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134 Entered for U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon in New York City
Athletes to vie for Beijing berths and $250,000 over multi-loop course in
Central Park; Culpepper to defend 2004 title
From USATF
INDIANAPOLIS - The largest field since 1984 is set to line up on Saturday,
November 3 for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon in New York
City, USA Track & Field (USATF) and the New York Road Runners (NYRR) have
announced. Among the entrants are four previous national marathon
champions, the U.S. marathon record holder and an Olympic medalist.
A total of 134 men, out of 179 qualifiers, have officially entered the race
that will name the first three members of Team USA's Track & Field team for
the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
The final entry list includes 2004 Olympic Marathon silver medalist Meb
Keflezighi (San Diego, Calif.), 2004 Olympic Trials champion Alan Culpepper
(Lafayette, Colo.) and U.S. marathon record holder Khalid Khannouchi
(Ossining, N.Y.).
Also making a bid for the team will be two-time U.S. Olympian Abdi
Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.); Brian Sell (Rochester Hills, Mich.), who made a
brave attempt to surprise the field at the 2004 Olympic Team Trials - Men's
Marathon in Birmingham, Ala.; U.S. record holder for the half-marathon Ryan
Hall (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) and 2004 Olympic marathoner and 10,000 runner
Dan Browne.
U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon by the numbers:
Qualifiers = 179
Entrants = 134
Entrants with personal bests under 2:09 = 4 (Khalid Khannouchi, Mbarak
Hussein, Abdi Abdirahman and Ryan Hall)
Entrants who have won USA Championship titles = 12
Past USA Marathon Champions = 4 (Dan Browne '02, Ryan Shay '03, Alan
Culpepper '04 and Mbarak Hussein '05-06)
For a complete listing of entrants and more Trials information,
visit:
www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-Marathon-Men
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