Maribel Caicedo finishes seventh at the Meeting International Sotteville...
With the US Olympic Track & Field Trials and the various national championships in the rear view mirror, the focus is on the various pre-Olympic meets in the next few weeks.
In Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France, Washington State's Maribel Caicedo (Paul Merca photo) hooked a hurdle and finished seventh in 13.67 Thursday night at the Meeting International Sotteville, as University of Arizona alum Talie Bonds, a US Olympic Trials finalist on Sunday, took the win in 12.77.
Washington alum Eleanor Fulton finished second in the women's 1500 in 4:07.42.
Kenya's Mary Ekiru won the race in 4:06.45..
On Sunday, Woodinville native and Notre Dame grad Olivia Markezich is scheduled to make her Wanda Diamond League debut at the Meeting de Paris meet at the Stade Charléty in the 3000 steeplechase.
Markezich, who finished sixth in a dramatic race at the Olympic Trials, but earned a personal best 9:14.87 despite falling over the final barrier, faces a field that includes Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech, who currently has the second fastest time in the world this season at 8:55.40.
BRITISH ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES OLYMPIC ROSTER...
British Athletics officially named its Olympic team roster Friday, headed on the men's side by reigning world 1500 meter champion Josh Kerr of the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts.
Kerr, who was knocked down with less than 80 meters to go, and finished seventh in the 800 at the British championships over the weekend, was given the discretionary pick (top two in the national championships plus a discretionary pick). That selection was based on his status as a world champion in Budapest, and his world leading time in the mile of 3:45.34, set in winning the Bowerman Mile at the Nike Prefontaine Classic in late May.
Despite finishing third in the British championships in the 5000, Washington alum Jack Rowe was passed over for the third spot in that event.
Current national leader Sam Atkin, who did not compete at nationals, was given one of the spots, with the other two spots going to George Mills, who ran in the 1500, and Patrick Dever, who finished second ahead of Rowe in the 5000 at the British champs.
Rowe's possible position on the British Olympic team was dicey at best, as he was the fourth Briton with the Olympic standard, and the other three had faster times than him during the qualifying period.
NOTE: British Athletics and World Athletics contributed to this report.
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