Seven current or former BYU track and field athletes will compete in the Paris Olympics this summer.
PROVO, Utah — Seven current or former BYU track and field athletes will compete in the Paris Olympics this summer, including Whittni Morgan and Courtney Wayment, who have run thousands and thousands of miles together on their way to becoming Olympians.
Wayment, who's from Kaysville, earned her spot on the U.S. Olympic team in the steeplechase. The top three finishers earn a spot on the team. After finishing fourth and missing out on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, she had a great closing stretch to finish second this time."I felt very empowered in that last 150 meters where I knew what I needed to do," said Wayment.
"A lot of things had to perfectly happen for me to be fit even on that day," said Morgan."To be here and be an Olympian is nothing short of a miracle."
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