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Team USA Women's Track and Field Preview
Date: July 31, 2021By: Liam Plate
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Team USA looks to get as many women as they can on the podium for the Track and Field events. The team is headlined by big names like Allyson Felix and Sydney McLaughlin, so let’s look at who will be competing in what events for the Americans. Starting out with the open race events:
100 Meter Dash
- Javianne Oliver
- Trial time: 10.99 seconds
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- Teahna Daniels
- Trial time: 11.03 seconds
100 and 200 Meter Dash
- Jenn Prandini
- 100 trial time: 11.11 seconds
- 200 trial time: 21.89 seconds
200 Meter Dash
- Gabby Thomas
- Trial time: 21.61 seconds
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- Anavia Battle
- Trial time: 21.95 seconds
400 Meter Dash
- Quanera Hayes
- Trial time: 49.78 seconds
- Allyson Felix
- Trial time: 50.02 seconds
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- Wadeline Jonathas
- Trial time: 50.03 seconds
800 Meter Dash
- Athing Mu
- Trial time: 1:56.07 minutes
- Raevyn Rogers
- Trial time: 1:57.66 minutes
- Ajee’ Wilson
- Trial time: 1:58.39 minutes
1,500 Meters
- Elle Purrier St. Pierre
- Trial time: 3:58.03 minutes
- Cory McGee
- Trial time: 4:00.57 minutes
- Heather MacLean
- Trial time: 4:02.09
5,000 Meters
- Elise Cranny
- Trial time: 15:27.81
5,000 Meters and 10,000 Meters
- Karissa Schweizer
- 5,000 trial time: 15:28.11
- 10,000 trial time: 31:16.52
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- Rachel Schneider
- 5,000 trial time: 15:29.56 minutes
- 10,000 trial time: 31:42.56 minutes
10,000 Meters
- Emily Sisson
- Trial time: 31:03.82 minutes
- Alicia Monson
- Trial time: 31:18.55 minutes
20km Racewalk
- Robyn Stevens
- Trial time: 1:35:13
Marathon
- Aliphine Tuliamuk
- Trial time: 2:27:23
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- Molly Seidel
- Trial time: 2:27:31
- Sally Kipyego
- Trial time: 2:28:52
Heptathlon
- Annie Kunz
- Trial point total: 6,703 points
- Kendell Williams
- Trial point total: 6,683 points
- Erica Bougard
- Trial point total: 6,667 points
Next, we’ll see who is competing in the hurdles and the steeplechase:
100 Meter Hurdles
- Keni Harrison
- Trial time: 12.47 seconds
- Christina Clemons
- Trial time: 12.53 (.521) seconds
- Gabbi Cunningham
- Trial time: 12.53 (.526) seconds
400 Meter Hurdles
- Sydney McLaughlin
- Trial time: 51.9 seconds
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- Dalilah Muhammad
- Trial time: 52.42 seconds
- Anna Cockrell
- Trial time: 53.7 seconds
3,000 Meter Steeplechase
- Emma Coburn
- Trial time: 9:09.41
- Courtney Frerichs
- Trial time: 9:11.79
- Val Constien
- Trial time: 9:18.34
In addition to the track events, the Americans have a lot of talent in the field events too:
Discus
- Valarie Allman
- Trial throw distance: 69.92 meters (229 ft. 5 inches)
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- Rachel Dincoff
- Trial throw distance: 60.21 meters (197 ft. 6 inches)
- Kelsey Card
- Trial throw distance: 59.3 meters (194 ft. 9 inches)
Hammer Throw
- DeAnna Price
- Trial throw distance: 80.31 meters (263 ft. 6 inches)
- Brooke Andersen
- Trial throw distance: 77.72 meters (255 ft.)
- Gwen Berry
- Trial throw distance: 73.50 meters (241 ft. 2 inches)
High Jump
- Vashti Cunningham
- Trial jump height: 1.96 meters (6 ft. 5 inches)
- Rachel McCoy
- Trial jump height: 1.93 meters (6 ft. 4 inches)
- Ty Butts-Townsend
- Earned the third and final spot due to her current No. 21 world ranking.
Javelin
- Maggie Malone
- Trial throw distance: 63.50 meters (208 ft. 4 inches)
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- Kara Winger
- Trial throw distance: 61.47 meters (201 ft. 8 inches)
- Ariana Ince
- Trial throw distance: 57.49 meters (188 ft. 7 inches)
Long Jump
- Brittney Reese
- Trial jump distance: 7.13 meters (23 ft. 4 inches and three quarters)
- Tara Davis
- Trial jump distance: 7.04 meters (23 ft. 1 inch and one quarter)
- Quanesha Burks
- Trial jump distance: 6.96 meters (22 ft. 10 inches)
Pole Vault
- Katie Nageotte
- Trial height: 4.95 meters (16ft. 2 inches and three quarters)
- Morgann LeLeux
- Trial height: 4.7 meters (15 ft. 5 inches)
- Sandi Morris
- Trial height: 4.6 meters (15 ft. 1 inch)
Shot Put
- Jessica Ramsey
- Trial throw distance: 20.12 meters (66 ft. and one quarter)
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- Raven Saunders
- Trial throw distance: 19.96 meters (65 ft. 6 inches)
- Adelaide Aquilla
- Trial throw distance: 18.95 meters (62 ft. 2 inches and one quarter)
Triple Jump
- Keturah Orji
- Trial jump distance: 14.52 meters (47 ft. 7 inches and three quarters)
- Tori Franklin
- Trial jump distance: 14.36 meters (47 ft. 1 inch and one half)
- Jasmine Moore
- Trial jump distance: 14.15 meters (46 ft. 5 inches and one quarter)
Lastly, here’s the list of the pools for both the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay:
Relay Pools
- 4x100 Relay Pool: English Gardner, Alexia Hobbs, Oliver, Daniels, Prandini.
- 4x400 Relay Pool: Kendall Ellis, Kaylin Whitney, Lynna Irby, Hayes, Felix, Jonathas, Mu.
Liam Plate can be reached at liam.plate@student.shu.edu.
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