EUGENE, Ore. — No barrier could stand in the way of Evan Jager and a second straight Olympic berth.
The former University of Wisconsin athlete won his fifth consecutive national championship in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials on Friday at Hayward Field to secure his spot in next summer's Rio de Janeiro games.
Jager finished in 8 minutes, 22.48 seconds, well off his American record of 8:00.45 set a year ago in Paris. Hillary Bor, a native of Kenya who ran collegiately at Iowa State and now competes for the U.