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Ohio State Athletics Hall of Famer Christina Clemons Makes U.S. Olympic Track Team in 100-Meter Hurdles

Christina Clemons was already an Ohio State Athletics Hall of Famer, but now she's an Olympian.

The Ohio State great formerly known as Christina Manning qualified for her first-ever Olympic team on Sunday night by finishing third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.53 seconds at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

.@Ken_AYE_ just ran herself into the Olympic Games.@usatf | #TrackFieldTrials21 x #TokyoOlympics

NBC pic.twitter.com/P4gvEVrRSy — #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) June 21, 2021

Clemons is one of the all-time track and field greats at Ohio State, where she set school records in the 60-meter dash (7.