By David Melly
July 28, 2025
Buckle up track and field fans. The most high-octane four-day stretch of sprinting and hurdling imaginable is set to get underway Thursday at increasingly historic New Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. We’ve broken down each event in obscene detail below, and highlighted when and how to watch each race.
And if you just can’t get enough track and field coverage, there’s plenty more where that came from:
- Each day before the meet begins, tune in to Good Morning Track and Field (presented by Beekeeper Coffee), where Eric Jenkins and Aisha Praught-Leer give their takes on the action and happenings in Eugene. (Also available on the Off The Rails Podcast feed.)
- After each day at the track, tune in for CHAMPS CHATS—Chris Chavez, Eric, Aisha, Anderson Emerole, and Paul Hof-Mahoney will break down all of the results and offer up their analysis from each day’s competition. (Also available on the CITIUS MAG Podcast feed.)
- The CITIUS MAG Newsletter will be hitting your inbox daily with a recap of results and a round-up of the best content from the day.
- And for those in Eugene, we’ll be hosting two group runs with New Balance, Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m. PT, meeting in front of Agate Alley on 1461 E. 19th Avenue. There will be coffee, treats, free “I Love Track and Field” t-shirts and the chance to try out the new FuelCell Rebel v5 and FuelCell SuperComp Elite v5. It’s going to be a great time!
Without further ado, here’s your full preview of the top storylines and athletes to watch in the men's 110mH at the U.S. Championships:
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Schedule + How To Watch
Heats: Saturday, Aug. 2nd at 12:14 p.m. PT (Watch it on USATF.TV)
Semifinals: Sunday, Aug. 3rd at 12:55 p.m. PT (Watch it on USATF.TV)
Final: Sunday, Aug. 3rd at 2:54 p.m. PT (Watch it on NBC, Peacock)
Last year's Olympic team: Freddie Crittenden, Grant Holloway, and Daniel Roberts
Who has the World Championship qualifying standard or is in the World Rankings quota: The U.S. has 12 men who have run under the World Championships standard of 13.27, two more in the World Rankings quota, and Holloway has already qualified via the defending World champ wildcard.
Top Contenders: All eyes will be on Grant Holloway, but not for the usual reason. Normally, the World/Olympic champ is a constant threat to the all-time lists, and on a fast track like Hayward Field, a world record performance is rarely out of the cards. But Holloway has dealt with ups and downs this season, taking a seven-week break from racing and getting beaten in the two races he clocked in June. He ran 13.11 and 13.13 in those races—a perfectly respectable pair of performances for anyone else in the world, but not up to his normal standard.
As the defending World champion, Holloway will end up on Team USA no matter what, but this weekend will be a greater test than he’s faced in recent memory. Don’t be surprised if he skips out on the final. He’s done that a few times since winning his first global title in 2019, but it would be comforting to see Holloway get through the rounds looking like himself again. If he falters, the door would open for Cordell Tinch, the 2025 world leader at 12.87, or Trey Cunningham to pick up their first national titles. Cunningham, the World silver medalist from 2022, is also in desperate search of his first career sub-13: he’s run 13.00 on three separate occasions.
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Four other men enter with sub-13.10 season’s bests: Dylan Beard (13.02), Ja’Kobe Tharp (13.05), Jamal Britt (13.08), and Freddie Crittenden (13.09). Crittenden has the strongest championship resume of that group, but Beard has also picked up some impressive wins in the last few seasons and clocked his lifetime best behind Cunningham at the Paris Diamond League in June. Tharp already ran well here en route to an NCAA title for Auburn as well, and honestly it wouldn’t be a surprise to see any of this group sneak into a qualifying spot.
Dark Horses: It’s strange to think of the reigning Olympic silver medalist as a “dark horse,” but Daniel Roberts hasn’t had a great start to the year either, finishing no higher than fourth in six 110mH races and running no faster than 13.30 thus far. But there’s a reason why Roberts has made every U.S. team going back to 2019; discount him at your own peril.
One Good Stat: 13 athletes—that’s how many more men are contesting the 110H than women in the 100H, which only has 19 entrants total.
David Melly
David began contributing to CITIUS in 2018, and quickly cemented himself as an integral part of the team thanks to his quick wit, hot takes, undying love for the sport and willingness to get yelled at online.
