EUGENE, Ore. --  Former Shocker All-American Kellyn Taylor (Johnson) finished 12th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:43.35 at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Sunday at Hayward Field to end her U.S. Olympic Team bid. |  Results

She had advanced to the women's 5,000 meter final as one of the Top 16 times with a second-place in her heat with a time of 15:40.04 on July 7.

On July 4, current Shocker All-American Damien Odle placed ninth in the javelin with a throw of 231-3/70.49m. His first throw was 217-0/66.15m, and his third throw was 222-4/67.78m. Odle had advanced with a throw of 234-4/71.44m, which was good enough for 10th place and a berth in the final.

On July 3, former Wichita State All-American and Wichita native Austin Bahner placed eighth in the Decathlon with 7,776 points after two days of competition. 

Bahner moved up four spots overall during the second day of competition, placing highest in the discus and pole vault with third-place in each. He threw the discus 45.49m/149-3 and vaulted 4.85m/15-11. He opened the day with a 15.52 in the 100m hurdles before the discus and pole vault. He was ninth in the javelin with a throw of 54.59m/179-1 before finishing sixth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:44.93.

Through the first five events on July 2, Bahner was in 11th-place with 4,039 points. Bahner set a personal-best in the shot put with a throw of 13.86m/45-5. To open the day's events, he ran 10.84 in the 100 meters, and jumped 7.38m/24-2.5 in the long jump. Following his career-best in the shot, he high-jumped 1.88m/6-2 and ran the 400 meters in 49.87.

In the women's 10,000 meters on July 2, two former All-Americans, Taylor and Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton finished fourth and eighth, respectively. Taylor and Tuliamuk ran with the top five through most of the race to finish with times of 32:11.30 and 32:32.32, repectively.

Odle's javelin throw of 73.36m/240-8 at the Shocker Open on May 6 was good enough to qualify him for the field of 24 at the trials. He will be a senior at WSU in the fall.

Bahner, a Wichita native and volunteer coach on the Shocker Track and Field staff, was competing against a field of 18 in the Decathlon for the Shocker Track Club, entered the event with the 15th-best point total in the field with 7,765 points.

Taylor, who heading into the competition had the fourth-fastest 10,000 meter time at 31:40.70, earned All-American honors at WSU with a third-place finish in the mile at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championship. In previous Olympic Trials action, she was 10th in the 10,000 meters and 14th in the 5,000 meters in 2012. Taylor, who hails from Sussex, Wis., runs for Northern Arizona Elite/HOKAONEONE.

Tuliamuk-Bolton, who is the most decorated female athlete at Wichita State with 13 NCAA All-American performances and five school records, had the ninth-fastest time in the field at 31:54.20.