NEW YORK CITY – In the last big tune-up for American track and field stars before the U.S. Olympic Trials in two weeks, many of the top names in the sport will converge on Icahn Stadium Sunday for the USATF NYC Grand Prix. WOMEN'S EVENTS 100: Jamaica's reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah was the bronze medalist at the 2022 World Championships in Oregon, but ran only the 4x100 at last summer's Worlds in Budapest, and she struggled in her season opener at the Pre Classic two weeks ago, finishing last in 11.30. Aleia Hobbs has the fastest 2024 performance in the field, a 10.88 at Baton Rouge on April 20, and she is the American record holder in the indoor 60. She also had a windy 10.78 the following week at Baton Rouge, the same time recorded by Nigeria's Favour Ofili, who was a semifinalist in the 200 at the past two World Championships. Olympic 200 bronze medalist Gabby Thomas will try the sprint double and has a wind-aided best of 10.88 this year, good enough to win at the Texas Relays. Her teammate on the gold medal U.S 4x100 at the World Relays, Celera Barnes, has a 10.94 PB and was third at the Doha Diamond League meet. New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs is a sub-11 performer who was fourth in the 60 at this year's World Indoor Championships. 200: Gabby Thomas is the woman to beat here, sporting a silver from the 2023 World Championships and a bronze from the Tokyo Games. She is the second fastest American woman ever with a 21.60 PB and clocked 22.08 to win the Texas Relays in March. Sixth at Oregon22, Tamara Clark was second behind Thomas at Texas with a 22.21 and has a PB of 21.92. International vet Jenna Prandini picked up gold in the 4x100 at Oregon22 and silver in the relay at Tokyo in 2021, and she has a best of 21.89 in her career. Other contenders include Tokyo 4x400 gold medalist Lynna Irby-Jackson and Candace Hill, the world U18 champion in 2015. 400: Reigning USATF champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has sampled events across the gamut in 2024, including a 22.07 to win the USATF LA GP 200 and a world-leading 52.70 400 hurdles win at Atlanta last weekend. The world record holder and 2021 Olympic and 2022 world champion in the 400H, McLaughlin-Levrone has a PB of 48.74 without the 10 pesky barriers and could challenge the AR of 48.70, set by Sanya Richards-Ross in 2006. She will have plenty of push from three-time U.S. champion Quanera Hayes, who was seventh at Tokyo and has a 49.72 PB, as well as Talitha Diggs, the fifth-place finisher at this year's World Indoor Championships and eighth at Budapest last summer. Diggs set her PB of 49.93 at last year's USATF Championships. Another sub-50 performer is Kendall Ellis, who has 4x400 golds from Tokyo and the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. Jamaican Stacey-Ann Williams has been an international relay medalist and set her PB of 50.12 last year. 800: One agonizing place away from a World Championships berth last year after taking fourth at the USATF Championships, Sage Hurta-Klecker comes into this meet as the fastest woman in the field at 1:58.48, a time that placed her seventh at the Pre Classic. She also dipped under 1:59 for third at the USATF LA GP. 2022 World Indoor champion and 12-time U.S. champion Ajee' Wilson is the most experienced woman in the field with two Olympics and eight world indoor and outdoor championships to her credit. She has a PB of 1:55.61 that was the AR at the time. Just 20, Addy Wiley has already climbed up the U.S. all-time lists with a 1:57.64 in Switzerland last summer. She was ninth in the inaugural World Road Mile Championships and made the World Indoor team in the 800 in March. Kaela Edwards was third at the 2023 USATF Championships and has a PB of 1:59.68, while Olivia Baker has gone 1:58.05 and was a 2022 World Indoor Championships team member. One other woman who has cracked 2:00 is Charlene Lipsey, the eighth-place finisher at the 2017 World Championships who has a PB of 1:57.38. 100 hurdles: The world record holder, the former world record holder, the world indoor record holder, the reigning world champion… The list of superlatives goes on and on in one of the marquee events. Nigeria's Tobi Amusan set a stunning world record of 12.12 to win the 2022 world title and she leads the 2024 world list at 12.40. American record holder and former owner of the world record Keni Harrison was the Tokyo silver medalist and picked up bronze at Budapest last summer. She has a PB of 12.20 and a season best of 12.60 that won in Atlanta last week. Jamaica's Danielle Williams won the world gold in Budapest eight years after her first world title, and she has run 12.46 this season. Former Purdue star Devynne Charlton brought World Indoor gold and a world indoor record in the 60H back to the Bahamas in March, and she was fourth at Budapest. She has a PB of 12.44. As if that lineup wasn't strong enough already, add in this year's fastest American, Tonea Marshall, who has a '24 best of 12.42, and World Indoor fourth-place finisher Masai Russell, a semifinalist at Budapest with a PB of 12.36. Alaysha Johnson was the bronze medalist at last year's Pan American Games and has run 12.35 in her career. High Jump: One of the winningest athletes in U.S. history in the event, Vashti Cunningham has been a consistent presence on international teams with appearances at every major global outdoor championship meet since 2016. Cunningham won the World Indoor title as a teen in 2016 and then grabbed silver in 2018. She was the 2019 bronze medalist at the World Championships in Doha before placing sixth at Tokyo, and her PB of 2.02 makes her the No. 4 all-time American performer. Her top challenger may be Jamaica's Kimberly Williamson, who took bronze at the 2019 Pan American Games and was a finalist at Oregon22. Long Jump: An entertainer extraordinaire who has talent to match, reigning USATF champion Tara Davis-Woodhall leads the 2024 world list with a 7.17 at Atlanta in mid-May and she is undefeated in six meets thus far. Davis-Woodhall captured the World Indoor title in March and added that medal to the silver she earned at Budapest last year. The two women who joined her on the Budapest team are also entered, with world finalist Jasmine Moore coming off a runner-up finish at the USATF Indoor Championships with a season best 6.93. Quanesha Burks is second on the world list this year behind Davis-Woodhall at 6.89 and was fourth at Oregon22. She has a 6.98 PB and is a three-time World Championships competitor. Heptathlete Anna Hall, on the comeback trail after surgery, will long jump and run the 100H. Hall was the World Championships silver medalist at Budapest after claiming bronze at Oregon22, and she has a long jump PB of 6.61. Shot Put: Canada's Sarah Mitton sits atop the world outdoor list this year with a national record 20.68 and she won the World Indoor title in Glasgow. Raven Saunders earned silver at the Tokyo Olympics and is the No. 8 all-time U.S. performer at 19.64. She is undefeated in four meets this season, but will have to contend with reigning Olympic Trials champion Jessica Ramsey, owner of a 20.12 PB, and Adelaide Aquilla, the Pan American Games bronze medalist in 2023 and a four-time NCAA champion for Ohio State. Jessica Woodard was eighth at Oregon22 and has thrown 19.40 in her career. Discus: Head and shoulders above the rest of the field, Cuba's Yaime Perez uncorked the farthest throw in the world for more than 30 years with a 73.09 at Ramona, Oklahoma, on April 13. That put her at No. 10 on the world all-time performer list and the 2019 world champion also nabbed bronze at Tokyo. American hopes rest with Olympic and Oregon22 team member Rachel Dincoff, who is returning to competition after a hiatus due to injury and has a PB of 65.46. Micaela Hazlewood was the 2021 Olympic Trials runner-up with a best of 62.54. Nigeria's Chioma Onyekwere set her national record of 64.96 last year and has competed at three World Championships. Hammer: Ranked sixth on the all-time U.S. performer list, Janeah Stewart has a PB of 75.43 and has won two USATF indoor weight throw golds. World Championships veterans Annette Echikunwoke (75.00 PB) and Jillian Shippee (74.93 PB) are eighth and ninth on that all-time list, respectively, while Rachel Tanczos moved to No. 10 last weekend with a 74.82 PB to win the Iron Wood Classic. Javelin: Surprise, surprise, surprise! After capping her career with a silver at the 2022 World Championships and announcing her retirement, American record holder Kara Winger is back. Winger hasn't competed since winning the Diamond League title at Zurich on Sept. 8, 2022, but if she is anywhere near in shape she will be an instant threat to make her fifth Olympic team. Former American record holder Maggie Malone-Hardin is nearing top form again as evidenced by her 65.00 toss at the Iron Wood Classic in Idaho, the eighth best throw in U.S. history. Malone-Hardin was an Olympic finalist at Tokyo and made the last two World Championships teams, and she has a PB of 67.40. Last year's USATF champion, Maddie Harris, and four-time World Championships team member Ariana Ince are among the other challengers. MEN'S EVENTS 100: One of the most versatile elite sprinters ever to strap on a pair of spikes, Fred Kerley is a member of the select group of men who have run sub-10 in the 100, sub-20 in the 200, and sub-44 in the 400. He ranks second on the all-time combination sprinter rankings behind a guy named Bolt. Kerley won the 2022 World Championships 100 gold and has Olympic silver from Tokyo to go with a bronze in the 400 at the 2019 World Championships. His PB of 9.76 ties him for the No. 2 spot on the all-time U.S. performer list. Youngster Pjai Austin zipped to a PB 9.89 at the NCAA Championships last year for Florida and is the fifth fastest collegian ever. He won the Atlanta ATL meet last week in 10.03. World U20 champion in 2014, Kendal Williams recently lowered his PB to 9.93 and he has Pan American Games 4x100 gold from 2015. Two former collegiate aces also sport sub-10 PBs. Nigeria's Udodi Onwuzurike won the NCAA 200 for Stanford last year in 19.84 and has a PB of 19.76 in the deuce, and he also clocked 9.92 in the 100 last year. Former West Texas A&M star Benjamin Azamati of Ghana was an Olympian at Tokyo and helped his country to a fifth-place finish in the 4x100 at Oregon22, and he has a 9.90 PB from the Texas Relays in 2022. 200: Any time Noah Lyles steps on the track, it's showtime. Lyles, the triple World Championships gold medalist last year in the 100, 200 and 4x100, is making his season debut in the 200 here and is coming off a 9.85 100 in Jamaica that ranks as his second-fastest ever. The third fastest man in history for the half-lap, Lyles set the American record of 19.31 to win the world gold at Oregon22, and he has seven of the top 10 U.S. performances ever. Joseph Fahnbulleh of Liberia is a freight train in the final 50 and has a 19.83 PB from 2022 that won him the NCAA title for Florida. Better known as a 100 man, Brandon Hicklin is coming off a PB-tying 9.94 win at that distance in Prague, and the older Lyles brother, Josephus Lyles, boasts a 19.93 PB and world U18 bronze from 2015. A member of the U.S. gold medal 4x100 at Budapest last summer, Brandon Carnes has a lifetime best of 20.07. 400: World record holder and 2016 Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa goes up against 2012 gold medalist Kirani James of Grenada. James was also the world champion in 2011 and has a full set of Olympic medals with a silver in 2016 and a bronze at Tokyo. Chris Bailey has the speediest 2024 mark with a 44.42 PB that earned him the victory in Atlanta last weekend, while Trinidad's Jereem Richards has a 2022 World Indoor Championships gold on his résumé and has run 44.54. Dipping under 45 for the first time with a 44.98 at Kingston last month, Matthew Boling now has sub-10, sub-20 and sub-45 credentials. He won gold with the U.S. quartet in the mixed 4x400 at Budapest and earned silver in the 4x400 at the World Indoor Championships in March. Another relay gold medalist, Elija Godwin, has a 44.34 PB and helped the U.S. to victory on the Oregon22 4x400. The runner-up at this year's USATF Indoor Championships, Jacory Patterson, earned silver at the World Indoors in the 4x400 and has a 44.81 PB. 800: Olympic veterans Matthew Centrowitz and Emmanuel Korir of Kenya have their work cut out for them in the two-lapper. Centrowitz, the 2016 gold medalist in the 1500 and the first American man to win that event at the Games in more than 100 years, is on the retirement end of his storied career but still has some pep in his legs, finishing third in the 1500 at the USATF LA GP. Korir won at Tokyo and then took the world title at Oregon22, but has been out of sorts since that win. A 1:42.05 man at his best, Korir didn't break 1:46 last year and clocked only 1:52.14 for ninth at the Marrakesh Diamond League meet. Isaiah Jewett has the fastest 2024 performance in the field, a 1:44.02 that was good for second at the USATF LA GP, and he was an Olympian at Tokyo in the same year he won the NCAA title for USC. Rio 2016 800 bronze medalist Clayton Murphy ran a season best 1:45.18 for third at the Suzhou Diamond League meet in China and has a lifetime best of 1:42.93. Mexico's Jesus Lopez is a steady performer who has a PB of 1:43.44 from 2021, and he was the Pan American Games silver medalist last year. NCAA Division II champion Wes Ferguson of Nebraska-Kearney is an intriguing prospect with a 1:45.46 PB. 1500: Two years ago at Oregon22, Britain's Jake Wightman won a famous victory with a spirited 3:29.23 to outkick Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen. He had an abbreviated season in 2023 but has returned in fine shape, clocking 3:47.83 for the mile to place fifth at the Pre Classic. One of the brightest young stars on the U.S. distance scene, Hobbs Kessler won the inaugural World Road Mile Championships last year and cruised to a 3:48.66 indoor mile PB at the Millrose Games in February. Kessler, the American U20 record holder, has a 1500 PB of 3:32.61 and was the bronze medalist at this year's World Indoor Championships. The American record holder at 3000, 5000 and 10,000, Grant Fisher brings a 1500 PB of 3:34.99 into this metric mile. Fisher was fourth in the 10,000 at Oregon22 and fifth at Tokyo, and he is in superb shape heading into the Olympic Trials. Also dropping down in distance, last year's USATF 5000 champion Abdihamid Nur lowered his 1500 PB to 3:35.63 in May and he also notched a 5000 PB of 13:04.40 at the USATF Distance Classic. 110 hurdles: Reigning U.S. champion and three-time USATF winner Daniel Roberts is second on the world list in 2024 with a 13.11 to win the Xiamen Diamond League meet in China. His four-meet win streak was broken at the Pre Classic when he finished second, but all four of his legal-wind races this season have been better than 13.20. Oregon22 silver medalist Trey Cunningham won the USATF indoor 60H gold and was the winner at Kingston last weekend in a season best 13.12. He shares a 13.00 PB with Roberts. The find of 2023, Cordell Tinch, came from relative obscurity to make the semis at the World Championships in Budapest and he has already sped to a 13.16 this season that placed him second at the Xiamen Diamond League meet. Jamaica's Rasheed Broadbell won the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold and set his PB of 12.94 to win his nation's title last year. High Jump: A season best 2.27 at the Suzhou Diamond League meet makes Vernon Turner the highest jumper in the field this year, and the USATF Indoor runner-up went on to place sixth at the World Indoor Championships at Glasgow in March. Turner, who has a 2.33 PB, was a Team USATF member at Budapest last summer and won the 2022 NCAA indoor crown for Oklahoma. Another 2.33 jumper, Darryl Sullivan, was a Tokyo Olympian and placed 10th at the 2022 World Indoors. The grand old man of the event is Donald Thomas of the Bahamas, who will turn 40 on July 1. Thomas, a nine-time World Championships competitor and four-time Olympian, won the 2007 world title and set his PB of 2.37 eight years ago. On the comeback trail from injury, Earnie Sears has a 2.30 PB and is now under the tutelage of Randall Cunningham. Long Jump: Three of the finalists at last year's World Championships in Budapest are here, led by Jamaica's Carey McLeod, who took fourth. McLeod has an indoor PB of 8.40 and was the World Indoor bronze medalist at Glasgow in March. The NCAA indoor and outdoor champion for Arkansas last year, McLeod had a very windy 8.52 to win the Doha Diamond League meet in May. The 2023 USATF indoor champion, Will Williams, placed eighth at Budapest and has an 8.23 PB, while 12th-placer Marquis Dendy was the 2016 World Indoor champion and has a best of 8.42 from 2016. Dendy also earned bronze at the 2018 and 2022 World Indoor Championships and has three U.S. titles to his credit. Best of all the PBs is the 8.58 for Jarrion Lawson, the 2017 World Championships silver medalist who was fourth at Rio 2016. Triple Jump: A small but powerful field features nine-time USATF champion Donald Scott, the 2022 World Indoor Championships bronze medalist and seventh-place finisher at Tokyo. Scott has a best of 17.43 from 2019 and took sixth at this year's World Indoor Championships. No relation, Jordan Scott of Jamaica was the NCAA indoor champion in 2019 for Virginia and has gone 17.08 in his career. Bermuda's Jah-Nhai Perinchief nabbed fifth at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and was the NCAA runner-up for Arkansas in 2021 with a 17.03 PB. Chris Carter was twice a fifth-place finisher at the World Indoor Championships in 2014 and 2018 and has three U.S. titles. Carter set his PB of 17.21 at Houston in 2022. Discus: This has been an epic year for the men's discus already, with a legendary world record falling and a spate of lengthy throws in a very windy couple of months. Samoa's Alex Rose has the top mark in the field in 2024 with a 71.48 PB in Michigan last month and was a finalist at the last two World Championships. Jamaican national record holder Fedrick Dacres set that mark of 70.78 in 2019, earning silver at the World Championships in Doha later that year. He has competed at five World Championships and two Olympic Games, and was the Pan American Games gold medalist in 2019. Reigning USATF champion Sam Mattis boasts a PB of 68.69 from 2022 and was eighth at the Tokyo Games. A massive personal best of 68.09 at the end of April in Michigan sets up 2022 U.S. champion Andrew Evans for a run at the Trials title, and Brian Williams was ninth at Budapest and has a 66.14 PB. Hammer: The three kings of current U.S. hammer throwing lead the way, topped by American record holder Rudy Winkler. Winkler won the Olympic Trials with his AR toss of 82.71 and went on to place seventh at Tokyo. He was sixth at Oregon22 and then took eighth in Budapest. 2022 U.S. champion Daniel Haugh has the top mark by an American this year at 79.03 and is one of only six American men ever to better 80 meters, boasting an 80.18 PB. He was a finalist at Tokyo and took eighth at Oregon22 and sixth at Budapest. Alex Young is the third of the American contingent who competed at the Tokyo Games and the past two World Championships. Young, the 2017 U.S. champion, set his PB of 78.32 at the Olympic Trials in 2021 and has also captured two U.S. indoor weight throw titles. Javelin: NCAA Division II champion Jordan Davis has been the revelation of 2024 for U.S. javelin mavens. Davis won the D2 title for Southern Connecticut State with a big PB of 84.45 to move to No. 6 on the all-time U.S. performer list. Two of the men ahead of him on that list are also scheduled to compete, led by Curtis Thompson. Thompson won the Pan American Games gold in 2023 and set his PB of 87.70 in 2022, the same year he made the World Championships final in Eugene. Three times a U.S. champion, Thompson won the 2016 NCAA crown for Mississippi State in 2016 and is No. 3 on the all-time U.S. performer list. Michael Shuey sits fifth on that list at 85.67 and won the U.S. title in 2019. Fresh off an NCAA win in Eugene on Wednesday, Georgia's Marc Minichello has thrown a PB 82.32 this year. Minichello also took top honors in the NCAA in 2022.