SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Returning to the national stage for the second time in her career, former University of San Francisco cross country and track and field student-athlete Lea Meyer has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics and will represent Germany in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase.
 
Earning a place on the German National Team for the second-straight Summer Games, Meyer qualified for the Olympics after posting a fourth-place finish at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix on May 17. Her time of 9:22.51 came under the entry standard time of 9:23.00 needed to qualify.
 
Most recently, Meyer competed at the Meeting de Paris – Diamond Discipline on July 7, recording a season-best time of 9:15.48 and earning a fifth-place finish. Nearly reaching the podium, Meyer was just over six seconds behind former San Francisco teammate Lizzie Bird, who placed third.
 
In her first-ever Olympics in Tokyo, Meyer failed to make the women's 3000-meter steeplechase final as she placed seventh in her heat at 9:33.00.
 
During her time on the Hilltop, Meyer participated in one season in 2017-18 as a freshman. In her lone season with the Dons, she achieved multiple career bests on the track, specializing in long-distance events. Meyer set a career-best in the 3,000 meters as she posted a time of 9:25.00 at the Husky Classic on February 9, 2018.
 
The women's 3000-meter steeplechase is set to begin on August 6 at the Stade de France in Paris.

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