How to watch Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton in their outdoor season debut at the 2024 Tom Jones Memorial in Florida
World athletics medallists Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton are among a star-studded line-up confirmed for the 2024 Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida on Friday (12) and Saturday, 13 April.
Six-time world gold medallist Lyles headlines the 100m entries in what will be his first outdoor race this year, just over a month after dashing to double silver at the World Indoors in Glasgow.
The 26-year-old will aim for a quick start to his Olympic year in the men’s 100m, which also features Italian Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Filippo Tortu.
Other Tokyo 2020 Olympians in the men's dash include Team USA's Kenneth Bednarek and Ronnie Baker, and Japanese sprinting star Abdul Hakim Sani Brown.
World 200m bronze and silver medallist Knighton will also target a scorching start to the season in the 400m, which is expected to feature Brazilian hurdler Alison Dos Santos, the 2023 world champion, and Britain’s reigning European gold medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith.
In an interview with Olympics.com Knighton revelead plans to race more one-lap races this year.
Grant Holloway and fellow world hurdles gold medallist Nigerian Tobi Amusan will add star power in the men's and women’s 110m hurdles and 100m respectively.
Tobi’s compatriot, in-form Favour Ofili, U.S. stars Nia Ali, the 2019 world champion, and NCAA 200m record holder Abby Steiner, as well as Jamaica’s rising star Alana Reid, have all been confirmed for the women’s 100m.
Find out how to follow the Olympic and world medallists, as well as the best of the collegiate stars, as they compete at the Tom Jones Memorial invitational meeting.
Selected schedule for the 2024 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
Saturday, 13 April 2024
All timings in Eastern Daylight Time GMT-4
- 9:30am women 100m Hurdles (F)
- 9:45am men 110m Hurdles (F)
- 10:00am women 400m
- 10:15am men 400m
- 12:00pm women 100m Hurdles Invite (P)
- 12:15pm women 100m Hurdles (OD) (P)
- 12:30pm men 110m Hurdles Invite(P)
- 12:45pm men 110m Hurdles (OD) (P)
- 3:00pm women 100m Hurdles Invite (F)
- 3:05pm women 100m Hurdles (OD) (F)
- 3:10pm women 110m Hurdles Invite (F)
- 3:15pm men 110m Hurdles (OD) (F)
- 3:20pm women 400mInvite
- 3:35pm women 400m (OD)
- 3:50pm men 400m Invite
- 4:10pm men 400m (OD)
- 4:30pm women 100m
- 4:55pm women 100m (OD)
- 5:10pm men100m
- 5:35pm men 100m (OD)
How to watch Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton live at the 2024 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
The 2024 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational will be streamed via Southeastern conference, SEC Network + and ESPN’s on demand platform here.