Runyan, Dyer Move On In Day Six Of The U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials

Runyan posts fastest time in 1500-meter semifinal.

Tonette Dyer ran the day's eighth-fastest qualifying time in the quarterfinals of the 200 meters.
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July 16, 2004

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - - Former San Diego State standout Marla Runyan ran the fastest semifinal time in the 1,500-meter run of 4 minutes, 9.63 seconds Friday evening at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials in Sacramento, Calif. Runyan now advances to the finals, which will be held on Sun., July 18, in an attempt to qualify for her second event at the 2004 Olympics.

Runyan, who made the Olympic Team in the 5,000 meters on Monday with a second-place time of 15:07.48, edged out Nike teammate Suzy Favor-Hamilton (4:09.74) for the day's fastest time by less than a second. The pair will be joined by 13 others in Sunday's final heat, slated for 5 p.m.

Four-time SDSU All-American Tonette Dyer advanced to the semifinal of the 200 meters with a time of 23.42 in the quarterfinal-heat. Dyer took second in her heat behind Connie Moore (52.13) and is seeded eighth for the semifinals. Torri Edwards, who already qualified for the Olympics in the 100 meters last Saturday, posted the fastest quarterfinal time with 22.60 clocking.

With her top-18 finish, Dyer advances to Saturday's semifinals, beginning at 2:02 p.m. She will have to place in the top eight to make the finals, which are scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

2004 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials
Sacramento, Calif. - Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex

Fri., July 16, 2004

Preliminaries
  1 Torri Edwards                adidas                   22.60Q -0.3  2
  2 Muna Lee                     Nike                     22.66Q -0.1  3
  3 Inger Miller                 Nike                     22.74Q -0.6  4
  4 Connie Moore                 Nike                     22.91Q -0.6  1
  5 Allyson Felix                adidas                   22.67Q -0.3  2
  6 Stephanie Durst              L S U                    22.75Q -0.1  3
  7 Rachelle Boone               Unattached               22.83Q -0.6  4
  8 Tonette Dyer                 Nike                     23.42Q -0.6  1
  9 LaShaunte'a Moore            Unattached               22.83Q -0.6  4
 10 Wyllesheia Myrick            Unattached               22.94Q -0.1  3
 11 Monique Hall                 L S U                    23.42Q -0.3  2
 12 Antonette Carter             Unattached               23.44Q -0.6  1
 13 Crystal Cox                  Nike                     22.84q -0.6  4
 14 Marion Jones                 Nike                     22.93q -0.6  4
 15 Angela Daigle                Nike                     22.98q -0.1  3
 16 Aleah Williams               Unattached               23.56q -0.3  2
 17 Lakadron Ivery               Baylor                   23.58q -0.6  1
 18 Shaunta Pelham               Unattached               23.62q -0.3  2
 19 Amandi Rhett                 Georgia Tech             24.03  -0.6  1

Remaining Aztec meet schedule
Saturday, July 17
1:10 p.m. - 100-meter hurdles quarterfinal (Miesha McKelvy-Jones)
2:02 p.m. - 200-meter semifinal (Tonette Dyer)
Sunday, July 18
3:15 p.m. - 100-meter hurdles semifinal (*Miesha McKelvy-Jones)
5:00 p.m. - 1,500-meter final (Marla Runyan)
5:25 p.m. - 100-meter hurdles final (*Miesha McKelvy-Jones)
5:50 p.m. - 200-meter final (*Tonette Dyer)

*If athlete qualifies from the heat before