Former University of Missouri track star Karissa Schweizer went 2 for 2 in her quest to make the Olympic team, finishing second in the women’s 10,000 meters Saturday at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
Schweizer, 25, had already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics by taking second in the 5,000 meters on Monday. She finished Saturday’s race second only to Emily Sisson, a Parkway Central graduate. Sisson, 29, pulled away from the pack in the final three laps and set a U.S. Trials record, finishing in 31 minutes, 3.82 seconds. Schweizer, who won six national championships at Mizzou from 2015-18, finished in 31:16.