 Tarmoh akapedza musi waJune 23, 2012, akaenzana naAllyson Felix kuti awane nzvimbo yechitatu mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emamita zana kuUS Track and Field Olympic Trials. Tarmoh pakutanga akanga aziviswa wechitatu pakarepo mushure memakwikwi asi akadonhedzwa mu tie naFelix mushure mekunge vakuru vakaongorora mifananidzo yekupedzisa mifananidzo. Nzvimbo nhatu dzepamusoro dzakakodzera 2012 USA Olympic timu ye2012 Summer Olympics; zvisinei, USATF yakanga isina maitiro ekuparadzanisa panguva iyoyo muchiitiko chekubatana kwekupedzisira. Pashure pokukurukurirana, vakuru vakuru veUSATF vakasarudza kuti runoff pakati pevatambi vaviri ava yaizoitika kana pasina mumwe wavo aizosiya nzvimbo yake kune mumwe. Pakutanga Tarmoh akabvuma kuita runner-up asi akazozviramba, achisiya nzvimbo yacho kuna Felix. Chiitiko ichi chakakonzera kutsoropodzwa kwakanyanya kune vakuru veUSATF nekuda kwekusava nemaitiro akakwana ekuputsa zvisungo, pamwe nekumanikidza vamhanyi kuti vasarudze kuti vapinde here mukupedzisira. 