Allonzo Trier's re-test for the drug Ostarine cost the UA.
Arizona spent a total of $2,435 in airfare and hotel costs to get Allonzo Trier to a drug test in Utah during the Wildcats' road swing in Oregon, according to UA records obtained by the Star via a public records request.
Trier left the Wildcats on Feb. 23, between games at Oregon State and Oregon, so he could be re-tested for the performance-enhancing drug Ostarine. Trier's attorney said that only labs in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City were equipped to give an immediate test result for the drug.
Trier was suspended for 19 games in 2016-17 because he tested positive for Ostarine, and a January 2018 test showed the substance reappeared in a trace amount, according to UA, resulting in Trier’s suspension before the Oregon trip.
The side trip to Utah paid off for Arizona when Trier tested negative, helping him win an appeals case. He was reinstated in time for UA’s March 1 game against Stanford.
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Trier was accompanied by UA senior associate athletic director Mike Ketcham on the trip to Utah. Each flew on Delta Airlines tickets priced at $1,094 for the round trip trip between Eugene and Salt Lake City, then stayed overnight in separate Utah hotel rooms that cost $123 each including taxes.
