The men’s side is a bit more complex. Due to a faster qualifying time than in previous years (2:08:10), only two of a possible three spots for the Olympics have been unlocked. That means that, for now, only the top-two men’s finishers will qualify for an Olympic spot. A third...
The next year, on her couch watching the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles, she looked up the standards for qualifying—2:45, or a 6:18 pace, for the A standard, and 2:37 for the B standard. “I really did feel like within four years, I could hold that half time for ...
But at CIM, dozens of runners—Hardy included—were aiming to get an Olympic Trials-qualifying time (sub-2:19 for men) to secure a bib for the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials happening this February in Atlanta. With this shared goal in mind, the men worked together to keep one another on ...
Olympic Qualifying may well be much like NCAA Cross Country System which is also a bit cumbersome, but is neatly sorted out once the racing is complete. The women’s qualification with 21 runners having bettered the standard has opened up a full 3 Team USA berths for Paris. The men only ...
Clayton Young hasn’t had as smooth a transition to the marathon as his former college teammate, but he has improved in each of his four tries: from 2:29 at the 2020 Olympic Trials, to 2:16 at Chicago ‘21, 2:11 at Chicago ‘22, and finally his Olympic-qualifying 2:08:00 in his...
The 2024 Olympic automatic qualifying standard is 2:08:10, a time which has been bettered by only one Canadian in history, Cam Levins. So the prospect of earning valuable points, which come with winning a national championships, on top of a fast time, was too much to resist. Coolsaet poi...
The 2:45 pacer confirmed that she would be running into the wind the rest of the race. For a moment, Elmer planned to tuck into the pack and draft her way to an Olympic Trials Qualifying time – a worthwhile achievement in her debut at the distance. ...
And Sara, coming back from running the Olympic trials, she proves time and time again that she’s such a consistent runner and such a tenacious runner. To see them come across the line and want to take photos with me, I was kind of starstruck just to be kind of in the same realm ...
Nearly 100 runners signed a Sept. 15-dated letter to the USATF that illustrated their concerns for the “increased risk to athlete’s health prompted by a noon start time.” The athletes are negotiating for more favourable conditions to run faster Olympic qualifying times in a safe environmen...
Ben Bruce comes into the Olympic Marathon Trials with a qualifying time of 1:02:28, which he ran at Rock ’n’ Roll Arizona in January. He also has two of the youngest kids of any parent in the race—Riley, 19 months, and Hudson, four months. Hoka, which sponsors Bruce’s team, ...