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Article: For 14 athletes, making team doesn't ensure trip to Atlanta.(Sports)(Olympics)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 27, 1996
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The headaches have only just begun for 14 athletes who made the U.S. Olympic track and field team at last week's trials. For dozens of others who didn't make the team, there still is hope that they may secure a spot.
To earn a trip to Atlanta next month, athletes had to place in the top three in their event at the trials and must have met the Olympic qualifying standards by July 16.
On the track, four distance runners - Jim Sorenson and Jason Pyrah (1,500 meters), Ronnie Harris (5,000) and Joe LeMay (10,000) - have yet to satisfy the time standard for their events. Four racewalkers - Andrew Hermann (50 kilometers) and Curt Clausen, Tim Seaman and ...