discus Throw U20 Men Final
• 3:00 Shot Put U20 Women Final
• 3:04 400m hurdles U20 Women 1st round
• 3:24 400m hurdles U20 Men 1st round
• 3:44 400m U20 Men Decathlon
• 4:00 800m U20 Women Final
• 4:08 800m U20 Men Final
• 4:16 100m U20 Women Final
• 4:24 100m U20 Men Final
• 4:30 LEGEND COACH AWARD
• 4:35 NATIONAL ANTHEM
• 4:43 200m Senior Men 1st round
• 5:00 Pole Vault Senior Men Final
• 5:09 200m Senior Women 1st round
• 5:30 Hammer Throw Senior Men Final
• 5:37 110m Hurdles Senior Men 1st round
• 5:40 Long Jump Senior Men Final
• 5:45 Shot Put Senior Women Final
• 5:50 Javelin Throw Senior Men Final
• 6:03 100m Hurdles Senior Women Semi-Final
• 6:19 400m Senior Women Final
• 6:26 400m Senior Men Final
• 6:34 400m Hurdles Senior Women Semi-Final
• 6:49 400m Hurdles Senior Men Semi-Final
• 7:04 1500m Senior Women Final
• 7:15 1500m Senior Men Final
• 7:25 3000m Steeplechase Senior Women Final
• 7:40 3000m Steeplechase Senior Men Final
• 7:55 100m Hurdles Senior Women Final

Day 4 — Sunday, July 9

• 11:00 110m Hurdles U20 Men Decathlon
• 11:55 Discus Throw U20 Men Decathlon
• 1:30 High Jump U20 Women Final
• 1:35 Javelin Throw U20 Women Final
• 1:40 Pole Vault U20 Men Decathlon
• 2:21 200m U20 Men 1st round
• 2:41 200m U20 Women 1st round
• 3:01 1500m U20 Women Final
• 3:12 1500m U20 Men Final
• 3:22 400m U20 Women Final
• 3:30 400m U20 Men Final
• 3:38 400m Hurdles U20 Women Final
• 3:45 Javelin Throw U20 Men Decathlon
• 3:46 400m Hurdles U20 Men Final
• 3:54 200m Masters Women Exhibition
• 4:00 Hammer Throw Senior Women Final
• 4:00 200m Masters Men Exhibition
• 4:08 3000m U20 Women Final
• 4:24 5000m U20 Men Final
• 4:46 200m U20 Women Final
• 4:54 200m U20 Men Final
• 4:58 NATIONAL ANTHEM
• 5:00 Pole Vault Senior Women Final
• 5:05 High Jump Senior Men Final
• 5:15 1500m U20 Men Decathlon
• 5:30 200m Senior Men Semi Final
• 5:40 Long Jump Senior Women Final
• 5:45 200m Senior Women Semi Final
• 6:04 110m hurdles Senior Men Semi Final
• 6:10 Discus Throw Senior Women Final
• 6:15 Shot Put Senior Men Final
• 6:19 800m Senior Women Final
• 6:27 800m Senior Men Final
• 6:35 400m Hurdles Senior Women Final
• 6:43 400m Hurdles Senior Men Final
• 6:52 5000m Senior Men Final
• 7:12 200m Senior Women Final
• 7:20 200m Senior Men Final
• 7:29 5000m Senior Women Final
• 7:53 110m Hurdles Senior Men Final

2023 USATF Outdoor Track And Field Championships Qualifying Guidelines 

From the USATF website, here's the qualifying standards: 

1. All qualifying performances for the Championships must be attained during the following time periods:

*10,000 meters, 20km Race Walk, & Combined Events: Monday, January 31, 2022 – Sunday, June 25, 2023

*All other events: Thursday, June 23, 2022 – Sunday, June 25, 2023

2. Qualifying marks must be made in accordance with USATF Rule 149 and verifiable in one of the following:

*USATF Sanctioned events

*Events which are included on the World Athletics Global Calendar

*Marks that are recognized by World Athletics for their statistical purposes

3. Hand times are acceptable only for those events in which the distance is greater than 800 meters. No timing allowance factor for qualifying shall be made for hand times. Hand times will be adjusted using USATF Rule 166.7 for the purposes of seeding.

4. Wind-assisted performances will not be accepted for 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships qualifying (maximum allowable wind is 2.0m/s).

5. There will be no adjustment for marks made at altitude.

6. Qualifying marks must be attained in a 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships event. No qualifying marks will be allowed using alternate events, except for the Mile run as follows: An appeal to use a Mile qualifying mark for the 1,500m will be accepted only if the mile mark was made during the 2023 season, from Wednesday, December 1, 2022 through Sunday, June 25, 2023, and the mark is 3:54.00 or better (men) and 4:24.25 (women).

7. An Athlete must be U.S. citizen and eligible to represent the United States in international competition, as well as being a U.S. citizen on the date of Declaration for the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships in that event.

8. Athletes who have earned Automatic Qualification into the meet under USATF Rule 8 must follow all entry procedures, and declaration procedures, and will be counted in that event’s field sizes by the seeding committee.

9. At the USATF Outdoor Championships, the mark used for qualifying and the mark used for first round seeding might not be the same, as described per USATF Rule 166.2.(d).i. Each qualified entrant in each event should submit a 2023 season best (December 1, 2022 – June 25, 2023) performance, if one exists, whether it meets the qualifying standard or not. Seeding for the first round of competition is based, first, on all 2023 season performances in rank order, followed by any 2022 season performances, even if they do not meet the qualifying standard (Rule 166-2.(d) i ). Note that a 2022 season mark may qualify an individual into the competition, but will not be used for seeding purposes when a 2023 season mark exists.

How To Watch USATF Outdoor Championships 2023

The USATF Outdoor Championships will be on NBC, NBC Sports and available to stream on Peacock. 

When is the 2023 World Athletics Championships In Budapest?

The world championships will be from Aug. 19- 27 in Budapest.