After a busy four days of prelims, the fields are set for the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The opening rounds in Sacramento and Jacksonville didn’t provide too many surprises as the form charts mostly held. Instead, the meets served to reinforce several of the themes that we’ve seen throughout this collegiate season. Here are five takeaways as we head into the final stretch before the NCAA track world converges on Austin, Texas.

He did it again.

While NCAA athletes are busy qualifying for their championship meet, the professional side of the sport will be split between two top-level competitions. The Diamond League makes its second stop of the year, this time in Rabat. Stateside, the LA Grand Prix features Diamond League quality fields and will serve as a preview for the USATF Championships in several events.

Below is a list of qualifiers for the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. This list will updated throughout the East & West Preliminary meet.

The next step in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships begins on May 24th with the East and West Prelims. The East Prelims take place in Jacksonville, Florida, while the West Prelims will be run in Sacramento, California. Both meets conclude on May 27th.  Athletes will try to finish in the top 12 and move on to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas on June 7 - June 10.

Sha’Carri Richardson flew past Shericka Jackson and the rest of the women’s field to win the 100m at the Doha Diamond League on Friday.

The 2023 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships take place on March 11th and 12th at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Team and individual champions will be named at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. This year’s meet takes place on March 11th and 12th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

This Saturday in Pole Green Park just outside of Richmond, Virginia, USA athletes will compete for national team spots for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships for the first time in nearly four years.  The COVID pandemic caused the postponement of the 2021 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, to February 18, of this year, so American athletes haven't had a chance to make a World Cross team since February 2, 2019.

Sisson ran 1:06:52 at the Houston Half Marathon to lower the mark she set in 2022.

Kevin and Gordon make their picks and select some sleepers for the 2022 men's NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Gordon and Kevin preview the men's race at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

The N.C. State women enter the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships as the favorite. Can New Mexico, Oklahoma State or Alabama pull off the upset?

Gordon and Kevin discuss potential sleepers in the team and individual women's competition at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Gordon and Kevin make their picks for the women's team and individual titles at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships.