Robert Gary Continues Preparation for 2004 Olympic Games – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
March 24, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Robert Gary, head coach of the men’s cross country team and track and field assistant coach at Ohio State, will run at the 2004 United States Men’s 8-Kilometer Championships Saturday at Central Park in New York City. Gary, who took 11th at the event in 2003, will use the race as part of his training for a run at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Last week, Gary turned in the top time on the U.S. team at the 2004 Cross Country World Championships in Brussels, Belgium in the men’s short race, placing 33rd in a time of 12:12.
In all, the expected field of approximately 40 athletes includes seven past Olympians and 28 men who have broken 14 minutes in 5,000 meters in their careers. Gary, who competed at Ohio State from 1992-1995, was an Olympian in 1996 in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.
