CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.– Virginia has 12 current or former student-athletes who will be competing at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials starting Friday, June 21 and running through Sunday, June 30 at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore.
The eight current Cavaliers set to compete include Margot Appleton (5000m), Shane Cohen (800m), Jacob Lemmon (Discus), Gary Martin (1500m), Nate Mountain (3000m Steeplechase), Yasin Sado (3000m Steeplechase), Alex Sherman (400m hurdles) and Wes Porter (1500m). The four alumni include Ethan Dabbs (Javelin), Derek Johnson (3000m Steeplechase), Kelly McKee (Triple Jump) and Bridget Williams (Pole Vault). The contingent of current Cavaliers with the exception of Sherman, will make their return to Hayward Field as they recently competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in TrackTown USA. Competition for Virginia is set to being Friday, June 21 with the men’s javelin qualifying rounds.
How To Follow
Coverage of the US Olympic Trials will be streamed live each day between NBC, Peacock and USA. Check out the streaming schedule at usatf.org. Links to the live stream, live stats and the overall meet schedule are available at VirginiaSports.com. Updates will also be posted to the team’s official Twitter account (@UVAtfcc).
The Run Down…
- Cohen comes off a thrilling performance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships where he won the fourth 800m National Title in program history clocking new personal-best 1:44.97.
- The steeplechase duo in Mountain and Sado will look to make their third podium of the post season. Mountain earned back-to-back gold medals at the ACC Outdoor Championships before finishing runner-up at NCAAs. Sado finished runner-up to his teammate at ACCs before turning in a seventh-place finish at the NCAA meet.
- Mountain led the NCAA all season long with his personal-best of 8:20.68 earlier this season and to achieve the olympic trials standard. Not far behind is Sado with his personal-best of 8:27.13 which set the NCAA East preliminary record.
- Martin and Porter will make appearances in the 1500m as the two come off of earning silver and bronze at the conference championships. In his NCAA Outdoor Championships debut, Porter earned the first All-American honors of his career with a sixth-place finish. In route to the trials, Porter set the school record previously held by Martin clocking 3:35.63 for 1500m. Martin comes in with a personal-best of 3:35.77.
- The ACC silver…