The Athletes Representing Team USA in Paris

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With the Olympic Trials in books, we now have a good look at who will be representing Team USA in individual events on the track and in the field in Paris. It is a bit of a numbers game, and the official window has closed for World Ranking points to be the decider for anyone without the Olympic Standard. While the window to earn points closed on June 30, July 7 is the cutoff date for a world rankings entry to be finalized, and below is the list of athletes for Team USA going to the Paris Olympics as we see it today, and will be updated as more information and final entries come available.

A full listing of World Rankings by event and country is available here, from World Athletics

Those noted with a double asterisk (**) have qualified based on World Ranking rather than the Olympic Standard, and notes have been made in cases where an athlete outside of the top three from the Trials speculatively has potential to be on the final list for the team.

100 Meters

Noah Lyles	Sha’Carri Richardson
Kenny Bednarek	Melissa Jefferson
Fred Kerley	Twanisha ‘TeeTee’ Terry

200 Meters

Noah Lyles	Gabby Thomas
Kenny Bednarek	Brittany Brown
Erriyon Knighton	McKenzie Long

400 Meters

Quincy Hall	Kendall Ellis
Michael Norman	Aaliyah Butler
Chris Bailey	Alexis Holmes

800 Meters

Bryce Hoppel	Nia Akins
Hobbs Kessler	Allie Wilson
Brandon Miller	Juliette Whittaker

1500 Meters

Cole Hocker	Nikki Hiltz
Yared Nuguse	Emily Mackay
Hobbs Kessler	Elle St. Pierre

5000 Meters

Grant Fisher	Elle St. Pierre / Parker Valby
Abdi Nur	Elise Cranny
Graham Blanks	Karissa Schweizer

* Elle St. Pierre can decide to focus on the 1500m and pass on the 5000m, which could open the door for Parker Valby to take her place on the 5k team (and should she defer if she gets in for the 10k, may further open the door for Whittni Morgan). For the men, Parker Wolfe (who finished third at the Trials) has neither the Standard nor the ranking points, which should be Graham Blanks in the third spot following his fourth place finish at the Trials

10000 Meters

Grant Fisher	Weini Kelati
Woody Kincaid
Nico Young

* There is a lot to consider on the women’s side. Kelati has the Standard, so she is in, however Valby and Schweizer (2nd and 3rd at Trials) may be a little too far down the rankings without the Standard. Katie Izzo, who finished 13th at the Trials, may have a chance to make the team given her ranking points earned during cross country season

110 / 100 Meter Hurdles

Grant Holloway	Masai Russell
Freddie Crittenden	Alaysha Johnson
Daniel Robert	Grace Stark

400 Meter Hurdles

Rai Benjamin	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
CJ Allen	Anna Cockrell
Trevor Bassitt	Jasmine Jones

3000 Meter Steeplechase

Kenneth Rooks **	Valerie Constien
Matthew Wilkinson **	Courtney Wayment
James Corrigan	Marisa Howard

* Matthew Wilkinson is about as ‘on the bubble’ as someone could be. He is just on the edge of the qualification based on world ranking points, and there seems to be a bit of nuance involved here. World Athletics has both Hillary Bor and Anthony Rotich noted as part of the USA’s Country Quota, but given their finishes at the Trials, Rooks and Wilkinson technically would have first bite at the opening

High Jump

Shelby McEwen	Rachel Glenn
JuVaughn Harrison	Vashti Cunningham

* Charity Hufnagel, who finished first at the Trials, may end up being too far down in the world rankings in lieu of having the Olympic Standard. Same story for Tyus Williams and Caleb Snowden for the men, which means JuVaughn Harrison in all likelihood will be on the team from his fourth place Trials finish

Pole Vault

Sam Kendricks	Bridget Williams
Chris Nilsen	Katie Moon
Jacob Wooten	Brynn King

Long Jump

Jeremiah Davis **	Tara Davis-Woodhall
Malcolm Clemons **	Jasmine Moore
Jarrion Lawson **	Monae’ Nichols

Triple Jump

Salif Mane	Jasmine Moore **
Donald Scott	Keturah Orji **
Russell Robinson **	Tori Franklin **

Shot Put

Ryan Crouser	Chase Jackson
Joe Kovacs	Raven Saunders
Payton Otterdahl	Jaida Ross

Discus

Andrew Evans	Valarie Allman
Sam Mattis **	Jayden Ulrich **
Joseph Brown	Veronica Fraley

Hammer Throw

Daniel Haugh	Annette Echikunwoke
Rudy Winkler	DeAnna Price
	Rachel Tanczos

* Erin Reece finished third at the Trials, though may fall just short of the world rankings in lieu of having the Olympic Standard, which should place Tanczos on the team from her fourth place finish at the Trials (with the Standard)

Javelin

Curtis Thompson **

Maggie Malone Hardin

Decathlon / Heptathlon

Heath Baldwin	Anna Hall
Zach Ziemek	Chari Hawkins **
Harrison Williams	Taliyah Brooks **

20k Race Walk

Both Nick Christie and Robyn Stevens won their respective Trials, but it would appear that they do not have the world ranking points in lieu of the Olympic Standard to join Team USA in Paris

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