According to the University of Wisconsin athetic site, 2007 Downers Grove South alum Egle Staisiunaite qualified this week for the 2012 London Games.
She posted her personal best time of 56.58 in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and came in under the Olympics 'B' qualifying mark in the process.
Staisiunaite will represent Lithuania at the Games.
"Egle was probably the most focused and driven athlete I've ever coached," said Downers Grove South girls track coach Doug Plunkett, "one of those once in a lifetime athletes that coaches dream about coaching.
"I'm so proud of her for staying with her dream and continuing to work hard over the past year. Reaching the Olympic B standard this week was incredible, but I can't wait to see what she does in London."
Her best time in college, again according to the University of Wisconsin, was 58.37 which came at the NCAA outdoor championships last year.
At Downers Grove South, she was a two-event state champion as a senior, winning both the 100- and 300-hurdles as a senior.
"In high school," Plunkett added, "she always came up with big performances at the biggest moments. Her winning 300m hurdle race at state her senior year was amazing. She was seeded third going into the final and just blew away the competition, upsetting race favorite Shakia Pinnick. We knew that with her 400m speed that the 400m hurdles would be her best race after HS."
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