Los Angeles, CA – Assistant track & field coach Samantha Bluske, and two UT alumnae, Emma Kertesz and Nicole Camp, will compete in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in L.A. on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 10:22 a.m.
Only 246 women in the country hit the qualifying mark of 2:45:00. Bluske ran the California International Marathon with a time of 2:41.13 to book her ticket to the trials. Kertesz ran a 2:42:07 at the same race, while Camp ran a 2:37:37 at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis, MN.
"It's an honor to be running at the Olympic Trials and compete with some of the top runners in the nation," said Bluske.