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Olympic Track and Field Trials

UNION-TRIBUNE

July 5, 2008

Yesterday: Abdi Abdirahman won the men's 10,000 meters in 27:41.89. Kara Goucher's late surge won the women's 5,000 in 15:01.02. Eight-time U.S. champion and 2007 world bronze medalist Breaux Greer failed to advance to the men's javelin final. Chaunte Howard won the women's high jump at 6 feet, 5½ inches; Amy Acuff finished second and made her fourth Olympic team. Jordan Hasay, a high school senior-to-be from San Luis Obispo, advanced to the final of the women's 1,500 with a time of 4:14.50, a national prep record.

Today: There are five finals, beginning with the men's 20-kilometer race walk at 7 a.m. That's followed by the men's high jump, women's hammer throw, women's shot put and men's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Also today are semifinals in the men's and women's 200.

TV: 2 p.m., Ch. 7/39

On the web: A live blog by Ken Stone at uniontrib.com/more/tracktrials

LOCALS WATCH


San Diego High alum Meb Keflezighi, still the American record holder, was 13th in the men's 10,000 meters in 28:39.02. Jen Rhines (Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista) finished second in the women's 5,000 in 15:02.02 and earned a trip to Beijing; Sara Slattery (OTC) was fourth in 15:18.88. Mike Hazle (OTC) had the fourth-best qualifying mark in the javelin prelims at 247-11 . . .

Bashir Ramzy (OTC) went 52-1¾ in the men's triple jump and did not advance to the final. Monte Vista High alum Jon Rankin finished fifth in his 1,500 semifinal heat in 3:40.81 and moves on to tomorrow's final. El Camino High alum A.J. Acosta ran 3:44.96 and does not. Sara Hall (OTC) survived the women's 1,500 semis with a 4:12.89.

– MARK ZEIGLER


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