Track & Field
June 25, 2021 - 10:59 PM

Bryant Advances to 200m Final, Hurdle U Strength in Numbers on Display Friday at Olympic Trials

by Jake Most

USATF Trials: Live Results | TV Schedule | Competition Schedule

EUGENE, Oregon – Kentucky alumna Dezerea Bryant qualified for the 200-meter dash final and the power and prestige of Hurdle U – UK Track and Field – was on display as five hurdlers advanced on Friday at the United States Olympic Team Trials in Track and Field on Friday at Hayward Field.

Bryant earned an automatic qualification place into the stacked American 200m final with a season-best Q time of 23.37Q (-0.3).

She also made the 100m final earlier in the meet, which will put the two-time NCAA Champion into consideration for the U.S. 4x100m relay, upon which Bryant earned bronze at the World Championships in 2019.

Kentucky legend Daniel Roberts and current team member Tai Brown advanced to the semifinals in the 110m hurdles. Roberts, who was Southeastern Conference Champion in 2019, ran a season-best 13.22Q (+1.5) to be second fastest of the first round. Current UK sophomore, Tai Brown, earned a big Q with a time of 13.55 (-0.2). The semifinals will run at 9:03 p.m. ET on Saturday, with the 110m hurdles final scheduled for 10:50 p.m.

Running on the same ground where she made the 2016 Olympic Team as a high-school athlete and then won the NCAA 400H Title for Kentucky in 2018, Sydney McLaughlin (54.07Q) was fastest of the first round in one of the most competitive events in an already uber competitive national competition.

UK Class of 2017 Kiah Seymour, who was NCAA runner-up at Hayward Field five years ago, was ninth fastest of the first round (57.18Q) and SEC medalist and current team member Masai Russell scored a q with a time of 57.55q. The 400H semifinals will go off at 9:19 p.m. ET on Saturday.

Olivia Gruver, who won the 2018 NCAA pole vault title at Hayward Field in her last collegiate competition in a UK uniform, will compete in the final for a place on the U.S. Olympic Team Saturday evening.

Saunders, who was an NCAA Indoor long jump champion, qualified for the Saturday women’s LJ final.

Additionally, UK Class of 2015 alumna Leah Nugent qualified for her second consecutive Olympics representing Jamaica after she placed third in the 400m hurdles at her National Championships on Friday.

At the British Athletics Championships, UK Class of 2018 and two-time NCAA Champion Tim Duckworth got off to a solid start in his quest to make the Olympics in the decathlon. Duckworth ended day one on 3900 points, 244 points ahead of second place.

More UK alumni and current Cats are entered in the meet and will be covered as they compete.

Two Wildcats have earned places on Team USA during the Trials – Javianne Oliver in the 100m dash and Keni Harrison in the 100m hurdles. They will be joined at the Olympics by UK alumna Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who will represent Puerto Rico in the 100m hurdles.

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo were postponed last year, but are still being known as the 2020 Olympics.

How to qualify for the Olympics
The top three finishers in each event, so long as they have the Olympic qualifying standard which was established by World Athletics months ago, will automatically earn spots on Team USA for the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in in Tokyo in July-August 2021.

Olympic team trials and their equivalent meetings are taking place across the world in the coming days and weeks.

*U.S Olympic Teams Trials Schedule \| All Times Pacific (local) and subject to change.*
Day 1 – Friday, June 18, 2021
Discus Throw		Women	Qualifying		4. Micaela Hazlewood (Class of 2019): 195’11″/59.72m q
400m		Women	1st Round		17. Chloe Abbott (Class of 2020): 52.52
High Jump		Women	Qualifying		Annika Williams (Scratched)
100m		Women	1st Round		2. Javianne Oliver (Class of 2017): 10.96Q (+1.1) \| PB 7. Dezerea Bryant (Class of 2015): 11.09 (+0.8) \| SB
10,000m		Men	Final		17. Jacob Thomson (Class of 2018): 28:42.08
Day 2 – Saturday, June 19, 2021
Javelin Throw		Men	Qualifying		12. Ethan Shalaway (Class of 2018): 223’3″/68.04m q
Pole Vault		Men	Qualifying		T1. Keaton Daniel: 18’6.5″/5.65m q
100m Hurdles		Women	1st Round		1. Keni Harrison (Class of 2015/ UK Athletics HoF): 12.49Q (-0.3) 19. Masai Russell: 13.09 (+0.1) 26. Faith Ross: 13.32 (-0.3)
100m		Men	1st Round		24. Lance Lang: 10.27
100m		Women	Semi-Finals		2. Javianne Oliver (Class of 2017): 10.83wQ (+2.3) 9. Dezerea Bryant (Class of 2015): 11.03w (+2.3)
Discus Throw		Women	Final		2. Micaela Hazelwood: 205’2″/62.54m
100m		Women	Final		2. Javianne Oliver (Class of 2017): 10.99 (-1.0), makes U.S. Olympic Team
Day 3 – Sunday, June 20, 2021
100m Hurdles		Women	Semi-Finals		2. Keni Harrison (Class of 2015/UK Athletics HoF): 12.50Q (+1.3)
3000m Steeplechase		Women	1st Round		13. Katy Kunc (Class of 2018): 9:37.85q \| Personal best
100m Hurdles		Women	Final		1. Keni Harrison (Class of 2015/UK Athletics HoF): 12.47 (+0.8), makes U.S. Olympic Team
Day 4 – Monday, June 21, 2021
Pole Vault		Men	Final		8. Keaton Daniel: 18’8.25″/5.70m = PB, school record
Javelin Throw		Men	Final		10. Ethan Shalaway (Class of 2017): 219’4″/66.86m
Day 7 – Thursday, June 24, 2021
Pole Vault		Women	Qualifying		T-7. Olivia Gruver (transferred to Washington for senior year): 14’9″/ 4.50 q
Long Jump		Women	Qualifying		7. Sha’Keela Saunders (Class of 2018): 21’7.25″/6.58m (+0.6) 18. Kenyattia Hackworth (Class of 2015): 17’8.25″/ 5.39m (-0.3)
200m		Women	1st Round		13. Dezerea Bryant (Class of 2015): 22.71Q
3000m Steeplechase		Women	Final		14. Katy Kunc (Class of 2018): 9:47.82
Day 8 – Friday, June 25, 2021
110m Hurdles		Men	1st Round		2. Daniel Roberts (2019): 13.22Q (+1.5) \| season best 14. Tai Brown: 13.55Q (-0.2) 20. Nick Anderson (Class of 2016): 13.70 (-0.2)
400m Hurdles		Women	1st Round		1. Sydney McLaughlin (2018): 54.07Q 9. Kiah Seymour (2016): 57.18Q 14. Masai Russell: 57.55q 25. Faith Ross: 58.99
200m		Women	Semifinals		6. Dezerea Bryant: 23.37Q (-0.3) \| Season best
Day 9 – Saturday, June 26, 2021
9:00 a.m.	20km Race Walk			Men		Final
9:01 a.m.	20km Race Walk			Women		Final
1:15 p.m.	100m Hurdles			Women		Heptathlon
2:30 p.m.	High Jump			Women		Heptathlon
4:05 p.m.	Hammer Throw			Women		Final
4:40 p.m.	Shot Put			Women		Heptathlon
5:30 p.m.	Javelin			Women		Final
5:38 p.m.	200m			Women		Heptathlon
5:40 p.m.	Pole Vault			Women		Final	Olivia Gruver
6:03 p.m.	110m Hurdles			Men		Semi-Finals	Daniel Roberts, Tai Brown
6:19 p.m.	400m Hurdles			Women		Semi-Finals	Sydney McLaughlin, Kiah Seymour
6:30 p.m.	Long Jump			Women		Final	Sha’Keela Saunders
6:35 p.m.	400m Hurdles			Men		Final
6:44 p.m.	10,000m			Women		Final
7:24 p.m.	200m			Women		Final	Dezerea Bryant
7:33 p.m.	200m			Men		Semi-Finals
7:51 p.m.	110m Hurdles			Men		Final
Day 10 – Sunday, June 27, 2021
1:00 p.m.	Long Jump			Women		Heptathlon
1:30 p.m.	High Jump			Men		Final
2:15 p.m.	Javelin Throw			Women		Heptathlon
3:50 p.m.	800m – B			Women		Heptathlon
4:00 p.m.	Long Jump			Men		Final
4:04 p.m.	800m – A			Women		Heptathlon
4:20 p.m.	400m Hurdles			Women		Final
4:30 p.m.	5000m			Men		Final
4:52 p.m.	800m			Women		Final
5:10 p.m.	1500m			Men		Final
5:22 p.m.	200m			Men		Final