EUGENE,
ORE. - Howard alumnus David Oliver won
the 110m hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials and earned a berth to
the XXIX Summer Games in Beijing. Oliver finished the race in 12.95
and set the Hayward Track record.

“I really don’t know what
happened,” Oliver said. “The gun went off and I just started
running. I haven’t seen the replay even and I don’t even know where
I was.”

Oliver, one of the favorites to win
the event, had the best mark of the quarterfinals at 13.07 and was
the top seed in the first of two semifinals. He went 13.24 to post
the best mark in the first round.

“I just wanted to make the
top-three in the finals,” Oliver added. “I am just happy that I was
able to do that and get the win.”

The Denver native has posted
three of the world’s top five times in the event this season,
including 12.95 seconds in May. That’s second to the world record
of 12.87 run by Dayron Robles. He also won the U.S. indoor title in
February before posting his sub-13 time in Doha, Qatar.

The original story was published here: http://www.howard-bison.com/sports/track/2007-08/news/Howard_Alum_Headed_to_Olympics

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