2021 Olympics Track And Field Roster

Still only 21, Sydney McLaughlin was the youngest athlete on the U.S. Olympic team in 2016, even though she didn't advance to the finals that year in Rio. She went on to a brief, record-setting stint at Kentucky, where she won an NCAA title in 2018 before turning pro and earning the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships.

Olympic Trials set a new world record and marked the first time a woman had broken the 52-second barrier. Dalilah Muhammad, the former world record-holder, was the 2016 Olympic champion, the 2019 world champion and the runner-up at the world championships in 2013 and 2017. It's been a long five years for Keni Harrison, who finished a disappointed sixth at the 2016 U.S.

She regrouped to set a world record a week later (12.21), went on to win the 60m hurdles at the 2017 World Indoor Championships, then earned the silver medal in the 100m hurdles at the 2019 World Championships. Christina Clemons eeked her way onto to the Olympic team by edging the fourth-place finisher Gabbi Cunningham by 0.005 seconds in the Olympic Trials final. Cunningham was the 2020 indoor national champion at the 60m hurdles, and ran her personal best 12.53 at the trials.

Brianna McNeal, the 2016 Olympic champion, took second in the trials, but is facing a five-year doping ban and lost her appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on July 3. Thompson is LSU's most heralded Olympic athlete as he has won a total of three medals dating back to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He finished second in the finals of the 100 meters at the Beijing Olympics with a time of 9.89 seconds only crossing the finish line after one other person, Usain Bolt (9.69).

He also anchored T&T to silver in 2012 in London in the finals of the 4×100 meter relay. Thompson is the fastest man to ever come out of Trinidad & Tobago with his personal best time of 9.82 seconds in the 100 meters, which makes him the 11th fastest man in world history. Felix is one of the most famous track and field athletes in the world. She earned this title by beating Carl Lewis' record, set in 1996. This season marks the most combined athletes and alumni that South Dakota will send to the U.S.

Emily Grove ('17) will be making her third career appearance at the Trials in the pole vault, but this will mark her first time without donning the Coyote uniform. She qualified following her freshman year in 2012 and placed 10th in 2016. Chris Nilsen ('20) makes his second career appearance in the pole vault at the U.S.

Both Grove and Nilsen made Team USA for the 2017 World Championships. Lara Boman ('19) makes her Olympic Trials debut in the hammer throw and Ben Hammer ('19) makes his first appearance in the discus. South Dakota fifth-year seniors Zack Anderson ('21) and Ethan Bray ('21) will also make their debut at the U.S. Anderson punched his ticket by clearing the Olympic high jump standard of 7-5 (2.26m) in April, while Bray advanced as one of the top-24 entries in the pole vault.

Four-time world champion, 2012 gold medalist, and 2016 silver medalist Brittney Reese won her fourth straight U.S. The eight-time U.S. champion took the lead on her first jump of the final and her best jump was her fourth, 7.13 meters (23-4 ¾), which ranks No. 3 on the world list. Not to be missed in her white cowboy hat, NCAA champion Tara Davis made her first Olympic team with a leap of 7.04 meters (23-1 ¼) while her boyfriend, Paralympian Hunter Woodhall, cheered from the stands. In 2021, Davis won NCAA indoor and outdoor long jump titles and became the collegiate indoor and outdoor record-holder. Quanesha Burks has been on the world scene since 2014, when she was fifth at the world under-20 world championships. A personal best of 6.96 meters (22-10) on her fifth jump helped her move from sixth place into the third spot and make her first Olympic team.

Andersen's mark of 78.18 meters, set at the Wichita State Open on April 10, ranks second in the U.S. during the qualifying period and enters the trials with her throw second-best in U.S. history and fifth best all-time. During her NAU career, Andersen earned a pair of silver medals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships as she finished second in hammer throw in 2017 and 2018. USF softball head coach Ken Eriksen and team athletic trainer Michele Latimer are part of the USA Softball contingent competing in the games, with Eriksen serving as head coach. Track and field volunteer assistant Shadae Lawrence will compete in the discus as part of Team Jamaica.

Evelyne Viens , Demi Stokes , Olivia Chance and Christiane Endler are former members of head coach Denise Schilte-Brown's USF women's soccer program and will compete in the Games for their respective countries. Paige Railey, a Clearwater native and former sailor for head coach Allison Jolly's USF sailing team, heads to Tokyo to compete as a member of Team USA in the one-person dinghy event at the Games. Despite brutal temps during the two-day event, which at one point forced a delay for the entire meet, Annie Kunz amassed 6,703 points to win Trials. Kunz ended up with personal bests in the 100 hurdles (wind-aided), high jump, long jump and 200 and had season bests in the javelin and 800. Seven-time NCAA champion for the University of Georgia Kendell Williams scored a personal best of 6,683 points to take second and earn her second Olympic berth.

Williams, 26, was third at the 2016 trials and placed 17th in Rio. Two-time defending national champion and fourth-place finisher at the 2019 world championships Erica Bougard finished third with 6,667 points, just 16 points shy of second place, to make her first Olympic team. Gators will be represented in eight different sports -- baseball, basketball, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming, and track and field -- representing 15 different countries, including the U.S. Rai Benjamin is the best U.S. 400-meter hurdler since the '90s and is the fourth-fastest man of all-time with a 46.98 personal best. He won a silver medal in the event at the 2019 world championships and didn't hurdle at all in 2020 when the pandemic wiped away the entire outdoor season.

He has not lost a step and opened up his hurdle season with a 47.13 for the fastest time in the world for 2021. Barring a clipped hurdle disaster, he's the United States' best chance to try and upset Norway's Karsten Warholm for the gold medal in Tokyo. All four athletes are listed in Trinidad and Tobago's 4×100 meter relay pool; Baptiste also will be competing individually in the 100 meter dash.

Baptiste is a nine-time Trinidad & Tobago national champion winning her country's national titles eight times in the 100 meters dating back to 2005, and winning the 200 meter national title once as well . To say DeAnna Price is having a strong year would be an understatement. With a toss of 80.31 meters (263-6) on her fifth attempt, Price became the second woman to throw over 80 meters. Brooke Andersen threw 77.72 meters (255-0) on her second attempt to secure her spot on Team USA and her highest finish at the U.S. nationals. 2019 Pan American Games champion Gwen Berry made her second Olympic team with a throw of 73.50 (241-2), which came on her first attempt in the final and held up for third place. The activist athlete was second at the 2016 Trials, but did not qualify for the final in Rio.

Prior to the Olympics, the 21 year-old was the current world record holder in the women's 400m hurdles, with a time of 51.90 seconds. She is now the only woman in history to run the event in under 52 seconds. In the race, McLaughlin, who grew up in New Jersey, competed against the former world champion, fellow American Dalilah Muhammad. McLaughlin ended up sailing to gold, beating her own world record by finishing in 51.46 seconds. The Olympic track and field team finished the Games on a high note.

The United States sent many formidable athletes to Tokyo, many of whom are bringing home those gold medals. According to the Team USA Track and Field site, this year's Olympians included 13 defending medalists from the 2016 Rio Games, six defending 2019 World Champions, and eight 2021 NCAA Division I Champions. Allyson Felix and Abdi Abdirahman competed in their fifth Olympic Games, while 19 team members were just on their first.

Otterdahl became a volunteer assistant coach for NDSU after completing his NCAA career in 2019 as a four-time first team All-American and the 2019 NCAA indoor national champion in the shot put and weight throw. There is a good chance Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs could set the first world record at the newly-renovated Hayward Field. Their battle at the 2019 world championships is the best shot put competition in history, where Kovacs won by a centimeter with a 22.91-meter heave. Crouser roared back in 2021 by breaking Randy Barnes's world indoor record from 1989 with a 22.82-meter toss in January. On May 22, he became just the third person in history to throw farther than 23 meters with a 23.01 toss at a competition in Tucson. North Carolina A&T sophomore Randolph Ross had a statement win at the NCAA Championships, where he won the national title in 43.85 for the third-fastest time in collegiate history and the fastest time in the world for 2021.

Ross chose to run for his father, 2004 Olympian Duane Ross, at the HBCU school over several Power Five programs. Can the 20-year-old go even faster in his first race against professionals? He also helped LSU win SEC event titles in the 4×100 meter relay at the 2019 and 2021 SEC outdoor championships. During his time as head coach of the team, he has helped guide the program to two World Championship titles and two silver medals , as well as two Pan American Games gold medals and one silver medal . He won give triple jump events, including the ACC Outdoor title. He holds the school record in the triple jump event in the indoor (16.55m) and outdoor (16.74m) and became just the second Cardinal to earn All-America recognition in the event.

A 12-time All-American and five-time NCAA medalist, Enekwechi has represented Nigeria at four World Championships. He owns the school record in the shot put (20.37m) and hammer throw (72.77m) outdoors and shot put (19.95m) and weight throw (24.39m) indoors. Enekwechi's NCAA medals include two silvers in 2016, in the shot put outdoors and in the weight throw indoors. He won 12 Big Ten medals, including four golds, and was a three-time Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year.

Aries Merritt, the 2012 Olympic champion and world record holder, will miss the Olympics Trials due to a torn calf. He has not missed a U.S. national team since winning the 2016 trials. He was fifth in the final at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Sha'Carri Richardson rose to stardom with her 10.75 collegiate record as an LSU freshman, which led her to turn professional shortly thereafter.

Championships and didn't make the national team for the world championships. On April 10, she ran 10.72 and told the media, "My season is going to be unbelievable." Richardson presents the United States' best hope of a gold medal in the 100 meters in Tokyo. Tucker is a national champion and been a standout in her first two years at UK. She earned another spot on USA Shooting's 2021 Tokyo Olympics roster, qualifying in women's smallbore. She also qualified for air rifle last spring, becoming the first Kentucky rifle athlete to qualify for the Olympics in both events.

Thomas is a 24 year-old Harvard graduate, who studied neurobiology and global health—she also just won a bronze Olympic medal. Thomas ran a time of 21.87 second in the 200m race, earning her third place. Thomas's time of 21.61 seconds in the same event at the United States Olympic trials was the 3rd-fastest time ever recorded. Thomas is also now bringing home a silver medal, as part of the 4x100m relay team. Dolezal has represented Team USA in the javelin three times at the IAAF World Championships.

A native of Stanley, N.D., and a volunteer assistant coach for the Bison track & field team, Dolezal was a member of Team USA in 2013 , 2015 , and 2019 . Five years ago Grant Holloway was still competing against high schoolers in the hurdles, high jump and long jump. He went on to win three NCAA titles in the 110-meter hurdles while at Florida and was crowned the 2019 world champion. He's gotten his personal best down to 12.98 and broke the 60-meter hurdles world record this past winter.

It's safe to say that he has stamped himself as the best American in the event. Anna Cockrell bettered her school record and Dalilah Muhammad posted a season-best time to earn berths to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by taking third and second respectively in the women's 400m hurdles final at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today .

During the eight days of competition, seven Trojan athletes earned the honor to represent the United States at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The most anticipated showdown, though, could materialize in the women's 400-meter hurdles. At the 2019 world championships, Dalilah Muhammad, 31, had to break her own world record to outrun Sydney McLaughlin, one of the sport's rising stars. Muhammad, the Olympic champion in Rio, has been working in recent weeks to return to form after injuring her hamstring. McLaughlin, 21, spent much of the spring fine-tuning her speed and technique while competing in the 100-meter hurdles. If both athletes are healthy, their final — held on the final day of the meet — should be a highlight.

Salisbury University senior cross country and track & field athlete Sydney Ruckel was selected as SU's nominee for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award. Multiple rising high school and collegiate track athletes such as Nico Young, Erriyon Knighton, Hobbs Kessler, and Sha'Carri Richardson participated in the trials. American record holder Maggie Malone made her second Olympic team and set a meet record of 63.50 meters (208-4) on her fifth attempt at the 2021 U.S. Malone also won the 2016 Trials, where she became the first female javelin thrower to win an NCAA title and the Olympic Trials in the same season. The Games ended with a momentous victory from Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, and Athing Mu in the 4x400-meter relay, where Felix earned her 11th Olympic medal.

She is now the most decorated American track and field Olympian in history. Brittney Reese, the Olympic gold and silver medalist, four-time world champion and eight-time USATF Champion in the women's long jump, heads to her fourth Olympic Games after claiming her fourth consecutive Trials title. Ten athletes have competed at the Youth Olympic Games and have won a combined nine Youth Olympic medals, including three golds.

They are highlighted by Kevin McDowell, who won gold and silver medals in triathlon in 2010, and Noah Lyles, who won a gold medal in the 200 meters in 2018. U.S. Olympic team head coach Gregg Troy speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, June 24, 2012, in Omaha, Neb.Click here to see the complete Olympic roster of current and former Gators.

Gregg Troy, the former head coach of Florida's men's and women's swimming and diving teams, is also serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. men's swimming team. The team was coached by San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. Villanova head coach Jay Wright is an assistant coach on the team. A five-time All-American, Greene earned first team honors indoors and second team accolades outdoors in the triple jump this year. After winning the Big Ten triple jump title outdoors, he finished 13th at NCAAs, while he was seventh nationally indoors after claiming bronze at Big Tens. In the record books, he is second indoors (16.28m) and fifth outdoors (16.17m) in the triple jump and has the record in the 4x100 (38.75).

Moore is a two-time All-American, with both honors coming in 2021. He was sixth in the 60-meter final at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn First Team All-America honors, and helped the 4x100 relay place 19th nationally outdoors to collect Honorable Mention All-America accolades. Moore owns the second-fastest 100-meter time in school history (10.12 seconds) and the fourth-fastest 200 mark (20.55). A four-time Big Ten medalist, Moore and the Boilermakers won gold in the 4x100 relay last month, two weeks before registering the No. 2 time in Purdue history (39.06). One week after a national runner-up performance in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Jones will line up again in the event at Hayward Field.

The American Athletic Conference champion and First Team All-American qualified for the trials with her UCF record 12.73 performance on April 24. Eight members of this year's men's squad and six members of the women's team qualified for the U.S. The Cougars also have alumni Abraham Alvarado, Zach Blackham and Makenna Myler competing in the Olympic Trials, totaling 17 current and former athletes with BYU ties vying for spots on the U.S. To qualify, athletes either achieved the USATF qualifying standard in their respective event or had marks close enough to be accepted into the field.