EUGUENE, Ore. – Six current and three former Bears will compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., from June 21-30. They will look to earn their spot on Team USA's track and field squad for the 2024 Olympics and join head coach Michael Ford, who was named the men's sprints and hurdles coach for Team USA.
 
Alexis Brown, De'montray Callis, Laurenz Colbert, Molly Haywood, Tiriah Kelley, Annamaria Kostarellis, KC Lightfoot, Alencia Lentz and Maggie Montoya will all be present and ready to punch their ticket to Paris for the 2024 Olympics which will take place from July 26 to August 11.
 
The U.S. Olympic Trials will be televised through NBC, Peacock and USA channels. All information regarding schedule of events, broadcast times, ticketing or qualifying standards can be found here.
 
WHAT TO KNOW
To qualify and head off to the Olympics, for the majority, the top three finishers in each event will represent the U.S. in Paris. For guaranteed entry to the Olympic Trials, athletes need to have met a qualifying standard in their event. These Olympic Trials standards, which were set by USA Track and Field (USATF), are separate from, and easier than, the automatic Olympic qualifying standards. Set by World Athletics, track and field's international governing body, the Olympic qualifying standards generally require a world-class performance.
 
If the top three finishers in the event don't have the Olympic standard, then USATF goes down the order of Trials finishers until it reaches three athletes with the Olympic standard.
 
There have been 13 track and field Olympians in Baylor's program history. Trayvon Bromell (100m), KC Lightfoot (pole vault) and Wil London (4x400m mixed relay) were the latest Bears to make Team USA, competing at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Laurenz Colbert and De'montray Callis will both competing in the men's 200m event. Colbert currently has a best time of 20.35 with Callis right behind at 20.49. Colbert currently ranks 21st among the USA field and Callis at 40th. Round One of the men's 200m will take place on Thursday, June 27, at approximately 9:33 p.m. CT.
 
On the women's side of the 200m event, Tiriah Kelley will look to advance with her current best time of 22.86. The 2024 All-Big 12 Indoor (200m) honoree left the 2024 NCAA Championships as an All-American in the 4x100m relay where her group clocked the second fastest 4x100m relay time in program history at 42.98.
 
Maggie Montoya, a Baylor standout alumnus from 2014-17, will compete in the women's 5,000m and 10,000m events. Montoya enters the trials with best times of 15:15.52 for the 5,000m and 31:54.34 for the 10,000m. Montoya is an all-conference runner in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.
 
Alongside Montoya in the 10k is Annamaria Kostarellis. Kostarellis, a Baylor letterwinner for the 2022-23 season, has a best time of 32:10.96 in the event. Kostarellis transferred to Baylor her final year of eligibility and earned spots on the 2023 Indoor All-Big 12 Team in the 3,000m and 5,000m events.
 
In the field competitions, Alexis Brown has already met the qualified standard in the women's long jump with her best mark of 22-5 (6.83m) that she recorded this season at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship. She currently ranks the No. 9 athlete in the event for USA. Danylle Kurywchak will be competing in the triple jump event. Kurywchak was an alumnus of Baylor from 2015-16 and enters the trials with a personal best mark of 44-6 ¼.
 
In the pole vault event, Alencia Lentz and Molly Haywood will enter with best marks of 14-9 (Lentz) and 14-7 ½ (Haywood). Lentz was named the 2024 Big 12 Indoor Champion after she swept the competition in the event. Unfortunately, Lentz was not cleared from medical injury to compete in Oregon and will not be competing in this year's trials. Haywood recently qualified for the U20 World Championships when she took home the silver medal at the USATF U20 Championships.
 
On the men's side, KC Lightfoot, a Baylor alumnus from 2019-21, looks to earn his second appearance at the Olympic Games after he took home the silver medal in the event from the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Lightfoot was the 2021 NCAA Indoor National Champion in pole vault during his time at Baylor. At the Tokyo Olympics, Lightfoot placed in 4th.
 
The schedule of events for Baylor athletes and TV times are below.
 
BAYLOR BEARS IN ACTION
2023-24 Roster:
MEN'S 200m
• Laurenz Colbert: 20.35-accepted, declared
• De'montray Callis: 20.49-accepted, declared
              - Round One: Thursday, June 27 at 9:33 pm CT
              - Semifinals: Friday, June 28 at 9:28 pm CT
              - Final: Saturday, June 29 at 8:49 pm CT
 
WOMEN'S 200m
• Tiriah Kelley: 22.86-accepted, declared
              - Round One: Thursday, June 27 at 7:51 pm CT
              - Semifinals: Friday, June 28 at 9:06 pm CT
              - Finals: Saturday, June 29 at 7:27 pm CT
 
WOMEN'S POLE VAULT
• Molly Haywood: 4.46-accepted, declared
              - Qualifying Round: Friday, June 28 at 7:55 pm CT
              - Finals: Sunday, June 30 at 5:15 CT
 
WOMEN'S LONG JUMP
• Alexis Brown: 6.83-qualified, declared
              - Hep A: Monday, June 24 at 12:00 pm CT
              - Qualifying Round: Thursday, June 27 at 8:18 pm CT
              - Finals: Saturday, June 29 at 7:20 pm CT
 
Baylor Alumni:
WOMEN'S 5000m
• Margareta (Maggie) Montoya: 15:15.52-accepted, declared
              - Round One: Friday, June 21 at 8:22 pm CT
              - Finals: Monday, June 24 at 9:09 pm CT
 
WOMEN'S 10000m (10k)
• Margareta (Maggie) Montoya: 31:54.34-accepted, declared
• Annamaria Kostarellis: 32:10.96-accepted, declared
              - Finals: Saturday, June 29 at 8:09 pm CT

WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
• Danylle Kurywchak: 13.49m-accepted, declared
               - Qualifying Round: Friday, June 21 at 8:50 pm CT
               - Finals: Saturday, Saturday, June 22 at 8:20 pm CT
 
MEN'S POLE VAULT
• KC Lightfoot: 5.92m-qualifed, declared
              - Qualifying Round: Friday, June 21 at 7:50 pm CT
              - Decider A & B: Saturday, June 23 at 3:17 pm CT
              - Finals: Saturday, June 23 at 7:45 pm CT
 
TV SCHEDULE
6/21/24:
NBC (8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
Peacock (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT; 5:20 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
USA (5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CT)
 
6/22/24:
NBC (7:55 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
Peacock (12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT; 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
 
6/23/24:
NBC (7:45 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
Peacock (12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT; 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
 
6/24/24:
NBC (7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
Peacock (12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT; 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
 
6/27/24:
NBC (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CT)
Peacock (6:15 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. CT)
USA (8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
 
6/28/24:
NBC (9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
Peacock (6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT)
USA (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CT)
 
6/29/24:
NBC (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CT)
Peacock (9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CT; 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CT)
 
6/30/24:
NBC (6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. CT)
Peacock (4:50 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. CT)