EUGENE, Oregon — Capitalizing on a strong middle section of his race, Cravont Charleston pulled off an upset of sorts in the men's 100m, winning his first national title by .01 seconds in 9.95. 2019 world champion Christian Coleman was out very well and had the lead through 80m before Charleston pulled even and then outleaned Coleman for the victory. World 200m champion Noah Lyles surged over the final 20m to grab third in 10.00, setting him up for the sprint double in Budapest. Never before a finalist in the 100m at the USATF Championships, the 25-year-old Charleston showed that his 2023 season hasn't been a fluke, running his fourth legal sub-10 second race. In the semifinals earlier in the evening, Lyles had beaten Charleston by .02 with a 9.94 season best after Coleman took the first semi in 9.98. Overcoming a start that was not quite as explosive as the ones she had in the first two rounds, Sha'Carri Richardson passed Tamari Davis in the final half of the women's 100m and ran away to win her first U.S. title in 10.82. Brittany Brown, the 2019 World Championships 200m silver medalist, picked an opportune time for a lifetime best as her 10.90 gave her the silver, .09 ahead of bronze medalist Davis. Clocking 10.75 to easily win the first semifinal, Richardson was more than two-tenths faster than the rest of the field, with Davis winning semi two in 10.96. Defending the USATF title she won last year, World Championships bronze medalist Anna Hall followed up a solid first day in the women's heptathlon with three more steady efforts to finish with 6,677 points and win by more than 300 over Taliyah Brooks, who tallied 6,319. Brooks had the best long jump of the day with a 6.52m/21-4.75 to open the proceedings, with Hall not far behind at 6.40m/21-0. Hall padded her score again with a season best 43.90m/144-0 in the javelin, and she won the 800m in 2:10.91, almost five seconds faster than any other competitor. Hall's score has only ever been bettered by her and six other women on the U.S. list. Brooks had a subpar javelin before regaining momentum with a 2:17.71 800m to record her second-highest score of the season. Bronze went to Chari Hawkins with 6,053, only four points in front of Tokyo Olympian Annie Kunz. A personal best in the javelin helped carry Harrison Williams to a lifetime best of 8,630 points and gold in the men's decathlon. Williams, whose previous PB was 8,492, ran 14.22 in the 110m hurdles, and then hit a season best 47.26m/155-1 in the discus before clearing 5.20m/17-0.75 in the pole vault. A 59.07m/193-9 in the javelin put him 43 points up on World Championships bronze medalist Zach Ziemek going into the 1,500m. Iowa's Austin West shattered his PB in the final event, pulling away from the field to run 4:20.98 and finish third with a big PB of 8,331 for third, while Williams clocked 4:35.30. Ziemek earned silver with 8,508 points. Not only did Donald Scott successfully defend his USATF men's triple jump title and win his fourth outdoor crown, but he also surpassed the World Championships qualifying standard with his 17.22m/56-6 effort in round four. Will Claye took the lead in round one with a 16.76m/55-0 before Scott bounded 17.11m/56-1.75 on his next jump to take a lead he wouldn't relinquish. Claye improved to a season best 16.98m/55-8.5 and earned silver, while Chris Benard took the bronze with a best of 16.68m/54-6.75. It took Vashti Cunningham less than an hour to win her sixth straight U.S. outdoor high jump title, clearing 1.91m/6-3.25 on her second try. Cunningham was the only woman to clear that height, with silvers going to Rylee Anderson of Kansas and Jenna Rogers of Nebraska, who each went over 1.86m/6-1.25 on the first attempt with no misses at earlier heights. The opening height of 1.81m/5-11.25 knocked out almost half the field as seven women failed to go clear, and the next height took out three of the remaining eight. Three of the top six finishers from last year's USATF Championships snagged automatic berths in the final in the first semifinal of the men's 800m as reigning champion Bryce Hoppel took the lead coming into the final bend and went on to win in 1:45.26, with 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy second in 1:45.67 and Isaiah Harris third in 1:45.92. A slower first lap in the second semi left the whole field in contention coming into the final 200m and it was NCAA Division II champion Wes Ferguson of Nebraska-Kearney who outsprinted the rest to win in 1:46.82 ahead of Olympian Isaiah Jewett and NCAA champion Will Sumner of Georgia. Ferguson was subsequently disqualified, moving Derek Holdsworth up into the final auto advancement slot. Nia Akins and NCAA champion Michaela Rose of LSU won the women's 800m semifinal heats, albeit in very different fashion. Akins outkicked Raevyn Rogers and Ajee' Wilson to take the first semi in 2:00.02, while Rose led wire-to-wire to capture the second semi in 2:00.39 after a speedy 57.56 first circuit. Kaela Edwards and Charlene Lipsey were the other women to claim automatic berths in the final in second and third. Running a season best 44.43 and just missing his lifetime best with a supremely controlled race plan in the first semifinal of the men's 400m, Vernon Norwood led all qualifiers for the final. Staying relaxed down the final stretch, Norwood cruised past Bryce Deadmon and NCAA runner-up Ryan Willie as all three men dipped under 45 seconds. Quincy Hall rocketed off the last bend to take the second semi in 44.86 ahead of USATF indoor champion Justin Robinson of Arizona State and Georgia's Matthew Boling. As befits the fastest women's 400m hurdler of all-time, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was in full control of her pace throughout the first women's 400m semi and dominated a strong field with a 49.60 that put her 1.4 seconds ahead of NCAA fourth-place finisher Rosey Effiong of Arkansas and Lynna Irby-Jackson. Just as convincing in semifinal two, Britton Wilson of Arkansas eased to a 50.59 to win ahead of fast-closing Talitha Diggs of Florida, who was second in 50.95. Texas A&M's Jermaisha Arnold grabbed the third spot in 51.27. All the major players safely navigated the first round of the women's 100m hurdles, led by former world record holder Keni Harrison, who took the first heat in 12.50. 2019 world champion Nia Ali was second behind Harrison in 12.53, and Tonea Marshall claimed third in 12.58. Heat wins also went to Tia Jones in 12.56 and Alaysha Johnson in 12.60. American record holder and Olympic and World Championships silver medalist Rai Benjamin vacationed around the oval in the men's 400m hurdles, strolling to a 49.05 to win the second heat with the fastest time overall. U.S. leader CJ Allen was the winner in heat one at 49.50, and Quivell Jordan-Bacot took the final section in 49.98. World Championships bronze medalist Trevor Bassitt secured advancement with a second-place finish in heat three, but NCAA champion Chris Robinson of Alabama came to grief midway through the race as he clipped a hurdle and fell. Former world record holder, Olympic gold medalist and world champion Dalilah Muhammad had the best race of her season to win heat two of the women's 400m hurdles in 54.56. 2015 world silver medalist Shamier Little was a very comfortable victor in heat one at 55.32, and Anna Cockrell took the final section in 55.74. Campbell's Chastity Pickett, the NCAA bronze medalist, was leading coming into the final barrier in heat three but hit it with her lead leg and went down. The 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships and USATF U20 Championships will be broadcast live from Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, Thursday through Sunday, July 6-9 via a mix of USATF.TV+, CNBC, and Peacock. CNBC and Peacock coverage will air from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET July 8-9. For the first time ever, USATF.TV+ will air every jump, every throw, and every race (outside the TV window) for the 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships and 2023 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships, including the multi-events. The entire USATF U20 Outdoor Championships will be shown on USATF.TV+. Follow along and join the conversation on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook using the hashtags #USATFOutdoors and #JourneyToGold. Photo Credit: Jason Suarez