POWERED BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP. HI EVERYONE. SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISER LIVE HERE AT THE DRAKE RELAYS FOR YOU. WHERE LOLO JONES IS SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. SHE’LL RACE ON SATURDAY AROUND 3:00 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014. BUT SHE’S CHASING MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN JUST A DRAKE RELAYS TITLE. SHE’S LOOKING AT AN OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFYING TIME AS SHE CAN GET IT. IT’S BEEN QUITE THE DAY FOR LOLO. SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE DRAKE RELAYS HALL OF FAME ALONG WITH HIGH JUMPER DERRICK DROUIN AND AUGUSTANA COACH TRACY HELLMAN. LOLO GREW UP IN DES MOINES, WENT TO ROOSEVELT, RAN THE RELAYS COUNTLESS TIMES. SHE’S BEEN A TWO SUMMER OLYMPICS, A WINTER OLYMPICS WITH A BOBSLED AT 2014 AND NOW 41. CHASING THE DREAM AGAIN, HER FASTEST TIME THIS SEASON AND THE HUNDRED METER HURDLES IS 13.11 SECONDS. SHE NEEDS TO GET THAT DOWN TO A 12.95 TO QUALIFY FOR THE UPCOMING TRIALS IN EUGENE. CAN SHE DO IT. THE ODDS TO BE AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE HEALTHY PEAK. IT’S A 1%. IT’S IT’S. IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO OVERCOME ODDS, YOU ARE NOT DESTINED TO BE AN OLYMPIAN. SO. SO YEAH, I PROBABLY GOT A 0.0001%, BUT I MEAN, BEFORE THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS, I COULDN’T WALK. I HAD SPINE SURGERY, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO WALK, RUN AND THEN BECOME ONE OF THE FASTEST RUNNERS IN THE WORLD. WE’RE GONNA WE’RE GONNA PUSH UNTIL IT’S AN ABSOLUTE NO.
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Lolo Jones ready to race at Drake, still chasing Olympic dreams
Lolo Jones is back at the Drake Relays, racing at her hometown track for the first time since 2014."My heart was formed at this track," Jones said.The 41-year old is one of the most celebrated athletes in the history of the Relays, and is now enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Jones, along with Augustana coach Tracy Hellman and high jumper Derek Drouin were inducted Thursday as the newest members of the Relays HOF class.Jones grew up in Des Moines, went to Roosevelt, and eventually became a track superstar. After two summer Olympics and a winter Olympics in the bobsled in 2014, she is chasing the dream again. Her fastest time this season in the 100m hurdles is 13.11 seconds. She needs a 12.95 to qualify for the upcoming trials in Eugene. She knows the odds are stacked against her. Video: Lolo Jones inducted in Drake Relays Hall of FameThe odds are always bad," Jones said. "Even when you are healthy, the odds of being an Olympian is one percent. If you don't know how to overcome odds, you are not destined to be an Olympian. I probably got a point 001 percent chance, but before the London 2012 Olympics, I couldn't walk. I had spine surgery. I had to learn how to walk, run and become one of the fastest runners in the world. My job is to overcome the odds. We are going to push until it is an absolute no." Jones races the 100m hurdles Saturday at 2:55 p.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Lolo Jones is back at the Drake Relays, racing at her hometown track for the first time since 2014.
"My heart was formed at this track," Jones said.
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The 41-year old is one of the most celebrated athletes in the history of the Relays, and is now enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Jones, along with Augustana coach Tracy Hellman and high jumper Derek Drouin were inducted Thursday as the newest members of the Relays HOF class.
Jones grew up in Des Moines, went to Roosevelt, and eventually became a track superstar.
After two summer Olympics and a winter Olympics in the bobsled in 2014, she is chasing the dream again. Her fastest time this season in the 100m hurdles is 13.11 seconds. She needs a 12.95 to qualify for the upcoming trials in Eugene. She knows the odds are stacked against her.
Video: Lolo Jones inducted in Drake Relays Hall of Fame
The odds are always bad," Jones said. "Even when you are healthy, the odds of being an Olympian is one percent. If you don't know how to overcome odds, you are not destined to be an Olympian. I probably got a point 001 percent chance, but before the London 2012 Olympics, I couldn't walk. I had spine surgery. I had to learn how to walk, run and become one of the fastest runners in the world. My job is to overcome the odds. We are going to push until it is an absolute no."
Jones races the 100m hurdles Saturday at 2:55 p.m.
