Missouri Track FANatic: January 2012

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Ten Missourians set for 2012 USA Olympic Marathon Trials

Ten Missouri runners, who previously or currently live in Missouri, will toe the line Saturday morning in Houston to run for a chance to make their Olympic Dreams a reality and qualify for Team USA for the marathon at the London Olympics next summer.

Six spots are up grabs Saturday morning in Houston for the 2012 USA Olympic Team as the Men’s and Women’s Marathon Team will be decided at the Olympic Marathon Trials. The men’s race gets under way at

8 am CST while the women will follow at 8:15 am CST. The top three finishes in each race will earn spots for the London Olympics in eight months.

There is no live television or internet broadcast sadly but a delayed television broadcast will air from 2-4 pm CST on NBC.

Women's Qualifying Standards:

Track 10k: 33:00.00

Half Marathon: 1:15.00

Marathon: A Standard: 2:39.00, B Standard: 2:46.00

Men's Qualifying Standards:

Track 10k: 28:30.00

Half Marathon: 1:05.00

Marathon: 2:19.00

USATF.org Meet home: http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/

Host Website: http://www.houston2012.com

Live Splits: http://flashmediazone.com/

Press Release: http://usatf.org/News/More-than-300-set-to-run-in-2012-U-S--Olympic-Team.aspx

Big River Running The Road to Houston: http://www.bigriverrunning.com/roadtohouston.php

Big River Running Prediction Contest: http://www.bigriverrunning.com/roadtohouston-predictioncontest.php

2012 Missouri USA Olympic Marathon Trials Qualifiers

Friday, January 13, 2012

Missouri Qualifiers for USA Olympic Marathon Trials

11 total runners with Missouri connections qualified for the event but 10 are entered in the field of almost 400. Matt Tegenkamp, who ran the first two track 10k's of his career last season, had a time fast enough to earn a berth in the trials but has never raced a competitive long distance road race. He'll try to earn his second straight Olympic Team berth in either or both the 5k and 10k at the track and field team trials in Eugene, Oregon in early summer.

While none of the 10 runners with Missouri connections can be called favorites or is expected to finish in the top three and earn an Olympic Team berth, anything is possible over 26.2 miles. Several should be in contention with good races.There is no live television or internet broadcast sadly but a delayed television broadcast will air from 2-4pm CST on NBC.

An update with more about the runners is following and will be posted tonight.

Men's Start: 8:00am CST

Women's Start 8:15am CST