500 Days Until the 2028 Olympic Marathon Trials: Who Are the Women’s Favorites?

Jess McClain came within six seconds of winning the New York City Marathon. Emma Grace Hurley has run two seconds faster than McClain this year. With about 500 days until the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in St. Louis, who would you pick to make the team?

Robert Johnson, Weldon Johnson, and Jonathan Gault break down the five U.S. women who have run under 2:24 this year, what a healthy Fiona O’Keeffe or Taylor Roe could do to the field, and why U.S. 20K champion Rachael Rudel is on Jonathan’s radar before she’s even run a marathon.

Who are your three picks? Put them in the comments.

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0:00 Five U.S. women under 2:24
2:00 Why Jess McClain is Jonathan’s favorite
4:00 Who can win the Trials? Who can make the team?
5:00 Rachael Rudel, the dark horse
7:00 The Dakotah Popehn comparison
8:00 How Rudel got back into racing
9:00 Our picks and Weini Kelati’s chances
10:00 Why the race for the team is wide open

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