The 50th Prefontaine Classic, the top annual international track and field meet held in the U.S., airs live on Saturday, July 5, from Eugene, Oregon, from 4-6 p.m. ET on NBC Sports and Peacock.
Meet headliners include American Olympic gold medalists Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (racing the 400m), Quincy Hall (400m), Athing Mu-Nikolayev (800m), Cole Hocker (mile), Masai Russell (100m hurdles), Rai Benjamin (400m hurdles), Tara Davis-Woodhall (long jump) and Valarie Allman (discus).
Athletes are preparing for the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships from July 31-Aug. 3, which will also be at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
The World Championships are Sept. 13-21 in Tokyo.
2025 Prefontaine Classic Schedule
*All times Eastern
1 p.m. — Men’s Hammer Throw
1:50 p.m. — Men’s Discus
2:10 p.m. — Men’s 10,000m
2:25 p.m. — Women’s Hammer Throw
3 p.m. — Women’s Para 100m
3:07 p.m. — Men’s Para 100m
3:14 p.m. — Women’s Para 800m
3:24 p.m. — Men’s Para 200m
3:27 p.m. — Women’s Shot Put
3:30 p.m. — Men’s Pole Vault
3:38 p.m. — Women’s Long Jump
3:44 p.m. — Women’s 100m Hurdles
4:04 p.m. — Men’s 400m Hurdles
4:12 p.m. — Men’s 100m
4:20 p.m. — Women’s 5000m
4:43 p.m. — Men’s 400m
4:46 p.m. — Women’s Discus
4:51 p.m. — Women’s 400m
4:56 p.m. — Men’s Shot Put
4:58 p.m. — Women’s 1500m
5:09 p.m. — Women’s 3000m Steeplechase
5:25 p.m. — Men’s 200m
5:34 p.m. — Women’s 800m
5:44 p.m. — Women’s 100m
5:50 p.m. — Men’s Mile
2025 Prefontaine Classic Events to Watch
Women’s Long Jump (3:38 p.m.)
The three 2024 Olympic medalists are entered, led by American Tara Davis-Woodhall. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Malaika Mihambo has the world’s top jump in 2025 (indoors or outdoors) of 7.07 meters, just two centimeters ahead of Davis-Woodhall’s best. Davis-Woodhall is undefeated since the start of 2024, winning all 12 of her competitions.
Men’s 100m (4:12 p.m.)
Last Friday, Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson won the Jamaican title in 9.75 seconds — the world’s fastest time in 10 years — to become the sixth-fastest man in history. Thompson then said he wouldn’t be surprised if he broke the world record. While Usain Bolt’s 9.58 is still a ways off, Thompson is now one hundredth behind the fifth-fastest man in history (Justin Gatlin) and three hundredths behind the fourth-fastest man (Asafa Powell). At Pre, Thompson lines up against American Trayvon Bromell, whose 9.84 was the world’s best time this year until last Friday.
Women’s 400m (4:51 p.m.)
Once again, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is on American record watch. She ran 48.74 in 2023 and 48.75 in 2024, which are the second- and third-best times in U.S. history behind Sanya Richards-Ross’ 48.70 from 2006. McLaughlin-Levrone said last month that she plans to race either the flat 400m or the 400m hurdles at the USATF Outdoor Championships in a bid to qualify for worlds in one individual event. She has broken the 400m hurdles world record six times, but has never raced the flat 400m at a global championship. The Pre field includes two Americans who have been faster than McLaughlin-Levrone in 2025: Aaliyah Butler and Bella Whittaker.
Women’s 800m (5:34 p.m.)
Eyes will be on Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu-Nikolayev. In her last top-level 800m, she fell about 200 meters into the 2024 Olympic Trials final and ended up ninth. She was coming back from tearing a hamstring about six weeks before trials. So far in 2025, she has run two low-key 1500m races. Here, the competition ramps up with 2024 Olympic silver and bronze medalists Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia and Mary Moraa of Kenya.
Women’s 100m (5:44 p.m.)
Field features the three medalists from Paris: Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, plus training partners Sha’Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden. In 2025, the world’s fastest women are the Olympic bronze medalist Jefferson-Wooden (10.73) and the gold medalist Alfred (10.75). Richardson has raced once this year — 11.47 on May 18. She has a bye into worlds as the reigning world champion from 2023, meaning she doesn’t need to be in top shape for USATF Outdoors. Also watch out for 20-year-old Jamaican twins Tina and Tia Clayton, who ran 10.81 and 10.86 at their national championships last Friday.
