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Rutgers pole vaulter Chloe Timberg

Portrait of Chloe Timberg,a Rutgers sophomore who competes in the pole vault event for the Scarlet Knights track and field team. She is photographed in the weight room at the Gary and Barbara Rodkin Academic Success Center on Friday, May 19, 2023 at Rutgers University.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

If you love an American underdog, you should be rooting hard for Chloe Timberg in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials starting on Friday. If you love athletes who have overcome all sorts of adversity to reach the highest level of their sport, you should be dialed into a field event that rarely cracks the mainstream.

And if you love Rutgers?

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