The Olympic Trials conclude with an all-finals format featuring the women's javelin and long jump, the men's and women's 400 hurdles and 1500, and the men's 200 meters.

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Live results
TV coverage is from 7:00 to 8:00 PM on NBC

Today's Schedule

10:30 AM ET	Women's 20k Race Walk	Final
5:30 PM ET	Girl's 100 meters	9-10 yrs old
5:35 PM ET	Boy's 100 meters	9-10 yrs old
5:45 PM ET	Women's Javelin Throw	Final
6:00 PM ET	Women's Long Jump	Final
	TV Coverage Begins
7:02 PM ET	Women's 400m Hurdles	Final
7:12 PM ET	Men's 400m Hurdles	Final
7:23 PM ET	Women's 1500 meters	Final
7:37 PM ET	Men's 1500 meters	Final
7:50 PM ET	Men's 200 meters	Final

Women's 20k Racewalk

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The Olympic B-qualifiers:
Maria Michta (Walk USA / Nesconset, NY)
Erin Gray (Bowerman AC / Eugene, OR)
Teresa Vaill (unattached / Gainesville, FL)
Lauren Forgues (New York AC / San Diego, CA)
As no doubt you already know, for a nation to make multiple entries in an event at the Olympics, all entries must have achieved the Olympic 'A' standard. So for that to come into play, more than one woman would have to walk 1:33:30 or better. No American has done so in the qualification period, and the athletes above are the only ones who have hit the 'B' standard of 1:38:00. Weather conditions have been good for endurance events but it's still a tall order. Vaill has gone that fast, but not since 2005. Michta came within a minute of that last year. Most likely, there will be only one American Olympian in this event, so it comes down to who will win.

Believe it or not, Eugene even has a potential Olympian in this event. Erin Gray, a former runner at South Eugene High School, only took up the sport two years ago and was on the US team for May's World Cup. Michta won the trials event for that meet, and Gray was just eleven seconds in arrears while breaking her PR by over a minute. If there are loud and enthusiastic racewalking fans in Eugene, then it's earned its title as Track Town USA.

Women's Javelin Throw

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The Favorites:
Kara Patterson (Asics / Chula Vista, CA)
Rachel Yurkovich (Nike / Eugene, OR)
These are the only two Americans who have achieved the Olympic 'A' standard of 61.00 meters (200' 1"). Patterson broke through into world-class status two years ago with a big American Record throw, but has struggled a bit since then. She comes through in late round throws very well. Yurkovich is an Oregon native and former Duck and should get big crowd support.

The Olympic 'B' Qualifier: Brittany Borman (Oklahoma / Festus, MO)
The two-time defending NCAA champion has thrown a best of 59.42 (195' 1") meters, meaning she'll need to PR by 1.58 meters (5 feet even) to get the 'A' needed to make the team. That sounds like a lot, but she's added nearly seventeen feet in the last year alone. Five feet looks doable now, especially since she's been doubling up with the javelin and discus at college meets and here she'll get to concentrate on the javelin alone.

The High Schooler: Haley Crouser (Gresham High School / Gresham, OR)
Crouser hasn't even begun her senior year in high school and is already an Olympic Trials finalist. She was a bit frustrated with her q-round and her late season in general; she broke the national high school record in April but hasn't come terribly close since then. Brother Sam, a redshirt freshman for the Ducks, took second in the men's jav earlier this week while hitting a ten-foot PR. Her father and uncle were legendary throwers at Oregon, and the crowd will be as in love with her as they were with Jordan Hasay four years ago.

Women's Long Jump

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The Favorites:
Brittney Reese (Nike / Gulfport, MS)
Janay DeLoach (Nike / Fort Collins, CO)
Funmi Jimoh (Nike / Stafford, TX)
This is a very deep event for the USA, with six finalists having achieved the Olympic 'A' standard of 6.75 meters (22' 1¾"). Despite this, Reese is a heavy favorite. She's not the most consistent jumper of all time, but her nickname is "The Beast" for a reason. She's won all of the last four World Championships ('09 and '11 outdoor, '10 and '12 indoor). DeLoach, this year's World Indoor silver medalist (behind Reese), threw down a gigantic 7.15 meter (23' 5½") jump in the qualifying round, albeit wind-aided. Jimoh has been on both of the last two Worlds teams plus the '08 Olympic team.

Where Did That Come From? Vashti Thomas (Academy of Art / San Jose, CA)
Thomas was a major talent at Texas A&M and last year transferred to San Francisco's up-and-coming D-II Academy of Art. She competes in the hurdles, long jump and relays and was not even on Track and Field News' top ten formcharts coming into the Olympic Trials. Her PR was a modest 6.45 meters (21' 2"), not even an Olympic 'B' qualifier. But in the qualifying round she went out to 6.97 meters (22' 10½"), a PR by over 20 inches. She went from nowhere to #6 on the world list in one fell swoop. It was an amazing breakthrough, but reproducing big breakthroughs is notoriously difficult.

The NCAA Champion: Whitney Gipson (TCU / Newark, TX)
Gipson won both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships this year. Her winning indoor mark of 6.81 meters (22' 4¼") looked like it would be good enough to get on the Olympic team at the time. She beat that in the qualifying round by two centimeters and it was still only fourth. The level of US women's long jumping has gone way up, and Gipson will need to up her game as well if she is to become an Olympian.

The Blogger: Brianna Glenn (New York AC / Chula Vista, CA)
Glenn writes the always-entertaining My So-Called Fabulous Life, in which she honestly expresses the ups and downs of being a struggling professional athlete. She has the 'A' standard in her back pocket but looks like an uphill battle to get on the team.

Women's 400 meter Hurdles

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The Favorites:
Lashinda Demus (Nike / Palmdale, CA)
T’erea Brown (adidas / Miami, FL)
Tiffany Williams (unattached / Orlando, FL)
Demus is coming off a bit of a hamstring injury but is still a very strong favorite to win. Brown, the 2011 NCAA champ and 2010 USATF champ, looked good in the semis. Williams, the defending Olympic Trials champion, faded a bit down the homestretch in her semi and appears to be the one who could get knocked off.

The Collegian: Georganne Moline (Arizona / Phoenix, AZ)
If an outsider is to break up the three above, it's most likely to be Moline. She hit a hurdle at the NCAA Championships and did not qualify for the final, but she's likely to atone for that. She ran a big PR in the semis and could very well end up being an Olympian, and still has a year of eligibility left.

The Working Stiff: Dominique Darden (unattached / Miami, FL)
Darden works nights in Miami as a nightclub hostess--and by nights, I mean until 6 AM. She still manages to fit high-level training into her schedule, and was the fifth-fastest qualifier in the semifinals. Taking a year off after suffering a nasty knee injury, she lost her sponsorship and had to come up with a new way to make ends meet. Even coming this close to making the Olympic team could help her get a contract.

Men's 400 meter Hurdles

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The Favorites:
Bershawn Jackson (Nike / Raleigh, NC)
Angelo Taylor (Nike / Atlanta, GA)
These two have been around for a long, long time. Jackson won his first USATF title in 2003, and and Taylor was a Goodwill Games champion in 2002. They are steady and dependable, and in a hurdles race those two traits are important to have.

Mister Inconsistent: Kerron Clement (Nike / Gainesville, FL)
Clement had the fastest time in the semifinals and looked like an Olympian. But he's prone to getting of stride, and when he does he has a very hard time recovering. Look no further than the 2011 Worlds, where he finished dead last in 52.11. However, he won the 2009 and 2007 Worlds. There's no average with Clement--it's all or nothing.

Searching for Redemption: Justin Gaymon (unattached / Athens, GA)
Four years ago, Gaymon missed out on making the Olympic team by a mere 0.04 seconds. Since then he's become a consistent runner on the Diamond League circuit, and switched coaches a year ago in search of a step up to get him on this year's team.

Women's 1500 Meters

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At Least One of These Four Won't Make the Team:
Morgan Uceny (Mammoth TC / Mammoth Lakes, CA)
Jenny Simpson (New Balance / Colorado Springs, CO)
Shannon Rowbury (Bay Area TC / San Francisco, CA)
Anna Pierce (Mammoth TC / Mammoth Lakes, CA)
This is a pretty amazing foursome of athletes. Uceny is last year's Diamond League champion and Simpson is last year's World Champion. Rowbury was a Worlds bronze medalist in 2009. Pierce, the least accomplished of them, still has an impressive resume with fourth at the 2010 World Indoor championships and sixth at the 2009 World Outdoor championships.

As far as who looks most ready to roll right now, Uceny appears in top form. That, along with her proven tactical acumen, makes her a strong favorite. Simpson ran very well at the Prefontaine Classic but very poorly the following week at the adidas Grand Prix, and didn't look as smooth in the semifinals. Pierce has shown big improvement after missing a lot of time with injuries, and hit the Olympic 'A' a few days before the Trials began, so she's obviously just hitting her stride. Rowbury finished well in her semi, too. This will be a fantastic race.

The Controversy:
Alice Schmidt (Nike / Coronado, CA)
Gabriele Anderson (Team USA Minnesota / Minneapolis, MN)
There was a brief tempest in a teapot when Anderson was disqualified for impeding another runner after a protest was lodged. This moved Schmidt up one spot and got her into the final when she otherwise wouldn't have. After a counterprotest was filed by Anderson's management team, she was reinstated, and (somewhat murky) USATF policy kept Schmidt in the final. While some are saying that Schmidt should not be in this race--most notably LetsRun.com--when it comes to the Olympic Trials, maybe erring on the side of greater participation is best.

Schmidt is already on the team in the 800 meters, and you'd think that gives her an advantage in a kicker's race. But the fact that she was initially not a finals qualifier makes me think she won't be a factor in the final, either by inexperience at the 1500 or tiredness from many races. Anderson does not have the Olympic 'A' standard of 4:06.00 and would need a fast race to get it. She has been through far tougher things than either a counterprotest or even the Olympic Trials, as twice she's fought off cancer.

Men's 1500 Meters

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Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother, sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
"Give Up the Funk", Parliament (1976)

Hayward Field is going to explode for this race. It will be beyond insane.

At Least One of These Four Won't Make the Team:
Andrew Wheating (Oregon TC / Eugene, OR)
Robby Andrews (adidas / Charlottesville, VA)
Matthew Centrowitz (Nike / Eugene, OR)
Leonel Manzano (Austin TC / Austin, TX)
This is an impressive array of kickers. Manzano is a proven and tough runner who knows how to race. Wheating is the local hero, the man of legends, but has missed a lot of time with injuries and is only now returning to form. The same is true of Centrowitz, last year's surprise Worlds bronze medalist, who also has been slowed by a tricky knee but looks ready to roll now. And then there's Andrews, the master kicker, the showman of the middle distances, who has gone back up to the longer race. It's quite possible that the runners come off the Bowerman Curve with 80 meters to go and we still won't have any idea who is going to make it and who won't.

Others with the 'A' Standard:
David Torrence (Bay Area TC / Oakland, CA)
Jeff See (Saucony / Columbus, OH)
If the above four mess around too much and allow others the chance to stay in the race, either of these two could sneak onto the Olympic team. Torrence has the best chance, an experienced runner who competes well at everything from 800 meters on up to the 5k. See managed to get the 'A' standard at a tiny meet in Indianapolis just a week before the Trials began, indicating that he's in the shape of his life.

Threats Who Don't Have the 'A' Standard:
Will Leer (Very Nice TC / Ann Arbor, MI) 7
Jordan McNamara (Oregon TC / Eugene, OR)
Raise your hand if you remember that Leer was runner-up at the Olympic Trials four years ago. OK, not many. "The 'Stache" won his semifinal heat, too. He's the kind of guy that everyone ignores and could sneak in for a top-three finish. There is a problem, though, and that he doesn't have the Olympic 'A' standard. These kinds of races rarely produce the necessary sub-3:35.50 clocking--it's only been done once ever in the history of the Olympic Trials (Steve Scott's meet record of 3:35.15 from 1980). Since half of the finalists don't need it to be that fast, then you have the dilemma of someone having to take it out fast and being the one who gets outkicked.

Men's 200 Meters

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The Favorites:
Wallace Spearmon (Saucony / Dallas, TX)
Maurice Mitchell (Nike / Tallahassee, FL)
This event is a bit depleted, with injuries to Tyson Gay and Walter Dix keeping them out. Spearmon has been battling injuries over the last few years but is healthy now and having a great season so far. Mitchell won the last two NCAA championships and is definitely in form.

The Old Men:
Shawn Crawford (Nike / Culver City, CA)
Doc Patton (Nike / Grand Prarie, TX)
Both are 34 years old, which puts them right at the upper edge of still being relevant in sprinting. Neither is as fast as they once were, but in a situation where merely having a steady hand can get you on the team, they have a fighting chance.

The College Kids:
Marcus Rowland (Auburn / Spartanburg, SC)
Isiah Young (Ole Miss / Junction City, KS)
Young was fourth at the NCAA Championships and Rowland didn't get out of the semis. Neither broke PRs to get into the final, either. Anything can happen, but these guys appear to be long shots to make the team.

Surprise? Calesio Newman (unattached / Greensboro, NC)
Newman is a journeyman sprinter who has radically stepped up his game this year, running PRs of 10.07 and 20.28, the latter coming in Friday's heats. In addition, he seems to run well in difficult conditions like the ones sprinters have faced this week. If there's a shocker to qualify for the Olympic team in this race, it's him and you heard it here first.