Kastor

Deena Kastor is one of my training partners, she's the only one from my training group who will actually be in the race.

Olympic Q&A: Marathoner O'Neill heads home for trials 2008

For her effort, Kastor is USATODAY. com's U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week.

USATODAY.com - Barrier-breaking marathoner Kastor named Athlete of the Week 2006

For her effort, Kastor is USATODAY. com's U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week.

USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week breezes through Windy City 2005

Before his race, Keflezighi was inspired by friend Deena Drossin Kastor's bronze medal in the women's marathon and an Eritrean bronze in the men's 10,000 meters.

USATODAY.com - Italy's Baldini wins men's marathon 2004

But she said Kastor is the United States 'best hope for Athens.

USATODAY.com - DeReuck wins Olympic marathon trials 2004

"I didn't know until the announcer said, 'Deena Kastor is going to get the bronze,'" she said.

USATODAY.com - Roundup: Americans mine two medals 2004

The next day Deena Kastor won a bronze medal, the first for an American woman in the marathon in 20 years.

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Kastor, 38 years old, was the last American to win the race, having done so in 2004.

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Getty Images Deena Kastor If that goes well, Hughes would make a rehab start, and with only a few of those could be back in the majors.

Mets' Turner Named NL Rookie of Month 2011

Magdalena Lewy Boulet may have come in second to Deena Kastor in the trials marathon, but she led for most of the race and earned a nod from USA TODAY.

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