FAIR GAME: Browne makes run at 10K Olympic berth

Dont look now, but Dan Browne is making another run at an Olympic berth. The 2004 Olympian at 10,000 meters and in the marathon takes the 11th-fastest time into the July 4 10K final of the Olympic Trials at Eugenes Hayward Field. All I can say is, if I were a betting …

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Sat, June 21st, 2008

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