Bassitt Wins Repechage Heat, Advances To Olympic 400 Hurdles Semifinal

Running for the second time in as many days at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris, France, former Ashland University national champion Trevor Bassitt won his men's 400-meter hurdles heat in the repechage round on Tuesday (Aug. 6) morning, and is on to the Summer Olympics semifinals.
 
Bassitt was in Heat 1 on Tuesday, and won it in 48.64 seconds – also the second-best time overall in the repechage round. The semifinal round will be Wednesday (Aug. 7) at 1:35 p.m. Eastern, and will be televised on NBC and Peacock.
 
A two-time world outdoor gold medalist to go with two world indoor silver medals and an outdoor worlds bronze, Bassitt was a 10-time NCAA Division II national champion and 21-time D-II All-American at AU. He also was a key cog in three Eagle men's D-II team national titles (2019 indoor and outdoor, 2021 indoor).
 
His individual national titles came in the outdoor 4x400-meter relay (two), outdoor 400 hurdles (two), indoor 60 hurdles (two), indoor 200 dash (one), indoor 4x400 relay (two) and indoor 400 dash (one).
 
Wednesday will be another Olympics Eagle doubleheader, as Katie Moon will attempt to become the second woman overall, and first American woman, to win two Olympic pole vault gold medals. The women's pole vault finals will begin at the new start time of 12:15 p.m. Eastern, and will be shown live on Peacock.
 
Ashland University's two Summer Olympics representatives are as many as the rest of the NCAA Division II Midwest Region combined (Davenport and Northern Michigan one each).