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Morgan Uceny had nothing to prove in the women’s 1500m final at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. After all, in 2011, Uceny (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) was ranked #1 in the world in the 1500m and dominated the IAAF Diamond League circuit.
2012 SCA Road Running Grand Prix
Awards – Overall Open Winners
Awards – Overall Masters Winners
Awards – Overall Youth Winners
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| Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET. |
A drizzly Day 7 of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon ended with Californians Allyson Felix shattering the women’s 200m Olympic Trials record and Carmelita Jeter taking the runner-up slot.
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| Morgan Uceny – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET |
California will be well represented in the women’s 1500m final that will take place on Sunday. Golden Stater Morgan Uceny was the fastest qualifier so, in anticipation of what we expect will be an excellent race, we thought we’d post Mark Winitz’s Q&A with Morgan that ran in our June-July issue.
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| Kim Conley – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET. |
Few might have given 26-year-old Kim Conley (West Sacramento, Calif.) a chance at gaining an Olympic team spot in the women’s 5000m race at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
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| Trevor Barron – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET |
On a muggy morning at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, the men’s 20K race walk featured several new American records and a number of California connections among the top placers.
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| Alysia Montano – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET. |
The 800m finals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials featured strong performances by Golden State athletes as three Californians plus one athlete with strong California ties earned spots on the U.S. team headed for the London Olympic Games.
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| Stephanie Brown Trafton – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET. |
Even a reigning Olympic gold medalist and American record holder who has enjoyed a ranking as #1 in the world in her event can have doubts when the big meets come along. Only three weeks before the 2012 U.S.
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| USATF Southern California 2011 Marathon Champion Amy Hastings wins 10,000m trials – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET. |
Amy Hastings (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) says that one of the best pieces of advice that Deena Kastor, her Mammoth Track Club teammate, has given her is to keep fighting; never give up. In running, just as in the rest of life, there are good miles and bad miles, good times and bad times. The good times are easy.
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| Jeneba Tarmoh – Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET. |
If you were watching the Olympic Trials yesterday, you no doubt know the story regarding the women’s 100m finals. Carmelita Jeter (CA) won in 10.92 and Tianna Madison was second in 10.96. But the real story was all about third place, where Californians Allyson Felix and Jeneba (JEN-eba) Tarmoh raced to a dead-heat for the third spot on the team.
