Olympic champions Seville, Rogers and Thomas lead stacked fields for Lone Star Grand Prix

An exceptional women’s hammer field featuring three of the four women in history to have thrown beyond 80 metres will headline the USATF Lone Star Grand Prix in College Station, Texas, on Saturday (6), the first US-based World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of 2026.

All podium placers from the past four global championships — the past three World Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games — are set to compete, while the field also includes the top four throwers in the world this year.

Canada’s Camryn Rogers, the Olympic champion and two-time world champion, leads the field. The second-best thrower in history, Rogers has thrown beyond 80 metres in four of her past five competitions, the latest of which was an 80.09m victory in Turku on Wednesday.

She will be joined by two other 80-metre throwers: 2022 world champion Brooke Anderson and 2019 world champion DeAnna Price.

US thrower Rachel Richeson recently improved her PB to 78.95m to consolidate her position at sixth on the world all-time list, while China’s Zhao Jie has set an Asian record of 78.22m this year. Zhao, the world silver medallist and Olympic bronze medallist, will be joined by compatriot Zhang Jiale, the world bronze medallist and world U20 record-holder, who has thrown 77.15m this season.

Olympic silver medallist Annette Echikunwoke and 2023 world silver medallist Janee Kassanavoid add further depth to a field that would not look out of place in a global final.

Seville and Thomas headline sprint clashes

Oblique Seville will contest his first 100m since winning the world title last year in a PB of 9.77.

The Jamaican faces a field that includes 2021 Olympic 200m champion Andre De Grasse, 2016 world indoor champion Trayvon Bromell, 2023 world bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes and 9.83 performer Ronnie Baker.

The women’s 200m also features an Olympic champion, with Gabby Thomas lining up after clocking 21.89 earlier this year. She will face Olympic finalist Favour Ofili, Olympic 400m fourth-place finisher Rhasidat Adeleke, world and Olympic finalist Deajah Stevens and Cambrea Sturgis, who has run 21.93 this season.

USA’s 2022 world 400m champion Michael Norman heads the men’s 200m field, where he will take on Kyree King, Olympic finalists Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba of Zimbabwe, and Canada’s Aaron Brown.

In the women’s 100m, 2023 world 4x100m champion Tamari Davis faces African silver medallist Rosemary Chukwuma, who has a PB of 10.95 and has clocked a wind-assisted 10.81 this year, plus Jamaica’s world 4x100m silver medallist Jodean Williams.

The men’s 400m brings together three winners of individual global titles. World indoor champion Christopher Morales Williams, Olympic champion Quincy Hall and 2023 world champion Antonio Watson will line up alongside Bryce Deadmon, a four-time global relay champion.

One-lap hurdles add further depth

The men’s 400m hurdles brings together three athletes with strong global credentials.

World finalist Caleb Dean has run 47.75 this year, while 2022 world bronze medallist Trevor Bassitt has clocked 47.82. They will face Nigerian record-holder Ezekiel Nathaniel, who finished fourth at the 2025 World Championships in 47.11.

In the women’s 400m hurdles, Shamier Little faces Andrenette Knight and Savannah Sutherland.

There is more depth in the sprint hurdles, where Jamaica’s Diamond League champion Ackera Nugent lines up in the women’s 100m hurdles against Olympic silver medallist Cyrena Samba-Mayela, 2019 world champion Nia Ali and world bronze medallist Grace Stark.

Jamaica’s Tyler Mason, the world bronze medallist, features in the men’s 110m hurdles.

In the women’s 400m, Nigeria’s Ella Onojuvwevwo looks to maintain her momentum following her African indoor record of 50.28 earlier in the year and her outdoor season debut of 49.59. She will face Jamaica’s Stacey Ann Williams and US duo Britton Wilson and Bailey Lear.

Caribbean clashes at 800m

Both 800m races look set to be a duel between Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Navasky Anderson, who set a Jamaican record of 1:42.76 in the world final last year, takes on Handal Roban in the men’s race. Roban set a Vincentian record of 1:42.87 to win the NACAC title last year.

In the women’s 800m, Shafiqua Maloney of St Vincent and the Grenadines — fourth at the 2024 Olympic Games — lines up with a season’s best of 1:59.54. The field also includes Jamaica’s 2023 world finalist Adelle Tracey and USA’s Meghan Hunter.

North American record-holder KC Lightfoot heads an all-US men’s pole vault field. He will face four-time global medallist Chris Nilsen, Pan-American champion Matt Ludwig and 2025 US champion Austin Miller.

In the men’s javelin, world bronze medallist Curtis Thompson takes on South Africa’s Douw Smit, who recently improved his PB to 84.57m in Bydgoszcz.

The men’s high jump includes Jamaica’s Raymond Richards, the two-time world indoor bronze medallist, and compatriot Romain Beckford.