Hillary Bor Wins the Men’s Steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
Benard Keter in second and Mason Ferlic in third make the Olympic team for the first time. Jun 26, 2021
In 89-degree heat in Eugene, Oregon, Hilary Bor won the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in 8:21.34, earning his second trip to the Games in the event.
Benard Keter was second in 8:21.81, and Mason Ferlic finished third in 8:22.05. Keter did not have the Olympic standard before the race, but he ran it in the race, securing his spot for Tokyo. It’s the first Olympics for Keter and Ferlic.
Men’s Steeple: Hillary Bor & Benard Keter Deliver ADP 1-2; Mason Ferlic Rounds Out Team USA
June 25, 2021
On a baking-hot 90-degree afternoon at Hayward Field on Friday (though not quite as hot as this weekend’s forecast), we saw training partners go 1-2 in a distance event for the third time at the 2020 US Olympic Trials. Unlike the men’s 10,000 or women’s 5,000 however, which both featured Bowerman Track Club sweeps, this time it was the men from
Scott Simmons’ American Distance Project who earned the honors as
Hillary Bor and
Benard Keter went 1-2 in the men’s steeplechase final, Bor edging Keter to repeat as US champion in 8:21.34 to Keter’s 8:21.81.
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Ketchikan High School graduate Isaac Updike, 29, just missed an Olympic berth at the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field in Eugene, Oregon on Friday, placing fifth in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Kevin Morris
Isaac Updike ran the steeplechase for the first time in 2011, when he was a college freshman at Eastern Oregon University. When the team was doing hurdle mobility drills, his coach plucked out a few who looked at ease and steered them toward the steeple.
Updike was among them. In his first attempt at the event, at the Northwest Nazarene Open in Nampa, Idaho, he ran 9:46.05 an underwhelming result that would have put him about a lap behind the best runners in the NCAA.
A decade later, on April 24, Updike ran the steeplechase at the Oregon Relays at the new Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. With the television cameras rolling for the meet broadcast on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), he ran 8:17.74, including a final lap in 59.13 seconds, and won by a couple of steps over Mason Ferlic. It’s the fastest time in the world so far this year and under the Olympic standard (8:22.00).