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Valarie Allman, shown on April 2, 2017 at the Stanford Invitational, earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field team in the discus. Photo by Bob Drebin/isiphotos.com.
Valarie Allman, shown on April 2, 2017 at the Stanford Invitational, earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field team in the discus. Photo by Bob Drebin/isiphotos.com.

Stanford grad Malindi Elmore and former Menlo School standout Madeline Price are among the 57 track and field athletes nominated to compete for Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which begin later this month.

Elmore, the oldest member of the Canadian team at age 41, is also one of more than 50 Stanford athletes, covering five different countries, who will compete in Tokyo. She’ll compete in the marathon.

Madeline Price/Team Canada
Madeline Price/Team Canada

Price, who raced in the NCAA championships for Duke, is part of the women’s 4×400 relay team.

Menlo Park native Jillian Weir will compete in the hammer throw. Her father, three-time Olympian Robert Weir for Team England, is a former Stanford head track and field coach.

Stanford alum Stephanie Grauer competes for the Canadian Olympic rowing team and Taylor Ruck is a Canadian Olympic swimmer.

Stanford grads Grant Fisher, Elise Cranny, Jacob Riley and Valarie Allman will compete for the United States Olympic track and field team.

Former Stanford All-American Katerina Stefanidi will attempt to defend her Olympic gold medal in the pole vault.

Stanford alum Mackenzie Little makes her Olympic debut for Australia in the javelin throw and Stanford grad Steven Solomon represents Australia for the second time in the 400 meters.

Stanford’s Andre Minakov is on the Russian Olympic swimming team.

By Rick Eymer

By Rick Eymer

By Rick Eymer

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