50.51 seconds in the semifinals of the 400m at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – this track and field athlete gave it all she had but finished 4th, missing the chance to race in the finals. But her hopes of securing an Olympic gold were not dead yet; she had a team to run with. She turned her focus on the 4x400m relay. The athlete ran a split of 49.6 seconds in the heats, helping the team qualify for the final. Though she didn’t run in the final, she was vital in the team’s journey.

The U.S. team clinched the gold medal with a time of 3:16.85, and thanks to that, Wadeline Venlogh became the first student-athlete from UMass Boston to earn an Olympic medal. Now, this is 2025. The USATF championships have wrapped up, and we have our teams for the Worlds. But VenLogh was nowhere to be found in this e

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