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News From: Monday, July 22, 2019
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Granted Gold Label Status to End Standard Confusion (Sports Illustrated) The 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials is granted gold label status by the International Association of Athletics Federation.
News From: Sunday, February 3, 2008
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Keflezighi's Gold Chase a Marathon (Washington Times) Many believed that Olympian silver medalist Meb Keflezighi would be a sure bet for the 2008 US Olympic Marathon Team, but some things don't work out as planned. After having a few seasons battling with food poisoning and injuries, Keflezighi had calf pains at miles 15-16 of the 2008 Olympic Trials hurting his performance and costing him his spot on the team. Although not discouraged, Keflezighi looks forward to July 2008 where he will attempt to make the US Olympic team in the 10,000 meters.
News From: Friday, December 21, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Ryan Hall Running for Ryan Shay (Sports Illustrated) Ryan Hall experienced the best day of his life and the worst day of his life when he won the 2008 US Men's Olympic Trials Marathon and learned that one of his closest friends had died during the same race. Hall and his wife were teammates with Ryan Shay's wife when they were at Stanford University. Hall who is one of the three runners representing the US in Beijing is dedicating his run for Olympic gold to Shay.
News From: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Olympic Trials Marathon tragedy shouldn't worry runners. (The Denver Post) Dr. Barry Maron of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, an expert on cardiac conditions says the chances are "exceedingly small" of cardiac related deaths in runners.
News From: Monday, November 12, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Hundreds Mourn Fallen Marathoner Ryan Shay (USA Today) Friends and relatives mourned the sudden death of marathon runner Ryan Shay on Sunday, describing him as courageous and passionate about his family and sport.
News From: Thursday, November 8, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Death of Olympic Trials Marathoner Shay Prompts Search For Answers (USA Today) Medical researches are looking for answers in the death of Ryan Shay. Ryan's father, Joe Shay, stated that Ryan was diagnosed with and enlarged heart at 14 and repeatedly cleared by medical doctors to run and compete. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the scientific term for an enlarged hearts is often indiscernible in elite endurance athletes.
News From: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Action Starts Early at U.S. Marathon Trials (Detroit Free Press) I came across the group at 6 a.m., in the predawn darkness of Saturday's U.S. Olympic men's marathon trials. I remember the time because I wrote it in my notebook under the glare of headlights on Central Park West in New York City. It was 1 1/2 hours before the race, but Eileen O'Dowd was already busy at work. She was near a folding table distributing T-shirts promoting the 13 Olympic trials qualifiers from the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project in Rochester Hills.
News From: Sunday, November 4, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Autopsy Inconclusive On Olympic Trials Runner (kdka.com) An autopsy of elite runner Ryan Shay was inconclusive Sunday after the 28-year-old collapsed and died in Central Park at the U.S. men's marathon Olympic trials a day earlier. Diagnosed with an enlarged heart at fourteen, Shay was cleared to compete as an elite athlete because having a larger than normal heart is not unusual among elite athletes. Shay and other top athletes underwent medical testing in Flagstaff, Ariz., where he trained and he was cleared for running.
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		Death shadows marathon trials (The Union Tribune) Shortly after crossing the finish line at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City yesterday, 2004 Olympic silver medalist and San Diego High alum Meb Keflezighi burst into tears.
News From: Saturday, November 3, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		U.S. runner from Sudan has big Olympic dreams (Miami Herald) Macharia Yuot was one of the 150 men who qualified to run the 2008 Olympic Trials in New York City. Yuot fled his country during the civil war in Sudan. As a refugee in a camp with 80,000 others, Yuot was sent to Pennsylvania where his running career began in high school.
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		2 Michiganders earn spots on Olympic team (Detroit Free Press) Two Michiganders earn spots this morning on the men's marathon team for the Beijing Olympics.
		Paralyzing blow Shay's death during the Olympic Trials Marathons on Saturday leaves friends, fellow runners puzzled (Sport Illustrated.com) Ryan Shay collapsed to the pavement shortly after the 5 mile mark on Saturday while racing in the men's Olympic Marathon Trials. News of his passing stunned friend and trials winner Ryan Hall.
News From: Friday, November 2, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Hanson's Race Team plans Olympic Trials Marathon Strategy For Saturday!!! (The Detroit News) Brian Sell took and early lead in 2004 at the Birmingham Olympic Marathon Trials and faded late into the race. Two of his teammatesBrian Trent Briney and Clint Verran finished fourth and fifth, to earn alternate spots on the Olympic Team. The team may have some surprises up their sleeves this year as well.
News From: Thursday, November 1, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Tucson's Abdirahman Wants Marathon Gold. (The Arizona Republic) Abdi Abdirahman has the confidence and the training to be considered the favorite at this Sunday's New York City Men's Olympic Marathon Trials.
		Former BYU Runner Josh Rohatinsky Ready For U.S. Marathon Trials (The Salt Lake Tribune) Provo's Josh Rohatinsky never has run a marathon. He never had run even a half marathon, either, until just a few weeks ago. Yet the former All-American track star at Brigham Young is hoping for a stunning breakthrough when he makes his marathon debut at the U.S. Olympic Trials in New York City on Saturday - a race that is being heralded as the most competitive American marathon in history.
		The Men's Olympic Trials is a Marathon With a Difference: Everyone's a Contender (Minnesota Star Tribune) With a required qualifying time of 2 hours, 22 minutes for the marathon distance of 26.2 miles or a 28:45 time for the 10-kilometer (6.2 mile race)the elite field of 134 runners is loaded with speed and talent. It could be any body's race
News From: Wednesday, October 31, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Gilman Running Marathon Saturday in New York (Post-Bulletin) A little more than a year ago -- Oct. 22, 2006 to be exact -- Pete Gilman qualified for the United States Olympic Marathon Trials by running a qualifying standard of 2:20.57 in the Chicago Marathon.
		NYC Marathon Doubleheader Is A First (Newsday) If ever there was an argument for more being better, it is the marathon, a footrace whose 26-mile, 385-yard distance pushes the outer edge of the comparative degree, just this side of the superlative.
News From: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympic Silver Medalist Meb Keflezighi Looks To Qualify For U.S. Marathon Team (USA Today) Meb Keflezighi was still wearing his black stocking cap and green jacket after a quick loop around the Central Park reservoir on a chilly fall day. Keflezighi wants to improve on his marathon silver medal from the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the first step toward that goal is the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon on Saturday.
		New York City serves As Center Of Marathon World This Weekend (Star Gazette) Set your alarm clock Saturday morning, and don't get so excited you blow your Cheerios out your nose. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials -- Men's Marathon, hosted by the New York Road Runners in partnership with USA Track & Field, will take place at 7:35 a.m. Saturday in New York City beginning in front of Rockefeller Center on 50th Street near Fifth Avenue, with the St. Patrick's Cathedral as its majestic backdrop.
News From: Thursday, October 25, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Field Of 134 Set For U.S. Men's Olympic Marathon Trials (Race Results Weekly) A field of 134 runners, the largest since 1984, is set for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon, to be contested on Saturday, November 3 in New York City, USA Track and Field, and the New York Road Runners Club announced.
News From: Thursday, September 13, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Athens Marathon Runner-up Keflezighi Enters US Trials (AFP) US 2004 Olympic trials winner Alan Culpepper and 2004 Olympian Dan Browne were also among those entering the Beijing qualifier to decide three runners in Beijing.
News From: Friday, August 31, 2007
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Men's Olympic Marathon Trial Appears To Have Deep Field (Sign On San Diego) Mention of some of the athletes among the 168 runners who qualified for the trials.
News From: Monday, January 9, 2006
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		New York Submits Marathon Trials Bid (Race Results Weekly) The New York Road Runners club has released the details of their 2008 Olympic Trials - Men's Marathon bid.
		New York Seeks to Hold Olympic Marathon Trial in Central Park (Bloomberg) The New York Road Runners want to stage the U.S. Olympic men's marathon trial for the Beijing Games in Central Park two days before next year's New York City Marathon.
News From: Monday, July 18, 2005
	2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathoner Sets Sights on Next Olympic Trials (Deseret News) Corbin Talley qualified for the 2004 Olympic Marathon Trials and finished 49th after nearly giving up marathoning. Now, Talley hopes to qualify for the next Olympic Trials.

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