Nation’s Top Runners, Jumpers and Throwers to Compete in Poland
INDIANAPOLIS – 57 athletes will represent Team USATF at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze in Poland next week. USA Track & Field, the national governing body for track, field, road running, and race walking announced its roster today. It includes 28 men and 29 women, six of which are medalists from the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China and 21 U.S. athletes for whom this marks their first time competing on a national senior track and field team at a global championship.
Cole Hocker, the 2024 Olympic gold medalist in the 1500m and 2025 World Outdoor Championship gold medalist in the 5000m, will attempt to win his first indoor title. Hocker, who is also the 2024 World Indoor silver medalist in the 1500m, will compete in the 3000m after winning the U.S. title by three one-hundredths of a second.
2025 World Outdoor Champion Anna Hall will make her World Indoor debut. Hall will be competing in pentathlon, an event in which she holds the two highest scores in American history.
Two world record holders will wear the Team USA kit in Poland. Khaleb McRae will compete in the 400m. He set the pending world record of 44.52 last month and won the U.S. title at the U.S. Indoor Championships. Teen sensation Cooper Lutkenhaus will race the 800m. The 17-year-old broke the world under-20 record when he ran 1:44.03 in February. Lutkenhaus claimed the national title just weeks later.
Bailey Lear and Rosey Effiong will return to the relay pool to defend their gold medals in the women’s 4×400. Both will also compete in the individual 400m. Elija Godwin, member of the 2025 gold-medal winning men’s 4×400, will be a part of the relay pool seeking gold in 2026. Chase Jackson and Taliyah Brooks will be looking to upgrade their 2025 bronze medals in the shot put and the pentathlon, respectively.
Roger Steen returns in 2026 after winning the silver medal in the shot put in 2025. He will be joined by Jordan Geist, who qualified for his first World Championships by winning the World Indoor Tour this season. On the track, Luke Houser comes back to race the 1500m looking to better his bronze medal performance from last year.
Among the athletes making their global debut are 2025 NCAA Champions Jordan Anthony (60m) and Nathan Green (1500m) as well as 2025 NCAA runners-up Chloe Timberg (pole vault) and Margot Appleton (3000m).
There is one U.S. athlete competing in two events and that’s Jasmine Moore. Moore won both the triple jump and the long jump at the U.S. Championships. Moore is the first American woman to double in the horizontal jumps having done so at both the 2022 World Athletics Championships and at the 2024 Paris Olympics where she won the bronze medal in both events.
Full rosters are below.
The 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze will be held March 20-22 at Kujawsko Pomorska Arena in Toruń, Poland. It will be broadcast live in the United States on NBC and Peacock. A full schedule of events can be found here.
Women’s Roster
60m
Jacious Sears
Jaslyn Gardner
400m
Rosey Effiong
Bailey Lear
800m
Addison Wiley
Valery Tobias
1500m
Nikki Hiltz
Gracie Morris
3000m
Emily Mackay
Margot Appleton
60mH
Alia Armstrong
Danae Dyer
High Jump
Charity Hufnagel
Vashti Cunningham
Pole Vault
Chloe Timberg
Jessica Mercier
Long Jump
Jasmine Moore
Monaé Nicols
Triple Jump
Jasmine Moore
Ryann Porter
Shot Put
Chase Jackson
Abria Smith
Pentathlon
Anna Hall
Taliyah Brooks
Women’s 4x400m & Mixed Relay Pool
Abigail Glynn
Shamier Little
Paris Peoples
Sara Reifenrath
Taiya Shelby
Brianna White
Men’s Roster
60m
Jordan Anthony
Trayvon Bromell
400m
Khaleb McRae
Chris Robinson
800m
Cooper Lutkenhaus
Sean Dolan
1500m
Nathan Green
Luke Houser
3000m
Cole Hocker
Yared Nuguse
60mH
Dylan Beard
Trey Cunningham
Pole Vault
Zach Bradford
Chris Nilsen
Long Jump
Steffin McCarter
Jeremiah Davis
Triple Jump
Russell Robinson
Shot Put
Jordan Geist
Roger Steen
Josh Awotunde
Heptathlon
Kyle Garland
Heath Baldwin
Men’s 4x400m & Mixed Relay Pool
Elija Godwin
Steven McElroy
Jevon O’Bryant
Justin Robinson
Demarius Smith
TJ Tomlyanovich
Team Staff
Head Coach – Jumps/Multis – James Thomas
Assistant Coach – Throws – Cale McDaniel
Assistant Coach – Sprints/Hurdles – Bridgette Owens
Assistant Coach – Distance – Laura Bowerman
Relay Coach – Darryl Woodson
Logistics Contractor – Marsha Seagrave
Logistics Contractor – Jennifer Nanista-Stevens
Event Manager – Kim Keenan
Event Manager – Martin Palavicini
ATC-USATF Regional Medical Provider – Christie-Lee Coad
ATC-USATF Regional Medical Provider – Brittany Garcia
ATC-USATF Regional Medical Provider – Emily Boyer
ATC – Jackie Sher
LMT – Chris Thomas
DC – Asdrubal Lopez
MD – Todd Arnold
Nutritionist – Rikki Keen
Sports Psychologist – Mike Clark
