All times listed are Pacific, and for the final

1. Bills Receiver Marquise Goodwin Goes For Gold During NFL Training Camps
Men’s long jump: Sunday, July 3, at 4:15 PM

NBC execs will be watching this with extreme interest and mild tightness. An NFL receiver going for an Olympic gold medal is marketing catnip, but he has to make it out of Eugene first. He’s ranked first in the world, but has been a little inconsistent with a win at the Birmingham Diamond League, runner-up finish in Rome and third place in Rabat. If the good Goodwin shows up Sunday, he will become one of the biggest stories of the U.S. Olympic team.



2. Who’s Bolt’s Biggest Challenger?
Men’s 100m: Sunday, July 3, at 5:53 PM

Either the men’s 100m in the U.S. is in shambles, or our veteran sprint studs are peaking perfectly. After coming out gangbusters in 2015, Justin Gatlin has had a much slower start to 2016. He hasn’t broken 9.90 wind-legal, and Trayvon Bromell has an injury of unknown seriousness.

Those two grabbed silver and bronze at Worlds in 2015. In addition, Marvin Bracy, Tyson Gay, and Mike Rodgers all have a shot at making the team in the most famous event of the meet.

3. Will Sanya Richards-Ross Make Her Final Olympic Team?
Women’s 400m: Sunday, July 3, at 4:38 PM

When Richards-Ross announced earlier this year that she was retiring after the Olympics, she probably didn’t envision her farewell tour going this way. Hobbled by injuries, Richards-Ross is ranked just 87th in the world this year, and will be lucky to make the final this week. If she can muster a final Olympic run, that would be one of the most impressive achievements in her legendary career.   

4. Is LaShawn Merritt Doubling?
Men’s 400m: Saturday, July 2, at 4:48 PM
Men’s 200m: Saturday, July 9, at 5:42 PM

Merritt is a 400m runner to his core, but he ran a world-leading 19.78 200m in April to stand out among a debatably weaker global field. In the 200m, he only has to beat Usain Bolt; in the 400m, Wayde Van Niekerk and Kirani James have ran the four fastest times in the world this year. Merritt is declared in the 200m, and could stealthily go for a double, which hasn’t been done by an American man at this level since Michael Johnson.



5. Vashti Cunningham vs. Inika McPherson
Women’s high jump: Sunday, July 3, at 3:15 PM

There not might be a better contrast of styles than Cunningham vs. McPherson. The former is a 6-1, 18-year-old pastor’s daughter, while McPherson is a 5-4 29-year-old who is coming off a two-year suspension for cocaine.

Cunningham—the world indoor champion and the daughter of NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham—and Chaunté Lowe are clearly the co-favorites to win the event. They’re the only two who have gone above 1.93m this year, and they’ve gone 1.96m and 1.99m this season. McPherson is one of three athletes who have gone 1.91m or higher this year, and she’s only on her third month back from suspension.



6. Can Aries Merritt Defend His Olympic Gold After His Kidney Replacement?
Men’s 110m hurdles: Saturday, July 9, at 5:52 PM

This practically writes itself for soft-focus NBC features—if Merritt makes the team. Merritt is the defending Olympic champion, but needed a kidney replacement last September. His sister donated the kidney. He’s been solid in 2016 with a 13.24, but will have to beat at least one from the trio of David Oliver, Ronnie Ash, and Devon Allen to punch his ticket to Rio.

7. Sydney McLaughlin Goes For The Team Before She Turns 17
Women’s 400m hurdles: Sunday, July 10, at 4:03 PM

There’s a phalanx of teens with a legitimate shot of qualifying for Rio. But none are younger than high school junior McLaughlin, who doesn’t even turn 17 until the Olympics begin in August. She’s ranked fourth on the 2016 U.S. list. Shamier Little and Georganne Moline are prohibitive favorites to make the team with their sub-54 season-bests, but McLaughlin is as good a candidate as any for that third spot.



8. Tori Bowie Takes Over
Women’s 100m: Sunday, July 3, at 5:44 PM
Women’s 200m: Sunday, July 10, at 5:11 PM

Allyson Felix has a legitimate claim to being the best American female track athlete of all time. But her reign at the top of American sprinting could end this week. Felix got the Olympic schedule changed so she could double in the 200m and 400m. But she’s barely competed in 2016 with just two 51-mid 400s and zero 200s this outdoor season. Bowie is a heavy favorite in the 100m and 200m, and Felix will have to fight just to make the team in the 200m and 400m. Don’t be surprised if Bowie—a collegiate long jumper—becomes the face of American sprinting by the end of the Trials.

9. An End of An Era in the Men’s Shot Put
Men’s shot put: Friday, July 1, at 5:40 PM

Out of the elite lineup of Christian Cantwell, Adam Nelson, and Reese Hoffa, at least one has finished in the top three at every single U.S. outdoor championships since 2000. But this year could mark the end of a glorious era. Cantwell was second at USAs last year, but isn’t even entered in the meet, while Nelson and Hoffa are a combined 78 years old (Nelson’s 41st birthday is six days after the event final).

Hoffa and Nelson have a small shot at making the team—their season-bests are ranked seventh and 11th in the meet.