EUGENE, Ore. Taliyah Brooks, an NCAA champion at the University of Arkansas who lives in Fayetteville, fainted in the excessive heat and wasn t able to complete the heptathlon Sunday during the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Stadium.
Shawn Price June 28, 2021
National championships held in other countries that involved Razorbacks on Sunday included fifth place efforts by Daszay Freeman in Jamaica and Kennedy Thomson in Canada.
Freeman posted a time of 13.09 (0.1 wind) in the 100m hurdles at the Jamaica Trials. At the Canadian Trials, Thompson ran a time of 4:22.25 in the 1,500m.
Meanwhile, the final day of the U.S. Olympic Trials held Sunday with temperatures in triple digits for the second consecutive day at Hayward Field resulted in a postponement of the meet for five hours.
Arkansas alum Taliyah Brooks, in fourth place following the heptathlon long jump, fainted after taking a warm-up throw prior to the start of the heptathlon javelin and was escorted off the facility in a wheelchair and taken to a hospital.
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The Latest: Noah Lyles wins the 200, headed to Tokyo
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Noah Lyles won the 200 meters at the U.S. track and field trials, earning a spot on the Olympic team.
Lyles won in 19.74 seconds, the best time in the world this season. He is among the favorites to win the event in Tokyo after winning the gold medal at the 2019 world championships in Doha.
Also earning spots on the team were runner-up Kenny Bednarek, who finished in a personal best 19.78, and teenager Erriyon Knighton, who was third in 19.84.
Knighton, 17, is the youngest male track Olympian since Jim Ryun in 1964.
10:30
Noah Lyles won the 200 meters at the U.S. track and field trials, earning a spot on the Olympic team.
Lyles won in 19.74 seconds, the best time in the world this season. He is among the favorites to win the event in Tokyo after winning the gold medal at the 2019 world championships in Doha.
Also earning spots on the team were runner-up Kenny Bednarek, who finished in a personal best 19.78, and teenager Erriyon Knighton, who was third in 19.84.
Knighton, 17, is the youngest male track Olympian since Jim Ryun in 1968.
The trio were the final Americans to earn spots in the Olympics across 28 sports.