Press Release - 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon - 1/13/11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

             One Year Out From 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon - 
   USATF to Feature Live Web Chat with Ryan Hall, Magdalena Lewy Boulet 

INDIANAPOLIS - Friday marks one year until the Team USA marathon squad for 
the London 2012 Olympic Games will be selected in Houston, Texas. With the 
2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon a mere 365 days away, USA Track & 
Field will host a live web chat featuring 2008 Olympic marathoners Ryan 
Hall (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) and Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.) to 
discuss their preparations for the upcoming USA Half Marathon Championships 
in Houston. The 2011 championships will be held on January 29, and will be 
used to preview the 2012 Olympic Trials marathon course.

Earlier this week, The Houston Marathon Committee and USA Track & Field 
announced that Hall, the 2007 USA Half Marathon champion and American 
Record holder, and Boulet, the 2009 USA Half Marathon champion, will be 
returning to Houston for the 2011 championships and will face other 2012 
Olympic Trials contenders such as Patrick Smyth (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) and 
Katie McGregor (Saint Louis Park, Minn.).

Fans and media can participate in the live web chat beginning at 2:00 p.m. 
EST by visiting 
www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/fans/index.asp.

For more information on the 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon visit 
www.usatf.org.

About USA Track & Field
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long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF 
encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & 
Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and 
junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult 
runners in the United States: www.usatf.org. 

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