Day 1The US track and field Olympic trials started Thursday with the hammer throw in Beaverton, Oregon. The winners of the hammer throw were Amber Campbell (235-6) and Kibwe Johnson (245-11).
Finishing behind Campbell for second was Amanda Bingson with a throw of 235-6.Bingson reached the Olympic A standard and a new PR with that throw. Campbell beat Bingson by two centimeters. Rounding out the top three was Jessica Cosby with a mark of 232-2.
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he men's side, Chris Cralle finished in second with his throw of 243-11. Cralle went into the hammer throw with only a Olympic B standard. His second place throw did not get him to an Olympic A standard. Cralle will not be going to London on the Olympic team. A.G. Kruger did enter the trials with an A standard. Kruger finished back in third place with a distance of 242-6.Day 2
On the second night of the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, the men's and women's 10,000m were held. The men ran first in the pouring rain. For most of the race, Galen Rupp and Dathan R
itzenhein traded the lead back and forth. Rupp and Ritzenhein are training partners. Going into the race, Ritzenhein still needed to reach the Olympic A standard. In the second half of the race, Rupp, Ritzenhein and Matt Tegankamp ran together and had a huge lead over the other runners in the field. With two laps to go, Rupp pulled away and had a big lead overRitzenhein and Tegenkamp. Rupp won and ran the fast time by an American this year with a time of 27:36.09. Tegenkamp finished second behind Rupp in 
27:33:94. Ritzenhein was third in 27:36.09. With that time, Ritzenhein ran an A standard and got a spot on the Olympic team.In the women's 10,000m, Amy Hastings ran away from Texas A&M's Natosha Rogers and Shalane Flanagan. Hastings ran the last lap in 65 seconds and won the race in 31:58:36. Rogers finished second and set a new PR in 31:59.71. Unfortunately Rogers hasn't run an Olympic A standard this year and will be unable to run in London. Flanagan was third in 31:59.69. Flanagan was the Olympic Marathon trials winner and gave up her spot on the 10,000m team to her training partner, Lisa Uhl. Uhl finished in fourth place and had already run an A standard. Janet Bawcom finished in seventh place (32:17.06) and has an A standard, she will be running for the US in London.
Day 3
On the final day of the decathlon, Ashton Eaton set a world record with 9,039 points. Eaton broke the record of 9, 026 points set by Roman Sebrle from the Czech Republic in 2001. Eaton ran the 1500m in 4:14.48, to break the record he needed to run better then 4:16.23.
In the women's 100m, Carmelita Jeter won in 10.92. Second place was Tianna Madison in 10.96. Third place was initially given to Jeneba Tarmoh, then it was called a tie between Tarmoh and training partner Allyson Felix. Felix and Tarmoh both crossed the line dead even in 11.07. USATF officials still need to determine how to break the tie between Felix and Tarmoh.
The last final of the night was the women's 100mH. Dawn Harper, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, won in 12.73. Kellie Wells came across the line in second with a time of 12.77 and finishing in third was Lolo Jones (12.86).
Day 4
The women's pole vault was won by Jenn Suhr, the 2008 silver medalist. Suhr won the pole vault with a jump of 15-1. Suhr only needed three jumps to win. Becky Holliday came in second with a height of 14-11 and Lacy Janson finished third in 14-9.
In the men's long jump, Marquise Goodwin jumped his lifetime best of 27-4. Finishing just behind Goodwin was Will Claye with a leap of 27 feet. Rounding out the Olympic long jump team was George Kitchen, Jr. with a jump of 26-11.25.
Stephanie Brown-Trafton was the winner of the women's discus. Brown-Trafton qualified for her third Olympic team with a toss of 213-10. Second place was claimed by Aretha Thurmond with a throw of 204-2. Suzy Powell-Ross came in third place at 197-6. Powell-Ross doesn't have an Olympic A standard, so her spot on the Olympic team goes to sixth place Gila Lewis-Smallwood.
Reese Hoffa claimed first place in the men's shot put. Hoffa won with a world-leading 72-2.25 feet put. Ryan Whiting came in second at 71-0.75 and Christian Cantwell was third at 69-9.75.
LaShawn Merritt was across the line first in the men's 400m. Merritt won with a time of 44.12. Following Merritt was NCAA champion Tony McQuay in 44.49 and third was Byshon Nellum in 44.80. Failing to make the team was 2004 Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner. I felt so bad for Wariner. He had a bad start and couldn't make up any ground.
In the women's 400m, Sanya Richards-Ross made her third Olympic team with a world-leading time of 49.28. DeeDee Trotter was second behind Richards-Ross with a time of 50.02 and early race leader Francena McCorory was third in 50.43.
Justin Gatlin, 2004 Olympic gold medalist, won the men's 100m in 9.80 over a loaded field. Tyson Gay ran 9.86 to claim second place in only his second race of the year. Rounding out the team was Ryan Bailey in 9.93.
Photo Credits:
First: Portland's Galen Rupp, left, Dathan Ritzenhein and Matt Tegenkamp swept an appropriately rainy men's 10,000 meters final on June 22 in Eugene, Oregon to book spots in the Olympics. (Associated Press)
Second: Amy Hastings and Shalane Flanagan compete in the women's 10,000m finals at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trails June 22 in Eugene, Oregon. (Associated Press/Eric Gay)
Third: Ashton Eaton reacts with Curtis Beach and Joe Detmer after the 1500m during the decathlon competetion at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trails June 23 in Eugene, Oregon. Eaton finished the decathlon with a new world record. (Associated Press/Charlie Riedel)
Fourth: The dead heat in the women's 100m final of Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix. Both women finished in third with a time of 11.068 seconds on June 23. (usatf.org)
Fifth: Lolo Jones, right, clinches a spot in the Olympics with a third-place finish in the women's 100mH on June 23 in Eugene, Oregon. (Getty Images/Christian Petersen)
