Olympic Trials on Campus!

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

This past weekend was long, both because of President’s Day and also because many ambitious folks ran great lengths. You may have seen some world class athletes speed by you on Saturday. If you didn’t ask follow up questions, allow me to clarify- what you witnessed was the U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials. 204 countries will be competing this summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and each country can send just 3 athletes (except for team sports). The marathon trials are held in February because the event is so exhausting the athletes need ample time to recover and prepare for the actual games in July. Every four years the marathon trials are held in a different U.S. city and this year Los Angeles had the honor.