When elite distance runner Sara Slattery clocked an Olympic qualifying time of 1:14:22 at the San Diego Rock n Roll Half Marathon in June 2014 -- two full years before the U.S. Olympic marathon trials -- she figured she had plenty of time to have a baby and get back in shape for Rio. A month later, she got pregnant with her second child, daughter Cali. (Her son, Stevie, was born in 2013.)But a year later, she received some unfortunate news. Her qualifying time had been thrown out because the point-to-point course had not been certified (the start and finish were too far apart). Suddenly her third -- and likely final -- attempt to punch her Olympic ticket was in serious jeopardy. So she set up a new plan: Run another OQT (Olympic qualifying time) at the 2016 Jacksonville Half Marathon on Jan. 3.I was nervous, but I had to start getting in shape for Rio anyway, said the former four-time NCAA champion who lives in Phoenix, where she is the head mens and womens cross country coach at Grand Canyon University. With the Jacksonville race taking place just two weeks before the Jan. 17 cut-off to qualify for the marathon trials, the pressure was on.It was my first race back [since having Cali] and I had forgotten what it felt like to race. I had fallen off the pace a bit and didnt realize it until there was only 800 meters to go. So I missed the qualification time by seven seconds, said Slattery, who ran 13.1 miles in 1:15:07. I was really, really upset that I had missed it by that short of a margin. It was a big goal after having my kids to get back to top-level fitness again.Narrowly missing the mark is unfortunately a familiar feeling for Slattery, who in 2008, at the Olympic trials for Beijing, finished fourth in the 5K. Only the top three made the team.Four years later, an injury right before the 2012 Olympic trials kept her from competing, forcing her to bow out of the bid for London. Thats when she and her husband, Steve, opted to start a family. In March 2013, they welcomed firstborn Stevie, and soon after, the new mom began training again.So even after failing to make the time in Jacksonville in 2016, Slattery was still determined to make that comeback count. I was in really good shape and I didnt want to waste the fitness. I decided to return to the track and see what I could do. In April, my students were racing at the Mount SAC Relays in Norwalk, California, and I jumped in last-minute. I ran the 5K in 15:49, which was pretty good, she said.Two weeks later, she signed up for the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California, and ran the 10K in 32:13 -- achieving the IAAF Olympic A qualifying standard with 12 seconds to spare.I was just shy of my all-time PR [31:57] when I was at my fittest in 2006, she said. Im juggling a lot right now and sometimes I wonder if I should be doing this. It gave me a lot of confidence to come so close to my PR 10 years later. The hard work is paying off. Its good to know that I still have it in me.Slattery has been training up to 25 hours (about 75 to 90 miles) a week and coaches at the university approximately 30 hours a week, so life has become much more of a juggling act than it was in the past. And if she succeeds at claiming an Olympic berth in the 10K at the track and field Olympic team trials on July 2, she may have to bring her whole brood with her to Rio. My family has sacrificed a lot for me to continue training. I would love to be able to show my kids, my family and also the runners on my team not to give up on your goals. My goal is to know that I did everything I could to put myself in the best position, she said.And if that is still not enough, Slattery has made peace with it. Nothing will be as devastating as missing out by one place in the 2008 trials.I feel a lot more calm going into it. I was almost scared to run in 2008 because I didnt want to fail. Now Im more excited to see what I can do. Dallas Cowboys Cedrick Wilson Jr Jersey . LOUIS -- Mike Smith is used to facing plenty of shots, so this was nothing new. Dallas Cowboys Dalton Schultz Jersey . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.cheapcowboysjerseys.us/ . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. 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In similar circumstances some are crushed by the weight of expectation, by unfair comparisons to their father. Others - like Shaun and Mitchell Marsh, Stuart Broad, Shaun Pollock - thrive domestically and forge international careers of their own.It is too early to say which camp Lehmann will fall into, but the initial signs are encouraging. In his first full season of Sheffield Shield cricket last summer, Lehmann scored three centuries - he turned his first into 205 against Tasmania in Hobart - and posted 623 runs at 44.50 from eight matches. Now Lehmann, who has just turned 24, is about to make his debut for Australia A.In one way his rise has been rapid: it was only 16 months ago that he made his first-class debut. But in another sense his journey began as a kid, watching Darren and his mates represent Australia. While there was never any pressure on Lehmann from his father to play cricket, it would have been difficult not to fall in love with the game given the exposure he received to it at a young age.There was heaps of upside that I was offered as a kid, things some people can only dream of doing, Lehmann told ESPNcricinfo. Going into the rooms during the Boxing Day Test and playing indoor cricket with Michael Clarke, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, you can keep naming them. You go and have Christmas with them.Even back in South Australia, just walking around the Oval and chatting to the players because you know them and they know you. Some kids dream of doing that, and I was fortunate enough to be a part of it my whole life. Darrens international career spanned a time when Jake was aged 4 to 12, formative years by anyones definition. 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He was 22 when he made his first-class debut, and a half-century in his maiden Sheffield Shield innings gave him confidence that he deserved to be there. And three hundreds last summer proved beyond all doubt that Lehmann is where he is because of his own talent, not his name.Growing up there were always higher expectations, Lehmann said. Once I finally got my crack - people can say what they want to say, but I think I earned my spot and hopefully Ive showed a couple of people that that was correct as well.His 2015-16 Shield campaign earned an Australia A call-up, and he will be part of the batting order when they take on South Africa A in a series of two first-class matches in Queensland starting on Saturday. 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