Team USA Men's Track and Field Preview

Date: July 30, 2021

By: Liam Plate

A relay team of USA sprinters celebrate after winning a track race.

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The United States of America will be sending 64 athletes on the men’s side to compete in the Track and Field events in Tokyo. I’ll take you through the events that Team USA will be competing in and who will be competing in which events for the stars and stripes.

Let’s start out with the open track events:

100 Meter Dash

Trayvon Bromell
- Trial time: 9.80 seconds

Ronnie Baker
- Trial time: 9.85 seconds

Team USA's Ronnie Baker sprints during a track race for the gold.

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Fred Kerley
- Trial time: 9.86 seconds

200 Meter Dash

Noah Lyles
- Trial time: 19.74 seconds

Kenny Bednarek
- Trial time: 19.78 seconds

Team USA's Kenny Bednarek sprints during a collegiate track race.

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Erriyon Knighton
- Trial time: 19.84

400 Meter Dash

Michael Norman
- Trial time: 44.07 seconds

Michael Cherry
- Trial time: 44.35

Randolph Ross
- Trial time: 44.74

800 Meters

Clayton Murphy
- Trial time: 1:43.17

Clayton Murphy celebrates with joy after he wins an event for his track team.

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Isaiah Jewett
- Trial time: 1:43.85

Bryce Hoppel
- Trial time: 1:44.41

1,500 Meters

Cole Hocker
- Trial time: 3:35.28

Matthew Centrowitz
- Trial time: 3:35.34

Yared Nuguse
- Trial time: 3:36.19

5,000 Meters

Paul Chemillo
- Trial time: 13:26.82

5,000 Meters and 10,000 Meters

Grant Fisher
- 5,000 trial time: 13:17.01
- 10,000 trial time: 27:54.29

William “Woody” Kincaid
- 5,000 trial time: 13:27.13
- 10,000 trial time: 27:53.62

William Kincaid competes during a marathon style track race for the gold.

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10,000 Meters

Joe Klecker
- Trial time: 27:54.90

20k Race Walk

Nick Christie
- Trial time: 1:30:48

Marathon

Galen Rupp
- Trial time: 2:09:20

Jacob Riley
- Trial time: 2:10:02

Abdi Abdirahman
- Trial time: 2:10:03

Moving on to the events that involve a few obstacles in the way including hurdles and the steeplechase:

110 Meter Hurdles

Grant Holloway
- Trial time: 12.96 seconds

Grant Holloway celebrates with emotion after winning a track race for Team USA.

Kevin Morris

Devon Allen
- Trial time: 13.26 seconds

Daniel Roberts
- Trial time: 13.11 seconds

400 Meter Hurdles

Rai Benjamin
- Trial time:46.83 seconds

Kenny Selmon
- Trial time: 48.08 seconds

David Kendziera
- Trial time: 48.38 seconds

3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Hillary Bor
- Trial time: 8:21.34 minutes

Bernard Keter
- Trial time: 8:21.81minutes

Mason Ferlic
- Trial time: 8:22.05

Now, let’s look at who will be competing in the field events for the USA:

High Jump

Darryl Sullivan
- Trial jump height: 2.33 meters (7 ft. 7 inches and three quarters)

Darryl Sullivan jumps during the high jump event for his college.

University of Tennessee Athletics

Shelby McEwen
- Trial jump height: 2.30 meters (7 ft. 6 inches and one half)

High Jump and Long Jump

JuVaughn Harrison
- Trial high jump height: 2.33 meters (7 ft. 7 inches and three quarters)
- Trial long jump distance: 8.47 meters (27 ft. 9 inches and one half)

Pole Vault

Chris Nilsen
- Trial height: 5.90 meters (19 ft. 4 inches and one quarter)

Sam Kendricks
- Trial height: 5.85 meters (19 ft. 2 inches and one quarter)
- Will not compete in the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.

KC Lightfoot
- 5.85 meters (19 ft. 2 inches and one quarter)

Long Jump

Marquis Dendy
- Trial jump distance: 8.38 meters (27 ft. 6 inches)

Team USA's Marquis Dendy runs during his track event to try and capture gold for his team.

Florida Gators Athletics

Steffin McCarter
- Trial jump distance: 8.26 meters (27 ft. 1 inch and one quarter)

Triple Jump

Will Claye
- Trial jump distance: 16.85 meters (55 ft. 3 inches)

Donald Scott
- Trial jump distance: 17.18 meters (56 ft. 4 inches and one quarter)

Chris Benard
- Trial jump distance: 17.01 meters (55 ft. 9 inches and three quarters)

Shot Put

Ryan Crouser
- Trial throw distance: 23.37 meters (76 ft. 8 inches and one quarter)

Team USA's Ryan Crouser begins to throw a shot put during a competition.

Arkansas Razorbacks Athletics

Joe Kovacs
- Trial throw distance
  - 22.34 meters (73 ft. 3 inches and one half)

Payton Otterdahl
- Trial throw distance: 21.92 meters (71 ft. 11 inches)

Discus

Mason Finely
- Trial throw distance: 63.07 meters (206 ft. 11 inches)

Reggie Jagers
- Trial throw distance: 62.61 meters (205 ft. 5 inches)

Sam Mattis
- Trial throw distance: 62.51 meters (205 feet 1 inch)

Javelin

Curtis Thompson
- Trial throw distance: 82.78 meters (271 ft. 7 inches)

Team USA's Curtis Thompson begins to throw the javelin during an event for his college's field program.

Mississippi State Athletics

Michael Shuey
- Trial throw distance: 79.24 meters (259 ft. 11 inches)

Hammer Throw

Rudy Winkler
- Trial throw distance: 82.71 meters (271 ft. 4 inches)

Daniel Haugh
- Trial throw distance: 79.39 meters (260 ft. 5 inches)

Daniel Haugh throws a hammer during the hammer throw in a field event for his college.

Alabama Athletics

Alex Young
- Trial throw distance: 78.32 meters (256 ft. 11 inches)

Decathlon

Garrett Scantling
- Trial point total: 8,647 points

Steven Bastien
- Trial point total: 8,485 points

Zach Ziemek
- Trial point total: 8,471 points

Lastly, we’ll look who will be in the mix for the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays:

Relay Pools

4x100 relay pool: Micah Williams, Cravon Gillespie, Bromell, Baker, Kerley, Bednarek.
4x400 relay pool: Trevor Stewart, Vernon Norwood, Elija Godwin, Kerley, Norman, Cherry, Ross.

Liam Plate can be reached at liam.plate@student.shu.edu.

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