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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
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DAY TWO: PAGE
1 | PAGE 2 (800 semifinals) DAY
FOUR: PAGE 1
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(800 final, 5,000 final) DAY FIVE:
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4 (steeplechase final) DAY SIX:
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7 | PAGE 8 (1,500 semifinals, 10,000 final)
DAY EIGHT: PAGE
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Liz
Woodworth, an NCAA DIII national champion for UW-Oshkosh, warms
up for the 1,500m semifinals.
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Amy
Rudolph narrowly missed making the team in the 5,000 and was back
to try again in the 1,500.
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Elissa
Riedy leads on the first lap of the first 1,500 semifinal. The top
five in each heat, plus the runners with...
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...the
next five fastest times, would advance to the final. Heading into
the race, only two women - Suzy Favor Hamilton...
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...and
Regina Jacobs (who had announced her retirement just before the
race and accepted a four-year ban for using a banned substance).
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Because
no one other than Favor Hamilton had the "A" standard,
unless they ran quickly in Sunday's final...
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...the
Olympic qualifying procedure would become quite messy.
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Arkansas'
Londa Bevins and Nike's Mary Jayne Harrelson run on the outside
of the pack.
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Susan Nielsen (formerly Taylor) won the 1,500 at the 2000 NCAA Championships
for BYU.
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Florida
State's Natalie Hughes and Nielsen run in the back of the pack.
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L-R:
Bevins, Jen Toomey, Riedy, and Sarah Schwald.
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The
pace lagged early on in the first semifinal...
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it ended up being a sit-and-kick race.
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Toomey
(800) and Rudolph (5,000) had already run events at these Trials,
while Londa Bevins was making her first appearance.
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With
one lap to go, the runners begin to position themselves for the
kick. Amy Rudolph leads...
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...with
Jen Toomey and Jenelle Deatherage also up there.
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Toomey
had dominated the 800 and 1,500 at February's USA Indoor Championships...
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a lifting injury hampered her training between March and July.
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Jenelle
Deatherage was having a breakthrough season after moving to Minnesota
to train with Team USA Minnesota.
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Liz
Woodworth won three NCAA DIII titles in 2004 and came into the Trials
with a 1,500 PR of 4:15.20.
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