{"id":111,"date":"2008-07-05T22:25:33","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T05:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/wordpress\/?p=111"},"modified":"2008-07-09T10:13:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T17:13:42","slug":"2008-us-olympic-team-trials-track-and-field-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials &#8211; Track and Field, Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Distance events and the women&#8217;s high jump comprised the finals on Day 6 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugene08.com\/\">2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials &#8211; Track and Field<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former University of Arizona Wildcat Abdi Abdirahman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatf.org\/news\/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2008_07_04_22_12_06\">pushed the pace for nearly the entire 25 laps of the men&#8217;s 10,000 meter run<\/a>. Kara Goucher, already an Olympian at 10,000 meters, claimed her first USA title, with a brilliant stretch run on the final lap of the 5,000 meter run. In the women&#8217;s 1,500 meter semifinal, high school junior Jordan Hassay established a new high school record, and earned a spot in Sunday afternoon&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/2008_Olympic_Trials_Day6\">*** Click here to view Day 6 photos from the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials \u2013 Track and Field ***<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2008_Olympic_Trials_Day6\/20080704_211257b_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Kara Goucher won her first USA title with a brilliant stretch run in the 5,000 meters\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2008_Olympic_Trials_Day6\/20080704_215138b_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Abdi celebrates his win in the 10,000 meter run\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/milestogo.azrunning.com\/mtgcontent\/gallery\/albums\/2008_Olympic_Trials_Day6\/20080704_204010_JDD.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Hassay thrilled the crowd with her high school record in the 1,500 meter run\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distance events and the women&#8217;s high jump comprised the finals on Day 6 of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials &#8211; Track and Field. Former University of Arizona Wildcat Abdi Abdirahman pushed the pace for nearly the entire 25 laps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/?p=111\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,27,36,35,26],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","tag-abdi-abdirahman","tag-eugene08","tag-jordan-hassay","tag-kara-goucher","tag-us-olympic-team-trials-track-and-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azrunning.com\/milestogo\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}