Top eight Paris Olympic track & field finishers who have competed at The Podium...
After making its debut on December 12, 2021, The Podium in Spokane has become one of the West Coast's destination venues for indoor track and field, thanks to its 200 meter banked hydraulic track, which is the first west of the Mississippi.
While it's only been around less than three seasons, a good number of top-eight finishers from the Paris Olympics have competed at The Podium.
Grant Holloway (Paul Merca photo) in the men's 110 hurdles, Cole Hocker in the men's 1500, Ryan Crouser in the men's shot put, and Camryn Rogers in the women's hammer are the four Olympic champions who have competed at The Podium in its short existence.
Most of the top eight finishers on this list competed at the 2022 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships that The Podium hosted. There are a few on this list who competed at other meets, notably the Lilac Grand Prix, the MPSF championship meet, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship, and the Washington State University series of meets in 2022 and 2023.
If we've missed anyone, please drop us a note.
Here's the list (all USA unless noted) of top eight Paris Olympics alumni from The Podium:
WOMEN
W 1500
Jessica Hull (AUS) 2nd
Nikki Hiltz—7th
Elle Purrier St. Pierre—8th
W 100 Hurdles
Alaysha Johnson—7th
W 400 Hurdles
Jasmine Jones 4th
W Steeple
Lizzie Bird (GBR) 7th
W 4x100 Relay
Kemba Nelson (JAM) 5th
Marie-Eloise LeClaire (CAN) 7th
W High Jump
Vashti Cunningham—5th
W Pole Vault
Katie Moon—2nd
W Shot Put
Jaida Ross 4th
W Hammer
Camryn Rogers (CAN) 1st
MEN
M 800
Bryce Hoppel—4th
M 1500
Cole Hocker—1st
Josh Kerr (GBR) 2nd
M Steeple
Kenneth Rooks—2nd
M Marathon
Conner Mantz—8th
M 4x100 Relay
Louie Hinchliffe (GBR) 3rd
M 110 Hurdles
Grant Holloway—1st
Daniel Roberts—2nd
M Shot Put
Ryan Crouser—1st
M Hammer
Rudy Winkler—6th
SULIMAN, MARKEZICH, AND NIELSEN ENTERED IN MILE AT FOLKSAM GRAND PRIX...
Waleed Suliman of the Brooks Beasts, Woodinville native Olivia Markezich, and former Husky Wilma Nielsen are entered in Wednesday's Folksam Grand Prix Borås in Sweden.
Suliman and Markezich are entered in the men's and women's mile. Markezich and Nielsen's race goes off at 9:50 am Pacific/6:50 pm local time, while Suliman toes the line fifteen minutes later.
Among the notables in the women's mile are reigning NCAA 1500 champ Maia Ramsden of Harvard, who was an Olympian for New Zealand; and Americans Sage Hurta-Klecker, Anna Camp-Bennett, and Katelyn Tuohy.
The mens mile features Canadian Olympian Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, Australian Ky Robinson from Stanford, and Vince Ciattei.
NOTE: The Podium, European Athletics, and the Swedish Athletics Federation contributed to this report.
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