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Shawn Price June 28, 2021
A pair of Razorbacks placing in the Olympic Trials finals of their respective countries on Sunday included Kristoffer Hari of Denmark and Phillip Lemonious of Jamaica.
Hari placed second in the 100m at the Danish Championships with a career best time of 10.22 (0.9 wind). Hari’s previous best of 10.26 was set in 2019 when he also registered a wind-aided 10.08.
Denmark’s 4×100 relay has qualified for the Olympic Games.
Lemonious finished in fourth place in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.22 (0.6 wind) at the Jamaican Trials after establishing a career best of 13.21 during the semifinal the previous evening. Dealing with cramps in his calves, Arkansas alum Omar McLeod hit the first pair of hurdles and finished in 16.22 seconds.
Defending champion Natoya Goule retained her 800m title on the third and penultimate day of the Jamaican Olympic Trials at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday.
The 30-year-old Goule, representing Adidas, led from start to finish to take t