Whitefish's Lee Walburn eyes comeback after ruptured Achilles ends his Olympics bid
Lee Walburn competed at the NCAA Track and Field Championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon in June, 2024. (Photo provided)
Lee Walburn competes in the javelin at the NCAA Championships. (Photo provided)
Lee Walburn clears the high jump at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon last month. (Photo provided)
Whitefish's Lee Walburn finished in seventh place at the NCAA Championships in June. (Photo provided)
Whitefish High School alum and decathlete Lee Warburn graduated from Washington State University in May with a degree in humanities – although if you ask his parents, Janis and David, they’ll say he earned his degree in track and field.
In early June, Walburn placed seventh in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, earned first team All-America honors and raised his rank to eighth in the nation.
Just two weeks later, he competed in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials held in the same stadium.
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