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News From: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | ||
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Ficker Runs U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
(Inside Triathlon) Top Ironman triathlete Desiree Ficker, 31, finished 79th of 124 finishers and 148 entries at the 2008 U.S. Womens Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston April 20. She finished second at the Ironman world championship in Kona in 2006. She ran the marathon in 2 hours, 48 minutes and 11 seconds. Her time on the multi-lap trials course was 18 minutes slower than the U.S. trials winner Deena Kastor and roughly equal to the time Lance Armstrong ran on the traditional Boston Course | ||
News From: Monday, April 21, 2008 | ||
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Oaklander on Olympic Marathon Team
(SanFrancisco Chronicle) Magdalena Lewy Boulet secured a spot on the Olympic team Sunday in the U.S. Olympic women's marathon trials in Boston. Lewy Boulet, a 34-year-old Oakland resident and an assistant coach on the Cal track and field team, did the hard work in the first half of the race over a loop course and finished second in a personal best of 2 hours, 30 minutes, 12 seconds to earn the trip to Beijing in August to represent the U.S. of A in the 2008 Olympic Games. | ||
News From: Sunday, April 20, 2008 | ||
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Woman has eyes on Beijing berth
(Star Tribune) Michelle Lilienthal graduated from Wisconsin in 2005 and took a few years off from running. Her come back in 2006 in the Twin Cities Marathon earned her a spont at the starting line of the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials for the women with a time of 2 hour and 35 minutes. She will be the sixth fastest woman in the field. | ||
News From: Friday, April 18, 2008 | ||
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Big marathon weekend: Women have Olympic aspirations
(The Salt Lake Tribune) This Sunday morning 150 women will line up in Boston to race for 3 Olympic spots that will be filled in less than 2 hours 45 minutes.Carol Cabanillas and Carre Joyce are among two of the women qualifiers for the years Beijing Olympic Marathon | ||
News From: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 | ||
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De Reuck Withdraws from Olympic Trials
(Race Results Weekly) Veteran marathoner and the defending Trials champion Colleen De Reuck has withdrawn from the 2008 US Women's Olympic Trials marathon competition in Boston next week. De Reuck, forty-four years old, cites a calf injury as the reason for her decision. She first injured the calf at the U.S. Cross Country Championships in February, then reinjured it at the U.S. 15-K Championships in Jacksonville, Florida, last month. | ||
Marathon runner gives Olympics one last shot
(The Daily Tribune) Molly Tabor will need to finish in the top 3 of 180 runners the day before the Boston Marathon. The 1995 Bates College graduate has be training with the Merrimack Valley Striders in North Andover, Mass., under coach Fernando Braz to prepare for her hopeful shot at Beijing. | ||
News From: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 | ||
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39 And Doing Fine! Ackerly Qualifies for Olympic Trials
(Richmond Times Dispatch) At 39 years of age most would think that the Olympics is something your children dream about. Maureen Ackerly has given her children, ages 2 and 4, something to shoot four. Last month she won the Napa Valley Marathon in 2 hours 44 minutes and 25 seconds and qualified for the U.S. Women's Olympic Trials to be held on April 12th in Boston. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 20, 2008 | ||
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With late race charge, Kastor takes U.S. Marathon trials title
(IAAF) Although Magdalena Lewy-Boulet charged out to an early lead at the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials, favorite Deena Kastor closed an almost two minute gap starting at mile 15. Kastor passed Lewy-Boulet after mile 23 to win the race in 2:29:35. Lewy-Boulet was second in 2:30:19 and Blake Russell was third in 2:32:40. | ||
News From: Friday, February 29, 2008 | ||
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Ames Native to Run in U.S. Marathon Trials
(Mid-Iowa Newspaper) Erin Block has qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials with a 2:45.58 at the St. George Marathon, but is certain she will not be a member of the U.S. Olympic Team. Block ran her first marathon in 1996 and worked hard to achieve a sub-3:00 marathon. Despite a torn hamstring, Block is looking forward to enjoying herself at the trials. | ||
News From: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 | ||
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Age-defying De Reuck still strong
(Daily Camera) 43-year old mother of two Colleen De Reuck may be better known for her running resume which includes four Olympic Games, bronze medal in the World Cross Country Championships, a few world road bests and scores of road race victories. De Reuck who is in training for the 2008 US Olympic Women's Marathon Team Trials will test her mettle at the 2008 USA Cross Country Championships. De Reuck, the defending U.S. Olympic marathon trials champion, will be forty-four at the starting line for the Trials. | ||
News From: Monday, February 4, 2008 | ||
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Amputee chases shot at Olympics
(Press of Atlantic City) In training to qualify for the 2008 US Women's Olympic Trials, Amy Palmiero-Winters, a mother of two who has garnered recognition from Runner's World, ESPN and PowerBar, is an amputee with a prosthesis below her left knee. With the approval of USATF to compete in the Olympics rather than the Paralympics if she qualifies, she will need to knock seventeen minutes off her personal best time and finish under 2:47. She will make her attempt at the 2008 Sarasota Marathon. | ||
News From: Saturday, January 19, 2008 | ||
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Local runners form a competitive bond
(The Washington Times) Kristen Henehan and Lisa Thomas have achieved their qualifying times for the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in two different ways. Both raced against each other for the first time, competing down the stretch at the Marine Corps Marathon. Missing the qualification mark, both ran the 2008 Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and qualified with a 2:45:12 and 2:46:11 respectively. | ||
News From: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | ||
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Olympic ban doesn't apply to amputee marathoner
(Newsday) Olympic Sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been banned from Olympic competition in the 400 meters as the IOC determined his carbon fiber prosthetic legs gave him a clear advantage. Amputee marathoner Amy Palmiero-Winters will be allowed to compete with her prosthetic should she make the qualifying time when she runs the Sarasota Marathon on March 2nd. | ||
News From: Thursday, January 3, 2008 | ||
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Sample passes first pre-Olympics test, prepares for USA Marathon
(Madison Daily Leader) Marie Parker Sample is taking a bit of a rest from running. She will beging running for her chance to make the Olympic Team headed to Bejing. Her time of 2:45 in the California International Marathon on Dec. 7 earned her a spot to compete with 124 other women in Boston in April. | ||
News From: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 | ||
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Deena Kastor Tours U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon course
(USA Track & Field) Kastor, along with her coach Terrence Mahon, was guided on a running tour of the Olympic Trials course. | ||
News From: Friday, July 28, 2006 | ||
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At 36, She's Just Beginning to Hit her Stride for Olympic Marathon Trial
(The Morning Call) Article on Kathleen Jobes, her history from non participating in sports to being selected for the Olympic trials, with her husband being her coach. | ||
News From: Friday, June 23, 2006 | ||
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Boston to Host 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials for Women
(Boston Business Journal) On April 20, 2008 -- one day before the Boston Marathon -- upwards of 150 U.S. women will compete to ultimately take part in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing Aug. 8 to Aug. 24. | ||
News From: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 | ||
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Boston May Host Olympic Marathon Trials In 2008
(CBS4 Boston) It's not official yet, but it looks like Boston will host the women's Olympic Marathon trials in 2008. The announcement will be made on Thursday. | ||
News From: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 | ||
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Akron Vying To Host U.S. Olympic Marathon Trial
(News Channel 5) City officials mailed their bid Monday. U.S. Track and Field officials will visit each of the four cities and review proposals. They will then choose one city to host the women's event and another for the men's races. The announcement is expected in April. |
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