15 Badgers Take Their Shot at Olympic Glory

It’s 2012 USA Track & Field Olympic Team Trials time as they get underway today and Wisconsin will be well represented as 15 athletes with ties to the Badgers program will be involved this weekend. There’s actually 16 Badgers with chances of London glory on their minds as Mohammed Ahmed competes in the Candadian trials as well.

Here are the list of Badger qualifiers according to a release by USA Track & Field as well as the Badger Athletic Department:

Men’s 1500 Meters Qualifying: Thursday, June 28 (6:20 p.m.) Semifinals: Friday, June 29 (6:25 p.m.) Final: Sunday, July 1 (6:37 p.m.)
• Jack Bolas • Craig Miller • Rob Finnerty	T-10th 12th 26th	3:36.33 3:36.35 3:38.60

Men’s 5000 Meters Qualifying: Monday, June 25 (9 p.m.) Final: Thursday, June 28 (9:38 p.m.)
• Matt Tegenkamp	5th	13:15.00

Men’s 10,000 Meters Final: Friday, June 22 (8:45 p.m.)
• Tim Nelson • Matt Tegenkamp	4th 5th	27:28.19 27:28.22

Men’s 3000 Steeplechase Qualifying: Monday, June 25 (7:25 p.m.) Final: Thursday, June 28 (8:30 p.m.)
• Evan Jager	6th	8:20.90

Men’s Pole Vault Qualifying: Monday, June 25 (7:30 p.m.) Final: Thursday, June 28 (7:05 p.m)
• Darren Niedermeyer	22nd	18-1 (5.51m)

Men’s Decathlon Events 1-5: Friday, June 22 (3 p.m.) Events 6-10: Saturday, June 23 (11:30 a.m.)
• Joe Detmer • David Grzesiak	10th 12th	7,910 7,832

Women’s 400m Hurdles Qualifying: Thursday, June 28 (7:30 p.m.) Semifinals: Friday, June 29 (5:20 p.m.) Final: Sunday, July 1 (6:02 p.m.)
• Ayla Smith*	20th	56.54

Women’s High Jump Qualifying: Thursday, June 28 (7 p.m.) Final: Friday, June 29 (5:30 p.m.)
• Megan Seidl	T-9th	6-1 1/2 (1.87m)

Women’s Shot Put Qualifying: Thursday, June 28 (7:40 p.m.) Final: Friday, June 29 (5:30 p.m.)
• Kelsey Card	T-18th	(55-8 1/2) 16.98m

Women’s Javelin Qualifying: Friday, June 29 (4:30 p.m.) Final: Saturday, June 30 (6:15 p.m.)
• Alicia DeShasier^	4th	190-4 (58.01m)

Women’s Heptathlon Events 1-4: Friday, June 29 (12:30 p.m.) Events 5-7: Saturday, June 30 (5 p.m.)
• Jessica Flax • Deanna Latham	9th T-18th	5,826 5,606

* Volunteer assistant coach in 2012
^ Volunteer assistant in 2010, 2011 / Coached by Dave Astrauskas

There will be a ton of coverage of this event as the nation turns it’s every four year attention to the sport of Track & Field and NBC is all over it this year as usual, so if you are interested here is the daily schedule with Badgers to watch for:

All times listed as Central

Friday, June 22
• TV: NBC Sports Network, 8-10 p.m.
3:00 p.m. – Men’s decathlon (Joe Detmer, David Grzesiak)
8:45 p.m. – Men’s 10,000 meters final (Tim Nelson, Matt Tegenkamp)

Saturday, June 23
• TV: NBC, 7-8 p.m.
11:30 a.m. – Men’s decathlon (Joe Detmer, David Grzesiak)

Sunday, June 24
• TV: NBC, 6-7 p.m.
No events for UW athletes

Monday, June 25
• TV: NBC Sports Network, 8-10 p.m.
7:25 p.m. – Men’s 3000 steeplechase qualifying (Evan Jager)*
7:30 p.m. – Men’s pole vault qualifying (Darren Niedermeyer)
9:00 p.m. – Men’s 5000 meters qualifying (Matt Tegenkamp)

Tuesday, June 26
Rest day

Wednesday, June 27
Rest day

Thursday, June 28
• TV: NBC Sports Network, 8-10 p.m.
6:20 p.m. – Men’s 1500 meters qualifying (Jack Bolas, Craig Miller, Rob Finnerty)
7:00 p.m. – Women’s high jump qualifying (Megan Seidl)
7:05 p.m. – Men’s pole vault final (Darren Niedermeyer)*
7:40 p.m. – Women’s shot put qualifying (Kelsey Card)
8:30 p.m. – Men’s 3000 steeplechase final (Evan Jager)*
9:38 p.m. – Men’s 5000 meters final (Matt Tegenkamp)*

Friday, June 29
• TV: NBC Sports Network, 5-7 p.m.
12:30 p.m. – Women’s heptathlon (Jessica Flax, Deanna Latham)
4:30 p.m. – Women’s javelin qualifying (Alicia DeShasier)
5:30 p.m. – Women’s high jump final (Megan Seidl)*
5:30 p.m. – Women’s shot put final (Kelsey Card)*
6:25 p.m. – Men’s 1500 meters semifinals (Jack Bolas, Craig Miller, Rob Finnerty)*

Saturday, June 30
• TV: NBC, 8-9 p.m.
5:00 p.m. – Women’s heptathlon (Jessica Flax, Deanna Latham)
6:15 p.m. – Women’s javelin final (Alicia DeShasier)*

Sunday, July 1
• TV: NBC, 6-7 p.m.
6:37 p.m. – Men’s 1500 meters final (Jack Bolas, Craig Miller, Rob Finnerty)*

*if qualified through previous round

It’s sure to be an exciting time to cheer on our beloved Badgers and gives us a great chance to see a few Badgers hopefully heading over to London this year to compete in the games. We’ll keep you updated throughout the trials right here on the site with recaps and via Twitter as well.

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15 Badgers Take Their Shot at Olympic Glory

Alan Draper

Alan Draper

Alan Draper