Elle Purrier St. Pierre's hometown cheers big win in qualifier

IT'S OFFICIAL... DREAMS COME TRUE. FOR A VERMONT FARM FAMILY. ELLE PURRIER ST. OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. PIERRE EARNED HIS WAY TO THE US OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD TEAM WITH LAST NIGHT'S RECORD-BREAKING QUALIFICATION RACE. AS JACTHK URSTON TELLS US, HIS HOMETOWN IS NOW FULL OF EXCITEMENT. Montgomery Vermont, a town of about 1,200 near the Canadian border known for its covered bridges, is now famous for something else. ((JOHN KURYLOSKI / Neighbor: 56:27 - exciting times here in town!)) Montgomery is home to Elle Purrier St. Pierre, who on Monday night broke a US record that had been broken maintained for more than 3 decades....

Overcome some initial pushes in the 1,500 meter final to open a huge lead and achieve victory: qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. ((ELLE PURRIER ST. PIERRE / Olympic Qualifier: It's really surreal, it feels like I haven't really arrived. I've been dreaming about this moment for so long and it's really emotional!)) Purrier St. Pierre grew up in his family's dairy farm ((Nats farm tractor)). IgNehbor John Kuryloski says the word proud doesn't even begin to describe how Franklin County feels about Elle. ((JOHN KURYLOSKI / Neighbor: 57:04: I've told people this is my new claim to fame: I live next door to his parents!)) ((MARK BROUILETTE / Family Friend: 48:45 : she has put Montgomery Fellow farmer and long-time family friend Mark Brouilette knew Elle had Olympic potential when she was just a helper and he was helping her father plant the field ((MARK BROUILETTE / Family Friend : 49:05: and she needed something from the house that...

It was quite far away, about half a mile away, and she disappeared in a few minutes and she came back and I said, "You came down to the house so quickly and her father said, " Oh yeah, she's real?" "fast!")) She became even faster and developed stamina at Richford High School and then at the University of New Hampshire Purrier St. Pierre now attributes her success on the track to. much to the work ethic she developed on the farm ((GOV. PHIL SCOTT / R- Vermont: 12:46:55: my congratulations to her and her family.)) Governor of Vermont- joining the celebration (( GOV. PHIL SCOTT / R- Vermont: 12:47:13: I can't think of a better person to represent us.)) ((JACK THURSTON: and apparently, dairy farming is even part of the athlete's training.

We're told his favorite way to recover from a hard workout is with chocolate