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 Alicia DeShasier  Deserea Brown |
June 30, 2008 DeShasier, Brown Prove Strong at Olympic Trials EUGENE, ORE. -- Alicia DeShasier placed fifth at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Monday, lifting her among the nation's elite javelin throwers. Deserea Brown, who was a former teammate with DeShasier, also made her Olympic Trials. After advancing to the semifinals of the 400-meter hurdles, the Great Lakes Valley Conference Athlete of the Year and multiple All-American in track and field finished 16th in the semifinals. DeShasier's toss of 53.48 meters on her second throw of the finals put her in the top five. The top three in the event qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. It was a long road from being an SIUE All-American in 2006 in softball to Olympic hopeful for the Carrollton native. Her journey included throwing the best toss in 2007 among NCAA Division II throwers and then rehab on an injury after the 2007 NCAA Division II National Championships. DeShasier came back stronger than ever. After qualifying for the Olympic Trials, she won her flight in the semifinals and advanced to Monday's final. Her toss of 175 feet, 5 inches (53.48 meters) was behind champion Kara Patterson, who threw 191-9.
Women Javelin Throw
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Auto Qualifier: 55.00
World: W 71.70m 8/14/2005 Osleidys Menendez, CUB
American: A 64.19m 5/6/2007 Kim Kreiner, Nike
OT: T 58.28m 7/17/2000 Lynda Blutreich, Nike
Hayward: S 65.20m 2007 Barbora potkov, Czech Republic
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Kara Patterson Purdue 58.44mT 191-09
55.56m 54.72m 58.44m 58.04m FOUL 58.15m
2 Dana Pounds U.S. Air Force 57.83m 189-09
52.19m 57.83m FOUL 57.42m FOUL FOUL
3 Rachel Yurkovich Oregon 56.41m 185-01
51.64m 49.22m 51.36m 51.05m 50.66m 56.41m
4 Kim Kreiner Nike 55.90m 183-05
FOUL 55.90m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
5 Alicia DeShasier unattached 53.48m 175-05
52.61m 53.48m 53.23m FOUL FOUL 51.60m
6 Katie Coronado New Mexico 53.06m 174-01
53.06m 52.50m 48.88m 51.69m 49.90m 42.37m
7 Kayla Wilkinson Nebraska 52.73m 173-00
51.14m 52.73m 49.89m FOUL 50.54m 50.79m
8 Lindsey Blaine Nike 51.38m 168-07
48.07m 49.72m 51.38m FOUL 49.20m 49.87m
9 Ruby Radocaj unattached 51.04m 167-05
FOUL 51.04m FOUL
10 Amy Backel Oklahoma 50.08m 164-04
FOUL FOUL 50.08m
11 Samantha Ford unattached 48.46m 159-00
FOUL 48.05m 48.46m
12 Mallory Webb unattached 47.36m 155-04
46.40m 43.82m 47.36m
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
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World: W 52.34 8/8/2004 Yuliya Pechenkina, RUS
American: A 52.61 8/11/1995 Kim Batten, Reebok
OT: T 52.95 7/11/2004 Sheena Johnson, UCLA
Hayward: S 53.96 1993 Sandra Farmer-Patrick, USA
Name Year Team Semis
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Heat 1 Semi-Finals
1 Sheena Tosta Nike 54.95Q
2 Miriam Barnes unattached 55.35Q
3 Queen Harrison Virginia Tech 56.04Q
4 Latosha Wallace Asics 56.18Q 56.174
5 Melinda Sallins unattached 56.39
6 Sherlenia Green Virginia Tech 57.06
7 Meka Rembert-Thompson Executive T C 57.74
8 Deserea Brown Sn Ill Edwardsv. 59.66
Heat 2 Semi-Finals
1 Tiffany Ross-Williams Reebok 54.75Q
2 Lashinda Demus Nike 55.70Q
3 Christine Spence Nike 55.82Q
4 Angel Perkins adidas 56.08Q
5 Markita James Nike 56.18 56.176
6 Jennifer Grossarth unattached 56.37
7 Dominique Darden unattached 56.54
8 Erin Crawford unattached 59.49
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World: W 52.34 8/8/2004 Yuliya Pechenkina, RUS
American: A 52.61 8/11/1995 Kim Batten, Reebok
OT: T 52.95 7/11/2004 Sheena Johnson, UCLA
Hayward: S 53.96 1993 Sandra Farmer-Patrick, USA
Name Year Team Semis
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Semi-Finals
1 Tiffany Ross-Williams Reebok 54.75Q
2 Sheena Tosta Nike 54.95Q
3 Miriam Barnes unattached 55.35Q
4 Lashinda Demus Nike 55.70Q
5 Christine Spence Nike 55.82Q
6 Queen Harrison Virginia Tech 56.04Q
7 Angel Perkins adidas 56.08Q
8 Latosha Wallace Asics 56.18Q 56.174
9 Markita James Nike 56.18 56.176
10 Jennifer Grossarth unattached 56.37
11 Melinda Sallins unattached 56.39
12 Dominique Darden unattached 56.54
13 Sherlenia Green Virginia Tech 57.06
14 Meka Rembert-Thompson Executive T C 57.74
15 Erin Crawford unattached 59.49
16 Deserea Brown Sn Ill Edwardsv. 59.66
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