Watch Anna Cockrell s Emotional Speech After Qualifying For the Tokyo Olympics
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Few words can describe the emotion from @annacockrell48 after qualifying for the #TokyoOlympics.
All-American sprinter and hurdler Anna Cockrell was a star on the USC track and field team, and now she s headed to Tokyo for the 2021 Olympics in just a few weeks. After Cockrell got third place in the 400-meter hurdles and qualified for Tokyo, she gave an emotional speech to reporters where she detailed how far she has come mentally in just a couple years. I just trained really hard for this, I worked really hard for this, she said. In 2019 I was super depressed, I didn t want to be here anymore so to be standing here today as an Olympian is like more than I can take.
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Conner Mantz and teammate
Casey Clinger finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the men s 5,000-meter final Sunday morning at historic Hayward Field.
Mantz, the reigning NCAA cross country champion who prepped at Sky View, moved up from 11th with four laps to go and briefly led the pack. That pace, which has often been described as the Mantz zone, helped propel Nike s Paul Chelimo to first in 13:26.82 seconds.
Nike s Grant Fisher finished second in 13:27.01 and Woody Kindcaid rounded out the three-man Olympic squad in the event in 13:27.13.
Mantz finished in 13:32.69 for his second top-eight finish at the U.S. trials. He also finished fifth in the 10,000-meter final.