USA Olympic Track & Field Trials Coverage: Kim Conley Captures Olympic Team Spot in Women’s 5000m | California Track & Running News

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Few might have given 26-year-old Kim Conley (West Sacramento, Calif.) a chance at gaining an Olympic team spot in the women’s 5000m race at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

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USA Olympic Track & Field Trials Coverage: Olympic Trials 20K Race Walk Produces Top Results for Californians

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On a muggy morning at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, the men’s 20K race walk featured several new American records and a number of California connections among the top placers.

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USA Olympic Track & Field Trials: Coaches Instrumental for California's 800m Olympic Team Members

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The 800m finals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials featured strong performances by Golden State athletes as three Californians plus one athlete with strong California ties earned spots on the U.S. team headed for the London Olympic Games.

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USA Olympic Track & Field Trials Coverage: Stephanie Brown Trafton's Mental Focus, Faith, Produce U.S. Trials Discus Victory

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Even a reigning Olympic gold medalist and American record holder who has enjoyed a ranking as #1 in the world in her event can have doubts when the big meets come along. Only three weeks before the 2012 U.S. 

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USA Olympic Track & Field Trials Coverage: Hastings Realizes Olympic Dreams In Women's Trials 10,000m

USATF Southern California 2011 Marathon Champion Amy Hastings wins 10,000m trials - Victor Sailer/www.PhotoRun.NET.

Amy Hastings (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) says that one of the best pieces of advice that Deena Kastor, her Mammoth Track Club teammate, has given her is to keep fighting; never give up. In running, just as in the rest of life, there are good miles and bad miles, good times and bad times. The good times are easy.

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USA Olympic Track & Field Trials: Jeneba Tarmoh Interview

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If you were watching the Olympic Trials yesterday, you no doubt know the story regarding the women's 100m finals. Carmelita Jeter (CA) won in 10.92 and Tianna Madison was second in 10.96. But the real story was all about third place, where Californians Allyson Felix and Jeneba (JEN-eba) Tarmoh raced to a dead-heat for the third spot on the team.

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