Last Race: 800m - Olympic Trials
1:47.14 for 12th place

Today I ran in the semi-finals of the Olympic Trials. I finished 5th in my heat and needed to be 4th to advance to the finals. I was obviously disappointed with the result as I would have liked to make it the final and have a good shot at representing the US in Beijing, but after having some time tonight to think about everything I am happy to have gotten this far and done this well.

I still have the European season ahead of me ally through July and will be looking for my first 1:45. After Europe I plan on being in Illinois for a month for a vacation until starting up training for next year.

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout my career so far and a special thanks to the dozens of people that called, emailed, texted, sent letters and cards, talked to my parents, ect. It was awesome to feel such a high level of support from everyone the last month. It was awesome and inspiring, and I want you all to know that it went a long way for me. So THANK YOU!!

~Matt