The qualifying event for the “world’s toughest team to make” is set to take place July 1-10 in Eugene, Oregon at storied Hayward Field. The 1500 meter metric Mile heats and finals will be contested July 7-10. BBTM Olympic Trials 1500m guide HERE.
Full-session tickets for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field are still available at TrackTown16.com.
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Women's 1500m top 3 strongest in U.S. Olympic team history; Blankenship, Andrews and Martinez celebrate first Olympic berths; Centrowitz breaks Steve Scott's Olympic Trials meet record.
By Chris Chavez, Sports Illustrated
Less than half a second separated the third and fourth place finishers...
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And now I'm here... with the chance to earn a spot representing the United States in the Olympic Games. And it almost didn't happen...
By Lex Williams for RRCA.org
RRCA Roads Scholar Lex Williams (2011) is competing in the 1500m at the U.S. Olympic Trials this week in Eugene, OR. Lex also...
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“I’m not putting the blame on anyone. That’s how track is. We move on... I’m ready to bounce back.”
By Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register
EUGENE, Ore. – By the time Brenda Martinez sat down alone with a turkey sandwich and her four dogs Monday night in the house she and her husband/coach...
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Featured in a new ESPN film series, her first round heat of the women’s 1500 meters on Thursday, July 7 in TrackTown USA
By Alison Wade, Runner's World
If professional runner Sarah Brown, 29, and her husband and coach, Darren Brown, had written out a plan a year ago to maximize her chances of...
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“It’s the only thing I’m thinking about. Making the team is the only thing that matters.”
By Tim Creason, South Bend Tribune Correspondent
The last time the world got a good look at Morgan Uceny, she was lying flat on the ground.
The pride of Plymouth fell to the track just as she was...
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First of all, we have to count our blessings every day. Next, we always try and find creative solutions to our problems no matter what they may be. Always stay positive.
From HighFiveEvents.com
Staying Vertical’s William Dyson of High Five Events, sat down with Leo Manzano, 2012 Olympic 1500...
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“I’m definitely on the upswing headed into the Trials. I’m not worn out, my body feels good as it’s ever felt, I’m as fit as I’ve ever been, I’m as fast as I’ve ever been."
By Bret McCormick, The Herald
Rock Hill’s Brandon Hudgins was hooked up to a chemotherapy machine during the 2008 and...
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“I’m running as fast as I can, but I go faster with competition. I still don’t know what my limit is.”
By Charlie Ban, Run Washington
Kate Murphy knows she can run faster in the 1500 meters, she just needs competition.
She’ll finally get it July 7, when she races the first round of the U.S....
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“Honestly, I’m just really excited for that whole experience. If I could get out of the first heat that would be awesome.”
By Lindsay Ross Miller, The Gazette
Christina Aragon rewrote the middle distance records in Montana over her four years at Billings Senior, but after graduation she set...
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“I dropped a lot of time last year in the 1500 and really put myself as a true contender on the track, and that’s my primary focus.”
By Abigail Lorge, Runner's World
For Heather Kampf, who two weeks ago won her fourth USA 1 Mile road title in dominant fashion, the appeal of the race derives...
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