Yared Nuguse has qualified for the Olympics once again.
The former Notre Dame runner finished second in the men's 1,500-meter run on Monday in Eugune, Ore., at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for track and field with a teime of three minutes and 30.86 seconds.. Cole Hocker pulled ahead of Nuguse on the final lap to set a trials record with a 3:30.59.
Nuguse qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but he missed the games due to an injury. Nuguse won the 2019 NCAA Championship in the 1,500 during his sophomore season at Notre Dame.
Former Notre Dame runner Olivia Markezich moved a step closer to qualifying for Team USA on Monday by finishing third among all heats in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Markezich, the 2023 NCAA Champion in the steeplechase, finished her Notre Dame career earlier this year with a NCAA runner-up finish in the steeplechase and 3,000-meter run. She'll attempt to qualify for the Olympics in Thursday night's steeplechase final.
Other Notre Dame results from the first four nights at the trials:
• Women's heptathlon - Jadin O'Brien - finished 7th with 6,108 points - only winner Anna Hall (6,614) met Olympic standard.
• Women's steeplechase - Sophie Novak - finished 17th (9:49:55) in the first round - 14 qualified for final.
• Men's steeplechase - CJ Singleton - finished 22nd (8:41:45) in the first round - 14 qualified for final.
• Men's shot put - Michael Schoaf - finished 24th of 24 in first round with throw of 18.45 meters.
Photo credit: Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard /USA Today Network
Pictured: 1,500-meter podium finishers (right-to-left and first-to-third): Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler.
The former Notre Dame runner finished second in the men's 1,500-meter run on Monday in Eugune, Ore., at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for track and field with a teime of three minutes and 30.86 seconds.. Cole Hocker pulled ahead of Nuguse on the final lap to set a trials record with a 3:30.59.
Nuguse qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but he missed the games due to an injury. Nuguse won the 2019 NCAA Championship in the 1,500 during his sophomore season at Notre Dame.
Former Notre Dame runner Olivia Markezich moved a step closer to qualifying for Team USA on Monday by finishing third among all heats in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Markezich, the 2023 NCAA Champion in the steeplechase, finished her Notre Dame career earlier this year with a NCAA runner-up finish in the steeplechase and 3,000-meter run. She'll attempt to qualify for the Olympics in Thursday night's steeplechase final.
Other Notre Dame results from the first four nights at the trials:
• Women's heptathlon - Jadin O'Brien - finished 7th with 6,108 points - only winner Anna Hall (6,614) met Olympic standard.
• Women's steeplechase - Sophie Novak - finished 17th (9:49:55) in the first round - 14 qualified for final.
• Men's steeplechase - CJ Singleton - finished 22nd (8:41:45) in the first round - 14 qualified for final.
• Men's shot put - Michael Schoaf - finished 24th of 24 in first round with throw of 18.45 meters.
Photo credit: Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard /USA Today Network
Pictured: 1,500-meter podium finishers (right-to-left and first-to-third): Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler.
