Rexburg woman qualifies for Paris Olympic Games

REXBURG — A Rexburg female and Madison High School postgraduate has qualified for nan Paris Olympics, finishing 2nd successful nan U.S. Olympic Team Trials successful Eugene, Oregon.

Chari Hawkins will compete for her state successful France adjacent period aft finishing 2nd successful nan heptathlon qualifiers. The heptathlon consists of 7 events — 100-meter hurdles, precocious jump, changeable put, 200-meter sprint, agelong jump, javelin propulsion and 800-meter run.

Hawkins, a erstwhile Utah State University way athlete, posted a individual champion successful nan arena during nan trials, according to KSL.com. Her people of 6,456 points vanished down only Anna Hall (6,614), who earned a metallic badge astatine past year’s World Championships, and up of Taliyah Brooks (6,408), according to KTVB.

Hawkins has elite athleticism successful her genes, according to past reporting by EastIdahoNews.com.

Her grandfather, Kent Geisler, was a master pitcher, making it arsenic precocious arsenic Class A shot pinch nan Salinas Packers successful 1957, past a insignificant convention connection of nan California Angels, earlier an wounded ended his career. Her father, Bill Hawkins, was a longtime hoops coach astatine some Rigby and Madison precocious schools.

Chari will proceed her family’s bequest successful sports adjacent period erstwhile nan Women’s Heptathlon is scheduled to statesman astatine nan Olympics connected nan greeting of Aug. 8.