USA Today · Jul 10, 2016
The Latest: Despite 5,000 finish, Rupp's still off to Rio
(Photo: The Associated Press)EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on the run-up to the Summer Olympics (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
11:30 p.m.
Maggie Malone can hardly believe that she is headed to the Olympics.
Malone, who one month ago won the NCAA title at Eugene's Hayward Field, won the javelin throw at the U.S. Track and Field Trials on Saturday with a throw of 199 feet, 7 inches.
Malone hails from tiny town of Geneva, Nebraska, a tiny town southwest of Lincoln.
"I'm out of words," she said. "I'm from a town of like 2,000 with one stoplight. This is insane."
As a senior at Texas A&M, Malone tossed an NCAA collegiate record of 204-0 last month at the NCAA championships.