Flanagan named USATF Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS - Shalane Flanagan has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the women’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon Saturday in a new Olympic Trials record time in Houston. 

 
 

Flanagan (Portland, Ore.) crossed the finish line in a personal best time of 2:25:38 to set an Olympic Trials Marathon record by two minutes and forty-seven seconds. This was Flanagan’s debut in the Olympic Trials Marathon and only her second time to take on the marathon distance.

“It was a huge day, I think one that all of us will remember,” Flanagan said in the post-race press conference. “The last mile was a cross between savoring the moment and just being really grateful that I was almost done. I knew Desi [Davila] was charging hard and I told myself I had to have one last gear if she came up on me. I tried to view it as a track race for the last mile. I didn’t really enjoy that last mile. It felt really long. I’m just grateful to be on the same team with these women.”

 

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