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Day 1 Preview: Iowans @ U.S. Olympic T&F Trials

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June 20th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

•U.S. Olympic Trials—Eugene, Oregon, June 21-June 30

The 2024 Olympic Trials begin on Friday and will run through June 30,  with a 2-day break on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 25-26).

Thirty five athletes with Iowa ties will be competing. See entire list below.

—52 Drake Relays alumni competing

      —There’s an excellent chance that at least five athletes with Iowa ties will make the U.S. Olympic Team: Kenny Bednarek – men’s 200; Hillary Bor, men’s 3000 steeple; Brittney Brown, women’s 200; Laulanga Tausaga-Collins, women’s discus; Karissa             Schweizer, women’s 5 or 10k.
     
       —Two-time Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones will be competing in her fourth Olympic Trials.
 

—18 Drake Relays officials working the meet including public address announcer Mike Jay

https://www.usatf.org/events/2024/2024-u-s-olympic-team-trials-—-track-field

The top 3 finishers in each event, provided they’ve met the Olympic qualifying standard (performance or ranking) will qualify to represent the U.S. at the Paris Olympics. You can check the status of an athlete by going to the World Athletics “Road to Paris” site:

https://worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7153115

Schedulehttps://www.usatf.org/events/2024/2024-u-s-olympic-team-trials-%E2%80%94-track-field/schedule

Entrieshttps://www.usatf.org/events/2024/2024-u-s-olympic-team-trials-—-track-field/status-of-entries

Startlists/Resultshttps://results.usatf.org/2024Trials/

 

 

IOWANS COMPETING IN U.S. OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD TRIALS

Men – 20

Isaac Basten, Drake —1500

*Kenny Bednarek, former Indiana Hills CC — 100 & 200

#Hillary Bor, former Iowa State – 3000 steeple

Jamal Britt, former Iowa – 110 hurdles

Brandon Carnes, former UNI — 100 & 200

James Carter, former Iowa — triple jump

Nik Curtiss, former Iowa — shot put

Ryan Ford, former Iowa State — 10,000

Cam Jones, Iowa State, Cedar Rapids Kennedy HS —shot put

Darius Kipyego, Iowa State — 800

Courtney Lindsey, former Iowa Central CC — 100 & 200

Michael Millslagle, Graceland — high jump

Gratt Reed, Iowa, Atlantic HS — 110 hurdles

Will Reemstsma, St. Ambrose, Davenport Central HS — 400 hurdles

Gable Sieperda, Iowa State, GLR/CL HS — 3000 steeple

Mike Stein, Iowa, Spirit Lake HS — javelin

TJ Tomlyanovich, Cedar Falls HS — 400

Reno Tuufull, former Iowa — discus

Kalen Walker, Iowa, Indian Hills CC —100

Austin West, Iowa, Iowa City West HS — decathlon

Women – 15

Alex Gochenour-Brondyke, Logan Magnolia HS —  heptathlon & 100 hurdles

Brittany Brown, former Iowa  — 200

Makayla Clark, Iowa State — 800

Erin Dowd, former Iowa —  400 hurdles

Laulauga Tausaga-Collins, former Iowa — discus

$Lolo Jones, Des Moines Roosevelt — 100 hurdles

Rachel Joseph, Iowa State — 400

Paige Magee, Iowa — 100 hurdles

Kat Moody, Iowa, Waukee HS  — discus

Janette Schraft, Iowa State, Glenwood HS — 3000 steeple

*Karissa Schweizer, Dowling Catholic —5,000 & 10,000

Maria Shavers, former UNI, Hawkeye CC, Waterloo West HS — hammer throw

Tionna Tobias, Iowa – long jump

Alexina Teubel, former UNI, Mt.Vernon-Lisbon HS — 1,500

Sydney Willits, Iowa State — long jump

Key
*2021 Olympian
#2016 Olympian
$2008 & 2012 Olympian

FRIDAY SCHEDULE INVOLVING IOWANS  (all times central)

2 p.m.  Decathlon – Austin West, Iowa

7:30 p.m. Men’s Javelin, 1st Round — First Flight: Mike Stein, Iowa, Spirit Lake HS

7:48 p.m. Women’s 400 – Heat Five: Lane 4- Rachel Joseph, Iowa State

8:17 p.m. Women’s 800 —Heat Two: Hip #8 Makayla Clark, Iowa State 

8:49 p.m. Men’s 3000 Steeplechase –  Heat One: Hip #6 Hillary Bor, former Iowa State, 2016 Olympian; Heat Two: Hip #6 Gabe Sieperda, Iowa State

9:22 p.m. Men’s 1500 1st round – Heat three: Hip #13 Isaac Basten, Drake

10:15 pm Men’s Shot put 1st round – Flight one: Cam Jones, Iowa State, CR Kennedy; Nick Curtiss, former Iowa

10:22 pm Women’s  5,000 -1st round — (Heat one) – Hip #2 Karissa Schweizer, former Dowling Catholic