US Olympic Trials 2016: Track and Field Results, Qualifying Times for Monday

Monday's U.S. Olympic track and field trials for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro featured the finals for the men's pole vault and javelin throw along with the men's and women's 800 meters.

The top three from each competition, save for the javelin throw, qualified for Rio during Monday's action at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. It was only the fifth of 10 trial days, so there are plenty of future Olympians still to be determined.

Below is a recap of Monday's results, including heights, distances and times for those who were bidding to clinch spots on the U.S. Olympic team.

Men's Pole Vault

Place	Athlete	Result (Meters)	Last Successful Vault: Attempts
1	Sam Kendricks	5.91	XXO
2	Cale Simmons	5.65	O
3	Logan Cunningham	5.60	O
4	Tray Oates	5.60	XO
4	Mark Hollis	5.60	XO (Passed 5.65; Failed 5.70)
6	Dylan Bell	5.60	XO (XXO on 5.50)
7	Jacob Blankenship	5.60	XXO
8	Mike Scott	5.50	XXO
9	Michael Woepse	5.50	XXO (XO on 5.40)

While the rest of the positions were close, the top U.S. pole-vault qualifier, Sam Kendricks, soared above his closest competitors.

NBC Olympics showed some footage of Kendricks' elite form in Eugene, where he established a new meet record with his winning height of 5.91 meters:

The two-time national champion and silver medalist at the 2016 World Indoor Championships fell just short of his 5.92-meter jump from June, which is the best jump of the year so far, according to Ole Miss.

Kendricks progressed far beyond runner-up Cale Simmons, who was a nose out in front of a trove of vaulters who cleared 5.60 meters but had varying degrees of success thereafter.

Logan Cunningham secured the final Olympic berth over Tray Oates thanks to a successful first attempt at 5.60 meters. Oates boldly attempted to pass over 5.65 meters once Cunningham missed all three of his jumps, but he was unable to clear the 5.70-meter bar.

Men's Javelin Throw

Place	Athlete	Result (Meters)
1	Cyrus Hostetler	83.24
2	Curtis Thompson	82.88
3	Riley Dolezal	79.67
4	Sam Crouser	78.06
5	Sam Humphreys	76.00
6	Robert Robbins	73.42
7	Timothy VanLiew	72.15
8	Capers Williamson	70.97
9	Damien Odle	70.49
10	Christopher Carper	69.66
11	Sean Furey	69.45
12	Carson Fuller	68.94

It appeared as though no one would qualify for Rio among the javelin throwers—until a University of Oregon product thrilled the home crowd supporting him with a life-changing heave.

Sitting in fourth place entering his fifth throw, Cyrus Hostetler launched a vicious yet graceful launch out onto Hayward Field, letting out a scream of knowing glory as he did so, via NBC Olympics:

By eclipsing the 272-foot, four-inch mark by nine inches, Hostetler was up to the Olympic standard. Although Curtis Thompson also broke the meet record that had stood for 16 years before Hostetler's throw, per TrackTown USA, he was five inches short of securing a ticket to Rio.

CSNPhilly.com's Reuben Frank reported that Thompson must reach 272 feet, four inches on a throw by July 11 in order to get into the Summer Games.

Women's 800 Meters

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Kate Grace	1:59.10
2	Ajee Wilson	1:59.51
3	Chrishuna Williams	1:59.59
4	Molly Ludlow	1:59.63
5	Raevyn Rogers	2:00.59
6	Phoebe Wright	2:02.55
7	Brenda Martinez	2:06.63
8	Alysia Montano	3:06.77

Part of what made the women's 800 meters a thrilling race was unfortunate, as a collision caused Alysia Montano to fall down.

Kate Grace crossed the finish first, pulling just ahead of Ajee Wilson at the finish. Although Molly Ludlow did her best to make a push down the final stretch, she finished 0.004 seconds behind Chrishuna Williams for third place, as NBC Olympics showed

Making the situation all the more heartbreaking for Montano was the fact that she was in the lead for some time before taking the fateful spill.

"I honestly don't know (what happened)," she said after the race, per USA Today. "It happened so quick. I just shook my head, like, 'This is not happening.' It was though."

Monday's trial may have also been the 30-year-old's last shot at the Summer Olympics.

For a more positive spin on the situation, though, Grace, Wilson and Williams will give the U.S. three legitimate contenders in the 800 following a highly competitive trial.

Men's 800 Meters

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Clayton Murphy	1:44.76
2	Boris Berian	1:44.92
3	Charles Jock	1:45.48
4	Craig Engels	1:46.03
5	Erik Sowinski	1:46.44
6	Isaiah Harris	1:46.47
7	Harun Abda	1:47.05
8	Brandon Johnson	1:47.41
9	Casimir Loxsom	1:49.18

World indoor champion Boris Berian was living up to his billing as the favorite until Clayton Murphy made a surprise charge to win the men's 800-meter final, as NBC Olympics shared:

Murphy is a junior at Akron, but the 21-year-old's inexperience didn't show in Monday's high-stakes situation. He was a gold medalist in the 800 at the 2015 Pan American Games, so he's capable of turning it on when it counts.

Charles Jock was a ways behind Berian but managed to claim a spot on the U.S. Olympic team by finishing third ahead of Craig Engels. Jock and Engels were in eighth and ninth, respectively, at the 600-meter mark but made strong surges at the end.

Despite his runner-up result from the trial final, Berian seems to be the best hope among Americans running the 800 to reach the podium in Rio.

Stats and results courtesy of USATF.org.