11 Fresh Faces at the Rio Olympics

Sydney McLaughlin
Age: 16
Hometown: Dunellen, New Jersey
Event: 400-meter hurdles
About McLaughlin: Will be a senior at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey ... Youngest member of the U.S. track team in Rio ... Turns 17 on August 7, a few days before the track events begin ... Current world junior record holder in the 400-meter hurdles at 54.15. More

Devon Allen
Age: 21
Hometown: Phoenix
Event: 110-meter hurdles
About Allen: Wide receiver for the University of Oregon football team (will miss the start of fall practice to be in Rio) ... 2016 NCAA national champion in the 110-meter hurdles … Second fastest college hurdler in history with a 13.16 … Scored seven touchdowns with 684 receiving yards in his first year with the Ducks in 2014.

Clayton Murphy
Age: 21
Hometown: New Paris, Ohio
Event: 800 meters
About Murphy: Just finished with his junior year at the University of Akron ... In his last three championship meets, he won the NCAA indoor 800, the NCAA outdoor 1500, and the Olympic Trials 800 … Made the 2015 world championship team after Nick Symmonds declined to compete ... Grew up raising and selling pigs on a farm in rural Ohio. More

Chrishuna Williams
Age: 23
Hometown: Dallas
Event: 800 meters
About Williams: Ten-time NCAA division I All-American at the University of Arkansas … Was a 400-meter runner in college but transitioned to the 800 two years ago … Achieved her first sub-2-minute performance at Hayward Field during the Olympic Trials.

English Gardner
Age: 24
Hometown: Voorhees, New Jersey
Event: 100 meters
About Gardner: An alumnus of the University of Oregon, where she set school records in the 100 meters, 60 meters, and 4x400 relay … Set her personal best in the 100 meters at the Olympic Trials in 10.74 … Placed 7th in the 2012 Olympic Trials as the only college student to qualify for the final.

Hillary Bor
Age: 25
Hometown: Eldoret, Kenya
Event: Steeplechase
About Bor: Has served as a sergeant in the United States Army since 2013, the same year he became a U.S. citizen … A four-time NCAA All-American in the steeplechase at Iowa State University … Trains in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program.

Emily Infeld
Age: 26
Hometown: University Heights, Ohio
Event: 10,000 meters
About Infeld: Earned a bronze medal in the 2015 World Championships 10K by nipping teammate Molly Huddle at the line … Is one of six American female distance runners on the Bowerman Track Club, coached by Jerry Schumacher, to make the 2016 Olympics … Overcame three stress factures in three consecutive years (the latest diagnosed in her hip in March) to take second at the Trials 10K. More

Hassan Mead
Age: 26
Home country: Somalia
Event: 5,000 meters
About Mead: Immigrated from Somalia in 2000 … An eight-time All-American in cross country and track for the University of Minnesota .. Dropped out of the 2016 Trials in the 10,000 meters but returned in the 5,000 to take second … Trains with the OTC Elite in Eugene, Oregon. More

Kate Grace
Age: 27
Hometown: Santa Monica, California
Event: 800 meters
About Grace: Won the 800 at the Trials in a personal best, 1:59.10 … Graduated from Yale in 2011 majoring in environmental studies … Daughter of fitness guru Kathy Smith ... Silver medalist in the 4x1500 at the 2014 IAAF World Relays … Trains with the NorCal Distance Project. More

Shadrack Kipchirchir
Age: 27
Hometown: Eldoret, Kenya
Event: 10,000 meters
About Kipchirchir: Enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2014 … Four-time NCAA All-American, graduating from Oklahoma State University in 2014 … Took fourth in the 10,000 meters at the 2015 Pan American Games … Is a specialist in the Army as a financial management technician.

Jared Ward
Age: 27
Hometown: Kaysville, Utah
Event: Marathon
About Ward: Teaches statistics at Brigham Young University … Placed third at the Olympic Marathon Trials in February … Took two years off from competitive running after high school to serve on a mission in Pittsburgh with the Mormon Church … Took first at the 2015 USA Marathon Championships in Los Angeles with a personal best, 2:12:56. More