A couple of “hot links” for your lunch special.
http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/olympic-trials/olympic-trials-media-guide/
http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MEDIA-INFO-FAST-FACTS_Trials-Media-Guide-2012_Web.pdf
Just about everything you could want to know about this weekend’s USA Olympic Trials Marathon and more.
A few tasty tidbits:
Prize Money:
1 $50,000
2 $40,000
3 $30,000
4 $20,000
5 $15,000
6 $10,000
7 $8,000
8 $7,000
9 $6,000
10 $4,000
Both men & women will also vie for Olympic Team Bonus money of:
1 $20,000
2 $20,000
3 $20,000
And some USATF Championships cash like this:
1 $4,000
2 $3,000
3 $2,000
4 $1,000
5 $500
Adds up to a total prize purse of $260,500 for each gender. Not bad.
Average age of qualifiers:
Men = 28.4
Women = 31.5
Interesting to note there was only 1 male masters qualifier (Mbarak Hussein, 46) and a whopping 21 female masters qualifiers. 50 year old Linda Somers Smith has qualified for 7 Olympic Trials Marathons!
Twins (3)
Drew and Kyle Shackleton
Kara and Tara Storage
Edwardo and Jorge Torres
Nebraska stats:
Of 205 female qualifiers;
Native Nebraskan Lisa Baumert (Princeton, NJ) is the highest seeded female being assigned #61
Kaci Lickteig is seeded #107
Bridget Easley is seeded #136
*Iowan Robyn Friedman is #24
Of 123 male qualifiers;
Native Nebraskan and Good Mate Mike Morgan is seeded #17
Native Nebraskan Allen Wagner is seeded #44
*Iowan Jason Flogel is #51
There are no current men from Nebraska qualified.
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