USA Olympic T&F Trials


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[h=1]U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field starts Today[/h]6/21/2012



Eugene, Ore. – More than 100 athletes will be selected to represent the U.S. at the London Olympic Games as the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field begin today and run through July 1. Action starts first with the hammer throw in Beaverton, Oregon and continues with eight days of action over the next ten days.

The hammer throw will be highlighted in a unique day of competition that takes place at the Nike Worldwide Headquarters on the Ronaldo Field where a spectator-friendly venue has been built specifically to showcase the hammer.

All eyes will be on the decathletes when competition kicks off at Hayward Field on Friday. With the reigning Olympic champion Bryan Clay, World champion Trey Hardee and current World indoor record holder Ashton Eaton, competition for the title of Olympic Trials champion will be fierce. If all three men qualify for the Olympics, Team USA will be well positioned for an Olympic podium sweep.

The first final on the track will be the men’s and women’s 10,000 meter races Friday evening. Amy Hastings (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) and Dathan Ritzenhein (Portland, Ore.) will be looking for redemption after taking heart-wrenching fourth place finishes at the U.S. Olympic Trials - Marathon held in Houston earlier this year. Other athletes to watch include: Lisa Uhl (Portland, Ore.), Janet Bawcom (Rome, Ga.), Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.), Matt Tegenkamp (Portland, Ore.), Bobby Curtis (Louisville, Ky.)

Over the next 10 days, the U.S. top track super stars will still have to put it all on the line in order to make Team USA, which is often dubbed as the “toughest team in the world to make.†With nearly 1,000 athletes set to compete, fan favorites are sure to include:

http://www.usatf.org/News/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials-–-Track---Field-starts-To.aspx

Link to daily results:

http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/results/Day2.htm
 



For those of you all in the know, what was really going on behind the scenes with Jeremy Wariner and Clyde Hart? Did you all see how he was after the 400 meter race yesterday. I would have been like, so I lost but at least I have some gold, and then jogged off the track with my head up....

on the other hand...he didn't run anywhere near close to what he used to run...you are still in your prime at 28 years...I can see if he was 34 and older or something but man...what was really going on????
 
I like the part where the women hug after a race

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One of my former pop warner/youth usa t&f kids came in 2nd in the long jump and is currently the top triple jumper. We watched the live internet stream with all of our current kids.

Hey DCG quick question. Since the top 3 in each track event goes to London, who determines who runs on the relay teams and their alternates?
 
Justin Gatlin says Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh should mud wrestle for Olympic spot

(Getty)Justin Gatlin made the U.S. Olympic team for London over the weekend by winning the 100m at the Olympic Trials. On the women's side, the U.S. still doesn't have a third entrant in the 100m because Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh finished in dead heat.

While Felix and Tarmoh are deciding between a run-off or a coin flip, Gatlin offered a third, sexist option: a mud/Jell-O wrestling match. (First, Gatlin said he wanted Jell-O wrestling, then switched it up to mud on "SportsCenter.")

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olymp...n-felix-jeneba-tarmoh-mud-234938932--oly.html
 
ravel74 said:
Hey DCG quick question. Since the top 3 in each track event goes to London, who determines who runs on the relay teams and their alternates?
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In most cases they take the top six places. Two alternates (5th and 6th places) to run the quarterfinal and sometimes semifinal rounds so the top three 100 meter and 400 meter runners can focus on their open races then be fresh for the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
 
BulldogM.Ed.23 said:
Justin Gatlin says Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh should mud wrestle for Olympic spot

(Getty)Justin Gatlin made the U.S. Olympic team for London over the weekend by winning the 100m at the Olympic Trials. On the women's side, the U.S. still doesn't have a third entrant in the 100m because Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh finished in dead heat.

While Felix and Tarmoh are deciding between a run-off or a coin flip, Gatlin offered a third, sexist option: a mud/Jell-O wrestling match. (First, Gatlin said he wanted Jell-O wrestling, then switched it up to mud on "SportsCenter.")

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olymp...n-felix-jeneba-tarmoh-mud-234938932--oly.html
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They should handle that third place spot similarly like they do for the field events (long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, etc...) and take whoever had the fastest time between the two in the semifinal.
 
Congrats to JSU alumnus Micheal Tinsley on winning the Olympic Trials 400M Hurdles and making his first US Olympic Team.
 
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ravel74 said:
Hey DCG quick question. Since the top 3 in each track event goes to London, who determines who runs on the relay teams and their alternates?
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C-LeB28 said:
In most cases they take the top six places. Two alternates (5th and 6th places) to run the quarterfinal and sometimes semifinal rounds so the top three 100 meter and 400 meter runners can focus on their open races then be fresh for the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
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They actually take the top 8...but coaches are also free to choose alternates from any event on the entire team.
 
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