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JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 2004
Jolanda Ceplak holds off Nicole Teter for win in Belgium, Briana Shook wins steeple, Carrie Tollefson wins 1,500 | Results
Carrie Tollefson in, Suzy Favor Hamilton out, for now* | Tollefson meets "B" standard, Olympic spot still not certain | Report on Tollefson's previous attempt, Katie McGregor to run 10K in U.S.* | Jen Toomey and Amy Rudolph to run in Linz
Briana Shook reclaims steeplechase AR, wins European Grand Prix race | Shook nabs AR
Beach to Beacon 10K: Mist opportunity | Susan Chepkemei was ready for anything but defeat | The winner who didn't finish first | Despite injury, Susannah Beck is top Maine finisher | Results
The right place, the right time, the right woman (Joan Benoit Samuelson's '84 Olympic victory)
Malindi Elmore's career takes off
Golden couple take U.S. hopes to Athens
Providence runners improve their track record in the Games* | Kim Smith will cap big year in Athens*
Jamie Krzyminski, Amber Ferner win NACAC gold (results only)
Jearl Miles-Clark officially a five-time Olympian*
Maria McCambridge makes Olympic grade
Margaret Okayo ready to challenge Athens course
Susan Loken runs a long one for the money
German distance runner Birte Bultmann tests positive for steroid
Penn State track coach Beth Alford-Sullivan excited about trip to Athens
Steve Cram: Kelly Holmes must go for double
Arthur Lydiard believes NZ can still produce Olympic champions
Betsy Frens wins Coast Guard Festival 5K
Justina Faulkner wins Steve's Run 10K
OR HS: Erin Gray finds stride at Junior Olympics
Debbie Green Memorial 5K features top-flight field

JULY 30, 2004
Norwich Union London Grand Prix preview | Results (Jen Toomey 3rd in 1,500 in 4:07.44)
The road to Athens runs through Falmouth | Elite entrants
KBC Night of Athletics: Jolanda Ceplak returns to magic soil, surprise 1,500m act from Hicham El Guerrouj
U.S. team heads to NACAC T&F Championships
Gulnara Samitova earns 5,000m spot in Athens, skips steeplechase at Russian Championships
Liz McColgan backs bid to bring 2014 Commonwealth Games to Scotland | McColgan wants more money

JULY 29, 2004
A Brief Chat with Ann Gaffigan
Norwich Union London Grand Prix start lists (July 30)
New 5,000m world records ratified
ING New York City Marathon winners Martin Lel and Margaret Okayo triumph in Castelbuono
Kathy Butler vows to show her true colors
Nicole Cook among athletes to compete at NACAC Under-23 Championships*
Mary Jayne Harrelson wins Louise Mandrell Smoky Mountain Run for Boy Scouts
The adidas Raleigh Track Club launches a new web site
ME HS: Cassie Hintz wins Fort Knox Bay Festival 5K in 17:17
Sarah Plaxton's longing to "go long" works
Amanda Pagon (nee White) triples her pleasure
The kindest cut - noninvasive surgery
The young and the restless: Candid advice for emerging U.S. runners
Katie Koski wins Grandma's Park Point 5-Miler
USATF: Lynn Jennings' third World XC title named 21st top moment
Unnamed Romanian T&F athlete tests positive for drugs
Tiredness 'largely in the mind'

JULY 28, 2004
Jearl Miles-Clark wins 800 at DN Galan | Results
Paula Radcliffe: Attitude at Manchester was disappointing | Radcliffe remains focused
First-Run classic: Joan Benoit Samuelson's 1984 Olympic Marathon victory*
A Brief Chat with Lornah Kiplagat & Pieter Langerhorst
Nicole Teter fourth at DN Galan*
Bethany Brewster accepts coaching job at Edgewood College
Suzy Favor Hamilton still in line for 1,500m berth
Olympians to face Human Growth Hormone test
Vicky Huber Rudawsky: U.S. track team still up in the air after exciting trials
Bud Greenspan says his greatest work is the official film of the Olympics in L.A.*

JULY 27, 2004
DN Galan Results - Jearl Miles Clark wins 800
Team manager Eustace Njeru impressed by discipline of Kenyan runners at camp
Audio version of The Perfect Mile available from audible.com
The quiet dynasty: Rollie Geiger has made NC State the jewel of ACC cross country
Kelly Holmes eyeing Athens medal
Perry Fields' Olympic Trials journal from perryfields.com
Track athletes set for Junior Olympic national meet in Eugene
Marilyn Thibodeau '82 named to Western Washington University Hall of Fame
Former UCLA Bruins pose for Playboy

JULY 24-26, 2004
Isabella Ochichi runs world leading 8:31.32 in 3,000m in Paris | Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis results
Jo Pavey happy to live life in the fast lane
Colleen De Reuck still on the run
Kelly Holmes eases in ahead of Jolanda Ceplak and Hayley Tullett (and Jen Toomey) in Birmingham | Results | Holmes' Athens dilemma
Carrie Tollefson does not get qualifying standard on first try* | Tollefson not discouraged* | Tollefson encounters travel problems on her way to England*
Memorial Geert Rasschaert results (Flanders Cup #6) (handful of Americans compete)
Six runners break 15:00 for 5,000m at Russian Championships
Jenny Spangler returns to LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
Kathy Butler endures long wait for call
Lindsey Gallo breaks Michigan's 1,500 record at Trials, sets her sights on 2008
Susan Chepkemei wins Bix 7, breaks course record | Constantina Tomescu-Dita: Bix is just what I needed
Sonia O'Sullivan beaten in 800 and 1,500 at Irish Championships
Wharf to Wharf: Repeat for Kim Fitchen-Young | Preview article
Chelsea Smith wins Deseret Morning News/KJZZ-TV Marathon
MT HS: Zoe Nelson wins 10K road race in 36:47
Joe Gibson, Kim Pawelek win Bele Chere 5K
Former volleyball player Christa Downey outkicks Laura Bloedorn for 5K win
NY HS: Saratoga girls dominate VT Race for the Cure | Results
Desiree Budd makes major strides
Two marathons and now an Olympic run for Tracey Morris
Zola Budd-Pieterse offers Malachi Davis little sympathy
Bernie Boettcher and Lisa Gonzales-Gile win Mt. Sopris Runoff race
Africa University International Peace Marathon becomes one of Africa's richest road races

JULY 23, 2004
A Brief Chat with Carrie Tollefson
Suzy Favor Hamilton's outlook improves - Marla Runyan reportedly to drop 1,500
Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis preview | Start lists/results
Derartu Tulu back in Olympic contention
Hayley Tullett faces Paris test
Amy Manson wins Pearl Street Mile
Len Klepack to coach distance at Texas
Liza Hunter-Galvan added to New Zealand's Olympic team
Allison Carr eyes sweep of two running series
CA HS: During summer, runners build base for fall*
Jennifer Hart wins Morristown Corporate Challenge

JULY 21-22, 2004
Upheaval over rules has Suzy Favor Hamilton seething
Carrie Tollefson to race in Birmingham on Sunday
Olympic Trials a learning experience for Liz Woodworth
Kathy Butler to compete under a different flag
It's an extreme sport - just ask Pheidippides
The weight of gold on Paula Radcliffe's shoulders
Canadian Olympic Committee raises bar impossibly high
Hazel Clark selects new PR firm
Tonight's Pearl Street Mile boasts top entrants
Johanna Olson wins 10-mile race in record time
Beach to Beacon pulling people off the sidelines
Olympic marathon route to be completed next week
Marie Grabinski works as camp counselor before heading to Northwestern University

JULY 18-20, 2004
Women's 1,500 final: More trials ahead for top three (includes audio clips)
Carrie Tollefson wins, but still waits | Tollefson wins 1,500 | Tollefson surprises in 1,500 | Olympic chase not a certainty* | Heeled by a corpse
Jenelle Deatherage is fourth in 1,500
Katie McGregor finishes fourth in 10,000, still has Olympic shot
Suzy Favor Hamilton receives bad news
Marla Runyan can't beat the heat in 1,500 final
Jenny Crain finishes 10th in 10,000, moves back to Milwaukee
Running on about Jearl Miles Clark
Hamilton, Runyan reach 1,500 final
USATF submits preliminary Olympic roster to USOC
Elva Dryer headed to Athens
Another look at Joan Benoit Samuelson's Olympic triumph
Sacramento gets high marks but no promises for '08 Trials
At Trials, winning not the same as qualifying*
Many loose ends remain - even after Olympic Trials*
Suzy Favor Hamilton named 2003 USA Outdoor 1,500m champion
Kevin Jermyn promoted to head women's XC coach at Duke
Cathy O'Brien wins 10K race

JULY 16-17, 2004
Record-setting effort makes Ann Gaffigan best in U.S. | (Gaff)igan in the steeplechase
Briana Shook disqualified in steeplechase, hopes to race again soon | Shook misses water jump - and a record
Powerful Deena Kastor wins 10,000 easily | Kastor dominates | Kastor wins OT 10,000m in record-breaking style
Women's 1,500 heating up
Change of training venue helps Jenelle Deatherage excel
High school classmates Tim Broe and Jenelle Deatherage excel
Suzy Favor Hamilton makes strong showing in first round
Heartbreaking fall for Treniere Clement
Kelly MacDonald fifth in steeplechase
Marla Runyan's insight inspiring
No Athens for Kim Fitchen-Young | Fitchen-Young angling for Athens
Sharon Dickie 11th in 10,000
DIII standout Liz Woodworth runs at Trials, does not advance to 1,500 final
A sport's drug habit needs his finishing kick
Saturday update from World Juniors | More meet information
Haverford High proud of Shayne Culpepper*
Sabrina Monro, training for a marathon, wins Montana Mile
Cheryl Smith to compete in Deseret Morning News/KJZZ-TV Marathon
Craig Masback dismayed with drug test leaks
Jack Warner moves from Ohio State to Purdue
Strong Bix 7 field still being finalized
Jane Gakunyi sets eyes on Olympic 5,000 medal
Sometimes, changing mentors is necessary
Ron Bellamy: Will Eugene learn from Sacramento?
Carmen Douma-Hussar earns Athens berth
Arkansas' Michael Garrison hired to assist at Maryland
Elizabeth Ransom wins 5K race

JULY 15, 2004
Emilie Mondor born tenacious, bound for Olympics
Deena Kastor: Give headlines to winners, not drug cheats*
For Carrie Tollefson, emotions run high to succeed*
Facing doping hearing, Regina Jacobs announces her retirement
Runner-counselor-coach Hope Sanders can juggle many tasks
Margaret Bradley's obituary
For Carrie Tollefson, emotions run high to succeed*
Jen Toomey hopes it all works out
Collette Liss sees opening for U.S. team in 1,500
Once a strength, middle distances are now the forgotten events* (American women faring better than men)
All Things Considered feature: Benefits of running program that simulates high altitude
Briana Shook defends her U.S. title tonight
Lindsey Gallo's Olympic Trials journal
Stanford stars seek Olympic berth
Culpeppers make Olympic team again
Elvan Abeylegesse – New name, hot property
Update from World Juniors | Results
Rise and fall of heroes is endless procession | Who will provide next thrill?
Marie Davenport breaks Judi St. Hillaire's record at Little Compton Road Race
La Salle's Rachel Papin a junior All-American
Eugene, Sacramento compete for title of Track Capital USA

JULY 14, 2004
Katie McGregor sets sights high
Marla Runyan continues her improbable run
Encouragingly, the throwing up came before the proposal
Francis Santin narrowly misses Olympic berth
Caitlin Chock looking good in the long run
Thursday's start lists (women's steeplechase final)
When it comes to drug testing, athletes learn it's anywhere, anytime
Briana Shook to compete at Trials in non-Olympic event
Rachel Evjen returns to Northwestern as assistant coach
Sleek Olympic fashions are fresh and functional
Short: Jen Toomey focuses on 1,500
Monica Scholz defeats Pam Reed at Kiehl's Badwater Ultramarathon
Amanda Pagon (nee White) wins 10K road race
How Running Room's founder stays on track

JULY 12-13, 2004
Marathoner Margaret Bradley found dead in Grand Canyon | Chicago teammate praises runner who died in canyon*
Shayne Culpepper ends 5,000 with stirring surge | Culpepper completes a household double | Tense time in 5,000 | Culpepper will join husband in Athens | Husband's words inspire Culpepper
No limits, in Marla Runyan's view* | Vision-impaired runner keeps spirit alive | She sees poorly, but her focus is perfect
There's no holding back Shalane Flanagan | Flanagan off to Olympics
It's happy hour at the Trials | Day four report from USATF | Culpepper edges Runyan in Trials 5,000
Carrie Tollefson: "I couldn't turn it over"
800 meters of drama | Jearl Miles-Clark shows she's still alive and kicking | Hazel Clark gets engaged | Nicole Teter earns berth*
Gouchers' trials a big disappointment
Missy Buttry chasing a dream
Caitlin Chock destroys high school 5,000m record | Chock goes the distance without her coach | World Junior Championships web site | Meselech Melkamu wins World Junior 5,000 | Junior Championships are where top athletes are 'born'
Dennis Barker keeps his athletes from venturing off course
Molly Huddle finishes seventh in 5,000
John Korir, Susan Chepkemei repeat at Boilermaker
Jim Sorenson, Maurica Carlucci win Fleet Feet Davis Mile
Katie Vermeulen doesn't regret posing for August issue of Playboy
Maribel Sanchez Souther officially named head coach at Dartmouth
Hayley Tullett happy to have Athens on her mind
Lisah Hamilton a hit in her marathon debut*
Women's steeplechase to make its debut at World Junior Championships
Nervous cheats create level field
Nike, USATF unveil 2004 Olympic uniform

JULY 11, 2004
Marla Runyan part of high five in women's 5,000
Jamie Krzyminski preps for 2008
University of Tennessee and Clark family will have strong presence in 800m final
Jen Toomey out of 800m contention
Liz Woodworth hoping to shine at Trials
Day two Trials report from USATF | Athlete quotes
Zolia Gomez excels after late start
Melissa White uses her feet to run rather than kick
Once painful race is Sharon Dickie's specialty
Collette Liss wins road mile as tuneup for Trials
Marta Dominguez doubtful for Athens
Kelly Holmes wins 800m at British Olympic Trials
Courtney Babcock makes Canadian Olympic team
Confident Kenyan juniors leave for Grosseto | World Juniors schedule/results - meet begins Tuesday
Susan Chepkemei to defend Boilermaker title
Craig Masback facing big mess
Liza Hunter Galvan wins SARR Women's 5K in 16:46*

JULY 10, 2004
Genevieve Graff-Ermeling - 5,000 reasons to quit
Marla Runyan speaks her mind about Regina Jacobs
Nicole Teter turns up heat in 800
Women's 5,000 could go through Main Line*
Day one Trials report from USATF | Day one report from the IAAF | Quotes from USATF
Shalane Flanagan reaches 5,000m final
Sara Bei advances to 5,000m final, Lauren Fleshman does not compete due to stress fracture
Lauren Simmons advances to 800m semis
Kameisha Bennett, Nicole Cook advance to 800m semis
Security proves a trial
400m specialist Olga Kotlyarova debuts in 800m with 1:57.96 but is beaten by Tatyana Andrianova, Olga Yegorova wins 1,500 in 4:01
British Olympic Trials also taking place

JULY 9, 2004
The men are getting most of the pre-Trials attention right now, but the women will get their chance soon!
Sara Bei in 5,000m heat at Olympic Trials tonight

Promising newcomers hope to take focus off drugs | After tribulation, the trials
BYU athletes try out for Olympic team
Track & Field Trials at a glance
Trials networks to go extra mile
A Brief Chat with Caitlin Chock | Chock runs well in tune-up meet
Collette Liss back for Golden Mile
Kerryn McCann set for King of the Mountain race
Sally Barsosio, Irene Kwambai battle for precious Athens spot
Run AZ runners bond as a group

JULY 8, 2004
Carrie Tollefson aims for Olympic berth*
Shalane Flanagan sets sights on making Olympic team | Flanagan signs with Nike
Sacramento lands NCAA Outdoor Championships for three years
Sarah Bowman taking on the world
Appellate court says Regina Jacobs must follow USADA rules | July 18th determines Jacobs' future
Team USA Minnesota sends 10 to Trials
Amber Ferner prepares for Olympic Trials by telephone
Steve Cram: A time and a place for everything - or it ends in tears
MA HS: Lindsay Donaldson ends HS career in style at nationals
Balco investigation saddens local athletes*

JULY 7, 2004
Tiffany McWilliams feature - but more importantly, McWilliams to miss Trials
Once A Runner sequel to be released in October
Fourteen hours of Olympic Trials broadcasts to begin Friday
Olympic Trials status of entries
Team USA roster announced for the IAAF World Junior Championships
Svetlana Cherkasova defeats Maria Mutola in Lausanne | Results
Paula Radcliffe: [I'm] confident and in good shape
Tracey Morris takes a Greek preview
Suspect athletes will compete at Trials | Craig Masback's statement to the media | IAAF clarifies ban rule
Molly Huddle to compete in 5,000 at Trials
CU well-respresented at Olympic Trials
Irene Jeptolo leads Toledo's distance recruits
A Brief Chat with Margaret Okayo
Catherine Ndereba and Khalid Khannouchi scheduled to compete at Beach to Beacon 10K
VA HS: Virginia Tech-bound Jessica Fanning usually at the front of the pack
IN HS: Alissa McKaig wins 8-mile race

JULY 3-6, 2004
Golden Gala (Rome) report from the IAAF | Results
Colleen De Reuck juggles busy home life with Olympic preparations
Gulnara Samitova scares 9:00 barrier, breaks her own steeplechase WR | More | Results
Marla Runyan to run 1,500 and 5,000 in Sacramento
Nicole Teter - The commitment is there, and so are the times
Kate and Laura O'Neill share Olympic dream
Susan Chepkemei wins Peachtree Road Race* | Colleen De Reuck wins masters race, is third among women* | More coverage*
Catherine Ndereba and Eric Wainaina fare poorly in Sapporo
Russians slowly taking over the road
CA HS: Ukiah High cross country, track coach Jerry Drew let go
Uta Pippig now a U.S. citizen | Pippig wins first race as U.S. citizen
John Meyer: Is anyone clean?
Kathy Butler fine tunes herself for Athens
Susannah Beck outruns Joan Benoit Samuelson in Freeport, Maine
Briana Shook wins solo 5,000 at USATF Club Championships | Indiana Invaders defend 'triple crown'at Club Championships | Results
Ron Mann named XC and T&F coach at the University of Louisville
Kenny Moore to write Bill Bowerman's life story
The fastest person around Athens' classic marathon course is a Briton who is sure Paula Radcliffe will follow him
Amy Yoder Begley hopes to run 10,000 at Trials
Making money no easy task for also-rans
Kelly Holmes storms to victory, wins 800 in San Sebastian
The race for Athens: Scandal lurks in background in Sacramento
Kim Smith named to New Zealand's Olympic team*
Rising NZ star Mary Davies to transfer to Oklahoma State
Kerryn McCann wins Gold Coast Half-Marathon in 1:11:08
Wake Forest's Selina Sekulic to represent U.S. at World Juniors
Elite athletes were born to run
Atalelech Ketema wins two-mile race in 10:20
Williams' Caroline Cretti wins five-mile race in Aspen
Utica Boilermaker field weakened due to timing
Laura Cherdack wins NCAA postgraduate scholarship
WKU grad Bonita Paul 'gone from the go' in Bluegrass 10,000
Elizabeth Roodell wins FireKracker 5K
Christy Csorna wins Firecracker 5000
Christa Benton wins Midnight Run
Susannah Landreth wins York Four on the Fourth race
BYU grad Emily Raymond wins Arnold Mills Road Race
In long run, Daniel and Alyssa Shaw thrive
Diabetes doesn't stop Lisa Bunce
CA HS: Liza (Pasciuto) is her name and running is her game*
Girls on the Run program helps preteens boost self-esteem, get physically active
Hashing: It's a mad dash*

JULY 2, 2004
Rome Golden Gala Start Lists/Results | BBC radio coverage | Text updates
Harry Jerome recap - Jenelle Deatherage wins 1,500 in 4:09 | Results
Lauren Fleshman to take one last pre-Trials shot at 5,000m Olympic "A" standard
Sonia O'Sullivan to run BUPA Cork City Sports 5,000 on Saturday
Catherine Ndereba and Eric Wainaina to gauge Olympic form in Sapporo - Preview
USATF Club Championships begin today | Entrants and other information
Betsy Frens doubles duty on running return
Jamie Krzyminski is Michigan State's Female Athlete of the Year
Interview with Julia Rudd, DIII steeplechase champion
Marisa Clapp earns Academic All-America honors and post-graduate scholarship
Missouri T&F season in review
Drug inquiry a dilemma for Nike
With Olympic Trials nearing, U.S. team faces a predicament

JULY 1, 2004
Rod DeHaven named XC and track coach at South Dakota State University
Special Peachtree Road Race section from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution* | Elite entrants
More on Shalane Flanagan's 'departure for the pros'
European city to stage 2009 IAAF World Championships
NAU hosts meet today
USA Youth Outdoors begin at Morgan State
IL HS: Katelyn Bastert named AOY
Expert: Don't sweat occasional food splurges
Teen racewalker fails amphetamine screening
Athletes of all ages welcomed at open track and field meets

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