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HIGH POINT, N.C. – High Point University women's track & field All-American Christine Rickert makes her U.S. Olympic Trials debut on Thursday, July 7 in Eugene, Ore.
 
Rickert will suit up at historic Hayward Field for the qualifying round of the javelin throw at 6:30 p.m. (ET)/3:30 p.m. (PT). Out of 24 entered competitors, the top-12 will advance to the javelin final on Saturday, July 9 at 7 p.m. (ET)/4 p.m. (PT).
 
Rickert is seeded 20^th in the event and will lead off in the first of two flights Thursday. Fans can watch the javelin throw live on the NBCSports app at 6:30 p.m. NBC Sports Network takes over the coverage at 8 p.m. (ET).
 
Rickert is coming off a 12^th-place finish at the NCAA Championships June 9 in Eugene. The Lancaster, Pa., product threw 50.16m (164-7) to earn second team All-America accolades for her senior campaign. She became the third HPU track & field student-athlete ever to advance to Eugene, joining Jacob Smith (2012/2014, 3000m steeplechase) and Dakota Peachee (2013, 3000m steeplechase).
 
Rickert qualified for Eugene with a third-place showing at the NCAA preliminary in Jacksonville, Fla. (51.03m, 167-5) to garner NCAA All-Region honors in the process.
 
She won her third-straight Big South javelin title in May and set a new HPU and Big South record with an impressive throw of 52.47m (172-1) at April's VertKlasse Meeting.
 
For her outstanding efforts on the field and in the classroom, Rickert garnered third team Academic All-America honors in June and earned the Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year award of her career in May. She also was named a nominee for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award, one of the highest honors presented in collegiate sport.
 
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