One of the most accomplished runners in Arizona Wildcats history has earned a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Abdi Abdirahman, the 1998 Pac-10 cross country champion, finished third at the U.S. Marathon Trials on Saturday in Atlanta. The top three placers will make up Team USA in Japan this summer.
It will be the fifth Olympics for the 43-year-old Abdirahman, who was born in Somalia but moved to the United States in the 1990s, graduating from Tucson High in 1995 and starting his college career at Pima Community College before running for the UA from 1997-99.