She qualified in the 100 meter run with a time of 10.78, finishing tied for second place.
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“I’ve come to grips with it”. Drop times, of course, every time I go to the track. “I’m from a town of like 2,000 with one stoplight”. Wilkins was the 1976 Olympic Champion and was a former world record holder. hat shows just what an awesome throw that was by Mason today. “I’m hoping to do special things tomorrow [yesterday]”, he said. But he must finish in the top three to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
Harper, the former East St. Louis High and UCLA standout, failed to advance from Friday’s semifinal round of the 100-meter hurdles in the track and field trials at Hayward Field.
“Tonight showed how prepared Mason (Finley) was heading into the Olympic Trials”, said UW associate head coach and throws coach Paul Barrett.
Like Merritt, Allyson Felix remains in the mix for the 200-400 double; she made it easily through her semifinal round.
“If anybody can do it, LaShawn can do it”, Gatlin said.
For instance, a tangle of feet in the stretch of the women’s 800-meter final knocked out Brenda Martinez and Alysia Montano, either of whom would have contended for medals. Time and placement are required to make the Olympic team.
Joining him in Rio will be Hassan Mead and Paul Chelimo, who nudged out a sprawling Eric Jenkins by.06 for the last spot.
QUALIFICATION ALERT: Bernard Lagat made his fifth – and most unexpected – Olympics by winning the 5,000-meter final at track trials.
A celebrating Rollins dominated the hurdles showdown, winning in 12.34 seconds as a stunned Harrison finished sixth to miss a trip to Rio.
The former US record holder showed she was not about to yield the 100m hurdles mantle to Harrison, who until the race appeared the odds-on favorite for Rio.
The defending Olympic champion in the pole vault warmed up, then cooled down, then ran through the whole process again, as the driving rain pelted the field Friday at the track and field trials. The semifinal round runs on Saturday at 4:25 p.m. and the final later that evening at 5:52 p.m.
Thursday’s final was the first in trials history to have five competitors throw past 60 feet and the first to have seven over 18 meters (59-¾).
Also moving on were two-time US national champion and two-time NCAA champion Brittany Borman (fourth, 190-6) and former Gresham High standout Haley Crouser (ninth, 172-1). Americans Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson took gold and silver in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, respectively.
The top three finishers qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Biles, the heavy favorite to win the all-around gold in Rio, posted a 16.00 on vault in her first event, her only miscue coming on a short step out on her landing. “I like the 200m because it is my best event”.
