6/19/08

Though Olympic dreams were dashed, athletes rocked ’80 Trials

Mac Wilkins and Alberto Salazar would have been in Eugene for the Olympic Trials anyway, as coaches of athletes in the competition that begins June 27.

Stanley Floyd promises he, too, would have been in a seat at Hayward Field, watching his daughter Ebonie attempt to qualify for the Olympic team, as he did 28 years ago.

Mary Slaney and Fred Dixon live in Eugene, so their attendance wouldn’t have been surprising.