Paris Bound: Seven Wolverines Punch Tickets to 2024 Olympics
7/10/2024 1:52:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field, Olympics
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Seven members of the University of Michigan track and field program have qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, with five seeing their first Olympics berth.
Note: All times Central European Summer Time (Paris is six hours ahead of EDT)
Dubem Amene | 4x400-meter relay | Nigeria
Mixed Round 1: Aug. 2, 7:10 p.m. | Mixed Finals: Aug. 3, 8:55 p.m.
Men's Round 1: Aug. 9, 11:05 a.m. | Men's Finals: Aug. 10, 9:12 p.m.
• Finished seventh (3:01.70) at the World Athletics Relays in the 4x400 relay to qualify for Paris
• 2024 Big Ten Outdoor 400-meter dash champion
• School record holder in the indoor 400-meter dash (45.75 seconds)
• Second-fastest Wolverine in the outdoor 400-meter dash
• Four-time All-American
• 2022 World Championships Finalist (mixed 4x400-meter relay, sixth place)
Sophie Linn | Triathlon | Australia
Individual: July 31, 8 a.m. | Mixed Relay: Aug. 5, 8 a.m.
• Member of the 2016 Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championship teams
• Member of the 2017 Big Ten Cross Country Championship team
• Member of the 2015 and 2017 Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championship teams
• 2015 All-Great Lakes Region
Ben Flanagan | 5,000-meter Run | Canada
Round 1: Aug. 7, 11:10 a.m. | Finals: Aug. 10, 8 p.m.
• Finished third (13:29.42) in the 5,000m at the 2024 Canadian Trials
• 2018 NCAA Outdoor 10,000m Champion
• Three-time All-American
• Big Ten Champion: outdoor 10,000m (2016, 2018)
• 2017 Great Lakes Regional champion and Athlete of the Year
Ayden Owens-Delerme | Decathlon | Puerto Rico
Aug. 2: 100m (10:05 a.m.), long jump (10:55 a.m.), shot put (12:15 p.m.), high jump (6 p.m.), 400m (8:50 p.m.)
Aug. 3: 110m hurdles (10:05 a.m.), discus throw (Group A: 10:55 a.m.; Group B: noon), pole vault (1:40 p.m.), javelin throw (Group A: 7:10 p.m.; Group B: 8:10 p.m.), 1,500m (9:45 p.m.)
• Finished 16th in the decathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
• Won the decathlon at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
• 2023 NCAA 4x400 meter relay champion
• Finished second in the heptathlon at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships
• 2022 NCAA indoor heptathlon champion and 2022 NCAA outdoor decathlon champion
• Finished fourth in the decathlon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
• 2021 Big Ten decathlon champion
• Finished third in the heptathlon at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships and second in the decathlon at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Nine-time All-American
Cindy (Ofili) Sember | 100-meter hurdles | Great Britain
Round 1: Aug. 7, 10:15 a.m. | Repechage: Aug. 8, 10:35 a.m.
Semifinals: Aug. 9, 12:05 p.m. | Finals: Aug. 10, 7:45 p.m.
• Two-time Olympian in the 100-meter hurdles
• Five-time British national champion
• 2016 NCAA Indoor 60-meter hurdles champion
• Finished second in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Two-time Big Ten 60-meter hurdles champion (2014 & 2015)
• Three-time Big Ten 100-meter hurdles champion (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Two-time Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year (2014 - indoor; 2016 - outdoor)
• Five-time All-American
Savannah Sutherland | 400-meter hurdles | Canada
Round 1: Aug. 4, 12:35 p.m. | Repechage: Aug. 5, 10:50 a.m.
Semifinals: Aug. 6, 8:07 p.m. | Finals: Aug. 8, 9:25 p.m.
• Finished third (52.00) in the 400-meter dash at the Canadian Trials
• 2024 NCAA 400m hurdles runner-up
• 2023 NCAA 400m hurdles champion
• Six-time All-American
• Big Ten Champion: indoor 400m (2024); outdoor 400m hurdles (2023, 2024)
• School record-holder (indoor 200m - 23.51; outdoor 400m hurdles - 53.26)
• Canadian national record holder (indoor 400m - 51.60; outdoor 400m hurdles - 53.26)
Mike Woods | Cycling - Road | Canada
Road race: Aug. 3, 11 a.m.
• Competed in the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics
• Finished fifth in Tokyo
• Won bronze at the 2018 UCI World Championships, the first medal by a Canadian man in the event since 1984
The Paris Games opening ceremony will take place on July 26 along the Seine, with track and field events slated for Aug. 1-11.
