Photo By: Seth GordonGood news, bad news —
Newberg native Rachel Yurkovich loads up for a throw in the javelin competition Sunday at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene. The former University of Oregon star was disappointed in her fourth-place finish, but will still represent the United States in London as one of three American women who met the Olympic ‘A’ standard.
EUGENE — Making the U.S. Olympic team for the first time is quite the silver lining to take from an underwhelming performance, but the emotion of a disappointing fourth-place showing at the Olympic Trials on Sunday was impossible for Rachel Yurkovich to hold back.
