Day 7 of the Olympic Trials will see the conclusion of the women's heptathlon, plus finals in the women's high jump and 200 meters and men's triple jump and 110 meter hurdles.

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Live results
TV Coverage is from 9:00 to 10:00 PM on NBC

Today's Schedule

10:30 AM ET	Men's 20k Race Walk	Final
6:00 PM ET	Women's Long Jump	Heptathlon
6:20 PM ET	Girl's 800 meters	13-14 yrs old
6:30 PM ET	Boy's 800 meters	13-14 yrs old
6:45 PM ET	Girl's 100 meters	Special Olympics
6:55 PM ET	Boy's 100 meters	Special Olympics
7:15 PM ET	Women's Javelin Throw	Heptathlon
7:20 PM ET	Men's 110m Hurdles	Semi-Final
7:40 PM ET	Men's Triple Jump	Final
8:00 PM ET	Women's High Jump	Final
8:20 PM ET	Girl's 200 meters	11-12 yrs old
8:30 PM ET	Boy's 200 meters	11-12 yrs old
8:40 PM ET	Women's 400 meters	40+ yrs old
8:50 PM ET	Men's 200 meters	40+ yrs old
	TV Coverage Begins
9:00 PM ET	Men's 200 meters	Semi-Final
9:20 PM ET	Women's 800 meters	Heptathlon
9:40 PM ET	Men's 110m Hurdles	Final
9:50 PM ET	Women's 200 meters	Final

Men's 20k Race Walk

Start list

The Favorite: Trevor Barron (New York AC / Bethel Park, PA)
Bring up a racewalker who was home-schooled and jokes are sure to follow. But make no mistake, Barron is very good. Not yet twenty years old, Barron came just 25 seconds away from the American Record earlier this year. If I may be permitted a Rawsonism, Barron's best 20k time extrapolates to about a 1:27 half marathon. (But don't try to do it at your local high school track.)

Women's Heptathlon

Live results | All-time Olympic Trials stats

The Favorites:
Hyleas Fountain (Nike / Daytona Beach, FL)
Sharon Day (Asics / Costa Mesa, CA)
Fountain won silver at Beijing four years ago but hasn't had a good competition in the last two seasons. Like Bryan Clay in the decathlon, she has not hit the Olympic 'A' standard and hopes to hit it here. However, she doesn't absolutely have to hit it; since Day is the only athlete who has achieved the Olympic 'A' standard, Fountain needs only to win. If Fountain gets the 'A', as is highly likely, then Day is almost assured a spot on the team as well.

They Could Get the 'A' Standard:
Chantae McMillan (unattached)
Bettie Wade (Nike / Manhattan, KS)
McMillan, the former Nebraska star, is in very good position to get over the minimum 6150 points needed. She did well on the first day, and is pretty good in the long jump and very good in the javelin. If she continues her hot streak, she's in very good shape. Wade came an agonizing seven points short of the 'A' standard earlier this year and could hit it here -- but will she be in the top three?

Men's Triple Jump

Start list | All-time Olympic Trials stats

The Prohibitive Favorites:
Christian Taylor (Li Ning / Daytona Beach, FL)
Will Claye (Nike / San Diego, CA)
It's not often that you get two defending World champions in the same event. Taylor won gold at last year's outdoor Worlds and Claye won gold at this year's indoor Worlds. They may be the USA's best 1-2 punch in any event.

The Old Man: Walter Davis (Nike / Baton Rouge, LA)
Davis, who will turn 33 years old on Monday, won World titles indoors in 2006 and outdoors in 2005. He made his first US team twelve years ago for the Sydney Olympics. But it's been five years since he met the current Olympic 'A' standard of 17.20 meters. He'd have to turn back the clock and a lot to get on the team.

The Stadium Record Holder: Aarik Wilson (Team Indiana / Bloomington, IN)
Wilson won the 2008 Olympic Trials with an exclamation point, setting the still-standing stadium record on his final attempt. He missed the entire 2009 and 2010 seasons with injuries, and it's been a long hard road back for him. His best this year is 17.07 meters (into a headwind), an improvement of over a foot and a half from last year, and that indicates he has a chance at the 'A' standard.

Women's High Jump

Start list | All-time Olympic Trials stats

The Favorites:
Chaunté Lowe (Nike / Loganville, GA)
Brigetta Barrett (Arizona / Duncanville, TX)
Amy Acuff (Asics / Austin, TX)
With the exit of Inika MacPherson in the qualifying round, these are the only three finalists who have achieved the Olympic 'A' standard. A rainy forecast reduces the chance of anyone else, um, raining on their parade. Lowe is the American Record holder and broke the indoor AR at the national championships in February. Barrett is the NCAA champion, both indoors and out, and spent all year in an ultimately unfruitful chase of Acuff's collegiate record. The 36-year-old Acuff's return from retirement has been nothing short of amazing, and if she makes the team it will be for an unprecedented fifth time.

Possible Spoiler: Becky Christensen (Riadha / Chula Vista, CA)
The Olympic 'A' standard is 1.95 meters, and the Christensen is the only other athlete who has even met the 'B' standard of 1.92 meters. A PR by 3 centimeters is an awful lot to ask, especially if it rains, but crazy things are happening at Hayward Field.

Men's 110 meter Hurdles

Semifinal start list | All-time Olympic Trials stats
This is the deepest and toughest event at the Olympic Trials. If the USA were allowed to enter five or six athletes at the Olympics, probably all would be finalists.

The Favorites:
Aries Merritt (Reebok / Bryan, TX)
Jason Richardson (Nike / Los Angeles, CA)
David Oliver (Nike / Kissimmee, FL)
As with the triple jump, the USA sports defending indoor and outdoor world champions. Unlike that event, it's entirely possible that neither of these wins the Trials. Merritt is finally beginning to realize his prodigious talents and won the World Indoor championships. His sub-13.00 clocking at the Pre Classic (in second place behind world record holder Liu Xiang) further proves his role as the favorite. Richardson inhereted the World Outdoor gold medal after a Dayron Robles dq, but he is a tremendous hurdler himself. Oliver has had early-race problems which means he's been running from behind, but if he gets a good start and is close to even at the first hurdle he'll be hard to beat.

The Unsteady One: Dexter Faulk (Nike)
Faulk has never made a U.S. team but is about as good an athlete as you can say that about. He ran a PR of 13.13 twice this year, once in Ostrava and once at the Pre Classic (beating Oliver in the process). He ran a world-leading time in the heats at the USATF Indoor Championships but then false-started out of the semifinals. One way or another, though, he tends to come up short; his last season as good as this one was 2009. That year he led the qualifiers at the USATF Championships in the heats and semis and then took last in the finals.

Always Ready: David Payne (Nike / Clermont, FL)
Payne is most famous for the 2007 Worlds.  He didn't make the team and was an alternate, but another US hurdler came up injured and Payne was called up at almost literally the last possible moment.  He got himself to Osaka and ended up with a bronze medal.  He won silver the next year at the Olympics and bronze at the 2009 Worlds, but appears past his prime now.  On the other hand, he ran his fastest time in two years in yesterday's heats, so you never know. 

The Journeyman: Ryan Wilson (Nike / Van Nuys, CA)
At 31 years old, Wilson is not a young man, but he's consistent. His best this year is 13.20, which makes him the fourth-fastest American. Like Faulk, he is seeking his first U.S. team for a Worlds or Olympics.

Women's 200 meters

Start list | All-time Olympic Trials stats
This is also a very deep and very tough race.

The Favorites:
Allyson Felix (Nike / Santa Clarita, CA)
Carmelita Jeter (Nike / Gardena, CA)
Sanya Richards-Ross (Nike / Austin, TX)
Jeter won the 100 convincingly, Felix is the superstar of this event, and Richards-Ross looked tremendous in the 400 and in the semis of the 200. Jeter didn't look all that good in the semis, but it's still hard to pick against her. If the weather is wet and cold, Felix may have problems.

The Tied Runner: Jeneba Tarmoh (Nike / San Jose, CA)
Going into the 100 meter finals, I noted that Tarmoh shouldn't be ignored but was essentially unknown. After the famous third-place tie with Felix in the 100, you cannot say that she's either unknown or ignored. She ran a great semifinal and could very well make a difference in the final.

The College Star: Kimberlyn Duncan (LSU / Katy, TX)
Duncan was announced yesterday as one of the finalists for the Bowerman Award. She was a finalist last year, too, which I believe makes her the only two-time finalist in the four-year history of the award. She has completely dominated college competition in this event over the last two years, but came up fifth at last year's USATF Championships. She's upped her game since last year, though. Does she have enough gas left after a long college season, or did all that racing make her sharper than the more selectively racing pros?

The Upstart: Tianna Madison (Saucony / Los Angeles, CA)
Madison was a long jumper for years before switching back to the sprints this year, and it's worked out well for her. It may seem strange or even suspicious that an older sprinter has suddenly become so good, but I can tell you that those of us who saw her in high school thought of her as a sprinter first and a long jumper second, and found it odd that she chose to specialize in the latter. Anyway, she was a clear second in the 100 meters, and while she hasn't spend as much time on the longer sprint, she's shown that she's quite capable of fighting for an Olympic spot.

The Forgotten One: Bianca Knight (adidas / Austin, TX)
In all this hubbub, Knight is getting ignored. She was 4th at last year's USATF Championships, was second at the adidas Grand Prix in New York, beat Jeter at the Pre Classic, and broke her PR in the semifinals (albeit wind-aided). Does this sound like someone to ignore?