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Friday, June 29, 2012
Area runners fail to advance in Olympic 1500 trials
Neither former Riverbank High School star German Fernandez nor former Modesto High runner Matt Maldonado advanced in the 1500-meters semi-finals at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., June 29.
Both had run fast enough times to advance from the prelims into the semis.
There were two semi heats, and the top five in each heat, plus the next two fastest times, advanced to the finals.
Maldonado, a junior at Long Beach State, ran in the first heat, clocking 3:52.95. He was 10th in the heat.
Fernandez, who graduated this spring from Oklahoma State University, ran in the second and faster heat. He ran 3:43.78, finishing 11th in the heat.
The 1500-meter finals will be run July 1.
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