USA Olympic Diving Trials- Federal Way, Washington- June 17, 18, 19 USA Diving’s tagline is Guts.Grace.Glory. So far we’ve seen a lot of the guts and grace; huge & hairy dives done with incredible style and elegance. But the glory will not come until later, and only for a very select few. Of the 100 […]
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On The Road-But Not To London!
** Sorry friends and family!! I’m a bit behind in my postings. This was written a couple of days ago. Believe it or not, cell phone service and wifi have been quite the challenge. And life on the road has been more hectic than I expected. I’ll try to be better! The Olympic Trials Adventure […]
Olympic Trials-The Journey Begins
Olympic hopefuls operate on “quadrennium time.” Their mental calendars have exactly four years of pages. And although we’ve only been seeing their faces and the Olympic ads on TV for the last couple of weeks, they’ve been aiming towards the London Olympics since the closing ceremonies in Beijing. Planning, preparing, training. Most of us have […]
USA Archery Olympic Trials
USA Archery Olympic Trials- June 1-3, Colorado Springs, Colorado Ahh…finally to the competition! On Saturday morning eight women and eight men are competing for 3 spots each on the USA Olympic team. This is the “third nomination shoot” or third phase of the qualifying process. The team will be decided by cumulative scoring from all […]
USA Archery Olympic Trials
USA Archery Olympic Trials- June 1-3, Colorado Springs, Colorado Following our Incline escapade today, we were happy just to sit for a couple hours and watch the training session for archery! Arriving at the venue, we were a little surprised to see virtually no one there but the competitors and staff. Yes, archery is not […]
USA Archery Olympic Trials-The Incline
USA Archery Olympic Trials- June 1-3, Colorado Springs, Colorado So what’s the difference between a twenty something Olympic Athlete (say… Apolo Ohno) and an AARP card carrying fairly fit recreational athlete? On the “Incline Test” it was an off the charts gap! The Incline is an old cable car route that goes straight up a […]
Taekwondo Olympic Trials Led By Lopez Family
March 10, 2012 Olympic Training Center-Colorado Springs, CO OK, so a little catch-up during the lull before the next adventure. We’re now officially half way through our 10 events! Taekwondo (phase three), Water Polo (USA vs. Netherlands), Wrestling, Taekwondo (phase eight) and Men’s Volleyball. But I missed writing about the final Taekwondo event. So here’s […]
NORCECA Men’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifier
Olympic Trials Adventure #5- The NORCECA Olympic Qualifier for Men’s Volleyball in Long Beach, California, May 10-13. A quick explanation of the format: Pool Play (Mon-Wed)- Eight teams, four in each pool. A- Cuba Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic B-Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico and the United States. Each team played the other teams […]
USA Olympic Wrestling Trials
I’ve never particularly been a wrestling fan. As an Olympics spectator, I’ve known the names and stories of the more famous people in the sport like Dan Gable, Bruce Baumgartner and Rulon Gardner. But when we found out the wrestling trials were within driving distance (Iowa City) and the tickets were reasonable, we decided we […]