A Look At What Might Have Happened At The Trials: What If Duane Solomon Hadn't Let Up in Round #1, What If Kim Conley's Shoe Hadn't Come Off, What If Brenda Martinez Hadn't Been Tripped Up in the 800?
What if a bunch of crazy stuff didn't happen at the Trials...July 15, 2016
Mason Finley - US Olympic Trials Discus Champion - Credits Much Of Success To The Fact He's Lost 87 Pounds, Says Cardio Work and Nutrition are The Keys To Massive Weight Loss
Finely says better nutrition and some cardio work are the keys to losing a massive amount of weight.July 14, 2016
The Biggest Winners and Losers at the 2016 US Olympic Track and Field Trials
We know who made the team and who didn't but who really won and lost? We tell you but with a twist as some losers won and some winners won by losing.July 14, 2016
Full US Olympic Track and Field Squad Released - Five individual gold medalists, 84 first-time Olympians are on the team
More will join Team USA once the IAAF extends invitations to those without the standard in the field events.July 12, 2016
The Rest of the Meet: Felix Loses A Chance To Make History, Dalilah Muhammad Makes History, Sydney McLaughlin Arrives, and Kerron Clement Returns
Allyson Felix's quest for history is over before it really even began. Felix wasn't the only one to have a bad day as Johnn Dutch also failed to make it Rio. The news wasn't all bad as in the women's 400 hurdles HSer Sydney McLalughlin made Team USA and Dalilah Muhammad set a new US championship record.July 11, 2016
Molly Huddle Completes 10k/5k Double; Houlihan, Conley, D'Agostino Going to Rio
Huddle was dominant as Houlihan and Conley took 2-3. Huddle and 4th placer Emily Infeld are only doing the 10K, so 5th placer D’Agostino gets a ticket to Rio.July 10, 2016
Abbey D'Agostino Is An Olympian - Emily Infield and Molly Huddle Will Only Race The 10,000 in Rio
July 10, 2016
Women's 1500m: Jenny Simpson Wins, Rowbury 2nd, and Brenda Martinez Makes it to Rio
Results, post-race video. More coming.July 10, 2016
Matthew Centrowitz Delivers Again As Ben Blankenship Gets Revenge By Edging Leo Manzano For Final Olympic Spot
Centrowitz (3:34.09) took down the U.S. championship record in a fast race as Robby Andrews took second (3:34.88). Just as in 2015, it was Blankenship and Manzano battling to the finish, with Blankenship turning the tables for third in 3:36.18 to Manzano's 3:36.62.July 10, 2016
5000m Video Interviews: Bernard Lagat, Hassan Mead, Paul Chelimo, Eric Jenkins, Ben True, Ryan Hill, Galen Rupp, and Brian Shrader
Bernard Lagat, Hassan Mead, Paul Chelimo, Eric Jenkins, Ben True, Ryan hill, Galen Rupp, and Brian Shrader.July 9, 2016
41-Year-Old Bernard Lagat Wins Crazy Men's 5000 at 2016 US Olympic Trials
Father Time took a blow from the majestic Bernard Lagat who blitzed a 52.82 final 40 to go from 6th to 1st and book his ticket to a 5th Olympic Games.July 9, 2016
US Olympic Trials Women's 5,000 Final Preview: With All Three 10K Olympians Doubling Back, Could 6th Place Be Going to Rio?
Molly Huddle, Emily Infeld and Marielle Hall are all coming back from the 10k and all three have a good shot to finish top-3 in the 5k. Huddle has said she's leaning against doubling in Rio, but Infeld and Hall haven't committed, so Nicole Tully, Abbey D'Agostino, Shelby Houlihan et. al could finish fourth (or even fifth or sixth) and still go to the Olympics.July 9, 2016
Friday Sprint Recap: High Schoolers Michael Norman & Noah Lyles Steal the Show Again; LaShawn Merritt 19.74 WL; Brianna Rollins (12.34) Runs Out of Her Lane & Wins 100H as Keni Harrison Is Just 6th
Both Lyles (20.26) and Norman (20.21, ahead of Justin Gatlin) won their semifinals, just as they won their first-round heats on Thursday. Rollins won a loaded 100 hurdles despite running part of her race in Queen Harrison's lane; Kristi Castlin and World Indoor champ Nia Ali join her on Team USA.July 9, 2016
Men's 1500 Semis: The 5 With The Standard All Auto-Qualify For Final But We've Got Yet Another Needless Controversy As The Officials Put 13 People Into The Final
The ‘Heat of Death’ didn't produce a travesty - no the travesty was produced by the officials who have stupidly put 13 runners into the final even though there were no DQs in either heat. #IDIOTIC *MB: Guess what? They've done it again. Officials needlessly put 13 people into men's 1500 final without a DQ!!July 9, 2016
Eugene, OR
July 1, 2016 to July 10, 2016
The 2016 US Outdoor Track and Field championships are officially known as the 2016 Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field. *Qualifying Standards *Meet Website *Schedule *Tickets
Outside Letsrun
Wall Street Journal: Brooks Went Undercover To Slam Rule 40
Turns out that Brooks is behind the anti-Rule 40 campaign which includes a website, t-shirts and a flatbed billboard truck driving around Eugene during the Trials.July 31, 2016
Recommended Read: Amanda Eccleston Blogs About Missing The Olympics By Three-Hundredths Of A Second
Eccleston has put a really positive spin on the heartbreak of 4th place as that performance lead to her taking her first international flight, competing in the Diamond League and running two 1500 PRs in 5-days.July 27, 2016
Recommended Read: Maggie Vessey Not Calling It An End To Her Career Yet After Olympic Trials Disappointment
After running one of her best races "in a long, long time" at Stanford she was dreaming of Rio, but a string of injuries saw her running through pain and finishing last in her heat in Eugene. Vessey's coach Greg Brock: “When she raced at Stanford, it was one of the best races she’s done in a long, long time. A little after that, her body started coming up short. It was its way of saying, ‘You can’t keep doing this.’ She’s put in 20 years on the track. ... She said, ‘I didn’t want to go out like this.’ And I said, ‘You know Maggie, almost every athlete goes out like this. The only way to truly know when you’re done is when it happens. You have to add it all up, the return you get vs. the pain and the frustration.’”July 27, 2016
Good Read: Sports Illustrated's Chris Chavez Talks To Molly Ludlow, Will Leer And Others About The Financial And Psychological Impact Of Being Fourth Place At The Olympic Trials
The difference between 3rd and 4th can be the difference in achieving a lifetime's dream and tens of thousands of dollars. Hear how some of the USA's most prominent 4th placers handled it.July 20, 2016
Podcast Interview With Ashley Higginson Talking About The Disappointment Of Missing Out On Top 3 At The Olympic Trials
Higginson was 4th in 2012, 2nd in 2013 and 2014, but came up short this year.July 20, 2016
Team USA: By The Numbers
4 team members are representing the USA for a 4th time - Allyson Felix, Shalane Flanagan, Meb Keflezighi and Chaunté Lowe.July 12, 2016
RunBlogRun: Robby Andrew Working On Tactics To Staying Closer To The Front
Will Andrews finally forgo his patented come from way back strategy?July 10, 2016
Barbara Nwaba grabs first-day lead in heptathlon
July 10, 2016
Maggie Malone keeps her Hayward Field hot streak going with victory in women’s javelin
July 10, 2016
College football star Devon Allen going to Rio, Aries Merritt not
Merritt thought he finished 2nd, less than a year from a kidney transplant, but the photo showed him to be 4th.July 9, 2016
Justin Gatlin wins men's 200 at Olympic trials as veteran sprinters hold off high school challengers
July 9, 2016
Good Profile On Ryan Hill Who Started Training Himself At 12-Years-Old By Reading Running How-To Books
Hill says he isn't taking anything for granted and is preparing as if he isn't making the team.July 9, 2016
Upsets abound in women’s 100 hurdles final
July 9, 2016
Allyson Felix advances to women’s 200 semifinals
July 9, 2016
A look at the Olympians that had to use AthleteBiz.us and GoFundMe to make it to Rio
One is TJer Andrea Geubelle.July 9, 2016
Mason Finley wins a men’s discus competition held in conditions that many competitors thought were too wet
“You literally couldn’t hold on to the discus. … You can’t throw in conditions like that.”
July 9, 2016
There’s little joy for Jager in win as neither of his teammates - Huling or Bayer made it with him
Donn Cabral also wasn't happy with the way he ran.July 9, 2016
On The Boards
- PHOTO GALLERY: What do athletes do when they aren't competing at the trials?
- Johnny Dutch so DEVASTATED he retires from Track & Field
- Amanda Eccleston Appreciation Thread
- Will this be the slowest 1500m final in trials history?
YES it willNO it wasn't - Did world #1 Shamier Little bombed out of the Trials today because she didn't wear her glasses and had no contacts?
- Jordan McNamara Wants to Work With Yorks or Someone in the Final: "It's top 3 with the time or it doesn't matter"
- Why is Heat 2 of the men's 1500 so much harder tonight?
- Poor Coburn, Seemed Stressed Out
- Guess what? They've done it again. Officials needlessly put 13 people into men's 1500 final without a DQ!!
- Should 100h winner Brianna Rollins have been DQd?
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Race Results
Analysis
- A Look At What Might Have Happened At The Trials: What If Duane Solomon Hadn't Let Up in Round #1, What If Kim Conley's Shoe Hadn't Come Off, What If Brenda Martinez Hadn't Been Tripped Up in the 800?
- Molly Huddle Completes 10k/5k Double; Houlihan, Conley, D'Agostino Going to Rio
- Women's 1500m: Jenny Simpson Wins, Rowbury 2nd, and Brenda Martinez Makes it to Rio
- A Tremendous Women's 1500m Final is Set as Jenny Simpson, Shannon Rowbury Cruise, and Former High School Stars Cain and Efraimson Advance
- Men's And Women's 1500 Heats: Much Ado For Nothing As Six Races Are Run To Eliminate Eight Athletes
- Six Minutes And Six Points With Alberto Salazar Including "the hotter it is the better"
- Galen Rupp Knocks it Out of the Park to Win Olympic Trials and His 8th Straight USATF 10,000m Title
Event Recaps
- Molly Huddle Completes 10k/5k Double; Houlihan, Conley, D'Agostino Going to Rio
- Women's 1500m: Jenny Simpson Wins, Rowbury 2nd, and Brenda Martinez Makes it to Rio
- Matthew Centrowitz Delivers Again As Ben Blankenship Gets Revenge By Edging Leo Manzano For Final Olympic Spot
- 41-Year-Old Bernard Lagat Wins Crazy Men's 5000 at 2016 US Olympic Trials
- A Tremendous Women's 1500m Final is Set as Jenny Simpson, Shannon Rowbury Cruise, and Former High School Stars Cain and Efraimson Advance
- Friday Sprint Recap: High Schoolers Michael Norman & Noah Lyles Steal the Show Again; LaShawn Merritt 19.74 WL; Brianna Rollins (12.34) Runs Out of Her Lane & Wins 100H as Keni Harrison Is Just 6th
- Men's 1500 Semis: The 5 With The Standard All Auto-Qualify For Final But We've Got Yet Another Needless Controversy As The Officials Put 13 People Into The Final
- Stanley Kebenei Shows the Drama of the Trials, "I don't know what to say, I just missed my lifetime chance...Oh my god”
- One For The Thumb: Evan Jager Wins The 2016 US Olympic Trials Men's Steeplechase - His 5th Straight US Title
- Men's And Women's 1500 Heats: Much Ado For Nothing As Six Races Are Run To Eliminate Eight Athletes
Interviews
Event Previews
- US Olympic Trials Women's 5,000 Final Preview: With All Three 10K Olympians Doubling Back, Could 6th Place Be Going to Rio?
- US Olympic Trials Women's 1500 Preview: Simpson & Rowbury Should (Probably) Make It? Who Will Emerge in the Battle for Third?
- US Olympic Trials Men's 5,000 Final Preview: Who Will Close Best in a Wide-Open Race?
- US Olympic Trials Men's 1500 Preview: Can Anyone Stop Centro? And Will Anyone Else Get the Standard?
- US Olympic Trials Men's Steeplechase: Can Bowerman Track Club Go 1-2 Or Will Donn Cabral, Stanley Kebenei or Cory Leslie Crash the Party?
- US Olympic Trials Women's Steeplechase: Emma Coburn Leads the Best U.S. Steeple Field Ever
- US Olympic Trials Women's 800: Prepare For Chaos In The Most Wide-Open Distance Event Of The Trials
- US Olympic Trials Men's 800: Old (Nick Symmonds/Duane Solomon) Vs. New (Boris Berian, Clayton Murphy, Donavan Brazier) Over Two Laps
- US Olympic Trials Women's 10,000 Preview: Molly Huddle, Then Who?
- US Olympic Trials Men's 10,000 Preview: Galen Rupp Goes For 8 Straight As Ben True & Hassan Mead Lead Challengers; Can Bernard Lagat Make It At Age 41?