Regional Features
Californians Sweep Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials
July/August 2008 California Track & Running News / by Mark Winitz. Who would have hauled out their brooms and predicted a California sweep of the three Olympic team spots at last April’s U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials?
Mark Winitz Interviews the U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Team Before Beijing
California Track & Field News (supplement to Long Distance Running) by Mark Winitz.
Deena Kastor
CTRN: How does it feel to make your third Olympic team?
Eugene 2008: if you build it, they will come . . .
July 12, 2008 by Larry Eder (Special to the Running Network) The first track meet was held at the University of Oregon in 1895, on a track that cost $4,000 to build. Coach Bill Hayward, the first of three Bills: Bill Hayward, Bill Bowerman and Bill Dellinger.
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Californians Could Sweep Women's Olympic Marathon Trials
By Mark Winitz / March/April 2008 / California Track & Running News. No kidding. Approximately 125 women will compete in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women's Marathon in Boston on Sunday, April 20--the day before the 112th Boston Marathon. And, it's conceivable that Golden Staters could grab the top three places and qualify for this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. Sure, it's unlikely.
