Canadians to watch at the 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships

Two weeks ago, 17 Canadian collegiate athletes punched their tickets to the 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships, which kick off Wednesday in Eugene, Ore. A record-setting 11 Canadian women qualified, joined by six men competing across five different events.

Leading the charge is Savannah Sutherland of Borden, Sask., a standout for the University of Michigan. The 2023 NCAA 400m hurdles champion enters as the clear favourite to reclaim her title after finishing second last year to the University of Southern California’s Jasmine Jones.

Sutherland, a double Canadian record holder in the 400m hurdles and indoor 400m, is fresh off her third consecutive Big Ten title (won in Eugene last month) and will double up in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay at this year’s national competition.

Canada’s top two medal threats on the men’s side lie in the 800m, with the University of Oregon’s Matti Erickson and Mississippi State University’s Abdullahi Hassan entering as serious gold-medal contenders.

The pair of 22-year-olds went one-two in the 800m at the NCAA Indoor Championships earlier this year. Erickson, from Nelson, B.C., has run under 1:47 three times this season, while Hassan, of Scarborough, Ont., qualified with an impressive 1:45.64.

Erickson now looks to complete a rare indoor-outdoor double, while Hassan aims for his first NCAA crown.

Canadian qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA Championships

Women

Florence Caron (La Malbaie, Que./Penn State University) – 5,000m, 10,000m

Rachel Forsyth (London, Ont./Michigan State University) – 5,000m

Izzy Goudros (Toronto/Harvard University) – heptathlon

Jenna James (Milton, Ont./University of Oklahoma) – 400m hurdles

Jadyn Keeler (Barrie, Ont./University of North Dakota) – 10,000m

Asia Phillips (North York, Ont./University of Florida) – triple jump

Kaiya Robertson (Portland, Ore./Boise State University) – 1,500m

Eniko Sara (Langley, B.C./University of Nebraska) – javelin

Sadie Sigfstead (Edmonton/Villanova University) – 5,000m, 10,000m

Katelyn Stewart-Barnett (New Westminster, B.C./Michigan State University) – 3,000m steeplchase

Savannah Sutherland (Borden, Sask./University of Michigan) – 400m hurdles, 4x400m

Men

Matthew Erickson (Nelson, B.C./University of Oregon) – 800m

Will Floyd (Seattle, Wash./University of Georgia) – 400m

Abdullahi Hassan (Scarborough, Ont./Mississippi State University) – 800m

Youssef Koudssi (Phoenix, Ariz./University of Arizona) – discus

Callan Saldutto (Toronto/University of Missouri) – javelin

Cole Wilson (Burgessville, Ont./High Point University) – decathlon

See here for the full meet schedule and results.