2022 NCAA D-I Outdoor T&F Championships: Male Athletes to Watch

The NCAA D-I Outdoor Track and Field Championships are set to run this week from June 8-11th at Hayward Field, in Eugene, Oregon! There are so many great athletes to look out for — here are a few of the male athletes that are killing it and will be competing in a variety of events this weekend. While this list of athletes is short, just know it's only a snapshot of the amazing males in collegiate track and field right now. Is there an athlete not on our list that's on yours?

Micah Williams - University of Oregon

2022 Highlights

• Micah Williams’ time of 9.86 seconds over 100m highlighted the Oregon Ducks track & field team’s performance at the NCAA West Preliminary meet.
• His 9.86 ties him for the third-fastest collegiate time on record and is tied for No. 2 on the world rankkig list this year.
• Pac-12 Men’s Track Athlete of the Year

Prior:

• Indoor – NCAA champion (60 meters)
• At the Peak Championships in 2021, Micah lowered his own school mark and became the No. 7 performer in collegiate history with winning time of 6.49 at the Championships at the Peak.
• Three-time Gatorade Oregon Boy’s Track and Field Runner of the Year

Ross Randolph - North Carolina A&T State University

2022 Highlights:

• 200m in 20.26 (+1.7m/s) at Dick Vert Stadium, High Point, NC (USA)
• Randolph ran a 45.37 in the men's 400 meters to finish in first place at the Clemson Invite held at the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Facility.
• He is ranked ninth nationally for the Men’s 200m

Prior:

• 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, bronze (400-meter)
• 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold
• One-time Olympian (2020), one-time Olympic medalist (gold)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 26th (400-meter), gold (4x400-meter relay)

Moad Zahafi -  Texas Tech University

2022 Highlights:

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• On 16 April 2022, he ran a world-leading time of 1:43.79 at the Tom Jones Memorial recording the third-fastest time in NCAA history.

Prior:

• He represented Morocco at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, winning a silver medal in the process in the men's 800m.
• Reached the final in his respective event at both the 2019 African Games and 2019 World Championships.

Eliud Kipsang - University of Alabama

2022 Highlights:

• 2022 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Runner of the Year.
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• With a time of 3:33.74, Kipsang set a collegiate record in the men's 1,500-meter at the Bryan Clay Invitational in mid April.

Prior:

• Kipsang was named the SEC Cross Country Runner of the Year in the Fall of 2021.
• 2021 First Team All-American - 1,500 meters
• 2021 First Team All-American - Mile

Emmanuel Ihemeje - University of Oregon

2022 Highlights:

• Won the men’s triple jump during the final day of the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship meet (55 feet, 2 3/4 inches)
• 16.83m to take the men’s triple jump championship at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
• PAC-12 Championship meet- 16.71m/54-10

Prior:

• 2021 NCAA champion (triple jump)
• Emmanuel entered the NCAA Championships with the sixth-best qualifying mark
• 2021 Outdoor – Olympian (triple jump/Italy) … NCAA champion (triple jump) … Pac-12 Championships runner-up

Adrian Piperi - University of Texas

2022 Highlights:

• NCAA Team Champion - 2022 Indoor
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Champion - Shot Put - Won the shot put event with a throw of 21.53m.
• 2022 USTFCCCA First Team All-American - Shot Put

Prior:

• 2021 USTFCCCA All-American - Shot Put
• 2021 Big 12 Outdoor Champion - Shot Put - 19.80m/64'11.5"
• 2020 USTFCCCA All-American – Shot Put

Ethan Dabbs - University of Virginia

2022 Highlights:

• Placed third in the Javelin at the Duke Invitational
• Set a Virginia, ACC, Lannigan Field, and meet record in the Javelin at the Virginia Challenge with his throw of 80.41m (263’10”).
• Named ACC Field Performer of the Week on April 26

Prior:

• All-American 2019: Javelin
• ACC Champion 2021 Outdoor: Javelin and 2019 Outdoor: Javelin
• Won title with season-best throw of 71.45m (234′ 5″)

Kyle Garland - University of Georgia

2022 Highlights:

• Became the No. 5 all-time collegiate performer and tied the SEC record with his third straight conference heptathlon title after scoring 6,205 points at the SEC Championships.
• Collected a First Team All-America certificate in the hep with a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Destroyed the collegiate decathlon record with 8,720 points and qualified to be on Team USA for the coming World Athletics Championships at the USA Track & Field Combined Events Championships in Fayetteville, Ark

Prior:

• 2020-21 SEC Indoor Champion (Heptathlon)
• 2021 SEC Outdoor Champion (Decathlon)
• 2020 voted the SEC Men's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year

Click here to take a glimpse of our female athletes watch list for the NCAA D-I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This is just a small snapshot from the pool of amazing track and field athletes!

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