2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field preview: Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone eye Paris berths in Eugene

The road to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 goes through Eugene, Oregon, for Team USA's track and field stars.

Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is joined by fellow world champions Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson and a cast of who's-who in U.S. athletics with spots for next month's Olympics on the line beginning 21 June at Hayward Field.

The men's 100m is the event that packs the most punch, with the reigning world champion Lyles joined by 2019 winner Christian Coleman, Tokyo Olympic silver medallist and 2022 world champ Fred Kerley, 200m Olympic and world medallist Kenneth Bednarek, as well as Cravont Charleston, the surprise national champion a year ago - among others.

Each of Lyles, Bednarek, Coleman and King are set for the 200m, too, which also features Erriyon Knighton, a two-time world medallist in the event.

Richardson has had a glowing last 12 months, winning the U.S. title on this very track a year ago before going on to claim her first world title in Budapest in August. She also claimed the bronze at Worlds in the 200m, and will look to qualify for the Olympic team in both sprint events in Eugene.

Excellence has followed McLaughlin-Levrone every time she's touched the track in 2024 after a knee issue forced her out of Worlds last year. She threw down world leads for 2024 in both the 400m and 400m hurdles in her respective season debuts for each event, while also impressing last month in the 200m.

She'll compete in only the hurdles at Trials.

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Who's who at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field

Who else is set to compete at Hayward Field? A few must-know names are here:

• Rai Benjamin - 400m hurdles: Benjamin won silver at Tokyo behind Karsten Warholm's world record-setting time.
• Ryan Crouser - shot put: The two-time, reigning Olympic champion is the world record holder and has also won the last two world titles. Fellow American Joe Kovacs is a two-time world champ, too, and has claimed silver behind Crouser at the past two Olympics.
• Tara Davis-Woodhall - long jump: Always a crowd favourite, Davis-Woodhall has the second best jump in the world this season.
• Anna Hall - Heptathlon: The 2023 world silver medallist in the event has been working her way back from a bad knee injury and subsequent surgery this year.
• Keni Harrison - 100m hurdles: Harrison won silver in this event in Tokyo, and claimed bronze at Worlds last year in Budapest. Lolo Jones, the three-time Olympian, is a longshot in the event, the 41-year-old with the 25th of 31 qualifying times (13.10).
• Grant Holloway - 110m hurdles: The reigning Olympic silver medallist has one stated goal: Gold in Paris.
• Athing Mu - 800m: Mu has not competed since winning the Diamond League Final in Eugene - in September of last year. A left hamstring injury has been the culprit.
• Chris Nilsen - pole vault: The pole vault should be fun to watch with Nilsen going up against Rio bronze medallist Sam Kendricks and KC Lightfoot. Reigning Olympic champion Katie Moon (formerly Nageotte) is favoured among the women
• Gabby Thomas - 200, 400m: The multi-talented Thomas - on and off the track - is favoured in the 200m but will also lace up in the 400m.

You can see a full list of participating athletes per event on the USA Track & Field website here.

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track and Field: Schedule

The 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials are being held in Eugene, Oregon, at Hayward Field. All times listed are local Eugene, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, GMT -7 hours). See a full schedule via USATF here. Finals are listed in bold.

Friday, 21 June

10:00 - Decathlon - Men's 100m heats
11:00 - Women's hammer throw qualifying
11:01 - Decathlon - Men's long jump (A & B)
12:11 - Decathlon - Men's shot put (A & B)
15:20 - Men's 400m Round 1
15:30 - Men's javelin qualifying
15:48 - Women's 400m Round 1
16:17 - Women's 800m Round 1
16:30 - Decathlon - Men's high jump (A & B)
16:49 - Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
17:22 - Men's 1500m Round 1
17:50 - Men's pole vault qualifying
17:53 - Women's 100m Round 1
18:15 - Men's shot put qualifying
18:22 - Women's 5000m Round 1
18:50 - Women's triple jump qualifying
19:05 - Decathlon - Men's 400m heats
19:27 - Men's 10,000m FINAL

Saturday, 22 June

10:00 - Decathlon - Men's 110m hurdles heats
11:08 - Decathlon - Men's discuss (A & B)
13:17 - Decathlon - Men's pole vault (A & B)
16:45 - Men's long jump qualifying
17:00 - Women's high jump qualifying
17:15 - Decathlon - Men's javelin (A & B)
18:00 - Women's 100m semi-finals
18:20 - Women's triple jump FINAL
18:22 - Men's 100m Round 1
18:40 - Men's shot put FINAL
18:54 - Men's 1500m semi-finals
19:14 - Women's 400m semi-finals
19:48 - Decathlon - Men's 1500m FINAL
19:50 - Women's 100m FINAL

Sunday, 23 June

17:00 - Women's hammer throw FINAL
17:45 - Men's pole vault FINAL
17:48 - Men's 100m semi-finals
18:10 - Heptathlon - Women's shot put (A & B)
18:11 - Women's 800m semi-finals
18:35 - Men's 400m semi-finals
18:40 - Men's javelin FINAL
18:58 - Women's 400m FINAL
19:07 - Men's 3000m Steeplechase FINAL
19:26 - Heptathlon - Women's 200m heats
19:49 - Men's 100m FINAL

Monday, 24 June

10:00 - Heptathlon - Women's long jump (A & B)
11:10 - Heptathlon - Women's javelin
17:00 - Women's discus qualifying
17:05 - Men's 110m hurdles Round 1
17:15 - Women's high jump FINAL
17:25 - Men's long jump FINAL
17:47 - Men's 1500m FINAL
17:59 - Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
18:37 - Heptathlon - Women's 800m (A & B)
18:59 - Men's 400m FINAL
19:09 - Women's 5000m FINAL
19:32 - Women's 800m FINAL

Tuesday & Wednesday, 25 & 26 June

No competition; practice days

Thursday, 27 June

16:30 - Men's 800m Round 1
16:55 - Women's discus FINAL
17:00 - Men's high jump qualifying
17:01 - Men's 110m hurdles semi-finals
17:23 - Women's 1500m Round 1
17:51 - Women's 200m Round 1
18:18 - Women's long jump qualifying
18:20 - Men's 400m hurdles Round 1
18:45 - Men's discus qualifying
18:49 - Women's 400m hurdles Round 1
19:18 - Women's 3000m Steeplechase FINAL
19:33 - Men's 200m Round 1
20:03 - Men's 5000m Round 1

Friday, 28 June

16:00 - Women's javelin qualifying
16:30 - Men's hammer throw qualifying
17:28 - Women's 100m hurdles Round 1
17:55 - Women's pole vault qualifying
17:58 - Women's 1500m semi-finals
18:20 - Men's triple jump qualifying
18:21 - Men's 400m hurdles semi-finals
18:44 - Men's 800m semi-finals
19:06 - Women's 200m semi-finals
19:15 - Women's shot put qualifying
19:28 - Men's 200m semi-finals
19:50 - Men's 110m hurdles FINAL

Saturday, 29 June

07:30 - Men's 20km Race Walk FINAL (Springfield)
07:31 - Women's 20km Race Walk FINAL (Springfield)
16:30 - Men's discus FINAL
17:04 - Women's 100m hurdles semi-finals
17:20 - Women's long jump FINAL
17:27 - Women's 200m FINAL
17:41 - Women's 400m hurdles semi-finals
17:50 - Women's shot put FINAL
18:09 - Women's 10,000m FINAL
18:49 - Men's 200m FINAL

Sunday, 30 June

15:15 - Women's pole vault FINAL
15:15 - Men's hammer throw FINAL
15:30 - Men's high jump FINAL
15:55 - Men's triple jump FINAL
16:10 - Women's javelin FINAL
16:30 - Men's 5000m FINAL
16:51 - Men's 800m FINAL
17:00 - Women's 100m hurdles FINAL
17:09 - Women's 1500m FINAL
17:20 - Men's 400m hurdles FINAL
17:29 - Women's 400m hurdles FINAL

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track and Field: How to watch

For American fans, the action from Hayward Field will be broadcast across NBC's family of networks, including NBC, USA and the streaming platform Peacock.

You can find a full broadcast schedule here. Note times are listed in Eastern Daylight (EDT), which is three hours ahead of Eugene.

USATF provides further broadcast info here.