Friday 8/20/04 Athens Olympic Games - 1st Full day of T&F Action!!

• Preview of day's action!! - Results
• Results Session 1 - Morning - Report on US Athletes 8/20 Morning Session!!
• US World Leader in MTJ Melvin Lister non-qualifier - Williams, Colander, Devers move through 1st round 100m - Michelle Perry sits 6th and Sheila Burrell 15th after two Heptathlon events
• Partial Results Session 2 - Report USA Athletes 8/20 Session #2 - Athlete Quotes
• Alan Webb misses by one spot moving on from Initial Heats! Nicole Teter moves on in 800 - Marla Runyan misses out in 5000m heats! - 53 sec last 400 wins 10k for Bekele - Ritz dnf - Stephanie Brown and Seilala Sua miss qualifying Finals WDT
• "It was a Football Game " (tactical international heat running) - Alan Webb 10k marks passing the torch
• Devers final qualifier to the Semi's (whew!)
• Bekele rolls to 10k gold with huge final 400!

• Dwight Stones says "keep an eye on Carolina Kluft" (Heptathlon)
• Jamaica's Asafa Powell "gets his kicks in the 100m" (conqueror of Mo Greene earlier in summer)
• Lauryn Williams only 5-3 but "can't be overlooked" (100m star from Univ Miami)
• Baylor 400m star Jeremy Wariner aims high (400 favorite?)
• USA Today Track Predictions

Friday, August 20, 2004
Morning session
Time Event Round Status
9:00 M 20km Race Walking FINAL Start list
9:15 M Hammer QUALIFICATION A Start list
9:30 W 100m Hurdles HEPTATHLON Start list - Michelle Perry (Quartz Hill) - Sheila Burrell (UCLA) - 2004 World List
9:55 M Triple Jump QUALIFICATION Start list
10:40 W High Jump HEPTATHLON Start list
10:50 W 100m HEATS Start list - Gail Devers (ex-Sweetwater HS) 6th Heat - 2004 World List 100m
11:00 M Hammer QUALIFICATION B Start list
Afternoon session
Time Event Round Status
19:30 W Shot Put HEPTATHLON Start list
19:40 M 1500m HEATS Start list - 5 auto qualifiers from each heat Alan Webb 5th fastest time in his heat for the year 2004 - 2004 World List 1500m
20:05 W 100m QUARTER-FINAL
20:20 M High Jump QUALIFICATION Start list - Jamie Nieto (ex-Valley HS Sacto) 1st Group - 2004 World List HJ (Nieto =#5 Worldwide for year)
20:40 W 200m HEPTATHLON Start list
21:10 M 400m HEATS Start list
21:30 W Discus QUALIFICATION A Start list - Stephanie Brown (ex-Arroyo Grande HS) 1st group - 2004 World List Discus
22:00 W 800m HEATS Start list - Nicole Teter (ex-West Valley HS, Cottonwood)
22:35 M 10,000m FINAL Start list - Dathan Ritzenhein represents US - 2004 World List 10k
23:15 W Discus QUALIFICATION B Start list
23:20 W 5000m HEATS Start list - Marla Runyan (ex-Camarillo HS) Heat 1 of 2 - 2004 World 5K List