Former Wildcat and 2023 Kentucky Track & Field alumna Masai Russell (’23) punched her ticket to her first Olympics in grand style at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon Sunday night.
Russell will join Team USA for the first time in the Paris Olympics after securing her first U.S. Championship in the 100-meter hurdles The Potomac, Maryland native stormed across the line in a world-leading 12.25. The time not only is a third-straight personal best for Russell from these trials but also takes down Gail Devers 24-year-old U.S. Olympic Trials record of 12.33 set in 2000. It is also the fourth-fastest time ever in the women’s 100m hurdles.
The Wildcats concluded the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon earning four U.S. championships and six total medals from eight days of competition. The program will send five Americans to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games in August with two additional alumni/staff representing Kentucky on the international stage.
Russell joins Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (2017-18), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (2015-18; Team Puerto Rico), Andrew Evans (’14), Alexis Holmes (’22), Daniel Roberts (’19), and volunteer coach Devynne Charlton (Team Bahamas) on the plane to Paris.
The Wildcats concluded the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon earning four U.S. championships and six total medals from eight days of competition. The program will send five Americans to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games in August with two additional alumni/staff representing Kentucky on the international stage.
Russell joins Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (2017-18), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (2015-18; Team Puerto Rico), Andrew Evans (’14), Alexis Holmes (’22), Daniel Roberts (’19), and volunteer coach Devynne Charlton (Team Bahamas) on the plane to Paris.
Russell joins Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (2017-18), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (2015-18; Team Puerto Rico), Andrew Evans (’14), Alexis Holmes (’22), Daniel Roberts (’19), and volunteer coach Devynne Charlton (Team Bahamas) on the plane to Paris.
