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Former Vandal Butterworth Headed to Tokyo

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada – Former Vandal Alycia Butterworth will compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a member of Team Canada. Butterworth will run in the 3000m steeplechase in Tokyo.

The Canadian ran at Idaho from 2011-2015, medaling at the WAC Championships eight times, and earning another medal at the 2015 Big Sky Outdoor Championships. She was the conference champion in the steeplechase in 2012 and 2014. She has the secondbest steeplechase time in school history and earned All-American Honorable Mention accolades in 2015.

Butterworth joins Liga Velvere as Vandal alums who will be competing at the Olympics.