INDIANAPOLIS - Friday marks one year until the Team USA marathon squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games
will be selected in Houston, Texas. With the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team
Trials - Marathon a mere 365 days away, USA Track & Field will host a
live web chat featuring 2008 Olympic marathoners Ryan Hall (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) and Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.) to discuss their preparations for the upcoming USA Half Marathon Championships
in Houston. The 2011 championships will be held on January 29, and will
be used to preview the 2012 Olympic Trials marathon course.
Earlier this week, the
Houston Marathon Committee and USA Track & Field announced that
Hall, the 2007 USA Half Marathon champion and American Record holder,
and Boulet, the 2009 USA Half Marathon champion, will be returning to
Houston for the 2011 championships and will face other 2012 Olympic
Trials contenders such as Patrick Smyth (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) and Katie McGregor (Saint Louis Park, Minn.).
Fans and media can participate in the live web chat beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST by visiting www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/fans/index.asp.
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