Posted: August 22, 2004

Athletics: Sunday Olympics Track Preview

ATHENS - The men's 100 meters and women's marathon finals take center stage as two of the classic Olympic events are contested. Defending Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene (Granada Hills, Calif.) and top contenders Shawn Crawford and Justin Gatlin, both of Raleigh, N.C., will try to keep Jamaica's Asafa Powell off the medal stand.

In the marathon, American record holder Deena Drossin (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Olympic Trials champion Colleen DeReuck (Boulder, Colo.) and former NCAA track champion Jen Rhines (Ardmore, Pa.) make the 26.2-mile trek from Marathon to Athens' Panathinaiko Stadium, the stadium that hosted the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896.

Olympic Trials champion Jaime Nieto (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Matt Hemingway (Littleton, Colo.) compete in their first Olympic men's high jump final, while Walter Davis (Baton Rouge, La.) and Kenta Bell (Chula Vista, Calif.) represent the U.S. in the men's triple jump final.

Qualifying rounds continue in the men's and women's 400 meters, women's 400m hurdles and men's 1,500 meters, while the first two rounds of the women's 100-meter hurdles hit the track.

Olympic Track And Field Schedule For Sunday, Aug. 22

6 p.m. - Women's Marathon (Marathon to Panathinaiko Stadium) - Deena Kastor, Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Colleen DeReuck, Boulder, Colo.; Jen Rhines, Ardmore, Pa.

7:30 p.m. - Men's High Jump Final (Olympic Stadium) - Matt Hemingway, Littleton, Colo.; Jamie Nieto, Chula Vista, Calif.

7:35 p.m. - Women's 100 Hurdles Round One (Olympic Stadium) - Gail Devers, Duluth, Ga.; Joanna Hayes, Los Angeles, Calif.; Melissa Morrison, Columbia, S.C.

8:10 p.m. - Men's Triple Jump Final (Olympic Stadium) - Kenta Bell, Chula Vista, Calif.; Walter Davis, Baton Rouge, La.

8:55 p.m. - Men's 100 Semifinal Round (Olympic Stadium) - Shawn Crawford, Raleigh, N.C.; Justin Gatlin, Raleigh, N.C.; Maurice Greene, Granada Hills, Calif.

9:20 p.m. - Women's 400 Hurdles Semifinal One (Olympic Stadium) - Sheena Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif.; Brenda Taylor, Chula Vista, Calif.

9:27 p.m. - Women's 400 Hurdles Semifinal Two (Olympic Stadium) - LaShinda Demus, Columbia, S.C.

9:50 p.m. - Men's 1,500 Semifinal One (Olympic Stadium) - Grant Robison, Mountain View, Calif.

10:15 p.m. - Women's 400 Semifinal One (Olympic Stadium) - Sanya Richards, Austin, Texas

10:22 p.m. - Women's 400 Semifinal Two (Olympic Stadium) - DeeDee Trotter, Knoxville, Tenn.

10: 29 p.m. - Women's 400 Semifinal Three (Olympic Stadium) - Monique Hennagan, Stockbridge, Calif.

10:40 p.m. - Women's 100 Hurdles Round Two (Olympic Stadium) - Gail Devers, Duluth, Ga,; Joanna Hayes, Los Angeles, Calif.; Melissa Morrison, Columbia, S.C.

11:10 p.m. - Men's 100 Final (Olympic Stadium)