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U.S.
OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS - TRACK & FIELD
Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex, California State University - Sacramento
July 9-18, 2004
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PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
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4 (steeplechase final) DAY SIX:
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8 (1,500 semifinals, 10,000 final) DAY EIGHT:
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When
Jen Toomey (left) came up to challenge Carrie Tollefson in the final
50 meters...
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...of
the Olympic Trials 1,500, Tollefson responded. Toomey appeared to
tighten up...
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...(or
tie up) in the final few strides, giving Tollefson the edge. Tollefson
won the race...
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...in
4:08.32, with Toomey second in 4:08.43. Amy Rudolph (left) used
one last-ditch...
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...effort
to go by Jenelle Deatherage and grab third place in 4:08.57.
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Deatherage
wound up fourth in 4:08.71.
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Because
Tollefson didn't have the Olympic "A" or "B"
standard, when she crossed the finish line...
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...Suzy
Favor Hamilton was technically on the Olympic team. Tollefson, Toomey,
and Rudolph...
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...would
have until August 9th, however, to chase the standard. As the race
winner, if Tollefson got the...
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..."A"
or "B" standard, she would be on the team... Unless Toomey
and/or Rudolph got the "A" standard.
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It's
too complicated to go into all of the detail here, but when Tollefson
crossed the line, she still had work ahead...
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...if
she was going to run in the Olympics. Above: Heather Sagan.
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Rudolph
catches her breath after her dive across the finish line.
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Shalane
Flanagan finished sixth in 4:11.05 but would be going to Athens
in the 5,000.
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Sally
Hauser finished seventh in 4:12.56.
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Tollefson
reacts to her win. Even though her spot on the Olympic team wasn't
yet secure at this point...
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...what
ended up happening was that no one new got the "A" standard,
but Tollefson got the "B" standard...
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...so
she was the U.S.'s lone representative in the 1,500 in Athens.
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Tollefson
stops her celebration to catch her breath.
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Marla
Runyan jogs off the track after dropping out. She was exhausted,
but other than that, she appeared to be fine.
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