Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson are set for semifinals, and the final if each advances, of the men’s and women’s 100m at the Toyota USA Track and Field Outdoor and Para National Championships on Friday, live on Peacock and NBCSN from 6-8 p.m. ET.
Events we’ll be following on Friday:
Women’s 400m first round (5:10 p.m. ET)
Men’s 400m first round (5:32)
Men’s high jump final (5:45)
Women’s heptathlon 800m (5:54)
Women’s triple jump final (6:05)
Women’s 100m semifinals (6:11)
Men’s 100m semifinals (6:35)
Men’s 800m first round (6:57)
Women’s 800m first round (7:21)
Women’s 100m final (7:45)
Men’s 100m final (7:53)
Men’s decathlon 1500m (8:01)
Women’s hammer throw final (8:10)
Sha’Carri Richardson ran the U.S. 100m final on three occasions in the last five years and crossed the finish line first each time (2021 (later vacated), 2023, 2024).
Tonight, she can become the second woman to win a third U.S. 100m title since 2000, joining 2011 World champion Carmelita Jeter.
Richardson went into nationals as the clear favorite given training partner Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the 2025 U.S. and world champion, chose to enter strictly the 200m this week.
Here’s video of Richardson’s prelim win from Thursday:
Setting the tone 😤⚡️
— USATF (@usatf) July 23, 2026
Sha’Carri Richardson (10.90) and Kayla White (10.98) were the only women to break 11 seconds in the 100m prelims. 🇺🇲#TeamUSATF | #USATFOutdoors pic.twitter.com/wluZwozYQP
The most anticipated head-to-head this weekend comes in the men’s 100m with the last two national champions: Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek.
At the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships, Lyles overtook Bednarek by four hundredths in the 200m final. Lyles stared at Bednarek as they crossed the finish line, leading Bednarek to shove Lyles.
Lyles beat Bednarek in their last seven head-to-heads in 100m finals, according to Tilastopaja.info.
Lyles has the best wind-legal time by an American this year -- 9.88 from the Rome Diamond League on June 4 -- but Bednarek did run a windy 9.72 (+2.4) at the LA Grand Prix on June 14. Among Americans, only Tyson Gay has run faster across all wind conditions -- an American record 9.69 from 2009, plus a wind-aided 9.68 and a legal 9.71.
Below is a highlight from Lyles’ prelim win on Thursday.
Leading the charge 👏@__coleman (9.96) and @LylesNoah (9.97) took care of business in the men’s 100m prelims.
— USATF (@usatf) July 23, 2026
Semifinals tomorrow 🇺🇲 pic.twitter.com/VFlusvO39N
Erin Marsh won the heptathlon with 6,059 points, two years after placing 12th at the Olympic Trials and one year after DNFing at nationals.
Marsh’s older brother is Philadelphia Phillies All-Star outfielder Brandon Marsh.
World champion Anna Hall, who won the last four U.S. titles, sat out nationals this year after her April wedding with New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton. Expect to see her back in 2027, a World Outdoor Championships year.
Quincy Hall was 16th-fastest in the men’s 400m prelims, missing out on Saturday’s nine-man final.
It’s unsurprising given Hall’s hamstring problems since the Paris Games, which are a big reason why he’s only raced at six meets in the last two years.
The top qualifiers into the final are 2026 World Indoor silver medalist Khaleb McRae (44.65) and 2025 World Indoor champion Chris Bailey (45.14).
Last year, Cooper Lutkenhaus placed second in the 800m at the USATF Outdoor Champs. At age 16, he became the youngest American to compete at a World Outdoor Championships.
This year, Lutkenhaus set a goal of winning both the U.S. indoor and outdoor 800m titles. He checked off the former in March (later winning the world indoor title).
He can reach his goal this weekend in his last meet of the season before starting senior year classes at Northwest High School in Justin, Texas.
Lutkenhaus goes in the first heat of the 800m first round at 6:57 ET. Read more on his rapid rise here:
As expected, Aaliyah Butler led the way in the women’s 400m prelims with the best time of 50.53 seconds.
Others to make Saturday’s nine-woman final include Alexis Holmes, who anchored the 2024 Olympic women’s 4x400m relay team to gold.
Plus Britton Wilson, the joint-seventh-fastest American in history who grabbed the last qualifying spot.
The Para National Championships are being held concurrently with the USATF Outdoor Championships for a second consecutive year.
Jaydin Blackwell, who won 2024 Paralympic T38 gold in the 100m and 400m, broke his own world record in the T38 400m.
He clocked 47.23 seconds, crushing the previous record of 48.00 that he set at the 2025 World Championships.
Para Nationals live results are here.
History, again for Jaydin Blackwell 🌍🚨
— USATF (@usatf) July 24, 2026
The six-time world champion broke his own T38 world record, running 47.23 to win the men’s 400m and add another U.S. national title to his decorated career.#TeamUSATF | #USATFOutdoors pic.twitter.com/n2rZBXTnDv
Quincy Hall has been hampered by hamstring problems since his gutsy gold-medal run at the Paris Olympics.
He has raced just five times since the Olympics, and finished seventh and eighth in his two outings so far in 2026.
So the leading man may be Chris Bailey, the 2025 World Indoor champion. He has run 44.06 this year, best in this U.S. field by three tenths.
The women’s 400m features Aaliyah Butler, who two weeks ago ran a personal best of 48.84 seconds, becoming the fourth-fastest American in history. The only Americans to ever run faster are all Olympic gold medalists: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (47.78 American record from 2025 Worlds; she’s on maternity leave), Sanya Richards-Ross and Valerie Brisco-Hooks.
Butler, 22, eyes her first U.S. title after placing second and third the last two years.
