Rewinding Day 1 of the U.S. Olympic trials for track and field (2024)

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Grant Fisher showed off a big kick to win the men’s 10,000 meters, Oregon’s Ryan Crouser easily qualified for the shot put final and Sha’Carri Richardson cruised through the first round of the women’s 100 meters despite stumbling out of the blocks. Those were some of the highlights on Day 1 of the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials for track and field, which opened Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene.

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The evening session got off to an exciting start when 16-year-old Quincy Wilson won his heat of the men’s 400 meters. Wilson’s time of 44.66 seconds set a new U18 world record for the 400.

A bevy of current and former Oregon Ducks runners advanced in qualifying for the men’s 1,500 meters. Richardson took the track for the first time and rebounded from a shaky start to post the fastest time of the day in the women’s 100. It all led into the only event final of the day, the men’s 10,000, with Fisher claiming the first spot on Team USA for track and field, along with second-place finisher Woody Kincaid, a former University of Portland star, and the third-place Nico Young.

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• Hocker leads flock of Ducks advancing in 1,500

Here’s a recap of all the big finishes and results from a busy first day of the Olympic trials in Eugene.

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Men’s 10,000 final: Grant Fisher pulled away from the lead runners in the final laps and then held off Woody Kincaid down the stretch to win the men’s 10,000 final in 27 minutes, 49.47 seconds. Kincaid, a former University of Portland star who used to train with Fisher for Bowerman Track Club, closed a good amount of the gap between him and Fisher down the stretch, but still placed second in 27:50.74. Nico Young grabbed the third spot for Team USA, crossing the line in 27:52.40.

Women’s triple jump qualifying: Jasmine Moore leaps 46 feet, ½ inch to lead the 12 qualifiers into the triple jump final. Tori Franklin has the second-best mark of the day at 45-5¾, with Keturah Orji third at 45-1½. The other qualifiers for Saturday’s final are: Titiana Marsh, Imani Oliver, Mylana Hearn, Asherah Collins, Euphenie Andre, Oregon’s Ryann Porter, Skylynn Townsend, Xiamara Young and Christina Wende.

Men’s decathlon 400 meters: Harrison Williams posts the fastest time in the decathlon 400, clocking 46.56 for 980 points. Running in the same heat, Peyton Bair places second in 46.89 and collects 964 points. It’s a quick heat overall, as Austin West is third in 46.91 and earns 963 points. Devon Williams (48.42) and Zach Ziemek (49.72) win the other two heats. … So, after five events, the decathlon standings look like this:

1. Heath Baldwin, 4,508 points

2. Zach Ziemek, 4,477 points

3. Kyle Garland, 4,456 points

4. Samuel Black, 4,304 points

5. Austin West, 4,292 points

6. Devon Williams, 4,288 points

7. Harrison Williams, 4,278 points

Women’s 5,000 meters, round 1: Parker Valby moves to the front in the early going of the first of two heats of the women’s 5,000. Late in the race, Elle St. Pierre kicks to the front and Karissa Schweizer of the Bowerman Track Club follows her. St. Pierre wins in 15 minutes, 13.82 seconds. Schweizer is second in 15:15.42. Valby places third in 15:17.56. They will join Whittni Morgan, Allie Buchalski and Abby Nichols in the 5,000 final. … Elise Cranny controls the second heat of the 5,000 and wins easily at a slow overall pace, crossing in 16:02.33. Ella Donaghu is second in 16:05.84, followed by Rachel Smith, Katelyn Tuohy, Josette Andrews and Emily Infeld. … The time qualifiers moving through to the final are Taylor Roe, Katie Wasserman, Lauren Gregory and Molly Born.

Men’s pole vault qualifying: The bar is at 18 feet, ½ inch, and 15 vaulters have cleared that height. The bar has moved up to 18-4½, and there are 12 who have gone over it. KC Lightfoot fails to clear that height and is out of the competition. … Austin Miller cleared 18 feet, 8¼ inches without a miss at that height to win the men’s pole vault qualifying. Chris Nilsen, Jacob Wooten, Keaton Daniel and Zachery Bradford also cleared the height to advance to the final. Also qualifying for the final are Sam Kendricks, Matt Ludwig, Tray Oates, Nathan Richartz, Clayton Fritsch, Hunter Garretson, Carson Waters and Luke Winder.

Men’s shot put qualifying: After the first throws in the shot put, Joe Kovacs leads with a throw of 72 feet, 7¼ inches, while Ryan Crouser is second at 70-4¼. It looks like Kovacs and Crouser are going to pass their remaining throws, and they are assured of moving through to the shot put final on Saturday. Indeed, Kovacs finishes first with that lone throw, and Crouser takes third. Payton Otterdahl is second with his toss of 71-2½. Also advancing to Saturday’s final are: Tripp Piperi, Jordan Geist, Roger Steen, Josh Awotunde, Tarik O’Hagan, T’Mond Johnson, Jordan West, Patrick Larrison and Nikolas Curtiss.

Women’s 100 meters, round 1: The top six from each heat advance to the semifinals, along with the next two fastest overall. … McKenzie Long hits the line at 10.94 seconds to win the first heat of the women’s 100 meters. Aleia Hobbs takes second place in 10.97, with Morolake Akinosun third in 11.04 and Celera Barnes fourth in 11.06. Abby Steiner places fifth in 11.13, and English Gardner is sixth in 11.17. All six of them advance to the 100 semifinals. … Dajaz Defrand wins the second heat of the 100 in 11.05 seconds. Mikiah Brisco and Kennedy Blackmon are just behind, both clocked at 11.07. In fourth it’s Oregon’s Jadyn Mays, also at 11.07. Jada Baylark (11.12) and Taylor Anderson (11.19) also advance to the semis. … Melissa Jefferson posts the fastest time of the day thus far, hitting the line at 10.91 to win the third heat. Former UO star Jenna Prandini is second in 11.03 and Twanisha Terry clocks 11.07 for third. Candace Hill (11.11), Javianne Oliver (11.15) and Alyssa Colbert (11.18) also move through to the semifinals. … Sha’Carri Richardson stumbles out of the blocks but recovers to win the final heat of the 100 in 10.88 seconds — the fastest time of the day. The rest of the qualifiers from heat 4 are: Tamari Davis (11.01), Tamara Clark (11.05), Semira Killebrew (11.20), Jassani Carter (11.21) and Cambrea Sturgis (11.34). … The time qualifiers are Anavia Battle, Caisja Chandler and Alexis Brown.

Men’s 1,500 meters, round 1: It’s a tight finish in the first heat of the men’s 1,500 meters. Colin Sahlman wins it in 3 minutes, 38.67 seconds. Casey Comber is right there, also clocked at 3:38.67, with Craig Engels at 3:38.69, Liam Murphy at 3:38.70, former Oregon Ducks star Cooper Teare at 3:38.74, Matt Wisner at 3:38.85 and Josh Thompson at 3:38.99. The entire field of 12 runners finished within 1.3 seconds of one another. Davis Bove, who clocked 3:39.00, will have to wait to see if he moves through to the semifinals based on his time. The top seven in each heat, plus the next three fastest overall, move on to the semis. … Hobbs Kessler and Yared Nuguse go 1-2 in the second heat of the 1,500. Kessler crosses in 3:37.50, with Nuguse right behind in 3:37.61. Also moving on to Saturday’s semifinals are: Vincent Ciattei (3.37.68), Henry Wynne (3:37.68), the Oregon Ducks’ Elliott Cook (3.37.78), Joe Waskom (3:37.84) and Ethan Strand (3:38.02). … Former Ducks star Cole Hocker moves to the front on the first lap and never lets up, winning the third and final heat in 3:34.54. Luke Houser (3:35.24) takes second and former UO runner Sam Prakel is third (3:35.37). The other auto qualifiers from the final heat are

Decathlon high jump: Zach Ziemek has cleared 6 feet, 7 inches in the decathlon high jump, as have Samuel Black, Jack Flood and Heath Baldwin. The bar is now at 6-9½, and Kyle Garland, Ziemek, Baldwin, Flood, Black and Hunter Jones all have cleared that height. Now the bar goes up to 6-10¾. Garland and Ziemek miss their first attempts at that height. Heath Baldwin and Kyle Garland clear 6-11¾ in the decathlon high jump. Baldwin and Garland each make attempts at 7-1 but can’t clear that height. So that’s where the decathlon high jump ends up. Baldwin and Garland each take 925 points. Overall after four events, it’s Ziemek with a narrow lead at 3,649 points, followed by Baldwin (3,627) and Garland (3,590).

Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, round 1: Matthew Wilkinson controls much of the first heat and wins in 8 minutes, 20.61 seconds. Also automatically qualifying for the steeplechase final are James Corrigan (8:21.22), Nathan Mountain (8:21.22), Yasin Sodo (8:22.81) and Hillary Bor (8:22.99). The top five from each of the two heats advance to the final, along with the next four fastest overall. … In the second heat, veteran Evan Jager of the Bowerman Track Club stays with the lead group in the final laps and pushes toward the front down the final stretch to place second in 8:27.07. Winner Kenneth Rooks finishes in 8:26.90, with Benard Keter, Isaac Updike and Anthony Rotich also advancing to the steeplechase final. The time qualifiers are Joey Berriatua, Alec Basten, Duncan Hamilton (of Bowerman Track Club) and Derek Johnson.

Men’s javelin qualifying: Curtis Thompson is the leader after the first flight of men’s javelin qualifying. Thompson’s best throw of 261 feet, 3 inches, puts him atop the standings, followed by Jordan Davis (253-1) and Capers Williamson (252-7). … The field is set for the men’s javelin final. Curtis Thompson’s throw of 261-3 holds up as the best of the day. The rest of the qualifiers are: Jordan Davis, Capers Williamson, Dash Sirmon, Donavon Banks, Abraham Sargent, Cameron Bates, James Kotowski, Marc Anthony Minichello, Ethan Shalaway, David Friedberg and Brett Thompson.

Women’s 800 meters, round 1: Raevyn Rogers places third in the first heat of the women’s 800, and she comfortably advances to the semifinals with a time of 2 minutes, 1.73 seconds. Juliette Whittaker wins the heat in 2:01.70, followed by Sammy Watson in 2:01.72. The top five were bunched together at the line, with Valery Tobias, Katherine Mitchell and Kaela Edwards also advancing. … Athing Mu looked comfortable in her first race of the 2024 season, posting a time of 2:01.73 to place third in the second heat and move through to the semifinals. Allie Wilson won the heat in 2:01.57, with McKenna Keegan second in 2:01.71. Olivia Baker, Makayla Paige and Helen Schlachtenhaufen finished 4-5-6 to also automatically qualify for the semis. … Michaela Rose goes out very fast in the third heat, then eases up down the stretch to win in 1:59.57. Ajee Wilson finishes second in 2:00.96, followed by Addy Wiley (2:01.17), Rachel Gearing (2:01.17), Sophia Gorriaran (2:01.35) and Meghan Hunter (2:01.58). All six of them advance to the semifinals. … The final heat is the slowest of the four. The qualifiers are: winner Nia Akins (2:01.18), Sage Hurta-Klecker (2:01.30), Roisin Willis (2:02.04), Sabrina Southerland (2:02.39), Kate Grace (2:02.55) and Kristie Schoffield (2:02.64). The three time qualifiers for the semifinals are: Charlene Lipsey (2:01.63), Makayla Clark (2:02.34) and Kendra Coleman (2:02.45).

Women’s 400 meters, round 1: Lynna Irby-Jackson takes the first heat of the women’s 400 with a time of 50.89. Bailey Lear finishes second in 51.12 and Talitha Diggs finishes third in 51.57. Same format as the men’s 400 — five heats, with the top five in each heat advancing to the semifinals, plus the next two fastest overall. … Aaliyah Butler cruises to victory in the second heat, in 50.44. Isabella Whittaker crosses second in 51.18, followed by Kendall Ellis in 51.22. … Shamier Little blows away the field to win the third heat in 50.13 seconds. Kimberly Harris is a distant second in 51.07 and Jermaisha Arnold places third in 51.20. … Alexis Holmes wins heat 4 in 51.05, with Rosey Effiong second in 51.21 and JaMeesia Ford third in 51.55. … Rachel Joseph takes the final heat in 50.92. Quanera Hayes is a close second in 50.94 and Kaylyn Brown places third in 51.09. … Also advancing to the women’s 400-meter semifinals: Bailey Lear, Na’Asha Robinson, Jan’Taijah Jones, Lauren Lewis, Courtney Okolo, Madison Whyte, Ziyah Holman, Kiah Williams, Jessica McDowell, Jania Martin, Kaylin Whitney, Paris Peoples, Ceonna Pipion.

Men’s 400 meters, round 1: The evening session is underway. Quincy Hall clocks 44.60 to win the first heat of the men’s 400 meters. Matthew Boling takes second in 44.94 and Judson Lincoln is third in 45.09. There are five heats. The top five in each heat, plus the next two fastest will advance to the semifinals. … In the second heat, Quincy Wilson wins in 44.66, followed by Chris Bailey (44.86) and Justin Robinson (45.15). Wilson is 16, and he sets a U18 world record in the 400. … Johnnie Blockburger hits the line in 45.08 to win heat 3. Bryce Deadmon is second in 45.21, just ahead of third-place Logan Popelka (45.22). … Vernon Norwood wins heat 4 in 45.40. Next are Khaleb McRae (45.54) and Brian Faust (45.58). … Michael Norman cruises to victory in 45.31 in the final heat. Evan Miller crosses second in 45.70, followed by TJ Tomlyanovich (45.76). The rest of the men’s 400 qualifiers for the semifinals: Kennedy Lightner, Jenoah Mckiver, Emmanuel Bynum, Nathan Kent, Jacory Patterson, William Jones, Jevon O’Bryant, Elija Godwin, Paul Dedewo, Solomon Strader, James Benson, Trevor Stewart.

Morning session over: The morning session has concluded, with the afternoon session set to start just after 3 p.m. with the first round of the men’s 400 meters.

Decathlon shot put: Heath Baldwin wins the decathlon shot put with a personal-best 54 feet, 2½ inches, which is good for 883 points. Zach Ziemek also sets a PB with his toss of 51-11¼ on his third and final attempt, netting him 841 points. Through three events, Ziemek leads the decathlon with 2,753 points, followed by Baldwin at 2,702 and Kyle Garland at 2,665.

Women’s hammer qualifying: After the first round of the first flight of the women’s hammer throw qualifying, DeAnna Price leads with a toss of 238 feet, 11 inches. Price’s second throw is 247-9, extending her lead. With the first flight complete, Price still leads with her throw of 247-9, followed by Annette Echikunwoke (238-8) and Janee Kassanavoid (234-11). … Brooke Andersen moves into first place in the women’s hammer qualifying, uncorking a toss of 250-2. Price is second, Echikunwoke third and Rachel Tanczos (238-1) is fourth. Kassanavoid places fifth, followed by Erin Reese (232-4) and Oregon’s Shelby Moran (229-6). Rounding out the field for the final are: Janeah Stewart, Emily Fink, Madi Malone and Jasmine Mitchell. The women’s hammer final is scheduled for 5 p.m. PT Sunday.

Decathlon long jump: Kyle Garland leaps 24 feet, 3¾ inches to lead the decathlon long jump after the first round of jumps. Devon Williams posts a jump of 24-9¾ to move into the lead after two rounds. Zach Ziemek is second after his leap of 24-6¼, a season best. The decathlon long jump is complete, and Williams wins it with his effort of 24-9¾. Ziemek is second at 24-6¼ and Heath Baldwin is third with a jump of 24-5¾. Through two events, Ziemek leads the decathlon with 1,912 points, followed by Williams (1,869) and Garland (1,855).

Decathlon 100 meters: Zach Ziemek posts the fastest time in the decathlon 100 meters, crossing the line in a personal-best 10.46 seconds to win heat 2. Denim Rogers is second in that heat in 10.51, with Peyton Bair third in 10.52 and Kyle Garland fourth in 10.64. Ryan Talbot wins the first heat in 10.70, while Lindon Victor wins the third heat in 10.73. Ziemek, one of four decathletes competing who have achieved the Olympic standard, leads the competition with 985 points.

Day 1 | Friday, June 21

TV and live stream schedule

All times Pacific

USA: 3:30-6 p.m.

NBC: 6-8 p.m.

Peaco*ck: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; 3:20-8 p.m.

Event schedule

Event finals in bold

All times Pacific

Morning session

10 a.m.: Decathlon 100 meters

11 a.m.: Women’s hammer, qualifying

11:01 a.m.: Decathlon long jump

12:11 p.m.: Decathlon shot put

Evening session

3:06 p.m.: Men’s 400 meters, round 1

3:30 p.m.: Men’s javelin, qualifying

3:41 p.m.: Women’s 400 meters, round 1

4:17 p.m.: Women’s 800 meters, round 1

4:30 p.m.: Decathlon high jump

4:49 p.m.: Men’s 3,000 steeplechase, round 1

5:22 p.m.: Men’s 1,500 meters, round 1

5:50 p.m.: Men’s pole vault, qualifying

5:53 p.m.: Women’s 100 meters, round 1

6:15 p.m.: Men’s shot put, qualifying

6:22 p.m.: Women’s 5,000 meters, round 1

6:50 p.m.: Women’s triple jump, qualifying

7:05 p.m.: Decathlon 400 meters

7:27 p.m.: Men’s 10,000 meters, final

-- Joel Odom