Brooks Beasts adds NCAA 800m runner-up Laurie Barton from Clemson...
Mackey said, "One of the things that stood out and was unmistakable when Laurie and I first met was she wants to see how high her ceiling is in the sport. It might sound nonsensical but not all professional athletes have the same fire."
Barton finished second in the NCAA championships over 800 meters in Eugene, where she set her personal best of 2:00.65.
In the 2021 season, Barton, who came to Clemson after initially competing at Virginia Tech, won the 2020 ACC indoor title at 800m, then finished second in the 2021 NCAA indoor 800.
She won the ACC outdoor 800 title, where she ran 2:00.70, and finished her season with a second place finish at the NCAA championships in June.
Barton will join the Beasts in the fall.
The link to her TFRRS profile is available here.
WINGER CONTINUES EUROPEAN TOUR...
Vancouver native Kara Winger continued her post-Olympic European campaign with two meets over the past five days.
On August 21st, the four time US Olympian finished fifth in the javelin at the Citius Meeting in Bern, Switzerland, throwing a best of 199-0 (60.66m), as Nikola Ogrodnikova of the Czech Republic won with a best of 210-6 (64.16m).
Winger then traveled to Budapest on Tuesday the 24th for the Hungarian Grand Prix Series, where she finished second with a best of 197-11 (60.34m), as Réka Szilágyi of Hungary won with a throw of 199-2 (60.70m).
NOTE: The Brooks Beasts, Citius Meeting, World Athletics, and the Hungarian Grand Prix Series contributed to this report.
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