733. Juliette Whittaker's 2024 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials Recap

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

"When I crossed the line, I was in so much shock. I kept having to check the board to make sure I was reading it right!"

Juliette Whittaker is a college student who just finished third in the Women's 800m race at the Olympic Track and Field Trials, and will be going to Paris later this summer to represent Team USA at the Olympics. A college student. Going to the Olympics. In this conversation, the Stanford University junior (who has an NIL deal with On) returns to the Ali on the Run Show to talk about what it took to make Team USA in a very dramatic final.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

When Juliette started dreaming about becoming an Olympian (2:55)
What it’s like becoming an Olympian alongside Juliette’s sister, Isabella, and what life has been like since the Trials (6:00)
How Juliette is feeling now (16:00)
What it was like arriving in Eugene before the Trials, and all about the first round of the Women’s 800m (19:45)
All about the Semi-Final, where Juliette finished fourth (24:20)
How Juliette prepared for the 800m Final (32:00)
Juliette breaks down the 800m Final (38:50)
The aftermath (52:50)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host
0:07.1	Ali feller and every week I talk with people who are doing
0:10.4	exciting things on the run and beyond. From professional athletes and
0:14.9	celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner, we are
0:19.8	here to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run. Whether you are running
0:25.5	towards something big or away from something that's been holding you back, I am here to hold
0:30.0	your hand and help you pick up the pace.
0:33.2	We are still recapping all things Olympic track and field trials
0:37.4	here on the Alley on the Run Show.
0:38.9	And today, we are doing that with college student
0:42.2	and newly minted Olympian Juliet. doing that
0:44.1	college student and newly minted Olympian Juliet Whitaker.
0:45.6	I am such a Juliet Whitaker fan.
0:48.6	The Stanford University student finished third in the women's 800 meter race. Yes, that race so many of us
0:55.5	can't stop talking about. So in this episode, Juliet keeps the conversation going.
1:00.3	She talks about how she was feeling heading into the rounds, how the
1:03.7	semi-final played out, whether she saw Kate Grace slam into that scoreboard, and of
1:08.5	course all about that very dramatic final. Plus Juliet talks about how she's been
1:14.4	celebrating about whether she's slept yet and what it's like being back at
1:19.0	school as an Olympian. And fun fact, Juliet isn't the only Whitaker headed to the Olympics this summer.
1:27.4	Her sister Isabella also competed at the trials in the 400 and she is in the 4 by 400 relay pool so the Wita
1:36.2	sisters will be side by side on the plane to Paris. Please join me in
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