Day 8 Jillian Camarena-Williams was the winner of the women's shot put. Camerena-Williams threw 62-10.5 to earn her third U.S. outdoor title. Also joining her in London will be second place finisher Michelle Carter (60-11.25) and NCAA shot put champion Tia Brooks from Oklahoma (60-2).
University of Colorado had two athletes make the Olympic team in the women's 3000m
steeplechase. Emma Coburn was the winner in 9:32.78. Finishing in second was Oregon Track Club's Bridget Franek in 9:35.62. Franek held off Coburn's Colorado teammate Shalaya Kipp. Kipp was in third with a time of 9:35.73.Day 9
The men's 20K race walk was won by Trevor Barron in a new American record time of 1:23:00.10. Tim Seaman placed second in 1:02:06.57 and third was Nick Christie in 1:27:29.48.
2011 World Champion Christian Taylor was the men's triple jump winner. Taylor won with a world-leading jump of 57-10.25. Finishing in second was Taylor's former Florida teammate, Will Claye. Claye jumped 57-7. In third place was Walter Davis was a leap of 54-9.25. Davis will not be heading to London because he doesn't have the Olympic A standard.
Chaunte Lowe won the women's high jump in a new meet record of 6-7. University of Arizona's Brigetta Barrett finished in second at 6-7 also. Barrett was second because she had a miss at 6-4.75 and Lowe didn't. Rounding out the Olympic team is Amy Acuff. Acuff cleared 6-2.25 and made her fifth Olympic team.The men's 110mH was won by World Indoor 60m hurdles champion Aries Merritt in 12.93. World Champion Jason Richardson was second in 12.98 and Jeff Porter finished in third with a life-time best 13.08. Porter will join his wife, Tiffani, who is on Great Britian's 100mH team, in London.
Allyson Felix had a huge victory in the women's 200m final. Felix won over a star studded field in a new meet record of 21.77. Coming in second was Carmelita Jeter with a life-time best of 22.11. In third place was Sanya Richards-Ross in 22.22.
Day 10
The women's 20K race walk was won by Maria Michta in 1:34:53.33. Finishing in a close second was Miranda Melville in 1:34:56.92. Erin Gray was third in 1:35:40.05.
Brittany Borman threw her lifetime best, 201-9, to win the women's javelin Sunday. Kara Patterson placed second with a throw of 196-2. Kim Hamilton finished third in 190-5. Hamilton didn't have the A standard, so fourth place finisher Rachel Yurkovich, who did have the standard, will be heading to London.
Women's long jump champion, Brittany Reese was told her last jump was a foul. Reese protested and her jump was ruled legal by the video system. Reese won the long jump with the distance of 23-5.5. Chelsea Hayes was second with a leap of 23-3.5 and Janey DeLoach was third with a jump of 23-0.75.
World Champion Lashinda Demus won the women's 400mH in 53.98. University of Arizona's Georganne Moline set a new PR to finish second in 54.32 and T'erea Brown was third in 54.81.
The men's 400mH was won by Michael Tinsley in 48.33. Two-time Olympian Angelo Taylor finished second after hitting the last hurdle in 48.57. Kerron Clement, a two-time World Champion nipped a falling Bershawn 'Batman' Jackson at the finish line to claim third in 48.89.
Morgan Uceny won the women's 1500m in 4:04.59. Shannon Rowbury was second in 4:05.11. 2011 World Champion Jenny Simpson finished in third with a time of 4:05.17.
Leo Manzano passed Matthew Centrowitz in the final stretch to claim the men's 1500m title in 3:35.75. Centrowitz came across the line second in 3:35.85. Third place went to Andrew Wheating in 3:36.68.
Wallace Spearmon ran away from his competitors in the men's 200m to win in 19.82. Maurice Mitchell was second in 20.14 and placing third was Isiah Young in 20.16.
Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix will have a run-off today at 8 p.m. EST on NBC. Tarmoh and Felix finished the 100m in a dead heat for third place on June 30. The winner of the run-off will be the third member of the U.S. 100m Olympic team.
Photo Credits:
First: Shalaya Kipp, left, Bridget Franek, center, and Emma Coburn celebrate advancing to the Olympics after finishing the women's 3000m steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon Friday. (Associated Press/Eric Gay)
Second: Jillian Camarena-Williams reacts after the final round of the women's shot put at the Olympic Track and Field Trials Friday in Eugene. Camarena-Williams won the event. (Associated Press/Charlie Riedel)
Third: Leo Manzano, center, leads Matthew Centrowtiz, right, to the finish line in the men's 1500m final on Sunday in Eugene, Oregon at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. (Associated Press/Eric Gay)
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