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Making The Team – The Journey to Rio De Janeiro

So I have been getting a lot of questions on how professional athletes make the Olympic Team. So I decided to do a blog dedicated to what it will take for me to make the 2016 Olympic Team! I will go over the Olympic entry standards, the U.S. Olympic Trials, and what I have to do to make the team. Don’t worry, I still have advice for young athletes and workout tips. 🙂

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Feature Friday: Canadian Audrey Jean-Baptiste

Now it is not about making a team for me anymore, it’s about being competitive on the World stage. I don’t just want to make the National team, I want to be focused, confident and be at my best.

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Audrey Jean-Baptiste is a Canadian 400 meter sprinter. She was born in Montreal, the only French speaking province in Canada. Audrey is a Tulsa Alumni. Her accomplishments include competing at the 2014 Common Wealth Games, 2015 World Relays, 2015 Pan-American Games and 2015 World Championships! She also set Tulsa’s 400 meter school records in both Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field and she is a 2015 NCAA National Indoor Second Team All-American. Needless to say, she has had an amazing year!

 

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