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Athing Mu
Middletown, NJ
Sports
Former Monmouth Hawk Running To Paris, Qualifies For 2024 Summer Olympics
A Monmouth University alumna has reached her dream of making it to the Olympics. Allie Wilson will represent Team USA in the women's 800 meters at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She ran the 800 in 1:58.32 at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday, June 24. The Wallingford, Pennsylvania, native was ecstatic in her post-race interview on NBC. "I knew I had a chance given the depth of the 800 talent in this country," said Wilson. "It was not going to be a small feat to make this team. I'm so honored." "I think we're dreaming!" Nia Akโฆ
North Hunterdon, NJ
Sports
NJ Athletes Lead USA Women's Field Hockey Back To Olympics
Team USAย will make its return to the Olympics in women's field hockey and a duo from New Jersey helped the 16-player squad earn a summer trip to France. The U.S. beat Japan 2-1 in the semifinals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi, India, on Thursday, Jan. 18. Ashley Hoffman and Abby Tamer scored about three minutes apart in the fourth quarter to earn the comeback victory for the United Eagles. ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ! ๐บ๐ธ #Paris2024 | #Olympics Posted by USA Field Hockey onย Thursday, January 18, 2024 This will be the first Sโฆ
Hamilton Township, NJ
Sports
NJ Teen Makes History Winning 1st Gold At Tokyo Olympics
New Jersey teen Athing Mu is going down in history. The 19-year-old track runner from Trenton became the first American woman to win a gold medal in the 800-meter race in more than 50 years Tuesday night at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. ATHING MU TAKES THE GOLD! ๐ฅShe is the first American woman to win the 800m since the 1968 Mexico City Games. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/WmJq2dYulr โ #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 3, 2021 Mu, who was in the lead for nearly the entire race, finished in 1 minute and 55.21 seconds.ย Her time is the new American record and fifth-best in Olympic historโฆ
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Meet The NJ, PA Athletes Crushing The Olympic Trials
A teenage running phenomenon from Trenton smashed a 25-year-old U.S. Olympic Trials record en route to the World Olympics in Tokyo. Athing Mu is among a half-dozen track and field stars with ties to New Jersey and Pennsylvania who qualified for the Summer Games that begin on July 23. Mu on Sunday ran 800 meters in a sizzling 1:56.07, the fastest time in the world this year and the second fastest time ever run by an American woman. Mu attended Trenton Central High but did not compete with the school track team while training for national and international competition. Sheย is completing her โฆ
