Amy Begley

Here is an article on letsrun about her. I suggest reading the whole thing.

But Hayward Field has been good to Yoder-Begley in the past. In her last race here in 2001, she won the NCAA 10K title by running herself to exhaustion as she collapsed on the track and needed two IVs to get her going again. And it was good to her again in 2008 as she once again pushed herself to the edge. Taking the lead with 3200 meters to go, and occasionally wiping sweat from her brow and on at least one occasion reaching for a cup of water from a track-side official, Yoder-Begley plowed ahead, Goucher right behind and Flanagan comfortably in third. With 1200 remaining, Flanagan and Goucher surged by. But despite 70 and 69 second laps by the two pre-race favorites that opened up a sizeable gap, Yoder-Begley was also able to manage to increase her pace. Needing 3:36 (72 pace) for the final 3 laps, she ran 73.9 and 73.9….and then surged home with a 67.3 final 400 to claim the third and final ticket to Beijing, 1.4 seconds under the Olympic A standard.