Olympic medalist Galen Rupp and Molly Huddlewon the 10,000m at the U.S. Championships in steamy Eugene, Ore., on Thursday night, leading qualifiers for August’s World Championships.
Athletes are aiming to finish in the top three of their events to make the U.S. team for the Worlds, Aug. 22-30 in Beijing. Full results from Thursday are here. The meet runs through Sunday.
Rupp, the Olympic 10,000m silver medalist, surged to the lead with less than three laps left and prevailed in 28 minutes, 11.61 seconds for his seventh straight U.S. title in the event.