Sanya Richards-Ross waves to the crowd after failing to finish in the first round of the 400 meters July 1 at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore.
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It turned into quite a showdown along the stretch, with Gatlin finishing in 19.75 seconds and edging Merritt – the 400-meter specialist who’s pretty good at 200, too – by a mere.04 seconds. Johnson, who represented U.S.A.in the 2012 London Olympics, finished with a throw of 75.11 meters, while McCullough, who will be joining the Olympics for the first time like Winkler, obtained a score of 74.16 meters during the Day 6 of the U.S.A. Track & Field Olympic Trials.
Allyson Felix is going for the double on the women’s side.
When Melissa Bishop steps up to the 800-metre start line at the Rio Olympics, she won’t worry about the women in the lanes to her left and right – or the country’s colours they’re wearing. A 10-time NAIA champion, Rodgers ran a 20.94, which placed him 17th overall. Frustration. Confusion. I don’t know what is going on. Downing clocked the fifth-fastest time of the day at 49.94 as he followed Khallifah Rosser (49.89) through the tape in their section. It put him on the shelf for three months. Several other big-name athletes weren’t as lucky on a rain-drenched afternoon at Hayward Field. But all these prelim times go in the wastebasket nearly as soon as they’re recorded.
“Just trying to get in (the final), just trying to move on to find another day”, Blankenship said. Nearly a blueprint of what I did in the 100. Tate is looking to make her first U.S. Olympic Team a year after earning her spot on Team USA for the IAAF World Championships where she brought home the bronze medal in the event from Beijing.
“I was real nervous on my first two throws”, he said.
Bernard placed third with a jump of 65 feet, five and three quarters inches. “When it’s time for me to leave, rest assured that I’ll be able to pass the torch onto Trayvon and Bracy and they’ll handle business”.
TRIPLE JUMP: Two-time NCAA champion Keturah Orji, who once dreamed of being an Olympic gymnast, will get a chance at another kind of title. “I competed in my first US championships at the senior level in 2001 and I’m still here”.
The most recent former UW student-athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games was Wyoming swimmer Scott Usher, who competed in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. It was her first race in almost a year at her favorite distance.
THE TOUGHEST JUMP: Stephanie Garcia was in the mix for an Olympic spot in steeplechase until the final lap.
“Tonight showed how prepared Mason (Finley) was heading into the Olympic Trials”, said UW associate head coach and throws coach Paul Barrett. Finley advanced to the men’s discus final on Friday that included the top 12 throwers from Thursday’s prelims.
“When you landed on the mat, you landed in puddles”, said Cunningham, who does the bulk of his training in bone-dry Las Vegas.
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Hannah Carson finished second in the event with a throw of 190-11, but she hadn’t thrown the minimum distance, or standard, required to compete in the Olympic games.
