2025 George Kleeman Training Grant Recipients

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Event: Long Jump 

7x All American at Long Beach State

8th Pl. 2024 Olympic Trials Long Jump

Coaches & Trains in San Mateo

"With this training grant I will continue to invest in my recovery and physiotherapy to maintain my health and upkeep training intensity. I will also be able to upgrade my training equipment and soften the costs of travels for national and international competitions."

Event: Discus 

Resides and trains in: Redding, CA 

College: University of Texas

World Athletics Championships 2023

6th Place 2024 Olympic Trials Discus

"I have been working hard for the last three years and my consistency and efforts are finally paying off. I have thrown over 60m 4 times and have a new PR of 61.51m. I trusted my coach to help build my future and I can see where we are headed this season and beyond."

Event: 1500m

Resides & trains in: 

San Francisco, CA

College: Penn / Stanford

" I am incredibly grateful to receive the USATF George Kleeman Training Grant as I continue to pursue my goals on the track. Post-collegiate racing comes with new and unexpected challenges, and this support helps lighten the load, financially and mentally. Knowing there’s a community that believes in athletes like me fuels my motivation to keep pushing forward. "

Event: Men's Pole Vault

From: Mountain View, CA

College: University of Washington

Resides & Trains in: Seattle

Ranked: 8th (US), 28th (World)

Event: Hammer 

From: Los Altos, CA 

College: UCLA

2024 Olympic Trials qualifier

 "This grant will significantly help me pay for my competition to the USA Championships, as well as fund early season competitions next year. As of now, I am the UCLA Club Track and Field Throws Coach which pays only $600 a month." 

Event: 400m HH, 800m 

From: St. Augustine, FL 

College: Fresno Pacific University

Winner of 2 DII National Championships: 400h, 4x1

 "I’m incredibly honored to have been awarded a grant from USATF Pacific Foundation. This support means so much to me, it will significantly ease the financial burden of living and training expenses. It takes some pressure off having to work as much and gives me a bit of a cushion so I can stay focused on my goals. I’m truly grateful and blessed for this amazing opportunity. "

Events: 200m/400m

From: Folsom, CA 

College: Fresno State

 2024 Olympic Trials 

semi finalist in the 400 

" This George Kleeman Training Grant is going to help me when paying for traveling, booking hotels, driving to and from practice, and purchasing meals while traveling to meets. I’ve already faced a few financial obstacles when seeking out of state meets to compete in so this grant will help me to minimize those obstacles and allow me to compete at high competition meets! "

Events: 3000m / 5000m

From: Carmichael, CA 

College: University of Portland

2025: 25th fastest US time in Men's 5000 m

 "This grant will help me afford to live a professional lifestyle. I plan to move to altitude when I sign professionally and every $ will help me afford that."