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Joel
Atwater gets ready for the 1,500m semifinals...
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...at
the 2004 U.S. Olympic T&F Trials. Above: Charlie
Gruber.
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Charlie
Gruber leads the first 1,500m semi on the first lap.
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Paul
McMullen of the U.S. Coast Guard runs in second place.
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The
top six runners in each semi would advance to Sunday's
final.
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The
Nike Farm Team's Sean O'Brien leads Nike's Seneca
Lassiter.
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Ian
Connor of ZAP Fitness moves into the lead on the second
lap.
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Paul
McMullen leads Jason Lunn.
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Lunn
finished fourth in this event at the 2000 Olympic
Trials.
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R-L:
Sean O'Brien, Jason Lunn, Charlie Gruber, and Don
Sage.
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With
so many athletes of comparable ability, the fight
for spots in the final was intense.
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R-L:
Nate Robison, Don Sage, Seneca Lassiter, Chris Lukezic,
and Said Ahmed.
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Joel
Atwater drops back.
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L-R:
Seneca Lassiter, Jason Lunn, Said Ahmed, Charlie Gruber,
and Ian Connor...
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...battle
for position with just over one lap to go.
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This
was another tricky event for the U.S. men...
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...because
heading into the Trials, only three men had run under
the Olympic...
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..."A"
standard of 3:36.20 - David Krummenacker, Grant Robison...
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...and
Alan Webb. Krummenacker opted not to contest the 1,500
here...
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...so
unless the final was fast, the top three finishers
wouldn't necessarily go to Athens.
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