Records Set at 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-T&F, as of June 29, 2008, noon

The Olympic Trials is a rarefied cultural experience. There are over 700 athletes battling for three spots in their discipline. There are moments of great humor, great pathos, great celebration and great tragedy. There are also records. As of the beginning of the decathlon on Sunday, June 29, here are the records broken so far:

Records set at 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field
As of 12 p.m. Pacific time, June 29, 2008
American
M100m 9.77 Tyson Gay 28 June 2008
W100H hept. 12.65 Hyleas Fountain 27 June 2008
Olympic Trials
W100H hept. 12.65 Hyleas Fountain 27 June 2008
M100m 9.77 Tyson Gay 28 June 2008
National Championship
W100H hept. 12.65 Hyleas Fountain 27 June 2008
M100m 9.77 Tyson Gay 28 June 2008
Hayward Field
M100m 9.77 Tyson Gay 28 June 2008
W100m 10.78 Torri Edwards 28 June 2008
W10,000m 31:34.81 Shalane Flanagan 27 June 2008
Collegiate
M100m 9.89 Travis Padgett 28 June 2008
World Junior
M100m 10.01 Jeff Demps 28 June 2008
American Junior
M100m 10.01 Jeff Demps 28 June 2008
American high school
M100m 10.01 Jeff Demps 28 June 2008

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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