Pioneer-Press story on ex-Tommie Roman Cress

Former Tommie sprinter Roman Cress had his moment in the sun Thursday at the Beijing Olympics.

Cress ran the 100-meter dash prelims for his homeland, The Marshall Islands. Cress didn't advance to the next round as he clocked a time of 11.18. It was well over Cress' personal best of 10.39 set years ago but not unexpected. Cress had retired from competitive running and had a only couple of months to train after learning that the Marshall Islands would send him to Beijing.

Cress ran one lane over from former world-record holder and medal favorite Asafa Powell of Jamaica. His heat was shown nationwide on tape-delay by NBC late Friday morning as the network featured all the 100-meter medal favorites' first races.

Cress, an NCAA runner-up and nine-time conference champ in relays and sprint races for the Tommies nearly 10 years ago, was also profiled late Thursday night on KARE-11's newcast by Eric Perkins, including footage shot as a recent training sessions at St. Thomas.

Read Sean Jensen's story from today's St. Paul Pioneer Press:

http://www.twincities.com/ci_10207981?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com

Click here for official Olympics 100-meter prelim results:

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C74A/ATM001900.shtml#ATM001902

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