ROAD TO TRACKTOWN
SEASON 4 (2026)
Get to know four of the world’s top U20 track & field athletes — Lyla Belshaw, Natalie Dumas, Tumi Ramokgopa, and Tate Taylor — as they share their journeys to qualifying for the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26 at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.
MEET THE ATHLETES
Lyla Belshaw
Colchester, Essex
800m — 2:02.01
1500m — 4:09.13
U18 & U20 European Champion
Natalie Dumas
Voorhees, New Jersey
100mh – 13.32
400mh – 56.88
2x U20 National Champion
100m Hurdles National Champion
Tumi Ramokgopa
Pretoria, South Africa
400m — 51.14
800m — 2:00.11
400mh — 55.99
Broke the high school 400m record previously held by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Tate Taylor
San Antonio, Texas
100m — 9.92
200m — 20.14
2025 Gatorade Track & Field Player of the Year
200m short track high school record holder
