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News From: Thursday, February 18, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		'World's Fastest Stoner' Finishes Last In Olympic Marathon Trials (NPR.com) The self-proclaimed "world's fastest stoner" finished in last place at the trials for the 2016 Rio Olympics in Los Angeles on Saturday, with a time of 3:45:34.
News From: Wednesday, February 17, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Human Interest Story
		Ladies and Gentlemen: Your 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team (Outside Online) While some countries select their Olympians based on performance or politics, this is the United States of America. So we put on a do-or-die, one-off, completely meritorious race. Saturday's U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon, held in Los Angeles, California, had a basic premise: the top three finishers from each race go to Rio, and the rest can watch it on TV. Of the 166 men and 198 women who started, only 105 and 149 runners finished, respectively, an attrition rate attesting to the hot and dry conditions that made this race the warmest in Trials history, according to U.S.A. Track and Field (USATF). In less than two and a half hours, six Americans earned the right to represent the U.S. in the Rio Olympics. These are the three men and three women who not only survived the heat but managed to excel in it.
		McCandless leads, cant hold on in marathon trials (The Garden Island) Through the opening miles of the Olympic Team Trials Marathon on Saturday morning, Tyler McCandless ran near the front of the pack, often next to pre-race favorite Meb Keflezighi. Then, about the five-mile mark, he moved into the lead, even opening a 10-yard gap on the field in Los Angeles. For about three miles, McCandless pushed the pace. The announcers of the nationally televised event noted that McCandless had a Ph.D. in meteorology and had won the Kauai Marathon, so he was used to running in the heat.
News From: Monday, February 15, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Rupp, Cragg win U.S. Olympic marathon trials (AOL.com) Olympian Galen Rupp made his marathon debut in memorable style, racing away from 40-year-old Meb Keflezighi to win the U.S. Olympic trials on a hot Saturday in Los Angeles.
		Davis natives make history during Olympic Trials Marathon (Sac Bee) Davis natives Brendan Gregg and Kaitlin Gregg Goodman made history in Los Angeles Saturday as the first brother and sister to run the USA Olympic Trials Marathon on the same day. The last, and only other time a brother and sister duo ran the Olympic Trials Marathon was Tom and Debbie Raunig in 1984. At that time, the men and women raced on different days. After a punishing race in 80 degree conditions, Goodman, 29, came in 54th and Gregg, 26, dropped out as planned, due to a previous injury.
News From: Sunday, February 14, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Human Interest Story
		The marathon trials stories should have been about the performances: Oregon track & field rundown (Oregon Live) Kara Goucher told reporters Saturday after the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials that "justice is coming," and maybe it is.
News From: Friday, February 12, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Army soldier Elkanah Kibet follows unique path to Olympic marathon trials (USA Today.com) Twenty-four hours pass without running, and Elkanah Kibet said he feels an ache in his hamstrings and calves. Forty-eight hours pass without running, and the pain intensifies. Seventy-two hours pass and, well, Kibets legs would not tolerate such neglect.
		What others are saying about Dathan Ritzenhein's chances at U.S. Marathon Trials (MLive.com) Distance runner Dathan Rtizenhein has been in the public eye since he was a high school phenom at Rockford in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
		U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials: Aptos alum Gotcher has high mileage and high hopes (Santa Cruz Sentinel) At the peak of his training for Saturdays USA Olympic Marathon Trials, the La Selva Beach resident ran 130 miles a week. Thats a little less than 20 miles a day, every day. And it doesnt factor in his weight lifting, cross training and stretching routines, nor the fact that hes been logging these kind of workouts for the past five years.
		Pumping the brakes on Galen Rupp marathon hype (Sporting News) Plus, no offense to the men I'm about to name, but it's hard to imagine Olympic silver medalist Rupp losing to the likes of Jeff Eggleston and Nick Arciniaga at any distance.
		Running for Rio: Buchanan grad vies for spot on U.S. Olympic marathon. (Fresno Bee) On Saturday, the 33-year-old Fresno native who grew up in Clovis schools will line up with more than 200 elite male marathon runners at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials 26.2-mile race in Los Angeles. The first three men to cross the finish line will secure their spot on the U.S. Olympic marathon team that will compete in the Summer Olympics in Brazil. Cabada hopes to be one of them.
News From: Thursday, February 11, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon: Get Your Feet on the Street (NBCLosAngeles.com) The U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon is scheduled for Feb. 13 in Los Angeles and you have a chance to cheer on the competitors vying for a spot on the team headed to Rio this summer.
News From: Tuesday, February 9, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Human Interest Story
		Tanner Fruit preparing for Olympic Trials marathon (NP Telegraph) Tanner Fruit, who ran for Ogallala high school from 20032007, will be competing in the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles on Saturday.
News From: Monday, February 8, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Morgan seeks berth on Olympic team at marathon trials (The Oakland Press) The weathers been fine, the trainings been fine, everythings been fine for 35-year-old Mike Morgan of Rochester Hills. Now, the veteran distance runner hopes those factors translate to a berth on the U.S. Olympic team as he prepares for the Olympic Marathon Trials Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.
News From: Sunday, February 7, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		U.S. Olympic trials marathon contender: Dathan Ritzenhein (ESPN.go.com) Dathan Ritzenhein will contend for a spot on the U.S. Olympic marathon team on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Here are some fast facts about him.
News From: Thursday, February 4, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Four-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman to miss 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials (Sports Illustrated) Abdi Abdirahman, a fourtime U.S. Olympian, has been scratched from the upcoming 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on Feb. 13 due to a left calf injury.
		Lubbock Native Headed to Olympic Marathon Trials (Everything Lubbock) Birdsong-Johnson, 27, is a graduate of Monterey High School. He ran in for the University of Texas and then Adams State in Colorado. Currently, he lives in Alamosa, Colorado where he is getting his MBA. He returned to Lubbock where his coach and family are to finish out his last few weeks of training before the marathon.
News From: Tuesday, February 2, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Human Interest Story
		Olympic Marathon Trials: The Victory Lap For Pretty Darn Good Runners (Fittish) Of the 259 women and 217 men who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, only about 10 in each field have an honest chance at finishing in the top three and going to Rio. But hundreds or even thousands more arranged the past four years of their lives around running a marathon or half-marathon fast enough to earn the honor of being an extra in those ten legitimate contenders show, and failed.
News From: Sunday, January 31, 2016
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Galen Rupp to make marathon debut at U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (Sports Illustrated) Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp will run the Olympic Trials Marathon and make his debut over 26.2 miles on Feb. 14 in Los Angeles, USA Track and Field announced.
News From: Friday, July 29, 2011
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Attending USA Olympic Trials Marathon May Be Best Bargain in Sports (Race Results Weekly) While the cost to attend most major sporting events can run up the thousands of dollars, the US Olympic Trials Marathon is free and open to the public. Making it arguably the best bargain in sports.
News From: Tuesday, June 2, 2009
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Human Interest Story
		A bit of tribulation for marathon trials (Boston Globe) Boston and New York would enjoy hosting the 2012 Olympic Trials in the marathon for men and women respectively. But neither city is willing to do so if it means taking another one-million dollar loss on race day.
News From: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Human Interest Story
		Marathoner Shay's death ruled due to natural causes (Chicago Tribune) Ryan Shay's death during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials was because of natural causes linked to an irregular heartbeat and an enlarged heart stated the New York City Medical Examiner. Joe Shay, father of the marathoner, confirmed that the toxicology report dating back to December was negative. Joe Shay said the evidence in the autopsy report should lead many other runners, especially older runners, to be more attentive to their health.
		Mystery lingers in Shay's case; runner's heart failed, but reason unknown (Detroit Free Press) It has been four months of testing on Ryan Shay's heart tissue samples following his sudden collapse and death at the 2008 US Men's Olympic Trials in New York. Experts are still not certain what exactly the cause of death is. The toxicology report came back 100% clean.
News From: Saturday, December 1, 2001
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Human Interest Story
		Birmingham to host U.S. men's marathon trial (The Associated Press) The U.S. men's marathon Olympic trials will be held in Birmingham, Alabama on Feb. 7, 2004.
News From: Friday, June 16, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Marathon forced Sence to question desire (Cincinatti Post) John Sence was ready to quit after his performance in the Olympic marathon trials in Pittsburgh. After months of training, the results were disappointing. But now, he is just getting back and planning to run again.
News From: Sunday, May 14, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		GET THIS STRAIGHT: I'M ON RIGHT TRACK - Khannouchi Speaks Out (Chicago Tribune) Khannouchi responds to criticism about his decision not to run the US Mens Olympic Trials
News From: Tuesday, May 9, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Analysis: Conflicting agendas harm Olympic marathon selection process (Post-Gazette) Politics and the needs of race sponsors appear to have conspired to keep American marathoners from heading to Sydney as both the Men's and Women's teams will send only one runner after warm weather, hilly courses and stringent rules prevented American runners from reaching the standard. Lots of controversy as race sponsors and the governing body, in attempts to actively promote the races held to a standard that punished the runners.
News From: Monday, May 8, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		DeHaven traveled long, unusual path to the winner's circle (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Rod DeHaven's journey to the Olympics was not the typical one. He ran his first 15 miler in High School, walking the last four. Failing to make the Olympic team on the track in 1988 and 1992, he found the marathon in 1994. Dropping out of the 1996 marathon trials - finally DeHaven has made his way in 2000.
		U.S. officials out to revamp trials process (Columbus Dispatch) After creating rules that will send only one American woman and only one American man to the Sydney Olympics marathon races, the USA Track and Field organization is reviewing the rules for choosing future Olympic teams.
		DeHaven finds himself in neighborhood of greatness (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Less than 24 hours after winning the Olympics Marathon Trials, a for-sale sign went up on Rod DeHaven's house - making some people wonder whether the prize money went to his head. Not so, says DeHaven... More about the race here as well.
		U.S. Marathoners Disappoint at Trials (L.A. Times) With no runner reaching the Olympic qualifying standard, the US will send just one runner to the Men's race, the first time that the country has not sent three runners since 1896..
		U.S. qualifies just one man for Olympic marathon - College hope for US Women's Marathoning? (Kansas City Star) Another recap of the US Men's Trials, followed by another article describing one promising women's college runner who says that marathoning may be in her future.
		Bad news at marathon trials (San Jose Mercury News) Following the example of the US Women's Olympic Trials, the heat conspired to keep down the number of runners that the US will send to Sydney.
		American marathoning reaches embarrassing low (Fox Sports/ AP) Another article describing the depths to which American long-distance running has fallen.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon meltdown (Columbus Dispatch) Even Rod DeHaven who will be going to Sydney for the Olympics considers this a sad day for US Marathoning.
News From: Sunday, May 7, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Men's Marathon Trials results (Nando/AP) Results from the US Men's Marathon Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Pittsburgh course may be last hurrah for old guard (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) An excellent pre-race piece on the US Men's Olympic Trials. A bit late since we didn't find this article until after the race was run, but interesting nonetheless.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		DeHaven wins U.S. Olympic marathon trials (Nando/AP) Rod DeHaven won the US Men's Olympic Trials in a slow time of 2:15:30 ensuring that he will be the sole US male representative to the marathon at the Sydney Olympics.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathoner as ready as he'll ever be (Rocky Mountain News) Jonathan Hume, who finished 5th in last year's US Marathon Championships on the same Pittsburgh course where this year's Marathon Trials will be held, hopes that his training will gain him a berth on the US Team.
		American marathoners struggling to keep pace (Columbus Dispatch) It has been 24 years since an American marathoner won an Olympic Medal. It has been 17 years since an American won the Boston marathon. American marathoning is at, perhaps, the lowest it has ever been.
News From: Saturday, May 6, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		DeHaven uncertain of chances in Olympic trials (Nando/AP) Rod DeHaven, the third fastest qualifier for the Men's Olympic Marathon Trials knows that it won't be easy to make the marathon team.
		Olympic trials won't start early (Nando/AP) Due to forecast warm weather, race officials have weighed moving the US Olympics Marathon Trials up two hours in an attempt to beat the heat and responding to participants in the race. However, the logistics were the limiting factor and the race will not start early.
News From: Friday, May 5, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Michiganians run mostly for fun - Olympic Trials (Detroit News) Many of the runners in the US Mens Olympic Marathon Trials do not harbor hopes of actually qualifying to make the team. Just making it to the Olympic Trials race and competing with the best of their compatriots is their reward.
		Williams could have USATF on the run (Nando/AP) Todd Williams has said that he is willing to forgoe his automatic spot on the US Men's Olympic Marathon team if he ends up the first place finisher in a time slower than 2:14. His offer comes following a similar scenario in the Women's trials which has caused the USA to send just one female marathoner to the Olympics in Sydney.
News From: Wednesday, May 3, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Khannouchi to Skip U.S. Marathon Trials (Washington Post) Khalid Khannouchi, recovering from an ankle and hamstring injury will not run the US Olympic Marathon Trials - article discusses his decision, injury and chances in the 2000.
		Khannouchi out of marathon trials (NBCOlympics.com) Khalid Khannouchi, the marathon world-record holder, announced today that he will not participate in the US Mens Olympic Marathon Trials. Tears flowing down his cheeks, Khannouchi cited injuries as keeping him out of participating in the trials to represent his new country. He will, however, participate in the 10,000 meters trials if his injuries have healed by July.
News From: Tuesday, May 2, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Khannouchi - Marathon Runner Becomes U.S. Citizen (Washington Post) Finally, after months of waiting and wrangling, Khalid Khannouchi has been granted US Citizenship, clearing the way (perhaps) for him to run for the USA in the Sydney Olympics
News From: Sunday, April 30, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon all about making sacrifices (Post-Gazette) Many of the runners in the US Mens Olympic Marathon Trials have made numerous sacrifices, both physical and monetary, to attempt to reach their goal of making it to Sydney for the Olympics. Here are some stories.
News From: Saturday, April 29, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		MARATHON STAR COULD WEAR U.S. COLORS (Chicago Tribune) It is likely that Khannouchi will get his US citizenship in time to run the US Mens Olympic Marathon Trials. The only question now is whether he will run the race having completed another marathon only three weeks before.
News From: Wednesday, April 26, 2000
	US Men Olympics Trials
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Sence's trial run in jeopardy (Cincinatti Post) John Sence who holds the 12th best qualifying time going into the US Mens Olympic Marathon Qualifying Race may not run due to an injury.