Jenna Prandini earned her second straight spot on the U.S. Gabby Thomas is a Harvard graduate who is working toward a master’s degree in epidemiology and, now, after her Trials-record-setting final, the second-fastest 200-meter runner in history, trailing only the late Florence Griffith-Joyner (21.34). Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on Jin Eugene, Oregon. Anavia Battle, 22, Inkster, Mich., Ohio State, 21.95ĮUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 26: Gabby Thomas celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the Women’s 200 Meters Final on day nine of the 2020 U.S.Jenna Prandini, 28, Clovis, Calif., Puma, 21.89.Gabby Thomas, 24, Austin, Texas, New Balance/Buford Bailey Track Club, 21.61.How They Compete: If Bromell remains at the top of his game, he will be the gold-medal favorite, while Baker and Kerley should also be finalists and medal contenders.

championships and in which he brought home bronze from the 2019 World Championships - and his choice paid off with a spot on the team.

Fred Kerley, meanwhile, opted to run the 100m and 200m instead of the 400m, an event he won at the 2017 NCAA and U.S. outdoor national team of his career with a PB of 9.85 in the Olympic Trials final. Ronnie Baker is a great story about perseverance, the 27-year-old making his first U.S. He leads the world this year with the 9.77 he ran in early June in Miramar, Fla. While Bromell ran a 9.90 last year in a small meet in Florida, he really hadn’t been competitive on the world scene since he placed eighth at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Once a potential challenger to Usain Bolt as the world’s top sprinter, Trayvon Bromell had a huge comeback a year after Achilles injuries sidelined him for much of 2017, 20. Fred Kerley, 26, College Station, Texas, Nike, 9.86ĮUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 20: Trayvon Bromell, Ronnie Baker and Fred Kerley cross the finish line in the Men’s 100 Meter Final on day three of the 2020 U.S.Ronnie Baker, 27, Morgan City, La., Nike, 9.85.

Trayvon Bromell, 25, Jacksonville, Fla., New Balance, 9.80.

2 in the world, will be missed there are four Jamaican runners who have run 10.87 or faster, so it should be an exciting Olympic final. Teahana Daniels has had a breakout season with PRs in every distance from 60m to 300m indoors and both the 100m (10.84) and 200m (22.54) outdoors. Javianne Oliver, a former Kentucky star, has had more success at shorter sprints indoors but looked superb in the prelims and the final of the 100 with a new PR of 10.83 (wind-aided). Prandini was the 2015 NCAA National Champion at the distance, and will also compete in the 200m at the Games. With Sha’Carri Richardson out of the games because of a one-month suspension for marijuana use, Jenna Prandini, fourth at the trials, will take her spot.

Jenna Prandini, 28, Clovis, Calif., Puma, 10.92ĮUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 18: Kortnei Johnson and Jenna Prandini compete in the first round of the Women’s 100 Meters during day one of the 2020 U.S.

Teahna Daniels, 24, Orlando, Fla., Nike, 10.96.

Javianne Oliver, 26, Monroe, Ga., Nike, 10.99.

All track and field events will be held in Tokyo’s historic National Stadium, which was used as the main stadium for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo but entirely renovated for this year’s Olympics, while the marathons will be held in the city of Sapporo. Olympic track team in every distance from the 100m to the marathon. Here’s a rundown of every runner who made the 2021 U.S. But a few savvy veterans also showed their competitive grit to earn their place on the team. Olympic Trials who might not have been there a year ago, and some aging runners missed the spots they were ready to fill. The extra year allowed youth to be served, as several rising stars finished in the top three at the U.S. Despite still being called Tokyo 2020, a year has gone by in the lives of the American runners who competed to be part of this elite group.

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