USA Track and Field has announced its roster for the 2025 World Championships (Sept. 13-21) in Tokyo and features eight defending champions from 2023.

Here’s what you need to know:

– The United States earned 12 gold medals, 8 silver medals and nine bronze medals at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Ryan Crouser (shot put), Noah Lyles (100m and 200m), Grant Holloway (110m hurdles), Sha’Carri Richardson (100m), Lagi Tausaga-Collins (discus), Katie Moon (pole vault) and Chase Ealey (shot put) will attempt to defend their respective titles.

– Much of the roster was already known after the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held in Eugene, Oregon. The top three finishers in each respective event, who also met World Athletics’s qualifying standard or qualified via World Ranking, would be named to the team. Some of the final roster decisions depended on athletes finishing within the targeted field size quota by World Athletics' rankings or whether they could meet the standard in the last few weeks.

– The United States had 11 individual Olympic gold medalists at last year’s Summer Games. 9 will be competing in Tokyo. 200m Olympic champion Gabby Thomas, who finished third in the 200m at the U.S. Championships, announced she will miss the World Championships due to an Achilles injury. 400m Olympic champion Quincy Hall missed the U.S. Championships due to a hamstring injury and has not competed since June. Three-time shot put Olympic champion Ryan Crouser has not competed during the 2025 outdoor season but plans to open up his season at the World Championships by utilizing his defending champion wildcard.

– Brittany Brown, the Olympic bronze medalist at 200m, earned her spot on Team USA by winning the Diamond League final. Jacory Patterson won the men’s 400m title in the Diamond League final, but since he was already a top three finisher at the U.S. Championships, he unlocked a fourth spot for Team USA, which went to Vernon Norwood (who finished fourth at the U.S. Championships).

– Matthew Wilkinson, who was fourth at the U.S. Championships in the men’s 3000m steeplechase final, was granted a spot on Team USA after Benard Keter (third at the U.S. Championships) failed to achieve the World Championship qualifying standard or get within the World Rankings quota for Tokyo. Wilkinson suffered a foot injury and will not be able to compete in Tokyo, so his spot was passed along to Isaac Updike, who was fifth at the U.S Championships and has the World Championship qualifying standard. Updike reached the 3000m steeplechase final at the 2023 World Championships.

– Despite no American woman achieving the World Championship qualifying standard of 30:20.00 in the women’s 10,000 meters, Emily Infeld, Elise Cranny and Taylor Roe all ended up within the World Rankings quota to be eligible for the team.

– In the distance events, Grant Fisher (5000m and 10,000m), Elise Cranny (5000m and 10,000m), Nico Young (5000m and 10,000m) and Cole Hocker (1500m and 5000m) will double.

Full Team USA roster below:

Women

Valarie Allman

Brooke Andersen

Josette Andrews

Michelle Atherley

Sanaa Barnes

Anavia Battle

Evie Bliss

Taliyah Brooks

Brittany Brown

Claire Bryant

Quanesha Burks

Katie Burnett

Aaliyah Butler

Timara Chapman

Tamara Clark

Anna Cockrell

Maggi Congdon

Elise Cranny

Vashti Cunningham

Tara Davis-Woodhall

Agur Dwol

Rosey Effiong

Maggie Ewen

Shelby Frank

Emma Gates

Anna Hall

Lexy Halladay-Lowry

Lauren Harris

Quanera Hayes

Nikki Hiltz

Shelby Houlihan

Sage Hurta-Klecker

Emily Infeld

Lynna Irby-Jackson

Chase Jackson

Gabi Jacobs

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden

Sinclaire Johnson

Alaysha Johnson

Jasmine Jones

Janee’ Kassanavoid

Erika Kemp

McKenzie Long

Emily Mackay

Jessica McClain

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

Miranda Melville

Maria Michta-Coffey

Kaylee Mitchell

Amanda Moll

Hana Moll

Katie Moon

Jasmine Moore

Sandi Morris

Dalilah Muhammad

Angelina Napoleon

Jessica Ramsey

Sha’Carri Richardson

Rachel Richeson

Taylor Roe

Jaida Ross

Masai Russell

Grace Stark

Susanna Sullivan

Laulauga Tausaga

Twanisha Terry

Kayla White

Isabella Whittaker

Roisin Willis

Britton Wilson

Madison Wiltrout

Men

CJ Albertson

Josh Awotunde

Chris Bailey

Graham Blanks

Ronnie Baker

Dylan Beard

Kenny Bednarek

Rai Benjamin

Donavan Brazier

Trayvon Bromell

Heath Baldwin

Will Claye

Christian Coleman

Ryan Crouser

Jeremiah Davis

Bryce Deadmon

Caleb Dean

Reed Fischer

Grant Fisher

Maurice Gleaton

Kyle Garland

Robert Gregory

Isaac Grimes

Marcus Gustaveson

JuVaughn Harrison

Daniel Haugh

Cole Hocker

Grant Holloway

Bryce Hoppel

Reggie Jagers

Trey Knight

Jonah Koech

Courtney Lindsey

Cooper Lutkenhaus

Matt Ludwig

Noah Lyles

Salif Mane

Sam Mattis

T’Mars McCallum

Shelby McEwen

Jenoah Mckiver

Khaleb McRae

Daniel Michalski

Austin Miller

Marc Anthony Minichello

Vernon Norwood

Payton Otterdahl

Jacory Patterson

Tripp Piperi

Kenneth Rooks

Chris Robinson

Justin Robinson

Russell Robinson

Demarius Smith

Ethan Strand

Ja’Kobe Tharp

Curtis Thompson

Cordell Tinch

Isaac Updike

Harrison Williams

Will Williams

Tyus Wilson

Rudy Winkler

Nico Young

Clayton Young