We're Underway!!!
   
Dave Casper and Kirby Lee on site in Sacramento!

     
San Diego HS and UCLA alum Meb Keflezighi (left) wins 10k final
-- he already qualified for the marathon, too! California state TJ  champ
Brittany Daniels of Merrill West HS, advanced to the finals! Muir HS
and USC alum Inger Miller (second from right) won her quarterfinal
heat of the 100! Sara Bei (Montgomery HS, Stanford) advanced to
the 5k final. All in all, a great start for the Californians in Day 1!

Quotable: "(The Trials seem) the same as the other meets-kind of. It's big, it's new, but it's still just jumping. I try not
to pay attention to the crowds. They really don't make me nervous." 16-year-old Brittany Daniels, who made the TJ Final.

Results/Quotes: Friday's Day 1   Start Lists: Saturday

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U.S. Olympic Trials
Friday, July 9, to Sunday, July 18, 2004 in Sacramento

Results/quotes: Friday      Start Lists: Today (Sat.)  

Day 1 Interesting Quick-Stats:
Former California prep female athletes are 8 of top 15 qualifiers in Women's 100!

All 3 former West Valley HS (Cottonwood) athletes - Nicole Teter (800), Jeff Billings (LJ), and Brooke Meredith (Heptathlon) are active on first day!

Day 1 Newspaper stories!
Brittany Daniels (Merrill West, Tracy) TJ Finalist - Daniels: Town of Tracy's hero !
The Quandary of Marion Jones - Jeff Hartwig dq'd for too much time in vault
Security is a huge concern) - Men's SP Andy Bloom (UC Davis Asst): thinks 72-0 not enough!
Quickest Calif Prep Coach passes on Trials - Local star Tye Harvey "hanging in there!"