Karissa Schweizer was running with the lead group of three in the women’s 10,000-meter final Saturday at the U.S. Olympic trials when she made her move to the front, just before the bell sounded to signal the final lap.

Then, on the backstretch of that last lap, Weini Kelati took the lead as Schweizer and Parker Valby tried to keep pace.

Schweizer pushed to the front again as they neared the homestretch, only to have Kelati storm back into the lead with a ferocious kick.

Kelati pulled away to win in 31 minutes, 41.07 seconds in front of 12,175 at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Schweizer and Valby matched each other stride for stride to the line, both timed in 31:41.56 but with Valby crossing slightly faster (31:41.553 to 31:41.557) to take second place.

Schweizer settled for third, but it was another trials podium finish for the 28-year-old who trains in Eugene with the Bowerman Track Club. She also finished third in the 5,000 at these trials, after previously making the Tokyo Olympics in both the 5,000 and 10,000 at the 2021 trials.

“I really had to stay relaxed, and to know however the race was going to go that I was going to push myself to be in the top three,” Schweizer said.

Even with her third-place finish, Schweizer is not guaranteed to represent Team USA in the event at the Paris Olympics, but she very likely will.

Though she has not achieved the Olympic standard of 30 minutes, 40 seconds in the past year, Schweizer should make the U.S. team based on world ranking. Final world rankings will be released July 7.

Schweizer does hold the Olympic standard in the 5,000, so she is definitely headed to Paris to compete in at least one event, and likely two.

“The weekend in itself has been a whirlwind,” Schweizer said. “To be able to make the team in the 5k and now the 10k — I’m so emotional right now.”

-- Joel Odom

-- Ken Goe contributed to this report for The Oregonian/OregonLive