T&F Wildcats St. Hillaire and Moss Qualify for Tokyo Olympics

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Senior Dwight St. Hillaire and sophomore Megan Moss have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for Trinidad and Tobago and Bahamas, respectively. 

St. Hillaire will be competing in the 400-meter dash and be a member of the 4x400m relay team for Team Trinidad and Tobago. 

Recent graduate St. Hillaire is coming off a first-team All-America performance in the 400m and 4x400m relay at NCAA Outdoor Championships. He holds the UK indoor 400m record and is part of the unit that set the outdoor 4×400 relay school record. 

Moss will run as part of the 4x400m relay for Team Bahamas after finishing third in the 400m at The Bahamas Athletics Championships and earning first-team All-America at both the NCAA Outdoor and Indoor Championships in the 4x400m relay. She ran the lead leg on the relay that set the UK indoor record in February. 

Moss and St. Hillaire join Kentucky alumni and 400m hurdles world record-holder Sydney McLaughlin (USA), 100m hurdles world record-holder Keni Harrison (USA), Daniel Roberts (USA), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (USA), Javianne Oliver (USA) and Leah Nugent (Jamaica) in Tokyo. 

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