Posted: August 28, 2004

Athletics: Saturday Olympic Team USA track & field preview

ATHENS - Track & field action at Olympic Stadium concludes with a packed schedule of final events. (The men's marathon, from Marathon to Panathenaiko Stadium, will be held Sunday.)

Amy Acuff (Austin, Texas) competes in the women's high jump, the night's first final. American record holder and two-time Olympic Trials champion Breaux Greer (Athens, Ga.) had the best mark in Thursday's qualifying and is looking for gold in the men's javelin. Tim Broe (Ann Arbor, Mich.) caps individual events when he runs the men's 5,000m final.

Team USA goes for a relay sweep with action in the men's and women's 4x400m and men's 4x100m relay.

TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 28

8 p.m. - Women's High Jump Final (Olympic Stadium) - Amy Acuff, Austin, Texas

8:40 p.m. - Men's Javelin Throw Final (Olympic Stadium) - Breaux Greer, Athens, Ga.

9:05 p.m. - Men's 5,000 Final (Olympic Stadium) - Tim Broe, Ann Arbor, Mich.

9:45 p.m. - Men's 4x100 Relay Final (Olympic Stadium) - Shawn Crawford, Raleigh, N.C.; Justin Gatlin, Raleigh, N.C.; Coby Miller, Pasadena, Calif.; Maurice Greene, Granada Hills, Calif.

10 p.m. - Women's 4x400 Relay Final (Olympic Stadium) - Dee Dee Trotter, Knoxville, Tenn.; Monique Henderson, Los Angeles; Sanya Richards, Austin, Texas; Monique Hennagan, Stockbridge, Ga.

10:25 p.m. - Men's 4x400 Relay Final (Olympic Stadium) - Relay pool: Kelly Willie, Baton Rouge, La.; Derrick Brew, Raleigh, N.C.; Andrew Rock, LaCrosse, Wis.; Darold Williamson, Waco, Texas; Otis Harris, Columbia, S.C.; Jeremy Wariner, Waco, Tex.