Here are the potential repeat NCAA outdoor track and field champions in 2024

Nine returning men's and 11 returning women's NCAA outdoor track and field individual event champions are set to compete and defend their title in 2024. Here are the returning champions and their events:

Men's champions

• High jump — Romaine Beckford | Arkansas (won title at South Florida)
• Pole vault — Kyle Rademeyer | South Alabama
• Hammer — Kenneth Ikeji | Harvard
• Javelin — Tzuriel Pedigo | LSU
• 110 meter hurdles — Philip Lemonious | Arkansas
• 400 meter hurdles — Chris Robinson | Alabama
• 1500 meters — Nathan Green | Washington
• 5000 meters — Ky Robinson | Stanford
• Decathlon — Leo Neugebauer | Texas

Women's champions

• Long jump — Ackelia Smith | Texas
• High jump — Charity Hufnagel (formerly known as Charity Griffith) | Kentucky (won title at Ball State)
• Shot put — Axelina Johansson | Nebraska
• Hammer — Stephanie Ratcliffe | Georgia (won title at Harvard)
• Javelin — Rhema Otabor | Nebraska
• 400 meter hurdles — Savannah Sutherland | Michigan
• 800 meters — Michaela Rose | LSU
• 1500 meters — Maia Ramsden | Harvard
• 3000 meter steeplechase — Olivia Markezich | Notre Dame
• 5000 meters — Parker Valby | Florida
• Heptathlon — Pippi Lotta Enok | Oklahoma

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