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DSU Alumnus Qualifies for USA Olympics Marathon Trials

Dakota State University alumnus Marie Parker Sample qualified for the USA Olympic Marathon trials in by competing in a meet in Sacramento, California in December.  Sample finished in 60^th place with a time of 2 hours, 45 minutes, 58 seconds, one minute under the women’s United States Olympic standards. 

Sample will run in the women’s Olympic marathon trials in April in Boston, Massachusetts along with 125 other qualifiers. 

Sample was a six time NAIA All-American in cross country and track for Dakota State.  She lives in Marshall, Minnesota with her husband and their three children.

For more information about Sample’s meet in California, go to http://www.runcim.org.  As you click on the Race Photos, type in 36 in the ID box to find pictures of Sample competing in the meet.