U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS - TRACK & FIELD
Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex, California State University - Sacramento
July 9-18, 2004
ALL PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS

DAY ONE: PAGE 1 | PAGE 2 | PAGE 3 | PAGE 4 | PAGE 5 | PAGE 6 (800 quarterfinals, 5,000 semifinals) DAY TWO: PAGE 1 | PAGE 2 (800 semifinals) DAY FOUR: PAGE 1 | PAGE 2 | PAGE 3 | PAGE 4 | PAGE 5 (800 final, 5,000 final) DAY FIVE: PAGE 1 | PAGE 2 | PAGE 3 | PAGE 4 (steeplechase final) DAY SIX: PAGE 1 | PAGE 2 | PAGE 3 | PAGE 4 | PAGE 5 | PAGE 6 | PAGE 7 | PAGE 8 (1,500 semifinals, 10,000 final) DAY EIGHT: PAGE 1 | PAGE 2 (1,500 final)

Kathy Newberry runs in the pack during the 5,000 final.	Shalane Flanagan, still leading, starts to stretch things out a bit.	Amy Yoder Begley and Molly Huddle work to stay with the pack.	R-L: Melissa Gulli, Katherine Newberry, Sara Bei, and Kristen Nicolini.	R-L: Flanagan, Amy Rudolph, Carrie Tollefson, Shayne Culpepper, Marla Runyan, and Jen Rhines.
Yoder Begley and Huddle run at the tail end of the lead pack.	Gulli, Bei, Newberry, and Nicolini form their own pack.	The five women up front were considered to be the most serious contenders for the team.	All five of them had run under the Olympic "A" standard of 15:08.70.	Jen Rhines (in back) had already qualified for the Olympic team in the marathon.
Gulli had finished fifth in the NCAA 10,000 one month earlier and Bei was second in the 5,000.	Sarah Hann, a resident of Winchester, New Hampshire, and a two time World XC...	...qualifier runs in her first Olympic Trials.	Missy Buttry's parents and 11 siblings drove 24 hours from Iowa to cheer her on at the Trials.	Amy Yoder Begley and Molly Huddle run in eighth and ninth place.
Gulli leads Bei, Newberry, and Nicolini.	Flanagan continues to lead the race and the lead pack is now down to six.	The top five women were all close in ability, but Runyan and Culpepper...	...were known for having the best finishing speed.	Buttry just finished her junior year at Wartburg College.

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