Hold on to your hats! It’s the first full day of finals and with all of the ridiculously fast performances coming out of the preliminary rounds, expect the competition today to be out of control.

First on the bill is going to be the men’s 400m hurdles. The race looks like it’s Aaechi Morton’s to lose. Last year’s runner up, Morton is coming in with the NCAA #1 time of 48.95 seconds. Morton’s biggest competition will likely be Pac-12 runner-up to Morton, USC’s Reggie Wyatt, and the Big 12 Champion Kansas Jayhawk Michael Stigler.

The women’s 400m hurdles are a bit different than the men’s as there is no clear favorite. With the number #1 ranked Georganne Moline out of the race really is up in the air. UCLA’s Turquoise Thompson was last year’s NCAA runner up and is coming in with the fastest time from the prelims. Not far behind her in the preliminary round were Ellen Wortham of Tennessee and LSU senior Cassandra Tate. Those three could very well be vying for that top spot.

In the men’s 100m Harry Adams will be looking to show everyone that his 9.96 in the prelims was not a mistake. Joining him, thought, will be 10.02 man Andrew Riley, and a pair of Florida State runners Maurice Mitchell, and Kemar Hyman who went 10.03 and 10.04 in the preliminary rounds. Mitchell is the owner of a 10.00 PR and last year’s 3rd place finisher at NCAAs. With so many guys hovering around the 10 second barrier, this is going to be a very fast, very competitive 100m final.

The women’s 100m will also be one for the books. The woman with an obvious target on her back is current US #1 in the 200m and US#2 in the 100m, LSU junior Kimberlyn Duncan. Hoping to chase her down will be UCF freshman Octavious Freeman, current US #5 and Oregon sophomore, English Gardner, who ran to a 7th place finish last year at NCAAs.

The highlight of the night could very well be the men’s 800m run. Getting into this final was difficult enough, as a handful of gentlemen that ran 1:46 didn’t advance. Among those were Penn State junior Casimir Laxsom, last year’s 4th place finisher at NCAAs. The battle up will be between Ryan Martin of UC Santa Barbara and 2011 World Championship team member Charles Jock. The two have duked it out with each other in almost every race this season, culminating in two sub 1:45 performances at their conference meet. Expect this race to be no different as they go head to head again, but drag along six other people who could very well contend for the title.

The final of the women’s 800 may have been just as difficult to get into as the men’s. Carrying the top time into the final round will be senior Chanelle Price of Tennessee with a 2:01.66. Price was the third place finisher at last year’s NCAAs and with things finally clicking for her she is going to be dangerous when the gun goes off. Right there with her is the SEC champion Charlene Lipsey. This year she’s clocked 2:02.60 and also beat Price at the SEC Championships. Oregon sophomore Laura Roesler is another contender. In the preliminary rounds Roesler finished just behind Price running a season’s best 2:02.09. Any way this cookie crumbles, this race is going to be hot.

For the women’s steeplechase the clear favorite is Colorado junior Shalaya Kipp. Kipp has the fastest time this year by almost 10-seconds, and with the recent PR of her teammate and training partner Emma Coburn, Kipp could be looking to throw down a very fast time. The rest of the field isn’t going down without a fight. Kansas senior Rebeka Stowe finished behind Kipp at the Pyton Jordan invitational with a time of 9:52.82, so look for her to shake things up a little bit. Florida senior Genevieve LaCaze was last year’s 5th place finisher at NCAAs and is another girl who will be challenging Kipp for her title.

The second to last event of the night will be the men’s 400m. Of the top ten 400 meter times in the US this year, four of them are going to be in this race, as well as last year’s NCAA runner up and third place finisher. Mike Berry of Oregon was ranked #2 in the US, but after Wednesday’s prelim, Florida’s Tony McQuay, USC’s Josh Mance and Texas Tech’s Mike Berry all have surpassed his seasons best.

The women’s 400m is another race that is going to be a hoot. The race is going to highlight US #5 and US#6 runners Ashley Spencer of Illinois and Diamond Dixon of Kansas. At last year’s NCAAs Diamond Dixon, then a freshman, ran to a third place finish. This year she holds on to a 51.09 season’s best, just .07 seconds behind Ashley Spencer. Look for these girls to possibly dip under 51 seconds.

The final event of the night will pit the 2012 NCAA 10k champ, Cam Levins, as he tries to complete his 10k/5k double. Looking to take down Levins—aside from everyone in the field—is 2011 NCAA cross country champion, and NCAA indoor 3k and 5k champ, Arizona’s Lawi Lalang. The pair have outdoor 5000m PR’s of 13:18, which they ran together at the 2012 Mt. SAC relays. Other names in the field include UNC-Greensboro’s Paul Chelimo (13:21), Arizona’s Stephen Sambu (13:31), OSU’s Girma Mecheso (13:34) and Brown’s Dan Lowry (13:34). All of these men, especially Sambu who has a 13:13 indoor 5k PR, could give Levins and Lawi a run for their money.

Action starts today at 5:35 central time. If you don’t tune in, you’re a fool, because this is going to be some of the best running US track has to offer.