Former Pirate Qualifies For 2020 Marathon Olympic Trials

Greenville NC

13 December, 2019

1:57 PM

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From East Carolina University: December 11, 2019 GREENVILLE, N.C. – Former East Carolina track and field standout Chelsea Hollingsworth has qualified for the 2020 Team USA Olympic Trials in the marathon. Hollingsworth finished the California International Marathon in a time of 2:41.26 to meet the "B" standard qualifying mark of 2:45.00. She is the first former Pirate to participate in the trials since Avion Jones advanced to the final round of the high jump in 2016. A native of Greensboro, N.C., Hollingsworth competed for the ECU cross country and track and field programs from 2010-14. She participated in the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional three times, placing a career-best 54th in 2012 after taking 18th at the Conference USA Cross Country Championships the same year. This press release was produced by East Carolina University. The views expressed here are the author's own.