EUGENE, Ore. – Six current or former Michigan State track & field athletes will head to Eugene, Oregon, this week to compete at the 2023 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships and USA Track & Field U20 Outdoor Championships from July 6-9 at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
Each day of both meets will stream on USATF.TV, while Days 2-4 of the USATF Outdoor Championships will air nationally on CNBC from 10 p.m. ET-12 a.m. ET on July 7 and 9 p.m.-11 p.m. on July 8 and 9.
USATF Outdoor Championships will determine the United States’ three bids in each event to the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in August. Defending world champions and 2022 Diamond League winners will be offered automatic wild card spots.
Information on each Spartan competing at this week’s USATF Outdoor Championships/USATF U20 Outdoor Championships can be found below.
HEATH BALDWIN (2021-Present)
Event: Decathlon
Entry Mark/Field Rank: 8,084/6
Date/Time (ET): Thursday, July 6/2:45 p.m. | Friday, July 7/2:45 p.m.
Career Highlights
- 2023 Outdoor First-Team All-American (Decathlon, 5th place)
- 2023 Indoor First Team-All American (Heptathlon, 7th place)
- Four-time NCAA All-American
- 2023 Big Ten heptathlon champion
- Holds three MSU school records: Decathlon, Heptathlon, Javelin Throw
RYAN TALBOT (2019-Present)
Event: Decathlon
Entry Mark/Field Rank: 8,064/7
Date/Time (ET): Thursday, July 6/2:45 p.m. | Friday, July 7/2:45 p.m.
Career Highlights
- 2023 Outdoor Second-Team All-American (Decathlon, 15th place)
- Two-time NCAA All-American
- 2023 Big Ten Decathlon runner-up
- 2023 Big Ten Decathlon champion
TORI FRANKLIN (2011-15)
Event: Women’s Triple Jump
Entry Mark/Field Rank: 14.86m/2
Date/Time (ET): Thursday, July 6/9 p.m.
Career Highlights
- 2022 World Athletics Championships bronze medalist (Triple Jump)
- Three-time World Athletics Championships qualifier (2017, 2019, 2022)
- 2020 Olympian (Triple Jump)
- Seven-time NCAA All-American
- Holds MSU school records in the indoor and outdoor triple jump
SOPHIA METTES (2022-Present)
Event: U20 Women’s Pole Vault
Entry Mark/Field Rank: 4.10m/8
Date/Time (ET): Saturday, July 8/3:30 p.m.
Career Highlights
- 2023 NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Pole…
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