Could be wrong, but I believe Weldon Johnson qualified for the marathon and
the 10k and ran both. He was also allowed into the 5k because of some
strange rule that says if you qualify in one event you can compete in an
adjacent event. I think it was him. Could be getting the name wrong.
Alan
>From: "Mcewen, Brian T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Mcewen, Brian T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: t-and-f: Olympic Trials distance question
>Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:26:07 -0400
>
>Does anyone know of any males in the US who qualified for the 5k/10k/and
>Mar. for one Olympic Trials?
>
>I had a friend who did so in 1984. We all thought it was good, but not
>earth-shaking, because he went about 13:40/28:40/2:17:16 that year, and
>there were plenty of sub-28:00/sub-2:10 guys at the time.
>
>The qualifying standards in 1984 were about 13:42/28:46/2:19:50 ... they
>have relaxed somewhat since then.
>
>Clearly many guys had the ability to score this "hat-trick" (Shorter,
>Bjorklund, Virgin, Salazar, Meyer, Eyestone, on and on) ...
>
>But do you know any who have actually qualified for these three races
>within
>the qualifying window allowed for a single Olympic Trials?
>
>-Brian McEwen
>
>P.S. What is the time window allowed for qualifying for these races at the
>Trials?
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