IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field qualified 14 entries to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, June 11-14.

The 14 entries are the most the program has qualified to the final site since 2022, when the Hawkeyes advanced 15.

The ESPN Family of Networks will carry coverage of the NCAA Championships. ESPN will pick up events on the track on Wednesday and Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. (CT). ESPN2 will air events from Hayward Field at 7 p.m. on Friday and 8 p.m. on Saturday. All events can be found on ESPN+ (subscription required).

Iowa punched 12 tickets to the final round during the NCAA West Preliminaries in College Station from May 28-31. Multis Pauline Bikembo and Abraham Vogelsang booked their spots to Eugene earlier in the season.

Men’s competition begins on Wednesday, June 11, with final rounds of field events, semifinals on the track and the start of the decathlon. Women’s events begin on Thursday with the finals of the field events and semifinals on the track. The full competition schedule can be viewed here.

MEET THE QUALIFIERS
Times below are CT.

Men’s 100 Meters
Kalen Walker
(SF – June 11 – 7:25 PM | F – June 13 – 7:52 PM)
Walker booked his spot to the final round after placing third at the NCAA First Rounds, running the program’s first sub-10.00 time in 9.94. The senior from Eddyville, Iowa, returns to the NCAA Championships as an outdoor All-American in the 4×100, marking this trip his first as an individual competitor. Walker is the reigning Big Ten champion in the event, which he won at Hayward Field in 10.17 in May. He will enter as the four seed in the semifinals.

Women’s 400 Meters
Damaris Mutunga
(SF – June 12 – 7:41 PM | F – June 14 – 9:02 PM)
Mutunga was one of six Hawkeyes to punch her ticket to the NCAA Championships on the final day of the preliminaries, marking one of Iowa’s most successful days in postseason program history. The freshman from Machakos, Kenya, qualified in 51.57 with Iowa’s fourth-fastest time in the school record books. Mutunga is a Big Ten bronze medalist in the event after placing third in 52.20 in Eugene last month. She is the only freshman in the field and will enter as the 14 seed.

Women’s 800 Meters
Alli Bookin-Nosbisch
(SF – June 12 – 7:58 PM | F – June 14 – 9:14 PM)
The senior from Ottumwa, Iowa, is capping her collegiate career with her first trip to the national meet, qualifying in a school record 2:01.70 in College Station. Bookin-Nosbisch has been a steady leader of the pack throughout the season and finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships in May. She is a school-record holder in four events, including both the indoor and outdoor 800 meters. Bookin-Nosbisch holds the No. 12 seed in Eugene.

Women’s 4×100 Relay
Holly Duax, Alexandria Edison, Alivia Williams, Lia Love
(SF – June 12 – 6:05 PM | F – June 14 – 8:02 PM)
Iowa’s 4×1 team put together its best performance when it mattered most at the NCAA First Rounds. The quartet ran 43.86 to claim one of the final spots in Eugene. It will be the NCAA Championships debut for all sprinters except Love, who earned second-team All-America honors in this event in 2022.

Men’s 4×400 Relay
Tyrese Miller, Zidane Brown, Josh Pugh, Terrick Johnson
(SF – June 11 – 9:36 PM | F – June 13 – 9:21 PM)
Iowa’s 4×400 relay team placed second in its heat at the NCAA First Rounds, earning the big Q in 3:03.88. It was the best time of the season for the team’s 4×4. The Hawkeyes return to the big stage in the 4×400 for the seventh time in eight seasons. The men enter seeded 19th.

Women’s 4×400 Relay
Alivia Williams, Damaris Mutunga, Olicia Lucas, Chioma Nwachukwu
(SF – June 12 – 9:36 PM | F – June 14 – 10:21 PM)
It was a banner performance for the 4×4 in College Station, knocking down the program record in 3:26.90 to earn a trip to Oregon. The 4×4 in general was a strength for the women’s team this season, posting four of the program’s top five times in school history. It is the second time in three seasons that Iowa has qualified its 4×4 to the final site. The Hawkeyes are the No. 3 seed in Eugene.

Women’s Triple Jump
Daniela Wamokpego
(F – June 14 – 8:10 PM)
Wamokpego punched her ticket to Oregon with a third-place mark of 13.67 meters in College Station. The sophomore from Meaux, France, will be making her NCAA Outdoor Championships debut after missing qualification by two spots last season. Wamokpego is a two-time indoor All-American and holds Iowa’s school record in the event. In her first appearance at the outdoor championships, Wamokpego will be the four seed.

Women’s High Jump
Maria Arboleda
(F – June 14 – 7:30 PM)
The native of Valle Del Cauca, Colombia, has soared to the top of Iowa’s record books in her freshman campaign. Arboleda cleared 1.84 meters to earn her spot at nationals. Arboleda was a bronze medalist at the Big Ten Championships. She is one of two freshmen to qualify for the finals and will hold the three seed heading into the weekend. Arboleda’s mark of 1.84 meters matches seven other contestants at the top of the seed list.

Men’s Javelin
Mike Stein
(F – June 11 – 7:15 PM)
Stein needed only one throw at the first rounds to punch his ticket to Eugene, firing 76.96 meters to claim second overall. The junior from Milford, Iowa, returns to the final site after placing seventh with first-team All-America honors a season ago at 72.81 meters. He claimed the silver medal at the Big Ten Championships at Hayward Field, landing a 77.41-meter throw. As a sophomore a season ago, Stein posted Iowa’s school record at 81.19 meters on his way to the Big Ten title. This season, Stein earned the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Championships, just one centimeter from Nebraska’s Keyshawn Strachan.

Women’s Javelin
Lizzy Korczak
(F – June 12 – 7:15 PM)
Korczak is making her NCAA Championships debut this week in Eugene, qualifying with a sixth-place mark of 55.28 meters in College Station. The redshirt junior from Hassocks, England, launched a throw of 55.25 meters to earn the bronze medal at the Big Ten Championships at Hayward Field in May. Korczak is Iowa’s all-time leader in the event, uncorking a school-record 58.10-meter throw at the season opener in Orlando. She is one of six Big Ten contestants and earned the nine seed.

Men’s Hammer Throw
Ryan Johnson
Sean Smith
(F – June 11 – 3:30 PM)
Johnson and Smith are Iowa’s first hammer throw qualifiers since 2012. In his first year as a Hawkeye, Johnson quickly climbed to the top of Iowa’s leaderboard with a lifetime best of 73.20 meters. Smith holds the program’s second-best throw at 68.25 meters. The duo punched its ticket to Eugene after grabbing two of the top 12 spots in College Station. Johnson sailed through at 66.14 meters. Smith was on the outside looking in until landing his final throw at 65.16 meters to take the final spot of qualification. Both Hawkeyes will be making their NCAA Outdoor Championships debut. Johnson has earned the No. 14 seed, while Smith will be the No. 22 seed.

Heptathlon
Pauline Bikembo
(June 13 @ 1:45 PM | June 14 @ 5:30 PM)
First-team All-American and Big Ten pentathlon champion Pauline Bikembo has carried over that success to the outdoor season, qualifying in the heptathlon with 5,772 points. Bikembo placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships with that total and posted the program’s school record. The native of Saint Lue La Foret, France, is one of eight freshmen in the event and enters as the 14 seed.

Decathlon
Abraham Vogelsang
(June 11 @ 2 PM | June 12 @ 11:45 AM)
Vogelsang used his impressive performance at the Drake Relays to punch his ticket to Eugene, entering as the No. 8 seed. His total of 7,874 points at Drake ranks second all-time at Iowa. The freshman from Oslo, Norway, continued his impressive rookie campaign after earning first-team All-American honors in the heptathlon and being named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year during indoor season.