June 13, 2025

Four National Record Holders and 27 US #1s to compete at Nike Outdoor Nationals 

The premier high school track & field outdoor championship is scheduled for Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR, June 19-22, 2025.

Eugene, OR- The National Scholastic Athletics Foundation (NSAF) will host the Nike Outdoor Nationals on June 19-22, 2025, at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. Over 5,000 track and field athletes from 50 states, four Canadian provinces, Namibia, Singapore and South Korea will compete over four days.

The marquee lineup includes five national record holders:

• Tate Taylor
  100m  9.92 (outdoor)
  200 m 20.46 (indoor)

• Jayden Horton-Mims
  300m 32.64 (indoor)

• Cooper Lutkenhaus
  800m 1:46.83 (indoor) 
  800m 1:46.26 (outdoor)

• Jane Hedengren
  Indoor
  1,500m  4:07.78
  Mile 4:26.14
  5,000m 15:13.26
  
  Outdoor
  Mile 4:23.50
  3,000m 8:40.99
  2 mile 9:17.75
  5,000m 14:57.98

Nineteen athletes and one team earned ‘25 Nike Indoor National titles and are vying to add an outdoor national title.  Eighteen ‘24 Nike Outdoor Nationals Champions return to claim another outdoor title.  2024-2025 Gatorade Cross Country Players of the Year and Nike Cross Champions, Jane Hedengren and Charlie Vause, are vying for an outdoor title. Hedengren could be the first to sweep the Nike Cross Nationals, Nike Indoor Nationals, and Nike Outdoor Nationals individual titles in the same year. She is undefeated in the mile, 2 mile, and 5000m this year, and her only loss to a high schooler came to her teammate, Lily Alder, in the 800 meter at the Utah State Championships. Vause will compete in the 5,000m  on Thursday and the 3,000m on Saturday.

Many of the events will feature head-to-head competition between the nation’s top-ranked athletes. Here are the featured events that are a must-watch:

Girls

• The top six ranked US High Schoolers, Dana Wilson, Mia Maxwell, Taylor Nunez, Kylah Woods, Celeste Robinson, and Mariah Maxwell face off in the best high school field ever assembled. Wilson, the fourth fastest, and Maxwell, the fifth fastest 100-meter sprinters of all time, could threaten the 11-second barrier and the national record of 10.89 set by Shawnti Jackson in 2023.

• In the 200m, Wilson, US #2, Mariah Maxwell, US #4, McKenzi Roberson, US #5, and Tyra Cox, US #6 square off in this scorching lineup. Wilson ran a slightly wind-aided 22.21(+2.1) on May 2 and was ever-so-close to Allyson Felix’s high school record of 22.11 set at altitude.

• Jane Hedengren set two high school records in four days two weeks ago and will have an opportunity to lower her records. On Saturday, she’ll run the 3,000 meter. Her 8:40.99 set en route to running her two-mile record, shattered Mary Cain’s record of 8:58.48, set at Hayward Field, winning gold at the 2014 World U20 Championships. 

• Jessica Oji came ¾ inches shy of the indoor shot put record this past season. Her outdoor best of 55 feet 11 inches ranks her third best all time and is just three feet shy of the outdoor national record of  58 feet 1 inches set by Alyssa Johnson in 2017. 

Boys

• Three of the five fastest 100-meter sprinters in high school history will contend for the title. Junior Tate Taylor set the national record of 9.92 at the UIL 6A state championships with Brayden Dashun Williams finishing second in 10.01, US #4 All Time. Maurice Gleaton Jr ran 9.98 on April 23 to record the third fastest of all time. 
  
  The top two fastest freshmen of all time, Dillon Mitchell, 10:17, and Chinweoke Onwuchekwa, 10.18 are also in the field and could lower the freshman record. 

• Sophomore Cooper Lutkenhaus has not lost an 800-meter race to a high school runner in his two years of high school. He set the indoor national record at the Millrose Games, 1:46.86, against pro runners and then broke Michael Granville’s 29-year-old record of 1:46.45 in winning the Brooks PR Invitational in 1:46.26. He won last year’s Nike Outdoor title as a freshman, the first ever to do so.

• US # 2 All Time, Ja’Shaun Lloyd (13.20) and US #5 All Time, Le’Ezra Brown (13.25) renew their rivalry outdoors in a scorching final. At the Nike Indoor Nationals, Lloyd won the 60-meter hurdles title in 7.49 as Brown clipped the last hurdle and somersaulted to the finish. The national record of 13.07 was set by Wayne Davis in 2009.

• Junior Jackson Cantwell spring has been like no other. The #1 2026 Football recruit signed a football scholarship with the University of  Miami, and then launched the shot put 76 feet 5 1/4 inches to become the second farthest thrower in high school history. Only two marks set by Michael Carter in 1979 are better. a heave of  77 feet 0 inches and the national record of 81 feet 3.25 inches. That is the oldest mark in the record book of events currently contested at the high school level.

The event will once again feature the Shot Put Showcase on Saturday evening. Jackson Cantwell is the defending champion. This tournament-style event will have three knockout rounds and be contested between a select group of high school shot putters in two separate competitions for boys and girls.

The competition kicks off on Thursday morning and goes through Sunday. The full schedule, registration link, entry guidelines, and much more can be found at NikeOutdoorNationals.com, including:

• Live Results

• Meet Schedule

• Live Webcast

• Top Performers

• Girls

• Boys

• Tickets

The 2025 Nike Outdoor Nationals is a partnership between the NSAF, Nike, RunnerSpace, and TrackTown USA. For the second time, the Nike Outdoor Nationals will be held in conjunction with the USATF U20 Championships, taking place during the first two days of competition.

Media Information CONTACT:  media@gotracktownusa.com

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About the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation, Inc.:

The National Scholastic Athletics Foundation (NSAF) was founded in 1990. It is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization with the mission of inspiring and empowering student-athletes to be the best they can be, on and off the track. This is accomplished through high school championship events, high-performance clinics & programs, the National High School Track & Field Hall of Fame, and development grant programs.  For more information about the NSAF, please visit NationalScholastic.org.