EUGENE, Ore. -- Wichita State's
Damien Odle advanced to the javelin final at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, and will complete the competition Monday afternoon for the opportunity to make the Team USA roster for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
In the women's 10,000 meters on Saturday, two former All-American Shockers, Kellyn Taylor and Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton finished fourth and eighth, respectively, Saturday afternoon. Tuliamuk and Taylor ran with the top five through most of the race to finish with times of 32:11.30 and 32:32.32, repectively.
Through the first five events of the Men's Decathlon, former Shocker All-American Austin Bahner is 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.
The Decathlon continues Sunday with the 110 meter hurdles, while Taylor will run the 5,000 meters at 6:20 p.m.,Thursday, in a bid to qualify for the final on Sunday. The remaining schedule and live results are listed below:
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Odle's javelin throw of 73.36m/240-8 at the Shocker Open on May 6 was good enough to qualify him as one of the top 24 at the trials.
Bahner, a Wichita native and volunteer coach on the Shocker Track and Field staff, is competing against a field of 18 in the Decathlon for the Shocker Track Club, and had 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.
Remaining Shockers' Schedule at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Decathlon (Bahner's bests are listed to the right of the event)
Sun., July 3
10 am - 110m Hurdles - 15.35
10:50 am - Discus - 48.96m/160-7.5
1:15 pm - Pole Vault - 5.00m/16-5
3 pm - Javelin - 59.78m/196-1.5
5:33 pm - 1,500m - 4:37.0
Other Events:
Mon., July 4
Men's Javelin - 4:25 p.m. Final
Thurs., July 7
Women's 5,000m - 4:20 pm - First Round
Sun., July 10
Women's 5,000m - 4:28 p.m. - Final
