![]() ![]() 10,000m champion who won the 2016 Trials, was sixth. Galen Rupp (Portland, Oregon / USATF Oregon), the marathon Trials winner and an eight-time U.S. Ben True (West Lebanon, New Hampshire / USATF New England), 35, was trying to make his first Olympic team after twice running the 5,000m at the World Championships, but had to settle for fourth in 27:58.88. Gonzaga’s James Mwaura (Spokane, Washington / USATF Pacific Northwest) led for several laps along with Brandt, but it was inevitable that the men with the Games standard would prevail, and Fisher led that charge with two to go. Leonard Korir (Colorado Springs, Colorado / USATF Colorado), fourth at the marathon Trials last year and an agonizing three seconds short of qualifying for the Games in that event, moved to the front for a couple laps and then yielded to Emmanuel Bor (Colorado Springs, Colorado / USATF Colorado), who traded the duties with Lara. Klecker, also 24, has Olympic blood in his veins by way of his mom, Janis, who was 21st in the 1992 marathon at Barcelona.Ĭollegians Conner Mantz (Smithfield, Utah / USATF Utah) of BYU and Robert Brandt (Pasadena, California / USATF Southern California) of Georgetown were the early leaders before 2020 Toyota USATF 15 km Championships Frank Lara (Westminster, Colorado / USATF Colorado) took the field through two miles in just under nine minutes. squads at the 2013 World U18 meet and the 2014 World U20 meet that was held on the old Hayward Field oval. Kincaid, the oldest of the three at 28, qualified for his first international championship meet, while Fisher was a member of the U.S. When the bell rang for the final circuit, four men took off at an all-out sprint and a 53.47 last 400m gave Woody Kincaid (Portland, Oregon / USATF Oregon) the win in 27:53.62, with Grant Fisher (Portland, Oregon / USATF Oregon) second in 27:54.29 and Joe Klecker (Boulder, Colorado / USATF Colorado) third in 27:54.90 to give Team USATF one of its youngest-ever Olympic 10,000 trios. When the pace slowed and a qualifying standard for Tokyo ebbed away, it was incumbent upon those five men remaining in the race who already had the standard to decide when to take off and go for a spot in the top three. Josh Awotunde (Horace, North Dakota/ USATF Dakotas) almost broke up that duo, notching a lifetime best 21.84m/71-8 on his last attempt. Crouser’s throw added almost a foot to the previous world record of 23.12m/75-10.25 set in 1990 by Randy Barnes, and he had two other throws beyond 74-feet in his series.Īlmost lost in the drama of Crouser’s blast, Joe Kovacs (Powell, Ohio / USATF New York) went 22.34m/73-3.5 for second and Payton Otterdahl (Horace, North Dakota/ USATF Dakotas) outdueled 2016 Olympian Darrell Hill (Chula Vista, California / USATF San Diego-Imperial) for the final Tokyo berth, slamming a personal best 21.92m/71-11 in round five, with Hill a heartbreaking inch behind in fourth. In round four of the final, he knew the moment it left his powerful right hand that this was The One, sending the 16-pound iron ball farther than anyone in the history of the world.Īfter qualifying earlier in the day with the fifth-farthest throw in history and a meet record 22.92m/75-2.5, Crouser did what almost everyone on the planet knew he would eventually do, smashing the world record with a 23.37m/76-8.25 bomb that landed almost at the end of the sector. If he hit all his positions and applied force through the shot, the world record would be his. Ryan Crouser (Redmond, Oregon / USATF Oregon) had hinted at it for months, stringing together some of the best throws ever. In front of an appreciative and noisy crowd in the new Hayward Field, Team USATF athletes shined brighter than ever as spots on the squad for the Tokyo Games were up for grabs in the first two finals of the meet.įull event replays can be found on PeacockTV / NBCSN streaming services. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field the first day it deserved after waiting a long year for it to finally become a reality. EUGENE - A historic men’s shot put and a thrilling men’s 10,000m gave the U.S. ![]()
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