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Stephanie Dueringer
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INVADERS DUERINGER QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS MARATHON
April 30, 2007
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders seventh Olympic Trials qualifier was
posted with Stephanie Dueringer's performance of 2:45:25 at the 2007
Eugene Marathon on April 28, 2007.
Dueringer's performance qualified her for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials
Women's Marathon which will be the US Olympic Team selection event for
the 2008 Olympic Games marathon to be held in Beijing, China. The U.S.
Olympic Trials Marathon will be held in Boston over the weekend of the
Boston Marathon as a separate event. This will be Dueringer's first
participation at a US Olympic Trials. Dueringer joins teammate Heather
May who also qualified for the women’s marathon trials with her effort
at the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on October 22, 2006.
Team Director Greg Harger said, "Dueringer is now the seventh Invaders
athlete to post a mark for next year's Olympic Trials. For the next 12
months Stephanie's focus will be on optimal preparation for the Olympic
Trials Marathon in April of 2008. This is an important experience for
her and we know that she's up to the Challenge of being prepared to
break 2:40 with her teammate May." Harger added, "As the build up to the
Olympic Trials and the Olympic Games grows, we work to stay focused on
the day-in and day-out tedium of training that must be held in the
perspective of a specific date in 2008 and not get unduly distracted
with intermediate competitions.”
The Indiana Invaders had 16 athletes qualify for both the 2000 and the
2004 US Olympic Trials. Currently, seven Invaders athletes have posted
Olympic Trials qualifying marks for the 2008 US Olympic Trials. Since
1999 the Invaders have had one IAAF World Indoor Champion, one IAAF
World Indoor Bronze Medalist, eight USA National Champions, one USA
Olympic Team Member, nine USA National Team Members and 132 USA National
Championship Qualifiers.
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