2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Distance Events Preview + Predictions
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Nothing beats the drama of the U.S. Trials. Unlike many other countries, which select their teams based on a combination of championship results and committee decisions, Team USA sets its team in the most objective way possible: top three at the Trials make the team. Of course, those athletes need to have achieved the Olympic standard or World ranking, so there still might be some numbers to crunch while athletes are handed those little American flags, but in most cases, it’s simple. You’ve got to perform your best on the day to book your ticket.
In this episode, Chris Chavez and David Melly break down everything you need to know about the distance events at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
You can read our sprint events preview here, our field events preview here and our distance events preview here.
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Host: David Melly | @chaseofsteeples on Instagram
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | After an awesome weekend with New Balance at the 2024 New Balance Nationals outdoor |
| 0:06.3 | we will be bringing tons of excitement to Eugene from Friday June 21st to |
| 0:11.8 | Sunday June 30th. |
| 0:13.6 | That's right, Sidious Mag at the trials. |
| 0:16.7 | For starters, where are we gonna be? |
| 0:18.6 | Sidious Mag will be coming to you live |
| 0:20.9 | from Prince Puckler's Ice Cream Shop at 19th Avenue and Aga Street. |
| 0:25.0 | Just a two minute walk from Hayward Field. The whole crew is coming out. |
| 0:29.3 | We've got a daily morning show called Good Morning Track and Field hosted by Eric Jenkins |
| 0:33.9 | Mitch Dyer and Karen Lesowitz expect that to start at 8.30 a.m. Pacific Time on the |
| 0:39.0 | City of Smag YouTube channel. We know how much you guys loved our interviews and sit-downs with athletes, coaches, |
| 0:45.3 | and any notable folks in town for the World Championships. |
| 0:48.6 | So we're doing it again. |
| 0:50.1 | Citius Mag, live from Eugene, will be streaming on our YouTube channel from 12 p.m. Pacific time. |
| 0:55.2 | We'll have all of those interviews broken out as a podcast as well. |
| 0:59.6 | While the show is happening, we may be also offering up a free ice cream hour come on |
| 1:05.2 | by watch the show see your favorite athletes up close and indulge in a scoop or two of |
| 1:10.3 | your favorite ice cream I believe Prince Pucklers will also be highlighting some of |
| 1:14.8 | New Balance's favorite flavors. Once the meat starts, we're bringing you live updates across |
| 1:20.5 | social media with those epic photos captured by our two |
| 1:23.8 | photographers Johnny Zang and Justin Britain. We've got boots on the ground in the |
| 1:27.3 | mixed zone to gather those post-race interviews. Once it's all wrapped, we're |
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