Seven returning men's and 11 returning women's outdoor track and field individual event champions are set to compete and defend their title in 2023. Here are the returning champions and their events:
Men's champions
- 400 meter hurdles - Sean Burrell | LSUÂ
- 1500M - Joe Waskom | Washington
- 10,000 meters- Dylan Jacobs | Tennessee (won title at Notre Dame)
- Long jump - Wayne Pinnock | Arkansas (won title at Tennessee)
- Pole vault - Sondre Guttormsen | Princeton
- Discus - Claudio Romero | LSU (won title at Virginia)
- Javelin - Marc Minichello | Georgia (won title at Penn)
Women's champions
- 100 meters - Julien Alfred | Texas
- 100 meter hurdles - Alia Armstrong | LSU
- 400 meters - Talitha Diggs | Florida
- 5000 meters - Katelyn Tuohy | NC State
- 10,000 meters - Mercy Chelangat | Alabama
- 400 meter hurdles - Britton Wilson | Arkansas
- Long jump  - Jasmine Moore | Florida
- Triple jump - Jasmine Moore | Florida
- High jump - Lamara Distin | Texas A&M
- Discus - Jorinde Van Klinken | Oregon (won title at Arizona State)
- Javelin - Ashton Riner-Lunt | BYU