Friday, June 21
Eugene, OR / Hayward Field
5:22 P.M.
at
U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Bove Finishes .01 Seconds Away From Advancing to Semis at Olympic Trials
6/21/2024 7:30:00 PM | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. — In the First Round of the men's 1,500-meter at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday night, Cal Poly's Davis Bove was a heartbreaking .01 seconds away from advancing to the semifinals.
At University of Oregon's Hayward Field, Bove took eighth in Heat 1 with a time of 3:39.0, finishing one place and one hundredth of a second away from earning an automatic qualifier spot to the 1,500 semifinals on Saturday. The top seven finishers in each of the three heats ran in the First Round along with the next three fastest times advanced to the semifinals. Nike's Josh Thompson took seventh in Bove's heat, edging out Bove at the line with a time of 3:38.99 to secure the last automatic qualifying spot in the heat. Bove was .97 seconds away from advancing to the semifinals based on time. Bove's time was the 27th best ran out of the 38 competitors that took part in First Round.
The race was officially the last of Bove's collegiate track & field career. The Franklin, Tenn. native and graduate student has one season of eligibility left in cross country.
The showing at Trials capped off an incredible year for Bove as a Mustang. Bove, who transferred to Cal Poly from LSU last summer, started his Cal Poly career in the fall by qualifying for the NCAA Cross Country Championships by placing eighth at the NCAA West Regional, tied for the second-highest individual finish by a Mustang man at the meet in program history. He also ran away with the individual title at the conference meet to be crowned Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year and led the Mustangs to their second straight Big West Championship.
On the track, the Cal Poly Male Athlete of the Year shredded the school record books. Indoors, Bove became the fifth Mustang ever to run a sub-four-minute mile with the second-fastest time in school history (3:58.0) and he established a program record in the men's 1,000 (2:20.97). Outdoors, he qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in both the 1,500 and 5,000, and scored a total of 18 team points for the Mustangs at the Big West Championships, winning the conference title in the men's 1,500 and securing second in the men's 5,000. He also ran the third-fastest 5,000 time in program history (13:48.0).
After placing 15th overall in the 1,500 quarterfinals at the NCAA West Prelims on May 24 and finishing just .67 seconds away from advancing to the NCAA Finals based on time, Bove shattered the school record in the 1,500 at the Music City Track Carnival on June 1 with a time of 3:38.40. Then just a week later, Bove bested that time with a personal best of 3:37.13 at the 2024 Portland Track Festival on June 9 to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
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At University of Oregon's Hayward Field, Bove took eighth in Heat 1 with a time of 3:39.0, finishing one place and one hundredth of a second away from earning an automatic qualifier spot to the 1,500 semifinals on Saturday. The top seven finishers in each of the three heats ran in the First Round along with the next three fastest times advanced to the semifinals. Nike's Josh Thompson took seventh in Bove's heat, edging out Bove at the line with a time of 3:38.99 to secure the last automatic qualifying spot in the heat. Bove was .97 seconds away from advancing to the semifinals based on time. Bove's time was the 27th best ran out of the 38 competitors that took part in First Round.
The race was officially the last of Bove's collegiate track & field career. The Franklin, Tenn. native and graduate student has one season of eligibility left in cross country.
The showing at Trials capped off an incredible year for Bove as a Mustang. Bove, who transferred to Cal Poly from LSU last summer, started his Cal Poly career in the fall by qualifying for the NCAA Cross Country Championships by placing eighth at the NCAA West Regional, tied for the second-highest individual finish by a Mustang man at the meet in program history. He also ran away with the individual title at the conference meet to be crowned Big West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year and led the Mustangs to their second straight Big West Championship.
On the track, the Cal Poly Male Athlete of the Year shredded the school record books. Indoors, Bove became the fifth Mustang ever to run a sub-four-minute mile with the second-fastest time in school history (3:58.0) and he established a program record in the men's 1,000 (2:20.97). Outdoors, he qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in both the 1,500 and 5,000, and scored a total of 18 team points for the Mustangs at the Big West Championships, winning the conference title in the men's 1,500 and securing second in the men's 5,000. He also ran the third-fastest 5,000 time in program history (13:48.0).
After placing 15th overall in the 1,500 quarterfinals at the NCAA West Prelims on May 24 and finishing just .67 seconds away from advancing to the NCAA Finals based on time, Bove shattered the school record in the 1,500 at the Music City Track Carnival on June 1 with a time of 3:38.40. Then just a week later, Bove bested that time with a personal best of 3:37.13 at the 2024 Portland Track Festival on June 9 to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
You can support the Cal Poly track & field and cross country program and directly benefit and impact the success of Mustang student-athletes in the classroom and in competition by clicking HERE and joining the Podium Club.
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