Olympic Watch Party For Noah Lyles Planned In Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA — The alma mater of sprinter Noah Lyles will be cheering him on as he competes in the Tokyo Olympics.

Lyles, a 2016 graduate of the newly-renamed Alexandria City High School, will be participating in the 200m event at the Olympics. The 24-year-old had a world-leading time of 19.74 seconds in the 200m trail at trials.

Lyles had been seeking a spot on the U.S. Olympic team after missing it in 2016 by six-hundredths of a second. He went on to win two world championship gold medals in 2016 for the 200m and 4x100m. He most recently won two world championship world medals for the 200m and 4x100m relay in 2019. He and his brother, fellow elite sprinter Josephus Lyles, turned pro after graduating from Alexandria's high school and now live in Florida.

Heats of the men's 200m begin at 10:05 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, Aug. 2. The semifinal will happen at 7:50 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday. Aug. 3, and the final is scheduled for 8:55 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Aug. 4.

The Lyles Brothers Sports Foundation, which is centered around Noah and Josephus Lyles, will host the watch party at Alexandria City High School on Aug. 2. Field Day events will happen in the gymnasium from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ahead of the Olympic Games watch party from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Josephus Lyles, who also competed in Olympic trials, will be on hand for a meet-and-greet. Tickets are limited and required to attend, and face masks are required. Registration is available here.

The cost to attend is a voluntary donation. Donation tickets are entered into drawings for autographed spikes from Noah and Josephus Lyles and a framed autographed Sports Illustrated Lyles brothers article.