6/28/08

EUGENE, Ore. -- Sprinter Chryste Gaines, who served a two-year ban after being implicated in the BALCO investigation, made it past the preliminary round of the 100-meter dash Friday but was eliminated in the quarterfinal after running an 11.24.

She intends to continue running. "Yeah, why not?" said Gaines, who used her enforced time off to get an MBA at Kennesaw (Ga.) State and is an academic advisor at Georgia Tech.