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Men's 5K

If you can close in 53 seconds, you make it in the men’s 5K.

In predictable fashion, the prelims of the men’s Olympic Trials 5000m came down to a hot final lap.

Favorites Ryan Hill and Ben True advanced from the first section, but finished second and third behind Portland’s own William ‘Woody’ Kincaid, who closed in a blistering 53.72 seconds. The pace alternated between 66- and 69-second laps until the final kilometer. It quickened to 62 seconds on the second-to-last lap, and every finals qualifier ran sub-60 over the final 400m to advance. Kincaid, Hill, True, Jeff See, 10K Olympian Shadrack Kipchirchir and Diego Estrada qualified automatically. Riley Masters, Garrett Heath and Sean McGorty finished seventh, eighth and ninth to advance as time qualifiers.

The second section saw Bernard Lagat, who dropped out of the 10K earlier this week, split 53.64 and win over Lopez Lomong, Eric Jenkins and Hassan Mead, who all ran 13:48. The Hayward crowd was on their feet waiting to see if Galen Rupp or Brian Shrader was awarded the sixth and final automatic qualifier. Separated by only one one-thousandth of a second, Rupp edged Shrader at the line, and Shrader ultimately advanced on time.

If we learned anything from those races, the final will come down to a smoking-fast last lap, and marathon and 10K training could make Rupp vulnerable.

Men's Pole Vault

World indoor silver medalist Sam Kendricks put on a show by breaking the Olympic Trials meet record with a leap of 5.91m in the pole vault. He took three solid attempts at joining the six-meter club, but still walked away the best pole vaulter in the U.S. 

.@samkendricks is a BEAST #TrackTown16 pic.twitter.com/M54BlyRgdk

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) July 5, 2016

Cale Simmons (5.65m) and Logan Cunningham (5.60m) finished second and third, respectively. 

Interestingly, Simmons does not have the Olympic standard of 5.70m, according to statistics site Tilastopaja. Twitter account Pole Vault Power gave us the dirty deets.

Does Simmons have the standard? Umm good question... #TrackTown16

— Pole Vault Power (@polevaultpower) July 4, 2016

Simmons gives it a good shot at 70 but misses. He jumped 572 at a high school and I don't know if that mark will be accepted... #TrackTown16

— Pole Vault Power (@polevaultpower) July 5, 2016

USATF calendar does not show Simmons' meet, it should be on there if it was sanctioned... pic.twitter.com/FmCwO06aXm

— Pole Vault Power (@polevaultpower) July 5, 2016

Simmons 72 not listed on USATF current top marks list was not on Trials entries prior to the meet pic.twitter.com/Wt2cJo7hkV

— Pole Vault Power (@polevaultpower) July 5, 2016

Long? Short? I guess it's hard to tell. This was Simmons 572. pic.twitter.com/PI79UBF2aw

— Pole Vault Power (@polevaultpower) July 5, 2016

The bottom line is that it should have been abundantly clear to everyone before the meet who had the standard...

— Pole Vault Power (@polevaultpower) July 5, 2016

The officials on the field told Hollis he was on the team. Then a USATF person told him he wasn't. This should not be happening.

— Pole Vault Power (@polevaultpower) July 5, 2016

Becca Gillespy of Pole Vault Power is referring to Mark Hollis, who tied for fourth (finished fifth) behind Tray Oates. Hollis has the Olympic standard; Oates does not. FloTrack is investigating further.

Men's Javelin

The three men who owned the Olympic standard (83m) heading into the Trials will represent the U.S. in Rio.

Cyrus Hostetler threw 83.24m on his fifth throw to break the Olympic Trials meet record. He beat runner-up NCAA champion Curtis Thompson by 3.36m, the largest margin of victory ever at the Trials.

WOW @chostetler15! What a throw! #TrackTown16 https://t.co/iLi2HQhUEi

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) July 5, 2016

Sam Crouser finished fourth with 78.06m and Sean Furey finished 11th with 69.45m, but because they were the only three athletes with the Rio standard, they can now call themselves Olympians.

Hostetler, a former Oregon Duck, ran the fastest victory lap ever recorded at Hayward Field (unofficially). As the 5K prelims were heating up, the Olympic Trials champ was pacing the field down the homestretch of Hayward Field.

.@chostetler15 just tried to go with the mens 5000m pack on the bell lap. Soooooo theres that. #TrackTown16

— USATF (@usatf) July 5, 2016

Men's and Women's Steeplechase

The men’s and women’s steeplechase prelims saw all the favorites advance to the final. Bridget Franek, Leah O’Connor and Emma Coburn won the three preliminary sections, and Coburn’s 9:35.28 was the fastest first-round time ever recorded at the Trials.

2012 Olympians Donn Cabral and Evan Jager won their sections in 8:26.96 and 8:33.73. Jager’s Bowerman Track Club teammates Andy Bayer and Dan Huling also advanced, as did NCAA champion Mason Ferlic and collegians Bryce Miller (UMKC) and MJ Erb (Ole Miss). 

The full list of finalists can be found HERE.