Terry Thornton

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Make sure to follow your past Virginia high school track and field stars compete for spots on the US team in the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games at the 2008 US Olympic Trials being held at University of Oregon's historic Hayward field from June 27th to July 6th in Eugene. The trials will be broadcasted on the USA Network and NBC throughout the week. USATF Start Lists & Results Day Seven Highlights (Saturday, July 5th): Charles Clark (pictured above by Brandon Miles at 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals) has qualified for the finals of the men's 200 meter dash at the Olympic Trials. M-200 Semifinals: His semifinal heat was dominated up front by a trio of potential Olympic qualifiers in Wallace Spearmon (20.05), Walter Dix (20.09), and Rodney Martin (20.04), but Charles Clark took the fourth and final spot for Sunday's men 200 finals with a 20.48 clocking to hold off the remaining athletes in the race. M-High Jump: Menchville grad Keith Moffatt cleared a height which was good enough to place him among the top finishers at the Olympic Trials, but did not have the "A" standard to allow him to make it on the US team for Beijing. Second through fifth place all cleared 7'5.25" with Moffatt in fifth place at the height, but the final and third spot on the Olympic team went to the sixth place finisher in Dustin Jonas, who had cleared the Olympic "A" standard in an earlier meet. If Moffatt had cleared the "A" standard previously, he would have made the Olympic team before Jonas as the first three finishers with "A" standards automatically qualify for the Olympics. W-100H Quarterfinals: Kellie Wells won her second race of the day and is positioning herself well to make a run for a spot on the Olympic team. Wells won heat 1 of 3 in 12.82 clocking, while fellow Virginians Yvette Lewis and Virginia Johnson competed in the same semifinals race and will all be moving onto the semis as well as Lewis finished third at 12.97 and Johnson took fourth at 13.11. M-110H Prelims: One of the country's greatest hurdlers of all-time may have just competed in his final track meet as Lake Braddock product Allen Johnson was unable to finish his preliminary heat as a recent injury flared it up again today. Johnson had made plans to retire earlier in the year and finish what has been an outstanding professional career including a Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and seven U.S. national titles after this summer. Johnson's longevity in the sport has been remarkable as he has been ranked among the top 10 hurdlers in the world in the 110 meter hurdles for a 14 consecutive year span from 1993 to 2007. W-100H Prelims: Three Virginians are moving onto the quarterfinals in the women's 100 meter hurdles as James River alum Kellie Wells won her heat in 13.02, while Menchville alum Yvette Lewis finished third in the fastest race of the four prelims with a time of 12.93. Both Lewis and Virginia Johnson just missed making the Olympic team in earlier events in the Trials with fourth place finishes from Lewis in the triple jump and Johnson in the heptathlon. Johnson, formerly known as Virginia "Gigi" Miller of Gar-Field High, advanced onto the quarterfinals with her clocking of 13.09 to place third in her heat. M-200 Quarterfinals: Charles Clark dropped his time a little more from the prelims and finished second once again in his heat to move onto another round as the Florida State sophomore clocked in at 20.55, which is the third fastest overall in the round. Clark's heat was won by Shawn Crawford, a 2004 Olympian, who has ran the fastest times in the first two rounds. Clark competes in his third round in the last 24 hours later today with the men's 200 semifinals and will be racing for a spot among the eight who will advance onto tomorrow's finals. The injury to Tyson Gay in the 200 quarterfinals has opened up the event for others to win as well as another of three spots. A winner of five high school state championships in 2006 at Bayside High School, Clark will need to finish in the top four in a tough semifinal heat which includes the likes of Walter Dix and Wallace Spearmon. More highlights of the Virginians at the US Olympic Trials from previous days Olympic Trials TV Schedule All times are Eastern; subject to change; check local listings Date Times Network June 28 12:00-1:00 a.m. USA June 28 8:00-9:00 p.m. NBC June 29 7:00-8:00 p.m. NBC June 30 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. USA July 3 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. USA July 4 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. USA July 5 5:00-6:00 p.m. NBC July 6 7:00-9:00 p.m. NBC  

The Hampton men

Two long and active days of competition at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond as many great performances were witnessed at the East Coast Invitational. The Ashe Center is known for not being one of the fastest indoor tracks in the state, but some of the performances of individuals and relays at the meet were making the facility not seem so \"Ashe-like\".

The question this Saturday was whether it was harder to negotiate the icy turns on the way to the Arthur Ashe Athletic center or the tight turns on the 145-meter rubber made track. Particularly in the sprints athletes had difficulty staying on their feet

Two of the best in the state, the Bethel girls sprint relays and Menchville's national champion high jumper, Keith Moffatt wasted no time in getting serious this indoor season.