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No surprise: Marks tops triple jump.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JUN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: No surprise: Marks tops triple jump.(Olympics Track-Field Trials)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard

In 2004, Shani Marks was almost a surprise qualifier for the U.S. Olympic team in the women's triple jump.

Four years later she made the team, and it was no surprise at all.

The two-time defending U.S. champion added a victory in the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials on Sunday afternoon at Hayward Field with a leap of 47 feet, 21/4 inches.

"It hasn't sunk in yet, but this has been the goal for five years,"...

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