Trio Of Former Buffs Advance To 1500 Finals

EUGENE, Ore. — Former Buffs Jenny Simpson, Sara Vaughn and Sara Sutherland all advanced to the 1,500-meter finals on Friday night at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials.

Simpson led the trio in the first of two heats where the top five would automatically move on to the finals and then the next two best times. Simpson won the heat and had the best overall time at 4:10.09, while Vaughn was fourth in the heat in 4:11.26. Sutherland placed seventh in the heat, recording a time of 4:11.92, and had to wait for the second heat to see if her time was fast enough to advance.

The second heat was slower than the first, which worked out to Sutherland's advantage as she was able to grab one of the two time qualifiers for Sunday's final.

The final is scheduled for 6 p.m. MT on Sunday.

Current CU athlete Ben Saarel was scheduled to run in the men's 1,500-meter semis, but pulled out due to a hamstring injury.

2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field – Results
Hayward Field (Eugene, Ore.)

Women's 1,500-meter run (first round): 1. Jenny Simpson, New Balance, 4:10.09; 5. Sara Vaughn, Brooks, 4:11.26; 10. Sara Sutherland, Saucony, 4:11.92

First Heat (top 5 automatically advance to semis, next 2 fastest times)

Jenny Simpson, New Balance, 4:10.09
Shannon Rowbury, Nike Oregon Project, 4:10.24
Alexa Efraimson, Nike, 4:10.49
Sara Vaughn, Brooks, 4:11.26
Stephanie Brown, Nike, 4:11.30
Gabriele Grunewald, Brooks, 4:11.86
Sara Sutherland, Saucony, 4:11.92
Cory McGee, New Balance, 4:12.19
Christina Aragon, unattached, 4:12.71
Heather Kampf, ASISC/Team USA Minnesota,
Rebecca Tracy, Oiselle, 4:13.39
Kerri Gallagher, Nike, 4:22.47

University of Colorado Schedule
Times are Pacific

July 10	Event	Entry	How To Watch*
4:28 p.m.	5,000m-Finals	Jessica Tebo	NBC
5 p.m.	1,500m-Finals	Jenny Simpson	NBC
	1,500m-Finals	Sara Sutherland	NBC
	1,500m-Finals	Sara Vaughn	NBC

*Selected events at the championship will be televised live on NBC and NBC Sports Network. Check local listings for exact times.

Players Mentioned

Ben Saarel

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