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KSU Track and Field athletes to compete in Olympic Trials

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The Kent State track program has already seen two of its athletes qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with hurdler Will Barnes, Puerto Rico, and thrower Danniel Thomas, Jamaica.

Now, the Flashes look to add Reggie Jagers III and Matthias Tayla to the list as well, at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Jagers will compete in the trials' discus event and Tayala will take on the hammer event. Both will need to finish in the top three slots and hit an Olympic 'A' standard to earn spots on the U.