Only the top six runners in each heat were guaranteed a spot in the semifinals.
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Kori Carter, who represented the US at the World Championships in Beijing past year, was left in awe after finishing in fourth behind her young rival. Centrowitz finished fourth at the 2012 Olympics.
Sydney McLaughlin has quite a summer ahead of her. None other than Nadia Comaneci.
This will be the first Olympics that Felix hasn’t competed in the 200.
World champion Tori Bowie gained the victory in the 200 in 22.25 seconds with collegian Deajah Stevens (22.30) and a lunging Jenna Prandini (22.53) outduelling Felix.
Also off the table – the 200-400 Olympic double.
She did make the 400 lineup, and that is an accomplishment considering the injury she suffered in the spring.
McLaughlin, who still has another year at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, N.J., finished in 54.15, which sets a world junior record, improving on the 54.46 she ran at the New Balance Nationals in June to break the 32-year-old record set by Leslie Maxie of Mills (Millbrae, Calif.) in 1984.
A disappointed Felix – who had already guaranteed her presence in Rio next month by winning the 400m earlier in the meet – blamed a lack of speedwork for her defeat, as her season was disrupted by a freak training accident in April which left her with torn ankle ligaments.
Suhr stamped her place as perhaps the greatest pole vaulter in US history.
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Felix had been hoping to contest both the 200m and 400m at next month’s Games in Brazil, with the IAAF having agreed to a change of the timetable earlier this year to allow athletes the opportunity to double up following a request from USATF.
Sunday marked the final day of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Biles, the three-time world champion, secured her spot on the U.S. Olympic team with a near flawless tour of the SAP Center in San Jose, California, earning an automatic berth on the five-woman team by strolling to the all-around title at the Olympic trials.
Ostrander broke the Mountain West record in the event by crossing the line in 15 minutes, 24.74 seconds. She said this week she’ll likely focus on the 5,000 alone in Rio.
Kim Conley is going back to the Olympics. Sprinter Allyson Felix, who won the gold medal in women’s 200m at the 2012 London Games, failed in her attempt to qualify for her favourite event, making it the first time since 2000 that the illustrious athlete won’t be featuring in that discipline at the Games. Runner-up Sandi Morris and third-place finisher Alexis Weeks also qualified for a spot on the Olympic team in Rio.
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The Felix loss overshadowed a performance by Sydney McLaughlin, who finished third in 400-meter hurdles to become the first 16-year-old to make the U.S. Olympic track team in 40 years.
