EUGENE, Ore. -- Former Ashland Eagle standout Trevor Bassitt punched his ticket to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics on Sunday.

Bassitt qualified for his first Olympic games by finishing third in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 47.82 seconds.

The former Eagle came into the day as the No. 8-ranked men's 400 hurdler in the world and put up an impressive effort, improving his previous season-best time by 1.11 seconds to qualify for Team USA.

A two-time world outdoor gold medalist to go with two world indoor silver medals and an outdoor worlds bronze, Bassitt was a 10-time NCAA Division II national champion and 21-time D-II All-American at AU. He also was a key cog in three Eagle men's D-II team national titles (2019 indoor and outdoor, 2021 indoor).
 
His individual national titles came in the outdoor 4x400-meter relay (two), outdoor 400 hurdles (two), indoor 60 hurdles (two), indoor 200 dash (one), indoor 4x400 relay (two) and indoor 400 dash (one).

The 2024 Summer Olympics, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, will be July 26-Aug. 11 in Paris, France.