2012 Olympic Trials Marathon: Women to watch
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Hide captionAmy Hastings had a banner 2011, second at the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon in 2:27:03, and advancing to the 5000m final at the World Championships in Daegu. She trains with Deena Kastor which could make up for any inexperience.
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Hide captionDeena Kastor is the defending champion and a 2004 Olympic bronze medalist. But she gave birth last year and hasn't completed a full marathon since London in 2010. Is there more in the 38-year-old's tank? We think so.
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Hide captionDesiree Davila's runner-up finish in 2:22:38 at the Boston Marathon was the third-fastest time in U.S. history. She would have to have a terrible day or three people would need to be extraordinary to keep her off the Olympic team.
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Hide captionKenyan-born Janet Cherobon-Bawcom dominated the domestic road-racing circuit in 2011 to capture everyone's attention. Fact remains, she will need to be much faster than her marathon PR of 2:37:27 to contend in this race.
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Hide captionJen Rhines dropped out of November's New York City Marathon at the 16-mile mark, which might be a red flag. However, she has made three Olympic teams, including the marathon squad in Athens, so she knows what it takes.
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Hide captionIn her first marathon back from maternity, Kara Goucher finished fifth in Boston in PR 2:24:52. Since then, she has switched coaches from Alberto Salazar to Jerry Schumacher and is hoping to benefit from training with Shalane Flanagan and Lisa Uhl every day.
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Hide captionKatie McGregor seems to have been knocking on the Olympic team door for years, falling short each time. But she just set her marathon PR of 2:31:01 in New York in November which could indicate things are breaking her way.
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Hide captionMagdalena Lewy Boulet has only gotten better since qualifying for the 2008 Olympic team, lowering her marathon Pr to 2:26:22 in Rotterdam in 2010 and her 10-K PR to 31:48 last summer. She should be in the thick of this again.
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Hide captionIt's nothing short of a miracle that Serena Burla is running after having a massive cancerous tumor removed from her leg in 2010. That she has a 2:35:08 PR, is tough as nails, and has been largely overlooked seems to make her dangerous.
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Hide captionShalane Flanagan has one marathon to her credit, a runner-up finish in New York in 2:28:40 in 2010. But in that race (and her others at shorter distances) she exhibited the type of fight and determination that no one is ready to discount.
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Hide captionLast January, Stephanie Rothstein shaved 11 minutes off her marathon PR in a third-place finish in Houston in 2:29:35. If the pace is quick, she has the speed to surprise more than a few in the field.
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