6/30/08

EUGENE, Ore. - Saying he was grabbed down the stretch, Lopez Lomong finished fifth in the 800-meter final Monday night at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. Lomong, 2007 NCAA 1,500 champion for Northern Arizona, still can qualify for the Beijing Olympics in the 1,500, which begins Thursday.

"Khadevis Robinson held me back," said Lomong, who was second going into the final turn when the race turned crazy at Hayward Field.