Clemson Alumnus Shawn Crawford Captures 200 Olympic Trials Title

Shawn Crawford, an alumnus of Clemson University qualified for his second event of the Olympic Trials Sunday with a win in the 200m. Duane Ross, another alumni of Clemson placed second in the 110m hurdles, also making the 2004 US Olympic Team.

Crawford's win in the 200 was his first Olympic Trial Victory. Crawford, a former NCAA Champion in the 200 crossed the line in 19.99. Crawford was the top finisher in each round of the 200m, winning the preliminaries, the semi-finals (20.00) and the finals.

Crawford will also compete in the 100m dash at the 2004 Olympic Games after finishing third in that event with a time of 9.93.

According to www.nbcolympics.com the most indepth Olympic broadcast in history is coming Aug. 11-29 to the NBC Universal networks (NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Bravo, Telemundo, NBC HDTV). With NBC featuring action from every sport contested at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens, Greece, the unprecedented 24-hours-per-day broadcast of the Summer Games will consist of 1,210 hours of coverage -- nearly three-times the 441.5 hours from Sydney in 2000 and more than seven-times the 171.5 hours from Atlanta in 1996 (nbcolympics.com).

Over the 17 days of the Games (Aug. 13-29), NBC's coverage will average more than 70 hours per day -- more than produced in total for each Olympics until the 1976 Montreal Games delivered 76.5 hours. The NBC Universal networks will offer more live coverage from Athens than any Olympics in history, domestic or foreign, despite the seven-hour time difference from the Eastern time zone to Athens (nbcolympics.com).