Archive for June, 2008

2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field, Day 3

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Hot weather and hot 100 meter dash times continued on Day 3 of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field.

In the 100 meter dash final, Tyson Gay ran the fastest 100 meter dash ever recorded. The mark will not count as a world record, because of a higher than allowable tailwind.

Former ASU Sun Devil Trevell Quinley won the long jump on his final attempt, to become the second Sun Devil of the meet to earn a trip to Beijing.

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Tyson Gay, en route to the fastest 100 meter dash ever recorded

2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field, Day 2

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Day 2 of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field was sultry, both on the track and off. The announced temperature in Eugene was above 90 degrees, which was perfect for fast times in the women’s and men’s 100 meter dashes.

Tyson Gay rebounded from a disappointing first round race to establish a new American Record for the 100 meter dash.

Former ASU Sun Devil Jacquelyn Johnson placed second in the heptathlon, to join Hyleas Fountain and Diana Pickler in Beijing.

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4-time NCAA Heptathlon champion Jacquelyn Johnson is going to Beijing

2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field, Day 1

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The first three Olympians of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field were determined during the women’s 10,000 meter run, which was the final event of Day 1 competition.

American Record holder Shalane Flanagan outkicked 2007 World Championships bronze medalist Kara Goucher for the win, while Amy Yoder Begley ran a spirited race for both third place and against the clock to punch her ticket to Beijing.

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Kara Goucher (2nd, 31:37.72) and Shalane Flanagan (1st 31:34.81), on their way to Beijing

Amy Yoder Begley had to race her competitors and the clock, in order to make the Olympic team