« on: July 05, 2008, 10:35:51 AM »
Anna Willard, the Greenwood native, not only kept her word to make the U.S. Olympic track and field team going to Beijing, but did it in grand style early Friday morning.
Willard, a 2002 graduate of Telstar High in Bethel, set an American record of 9:27.59 in winning the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The race ended close to 1 a.m. East Coast Time.
She was more than three seconds ahead of second-place finisher Lindsey Anderson. Jennifer Barringer finished third, rounding out the Olympic team.
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