Current and Former Spartans Head to Hayward Field for 2023 USATF Championships

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 Vault)
Finished sixth overall and as the second true freshman in the pole vault at the 2023 Big Ten Outdoor Championships

TREVOR STEPHENSON (2018-23)
Event: Men's Pole Vault
Entry Mark/Field Rank: 5.72m/14
Date/Time (ET): Saturday, July 8/8 p.m.

Career Highlights

2023 Big Ten Outdoor pole vault champion
2023 NCAA Outdoor Second-Team All-American (15th, Pole Vault)
2023 NCAA Indoor First-Team All-American (4th, Pole Vault)
Five-time NCAA All-American
Holds MSU school records in the indoor and outdoor pole vault

MORGAN BEADLESCOMB (2016-22)
Event: Men's 5000m
Entry Mark/Field Rank: 13:08.82/6
Date/Time (ET): Sunday, July 9/9:50 p.m.

Career Highlights

Runs professionally for adidas and Very Nice Track Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Seven-time NCAA All-American in track & field and three-time NCAA All-American in cross country
Holds the fifth-best time in the indoor mile in NCAA history (3:52.03) and the 10th-best outdoor 5000m time in NCAA history (13:17.16)
Holds MSU school records in the indoor mile, 3000m and 5000m, as well as outdoor records in the 1500m and 5000m

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