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