The University of Louisville’s Gabriela Leon has been named to the USA Track and Field Roster for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 as Team USATF announced its full, 151-athlete roster on Tuesday.
The first-ever outdoor World Championships to be hosted on U.S. soil will take place July 15-24 at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
Leon qualified for the world championships with a mark of 4.60m (15-1) and a fourth-place finish in the women’s pole vault at the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships in June. After initially being listed as alternate, she will now compete for Team USA following withdrawal of Alina McDonald, who placed second at the USATF Outdoor Championships.
Leon will compete on July 15 at 8:20 p.m. (ET) in the qualification round.
Leon, who also captured the 2022 NCAA and ACC outdoor pole vault titles, currently stands at No. 27 in the World Athletics Women’s Pole Vault rankings, meeting the entry standard to compete in the World Championships.
The Grand Rapids, Michigan earned her bachelor’s degree from UofL in May 2022 and was named the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Outdoor Women’s Field Athlete of the Year, the ACC Women’s Outdoor Field Performer of the Year as well as the league’s Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year. With her NCAA championship mark of 4.60m (15′ 1″), Leon became the fourth-ever collegiate women’s pole vaulter with three clearances of 4.60m (15′ 1″) and the only one this season with three marks of over 4.57m (15′ 0″) in collegiate competition.
About WCH Oregon22
The World Athletics Championships began in 1983 and will be taking place in the United States for the very first time at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon July 15-24, 2022.
Fans can watch the World Track & Field Championships starting July 15 in primetime on NBC, USA Network and streaming on Peacock. A full schedule can be found here.
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