James Dunaway, Editor, Mentor, Track Nut Jim Dunaway has been the editor of American Track .&.Field for the past four years, and also the editor of Athletes Only. He is, in my mind, a great editor and my mentor. I have known him for twenty five years. This coming trip to Beijing will be his fourteenth credentialed Olympics as a sports specific writer. This is a record that Jim is quite proud of. Jim is a sight to behold at a track meet. His love of the sport is obvious and he takes the craft of writing just as serious. His writing.U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials Session 10 tickets.

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Veterans lead the Japanese charge Athens Olympic champions will lead the Japanese Olympic delegation to Beijing, aiming to create a new medal record to follow their stunning performance in 2004. Powered by a maturing batch of female athletes and a renaissance in judo, swimming, wrestling and gymnast.ics, Japan swept 16 gold medals in Athens. The last time they achieved that feat was in the 1964 Games in Tokyo. In each of the four Olympics before Athens, Japan had never garnered more than 10 golds. Most of Japan's Athens. U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials Session 10.

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Eric Shanteau Has Testicular Cancer: Shanteau US Olympic Swimmer Eric Shanteau, Us Olympic Swimmer has been diagnosed with testicular cancer, but still plans to compete in Olympics held in Bejing despite cancer diagnosis. Eric Shanteau, an American swimmer has been diagnosed with testicular cancer, but still plans to race at the Beijing Olympics 2008. Shanteau qualified for a spot on the U.S. squad at last week's Olympic trials in Omaha, finishing second in the 200 meters breaststroke behind Scott Spann. The top two finishers in each event at the U.S. U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials Session 10.

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U.S. Track Trials: 10 Days of Do or Die tickets, U.S. Track Trials: 10 Days of Do or Die By Frank Litsky 2000 gold medalist Stacy Dragila did not make it to Beijing. (AP/Charlie Riedel) EUGENE, Ore. In the latest issue of American Track and Field, the quarterly's editor, James Dunaway, captured the ying and yang of the United States Olympic trials. He wrote?Some say it's unfair to make the trials an all-or-nothing competition. But after all, the Olympics are an all-or-nothing competition. The trials are cruel. They have to be. They .

Dara Torres Sets Records at Trials tickets, Dara Torres Sets Records at Trials by Stephan Tawney | 2:10 pm A great story not only because she'll be representing the United States abroad, but because she's a 41-year-old mother who remains able to beat her younger competitors.The comeback kind of blew me away when she . was so successful last summer, breaking the American record. Once she did that, I knew she was going to make the team? Schubert said That was at Indianapolis in August, when Torres lowered the mark.

7 July 2008 tickets, Today is an errand day. Workout notes Because I am on summer break, I was able to sleep through the electrical storm and go swimming later. I got in 3000 yards: 500 warm up, 500 of drill/swim 50?s with fins, 10 x 100 on the 2: 1:44, 42, 41, 42, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 39 (no flip turns; I don't like water up my nose!) 500 of odd strokes, then 10 x 50 alternating paddles and free. This is my first 3000 in a while and my first set of 10 x 100 in a while. Then I did an ugly 4 miles of run/walk .