Type some combination of the words “greatest” “track” and “comebacks” into the browser and, even to this day, a video from the 2018 NCAA championships will come up on the first screen. That video starts with Kendall Ellis of USC nearly dropping the baton at the start of the anchor lap of the women’s 4x400.
Kendall Ellis wins a women’s 400-meter run semi-final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. Kendall Ellis arrives for a heat women’s 400-meter run during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Friday, June 21, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. Kendall Ellis arrives for a heat women’s 400-meter run during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Friday, June 21, 2024, in Eugene, Ore.
Ellis is 28 now, a professional, the owner of Olympic gold and bronze relay medals and a few more from world championships. She set a personal best, 49.81 seconds, in the semifinals of the 400 meters Saturday and was set to line up in Sunday’s final. Whether she finishes in the top three or not, it wouldn’t be a shock to see her as part of the U.S. relay team when it heads to Paris next month.
“It was the American record and the collegiate record,” she said. “I was not expected to win. The announcers never spoke about me, never mentioned my name. Even when I did win, the headline was not about me, it was about someone else. It meant a lot to me. It was the beginning of ‘She can do this.’ And me believing I could have my name etched in history.”She has a gold medal from the Tokyo Games as part of the 4x400 women’s relay team, where she ran in the preliminary round.
A few seconds later, the other announcer hands the race to Purdue. “There’s no way, unless they drop the baton, Purdue’s going to win this, which we certainly didn’t see.”
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