Lopes-Schliep Earns Spot On Team Canada Roster

Windsor, Ontario, Canada ? Former collegiate national champion Priscilla Lopes-Schliep continued her strong weekend as she won the 100-meter hurdles on Saturday at University of Windsor Stadium to earn a spot on the Canadian Olympic Team. It is the second consecutive Olympiad that Lopes-Schliep will compete for her native country. 

 

Lopes-Schliep, a 2004 indoor national champion for Nebraska, cruised into Saturday’s final contest with the best time in either semifinal heat a day earlier. She continued the strong effort in the final as she was one of only two athletes to go below the 13-second barrier. Lopes-Schliep earned the victory and wrapped up an Olympic berth with a stadium-record time of 12.78, easily outdistancing second-place finisher Angela Whyte, who crossed the line in 12.96. 

 

Four years ago, Lopes-Schliep finished 20th overall in the first round of the 100-meter hurdles at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, in a time of 13.08. She had qualified for the Games by taking third at the Canadian Olympic Trials (13.05).

CORRECTION: Incoming junior javelin thrower Adam Wolkins had not previously met the "A" Olympic standard for the event and despite finishing second in the Canadian Olympic Trials on Saturday, July 5, Wolkins did not receive a berth on the Canadian Olympic squad. Previous information stated on Huskers.com was incorrect.