Atlantan selected assisstant coach for U.S. women's track team
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Posted 6:35AM on Thursday, June 27, 2002
ATLANTA - Peachtree Road Race director Julia Emmons has been selected assistant coach for distance for the U.S. women's track and field team for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.<br>
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Emmons - executive director of the Atlanta Track Club - was chosen in voting Sunday night in Palo Alto, California. <br>
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She won't actually do any coaching in Greece.<br>
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She says the runners will have their own coaches. Emmons says she will assist the athletes with things such as finding them training venues. <br>
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She filled the same role for the U.S. team at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.