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\r\nUSA OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS QUICK REPORT
\r\nBy David Monti
\r\n© 2011 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
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\r\nHOUSTON (14-Feb) -- Meb Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan won the USA Olympic Trials Marathon here on a chilly, picture-perfect day in southern Texas. All six podium finishers earned spots on the USA Olympic Team for the London Olympics in the world's only binding Olympic marathon trials which pick an entire team on one day.
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\r\nOff of a fast early pace set by his key rival Ryan Hall, Keflezighi, from Mammoth Lakes, Calif., eventually broke away from Hall and three-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman in the 24th mile. Keflezighi, who also ran the ING New York City Marathon last November, broke the tape in a personal best 2:09:08, making his third Olympic team.
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\r\n"This race was all about 1-2-3," the 36 year-old father of three daughters told the crowd assembled at the finish area. He added: "I just wanted to make my third Olympics for my girls."
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\r\nHall, the defending Trials champion who had the pack on a sub-2:07 pace in the early miles, finished second in 2:09:30. Abdirahman, who dropped off the lead pace in the final miles, struggled to hold his form and take third place in 2:09:47, just 8 seconds ahead of the closing Dathan Ritzenhein. For Abdirahman, his performance today puts him on his fourth Olympic team.
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\r\n"I made my fourth Olympic team," said Abdirahman who spent most of last year on the sidelines with a stress fracture in his right leg. "It's amazing."
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\r\nIn the women's race, which started much more conservatively than the men's, an early pack of nine dwindled to four in the 15th mile: Flanagan, Amy Hastings, Kara Goucher, and Desiree Davila. Hastings, fell back, rejoined the group then fell back for good and would finish fourth (2:27:17). At the front, Flanagan and Davila worked together to drop the slightly under-trained Goucher, then Flanagan spurted away from Davila at the 40-K mark. Her long blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail, Flangan strided smoothly to the finish in an Olympic Trials record of 2:25:38, which was also a personal best. It was also her first marathon victory.
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\r\n"These are dreams," Flanagan, who lives in Portland, Ore., told the crowd in her post-race interview. "We fulfilled dreams today."
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\r\nDavila finished a close second in 2:25:55 making her first Olympic team, and Goucher --who like Flanagan is coached by Jerry Schumacher under the Nike Oregon Track Club program-- was third in 2:26:06. All four of the top finishers smashed the Trials record of 2:28:25 set by Colleen De Reuck in St. Louis in 2004.
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\r\nToday's separate races for men and women, which began 15 minutes apart, had 114 starters on the men's side and 191 on the women's.
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\r\nENDS","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 5:55pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"31","email_settings":"127","email":"ross@teamxo.com","address":"ross","gender":"m","member_id":"4","member_name":"ross","avatar_location":"av-4.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg","pb_title":"ross","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ross.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"31"},"417140":{"pb_id":"3026","pb_type":"members","likes":"2","parent_id":"0","pid":"417140","comment_id":"417140","member_id":"3026","comment":"Keep coming back throughout the day as we upload post-race interviews!","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:53pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"35","email_settings":"7168","email":"chrisnickinson@gmail.com","address":"chrisnickinson","gender":"m","member_id":"3026","member_name":"Chris Nickinson","avatar_location":"av-3026.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg","pb_title":"Chris Nickinson","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=3026","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/chrisnickinson.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"35"},"417139":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"1","parent_id":"0","pid":"417139","comment_id":"417139","member_id":"6","comment":"Alright, the finishers will keep coming, but I am going to run down to the mixed zone to catch up with some athletes. Be sure to check back for all the athlete interviews, and the press conference that will be held with all the 2012 Olympic Marathon qualifiers!","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:48pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417138":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417138","comment_id":"417138","member_id":"6","comment":"Deena in 6th 2:30:40","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:47pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417137":{"pb_id":"383","pb_type":"members","likes":"1","parent_id":"0","pid":"417137","comment_id":"417137","member_id":"383","comment":". . . reporting! :-)","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:46pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3631.jpg","pb_title":"Donal Pearce","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=383","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DonalPearce.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"101"},"417136":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417136","comment_id":"417136","member_id":"6","comment":"2:29:45 for Janet in about an 8 minute PR","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:46pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417135":{"pb_id":"383","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417135","comment_id":"417135","member_id":"383","comment":"Great job, Kevin. Thanks for report for us!","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:46pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3631.jpg","pb_title":"Donal Pearce","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=383","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DonalPearce.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"101"},"417134":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417134","comment_id":"417134","member_id":"6","comment":"Big PR for Shalane Flanagan in her 2nd marathon","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:45pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417133":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417133","comment_id":"417133","member_id":"6","comment":"Janet Cherobon-Bawcom in 5th, waiting for a time","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:45pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417132":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417132","comment_id":"417132","member_id":"6","comment":"Shalane - 2:25:38
\r\nDesi - 2:25:55
\r\nKara - 2:26:06
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\r\nAll times under old Olympic Trials record, and old US Championships record","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:45pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417131":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417131","comment_id":"417131","member_id":"6","comment":"Shalane, Desi, Kara, in that order! Official times coming.
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\r\nJust off her best, Hastings runs 2:27:15 unofficially. 4th place. Carrie Tollefson calls her "the future of marathoning" at the finish.","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:43pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417130":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417130","comment_id":"417130","member_id":"6","comment":"Approaching the final turn!","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:40pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417129":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417129","comment_id":"417129","member_id":"6","comment":"Hastings still in 4th after a long look back. 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The gap grows!","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:38pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417125":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417125","comment_id":"417125","member_id":"6","comment":"The 3 gentlemen qualifiers now have 9 Olympics between them, 4 for Abdi, 3 for Meb, and 2 for Hall.","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:36pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417124":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417124","comment_id":"417124","member_id":"6","comment":"Equidistant now are the top 3, Shalane, Desi, Kara. All are digging so deep, but Shalane is staying relaxed and cool up front.","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:36pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417123":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417123","comment_id":"417123","member_id":"6","comment":"They're downtown now. And there won't be much room for celebrating for Shalane if she maintains this lead","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:35pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417122":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417122","comment_id":"417122","member_id":"6","comment":"Desi not making up this last surge, which appears to have created about a 10 meter gap between Shalen and Davila","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:35pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417120":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417120","comment_id":"417120","member_id":"6","comment":"This is reportedly the oldest men's team with an average age of just under 33 years.","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:33pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417119":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417119","comment_id":"417119","member_id":"6","comment":"40k being passed!","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:33pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417118":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417118","comment_id":"417118","member_id":"6","comment":"And now Shalane again trying to lose Desi.","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:33pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417117":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417117","comment_id":"417117","member_id":"6","comment":"She said it was "like a break up . . . really hard . . . I cried for about a week." She and Alberto, she says, remain fast friends. "He's a bigger part of my life than just my coach," she said","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:32pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417116":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417116","comment_id":"417116","member_id":"6","comment":"Goucher and Flanagan training partners under Jerry Shoemaker in Portland, OR. Kara having recently transferred from Alberto Salazar's program.","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:31pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417115":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417115","comment_id":"417115","member_id":"6","comment":"Only 15 meters according to race officials","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:31pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"417114":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"417114","comment_id":"417114","member_id":"6","comment":"Now Desi pulls even again! Kara still in the background. 20 meters back","date_added":"Jan 14th 2012, 4:30pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":22809,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"}},"last_id":"417114","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=22809&item_url=eprofile.php?event_id=2521"}