The 2013 USA Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa wrapped up on Sunday with three former Trojans winning national titles and six former Trojans earning spots on the U.S. team for the World Championships later this summer. Ryan Wilson, the 2003 NCAA Champion in the 110 HH, won his first U.S. Championship, beating four-time U.S. champion David Oliver. Duane Solomon took down five-time U.S. champion Nick Symmonds in the 800m and Dalilah Muhammad ran to victory in the 400m IH for two more Trojan U.S. titles.
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Allyson Felix, who finished second in the women's 200m, Nia Ali, a third place finisher in the 100m HH, and Jesse Williams, the reigning high jump champion, will also represent the United States at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia from August 10-18. Current Trojan Aaron Brown won the men's 100m title at the Canadian National Track and Field Championships over the weekend to earn a spot at the World Championships as well.
The 2013 110m HH NCAA Champion Reggie Wyatt was disqualified after running a top-eight time in the semifinals, when it was ruled that he trailed the first two hurdles in the race. Fellow 2013 NCAA Champion Bryshon Nellum was injured heading into the Championships and failed to advance out of 400m preliminaries. Rounding out the group of recently graduated Trojans, Alitta Boyd finished eighth in the women's triple jump. Among current Trojans, Alexandra Collatz finished 12th in the women's discus and Remington Conatser took 10th in the men's hammer throw.
