RHINE-RUHR, GERMANY- With mid-morning fully engaged in the scenic Rhine landscape, Evelyn Bliss, clad in her glorious Red, White, and Blue Team USA jersey, began her run for her first throw of the 2025 FISU World University Games Qualifying Round Group A.

The Team USA thrower took a deep breath, revved her engine, installed the javelin in its locked-and-loaded position, set a determined face, galloped down the runway, and heaved the weapon across the robin’s egg blue sky.

She stopped inches short of the fault line and watched the trajectory. As she backtracked to the bench, the spotters arrived for the measurement, while Bliss carried a cautiously optimistic smile. The result arrived: 60.81m (199-5).

Bliss let loose a triumphant “LET’S GO!,” knowing she unlocked advancement to tomorrow’s finals by easily surpassing the qualification benchmark of 57.60. With that information, she declined to take her remaining two throws.