The penultimate day of the 2016 US Olympic Team Trials opened with the heptathlon. The women contested four of the seven events today: 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, and 200 meters. The remaining events will be contested Sunday (long jump, javelin, and 800 meters.) In the 100 hurdles, … [Read more...]
USATF Olympic Team Trials - Day 6
The women???s pole vault preliminaries opened the meet up today. ???Around 12??? from the two flights would advance to the final. Heavy rain began to fall midway through qualifying and the event was suspended for some time. Jenn Suhr waited until the bar was at 14-9 before taking a go. She cleared … [Read more...]
USATF Olympic Team Trials - Day 5
After a two day break in track events, things resumed in earnest at the oval office. Events for the women were the shot put (qualifying), javelin (qualifying), 5,000 (2 heats, semi-final), 100 hurdles (5 heats, qualifying), 400 hurdles (5 heats, qualifying), shot put (final), 1500 (3 heats, … [Read more...]
USATF Olympic Team Trials - Day 4
The women???s steeplechase semi-finals kicked off the Independence Day edition of the USATF Track and Field Olympic Team Trials. Three heats of 12 women vied for 14 spots in the final. The top three from each heat automatically advanced along with the next five fastest. There were no surprises from … [Read more...]
USATF Olympic Team Trials - Day 3
Day 3 included finals for the high jump, 400, and 100. The high jump finals kicked off the events for the women. The favorites going into the day were the youngster Cunningham and American record holder Lowe. By the third round only six ladies remained, including the favorites. Cunningham and … [Read more...]
USATF Olympic Team Trials - Day 2
The second day of competition boasted three women???s finals: Discus, 10,000 meters, and long jump. Other events included the 800 and 400 semi-finals and the first round of the 100 meter dash. The 10,000 started at 11:04 am and the track was already very hot without any cloud cover. Water … [Read more...]
USATF Olympic Team Trials - Day 1
The track and field events for the 2016 USATF Olympic Team Trials began today in Eugene, OR. Ladies??? events of the day were the prelims for discus, high jump, 800, long jump, and 400. The women???s 800 started at 4:45 with 38 qualifiers broken into five heats. Sixteen advanced to two semifinal … [Read more...]
USATF Indoor National Championships - Day 2
Women???s Masters Mile The female middle distance action got started with the Masters Mile. Eight women qualified for the event, but after three scratches the field was set at five. Sonja Friend-Uhl of the Atlanta Track Club was the fastest qualifier (4:49) and would run the race solo winning in … [Read more...]
USATF Indoor National Championships - Day 1
Portland, Oregon is hosting the 2016 USATF Indoor National Championships as a prelude to the IAAF World Championships next weekend. The green 200 meter banked track is temporarily set up in the middle of the Portland Convention Center, offering a bright stage for the top US track and field athletes. … [Read more...]