Tech duo will compete in respective events in hopes of qualifying for the U.S. Olympic squad
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech runners Thomas Curtin and Hanna Green are set to begin competition at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which start Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
The two three finishers in each event will represent the United States at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil later this summer.
Green will be attempting to make the U.S. Olympic team in her specialty – the 800-meter run. The Latrobe, Pennsylvania product begins that quest Friday evening at 7:45 p.