By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

The 100th edition of the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships are scheduled for Wednesday and Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., with the decathlon Wednesday and Thursday.

Here are 10 storylines to follow in the men’s meet:

Texas Two-Step

The Longhorns, under head coach Edrick Floreal, come to Eugene with big scoring potential as they try to duplicate their national championship from the indoor season and win the first men's outdoor title in school history. 

Texas is loaded, with 15 entries in the men's events and nine ranked in the top 10. Shot-putter Adrian Piperi, the NCAA champion in 2019 and runner-up in 2021, is the top-ranked entry. And Micaiah Harris is ranked No. 1 in the 200 meters with 19.72 and also one of the fastest men in the 100 meters. 

Beyond those two, the men's 4x400 relay team ran a school record 3:00.71 at the NCAA West Regionals and is a contender for the title. And Jonathan Jones is a threat to win the 400, even though Olympian Randolph Ross from North Carolina A&T is in the field. Brian Herron is also a threat to score big points in the 400 final. 

Charles Brockman III (400 hurdles) and Yusuf Bizimana (800) are also key pieces of the puzzle, as is decathlete Leo Neugebauer.

Abdihamid Nur Leads NAU Distance Contingent

Abdihamid Nur, a junior at Northern Arizona, seems to be able to do whatever he wants in the distance events. After winning NCAA Indoor titles in both the 3,000 and 5,000 finals, he proceeded to run 3:36 in the 1,500 and 13:06 in the 5,000 meters.

This week, Nur is locked in on the 10,000 meters. So if he believes that's his best event, watch out. 

Nur will have teammates trying to score well in the other distance events. Sophomore Nico Young is one of the top talents in the 5,000 meters and George Kusche is in the 1,500 meters, which could go many different ways. 

Micah Williams The New Face of the Franchise at Oregon

The University of Oregon has never seen an in-state sprint talent like Micah Williams, who is from Portland's Benson Tech. 

The 2021 NCAA Indoor champion in the 60-meter dash finished third in the outdoor final last year at Hayward Field (10.11) and has seemingly gone to a new level as a sophomore. 

Williams ran a wind-legal 9.86 at the West Regionals with a performance that has many believing he can not only win the NCAA title but possibly make the U.S. national team and compete at the World Championships on his home track. 

Williams ran a wind-aided 9.83 at the Mt SAC Relays and he has been dominant since then. 

The biggest challenge could come from Tennessee freshman Favour Ashe, from Nigeria, who ran a blazing 9.79w at LSU on April 30. He won the SEC title in 10.04, which is his fastest wind-legal time this spring.  

Incredible Decathlon Lineup Includes Garland, Owens

Kyle Garland owns the collegiate record in the decathlon, but he does not yet have an NCAA title. The Georgia standout, who has already qualified for the U.S. team that will compete at the World Championships, will face competition from his own teammate, Johannes Erm, the 2019 NCAA champion, and Ayden Owens-Delerme of Arkansas, the NCAA Indoor champion in the heptathlon. 

READ DAVE DEVINE'S STORY ON KYLE GARLAND and AYDEN OWENS-DELERME

Beyond those three, Oregon's Max Vollmer, the three-time Pac-12 champion, and Iowa's Austin West, and Neugebauer, all bring big scoring potential to the meet. 

Gators' Fahnbulleh Looking To Defend In 200

Yes, there are some fast guys in the men's 200 meters this week. Micaiah Harris of Texas and Courtney Lindsey from Texas Tech ran wind-aided times under 19.9 at the Big 12 Championships and Georgia's Matthew Boling is the 2021 Indoor champion and a constant threat. 

But Florida's Joe Fahnbulleh, who ran internationally for Liberia last summer at the Tokyo Olympics, finished fifth in the Olympic final. 

He might not be the first one of out of the blocks, but when he begins to roll on the homestretch, look out. His top end speed is something to behold. 

Alekna Is The Best Ever In the Discus

California freshman Mykolas Alekna has broken the NCAA record in the discus twice already in his short collegiate career. 

The Lithuanian threw 222 feet (67.68m) at the Big Meet against Stanford to break the record for the first time, and then he broke his own mark at the Pac-12 Championships at Hayward field with 225-6 (68.73m). 

Alekna is currently No. 3 in the world, the age-19 world record holder, and a big favorite to win the NCAA title this week. 

Zahafi No.1 In The World In 800m 

Texas Tech's Moad Zahafi ran 1:43.69 in the 800 meters at the Tom Jones Invitational in Florida in the middle of April and no one in the world has come close to duplicating that performance since. 

Zahafi has run nearly a half-second faster than anyone on the planet so far in 2022. 

He cruised through the Big 12 Championships and the NCAA West Regionals and seems to be a heavy favorite going into this week. 

The Moroccan is another athlete who appears ready to compete on the biggest stage, at the World Championships, in July.

SEC champion Navasky Anderson of Mississippi State has run 1:45.89 this spring and has the next best time in the field -- two seconds behind Zahafi.

Randolph Ross Looks To Send Off Dad In Style

North Carolina A&T's Randolph Ross ran 44.23 seconds in the 400 meters at the NCAA East Regionals and is looking to defend his NCAA title in the event. 

Ross is the son of Aggies head coach Duane Ross, who recently accepted the head job at the University of Tennessee. 

After building the HBCU program to a national contender, Ross will move to the SEC. It's still not clear what Randolph will do, but if he makes another U.S. team this summer he may have a chance to turn pro or follow his father, or stay put.  

High Jump Title Up For Grabs

With JuVaughn Harrison out the way, opportunity has opened up for new champions in the high jump and long jump. In the high jump, it appears to be a three-man competition among seniors Earnest Sears III of USC, Vernon Turner of Oklahoma and Darius Carbin of Georgia. 

Someone could crash that top three, of course, but those guys have all jumped 7-6.50 (2.30m) and the most likely bets to win the NCAA title. 

Javelin Title Up For Dabbs

Virginia's Ethan Dabbs, a Pennsylvania native, threw 272 feet (82.92m) at the ACC Championships and owns the farthest javelin throw by an American this year, and is 14th in the world. 

Dabbs is a three-time conference champion who was seventh at the NCAA Championships in 2019 and did not advance out of the prelims in 2021. 

In order to win the NCAA title he'll have to get past defending champion Tzuriel Pedigo of LSU, talented Baylor freshman Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi, Marc Minichello of Penn and Oregon's Ty Hampton.