Keeps Going
Though she did not place highly on the national rankings, Allison Stokke continued to compete regularly in national level track meets. In 2016, she finished in eighth place at the Chula Vista OTC High-Performance meet. She made even more improvements in the following year, reaching third place at the 2017 Austin Longhorn Invitational.
Did Allison Stokke have unfinished business as a competitor? Would another shot at the Olympics be in the cards for the 28-year-old? Maybe it could’ve been a possibility for the former superstar. But in the same year she achieved a third-place finish, Allison Stokke’s life took another major turn.