Updated Aug 10, 2012 6:53 PM ET LONDON (AP) One moment Morgan Uceny was in the middle of the pack, getting ready to make her move in the 1,500 meters. The next, she was down and pounding her
times I kind of got caught up, but I just needed to stay calm, bring it back around and just shoot for home.'' Morgan Uceny won the women's 1,500 in 4:04.59, earning a place on the team with runner-up Shannon Rowbury and third-place
title in the 1,500 since Slaney in 1983. In her view, this event is on the upswing, with runners such as Simpson, Morgan Uceny , Shannon Rowbury and Anna Pierce leading the resurgence. All four of them easily advanced to the semifinals. They'll
takes a victory lap after finishing second in the decathlon with 8,505 points. Ingvill Makstad Bovim of Norway, Morgan Uceny of the United States and Maryam Jamal of Bahrain lead a women's 1,500-meter heat. Jamal pulled away from the