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

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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