Mustin Runs Second-Fastest Time Of Her Career In T&F Trials Semifinal

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Mustin Runs Second-Fastest Time Of Her Career In T&F Trials Semifinal

June 29, 2024 | Track & Field

EUGENE, Ore. --- Dominique Mustin clocked the second-fastest 400-meter hurdle time of her life in the semifinal round on day seven of the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Saturday.

Mustin, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., was fifth in her heat and 13^th overall in the 27-woman field.  She crossed the finish line in 55.94, which only trailed her personal record (55.60) set to finish second at this year's Southeastern Conference Championships and move to No. 2 in the school record books.

ALSO OF NOTE: At the Bell Track & Field Trials/Canadian Championships on Saturday, sophomore Christopher Morales Williams ran a 45.44 to capture gold in the 400m at the Centre Claude-Robillard facility in Montreal.  Morales Williams has clinched his spot for Team Canada at the Paris Olympics.

In addition, former Georgia throwers Denzel Comenentia (Netherlands) and Marie-Therese Obst (Norway) are expected to fill spots for their native nations in the hammer throw and javelin, respectively, at the Games.

On Sunday at the U.S. Trials, sophomore Aaliyah Butler, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., came out of lane five and was the second finisher in the women's 400m final with a 49.71, which topped her school record.  This clinched her spot on Team USA.

Keturah Orji, who competed for Georgia from 2015-18, traveled the second-longest distance of the meet in the triple jump on her sixth try last Saturday to earn a spot on Team USA for the coming Olympics.  Fourth in the triple jump at the 2016 Games, Orji was seventh at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.

Six current Bulldogs and nine former Georgia standouts are competing in their home country's Trials between June 21-30.  The meet is being held on the University of Oregon campus where the Bulldog men and women recently finished ninth and 10^th, respectively, at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 5-8).  The top three finishers in each event at the Trials will advance to the Olympic Games in Paris (August 1-11), barring the athletes have the standard mark/time necessary in their event.

Schedule: http://gado.gs/byw

The meet will be shown on NBC, Peacock and USA.  Here is the complete television/webcast schedule: http://gado.gs/byx

Results and recaps from the coming Trials will be found at georgiadogs.com.  News and updates from Georgia's track and field and cross country teams are always located on X/Instagram at @UGATrack.