KENT, Ohio- Kent State track and field's William Barnes and Danniel Thomas will see their Olympic aspirations become reality in the coming weeks as they travel to Brazil for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. Barnes will represent Puerto Rico in the men's 110m hurdles while Thomas will represent Jamaica in the shot put.
Barnes and Thomas mark the eighth and ninth members in Kent State track and field history to compete in the Olympics, with the most recent participant coming in 2008 when Kim Kreiner represented the United States in the javelin.