ORLANDO, Fla. — A trio of track and field Knights from the University of Central Florida will try to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Rayniah Jones, Asherah Collins and Kiah Williams will compete in the United States Olympic Team Trials at the Hayward Field in Oregon over the next two weeks.
The trials will run from Friday, June 21, to Sunday, June 30.
Jones, Collins, and Williams represented Team USA at the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletic Association U23 Championships in Costa Rica, where they each placed.
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See the athletes who will represent the Black and Gold at the Olympic Trial events:
Rayniah Jones (100m Hurdles)
- Friday, June 28 (8:28 p.m. ET): First Round
- Saturday, June 29 (8:04 p.m. ET): Semifinals
- Sunday, June 30 (8 p.m. ET): Finals
Rayniah Jones finished her UCF career earlier in June with a program-record 12.59 and finished third overall in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
The Miami native is also a ten-time All-American and was the first to claim a Big 12 trophy in school history.
This is not Jones’s first appearance at the Olympic Trials – she qualified in 2021 ahead of the Tokyo Games but did not qualify for the Olympics.
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Asherah Collins (Long Jump and Triple Jump)
- Friday, June 21 (9:50 p.m. ET): Triple Jump Qualifying
- Saturday, June 22 (9:20 p.m. ET): Triple Jump Finals
- Thursday, June 27 (9:18 p.m. ET): Long Jump Qualifying
- Saturday, June 29 (8:20 p.m. ET): Long Jump Finals
Asherah Collins was the first Knight to qualify for nationals in the long and triple jump and plans to try to accomplish another goal.
Collins is also the first athlete in program history to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials for the triple jump.
Collins, who is from Lake City, first qualified in the long jump during her senior year at UCF and gained a second-team All-America honor at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Kiah Williams (400m)
- Friday, June 21 (6:48 p.m. ET): 400m First Round
- Saturday, June 22 (10:14 p.m. ET): 400m Semifinals
- Sunday, June 23 (9:58 p.m. ET): 400m Finals
Kiah Williams was the first Knight in program history to appear in the 400m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Williams, from Hallandale, received a second career All-America honor earlier in June and scored in the 200m and the 400m at UCF’s first Big 12 Outdoor Championship.
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