Ball State track and field senior Jenelle Rogers will head to Eugene, Oregon for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials June 21-30.
Rogers will compete in the heptathlon, a two-day event scheduled for Sunday, June 23 through Monday, June 24. She is one of only three collegiate athletes with the automatic qualifying standard, coming in with a score of 6,018.
The qualifying process for the Olympic Trials differs from that of the Olympic team. In the heptathlon, the U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying standard is a minimum of 5,500 points with an automatic bid going to those with a score of 6,000 or higher.