Arkansas-Pine Bluff excessive jumper Caleb Snowden rode a personal-best efficiency to a second-place end within the occasion on the U.S. Olympic Trials.
After two failed makes an attempt, Snowden cemented his second-place end with a 2.27m leap, beating out his earlier excessive of two.26m.
Though the UAPB athlete doesn’t have the Olympic customary of two.33m, he can nonetheless make the U.S. Olympic crew by means of the World Athletics Rankings.
The Olympic Entry Normal is 50% based mostly on attaining the Olympic time/measurement customary and 50% on the place an athlete ranks on the finish of the World Athletic Rating interval, which ends right this moment.
UAPB’s Caleb Snowden will get second on the U.S. Olympic Trials!!! The highest three make up Group USA, however he nonetheless has to acquire the Olympic Normal. One step nearer to Paris! @UAPBLionsRoar (courtesy of Peacock) pic.twitter.com/GWeDpDmurA
— Cierra Clark (@CierraClarkTV) July 1, 2024
Coming into right this moment’s last, Snowden sat at sixty fourth general amongst all excessive leap athletes and the seventh-ranked excessive jumper in the USA.
On July 2, the World Athletics will verify all certified athletes for particular person and relay occasions.
