Oviedo High alum Simpson wins 1500 to earn Olympic berth in Brazil

“This award just tops it all off”, McLaughlin said, noting her high school track season began on a rough note when she was diagnosed with mononucleosis and her mother later had a heart attack.

She was the only collegiate athlete in the field, and in the prelims Thursday, Ostrander finished with the fourth fastest time of 15:27.13.

Former Oregon NCAA champion Jenna Prandini just out-leaned Felix for third place in the 200 final – 22.53 to 22.54 seconds.

Behind the pair, Prandini just held off a strong stretch run from Felix, the 400 victor last weekend. She will head to Rio as the heavy favorite to become the fourth straight American to stand atop the podium at the end of the all-around finals on August 11, the brightest star on a squad that is very much the gymnastics equivalent of the Michael Jordan-led Dream Team that overwhelmed the 1992 Games. And she will be in the relay pool for both the 4×100 and the 4×400. Jenny Simpson (4:04.74) grabbed the lead with less than two laps to run, and Shannon Rowbury (4:05.39) bided her time and sprinted home comfortably in second.

“It’s been a long journey”, said Bowie. “It took a lot of patience, a lot of dedication, and a great support team. I’m excited, loved being here, and I’m looking forward to Rio”. “In better conditions, 16-1/4, the same jump she had to win the indoor world championship”. After winning her heat in the semifinals during a steady drizzle, she said, “The rain messed up my hair, but that’s OK”. “I feel like everything was against me”. Centrowitz finished fourth at the 2012 Olympics.

A year ago at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ World Championships in Beijing, Molly Huddle missed a medal in the 10,000m as she raised her arms in acclaim at the line and team-mate Emily Infeld dipped to claim bronze. In 2015, she won bronze in the 100 at the world championships in Beijing. She knew she could beat the field.

“I want be like her when I grow up”, the 23-year-old Spencer said. “And that moment is here”.

Matt Centrowitz ended the 10-day meet with a trials-record time of 3:34.09 in the men’s 1,500.

►Erik Kynard, who claimed a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, will have a chance to upgrade that in Rio next month.

“It all came down to my jav”, said Bougard. “A cool stat is that his first team he made he got second and the second team he won (at the trials); just another step “like father like son”.

The 19-year-old from Camas ran with the front of the pack and finished in sixth place with the time of 4 minutes, 7.34 seconds. Now she is going to Rio. Last weekend, Brenda Martinez was devastated when she got tripped in the 800-meter final and left behind at the finish.

Felix, who has four gold and two silver medals from three Games, having made her debut in Athens in 2004, was able to temper her disappointment with the knowledge the injury has not prevented her from securing a place at what will be her fourth successive Olympics.