EUGENE, Ore. -- With 100 meters left in Friday night's 5,000 meters, Kara Goucher took off and sprinted to the forefront of the American Olympic movement.

The former University of Colorado star qualified for Beijing for the second time in cinematic fashion by winning the 5K at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. The athlete with movie-star looks, likely to often grace NBC's Olympic coverage, crossed the line with her hands up in celebration as the Hayward Field crowd roared with appreciation.

"The way this whole meet played out, with achieving goals ... the whole meet has been amazing," said Goucher, who finished in 15 minutes, 1.02 seconds.

Goucher already qualified for the 10,000 meters a week ago to earn her first Olympic bid. But she had never won a race at a major meet as a pro and wanted to show she was not content with just one event.

"I wanted to win. That's why I came back in the five," she said. "I just tried to zone out until the last lap."She was with fellow Olympians Shalane Flanagan and Jen Rhines for the last three laps but burst away as she pulled in front of Hayward Field's famed grandstand. The rising roar of the crowd seemed to power her through the line.

But Goucher's night wasn't all smiles. Her husband, Adam, failed to qualify in the 10K after her race and she briefly broke into tears during the press conference.

"I was really, really happy until about 10 minutes ago," she said.

Goucher said she would like to run the double in Beijing, but said she would drop the 5K if she did only one race. That could open the Olympic door for another former Buff.

Sara Slattery finished fourth in Friday night's race and is the Olympic alternate. She would still need the Olympic "A" standard but was confident she would get that before the Games.

"I'm going to prepare like I'm the alternate so I can be prepared to be on the team," said Slattery, who finished in 15:188.88. "I think I can get the 'A' standard."

Slattery also finished strong despite being behind the top-three pack. She was part of a group of six that led for most of the race and outdueled Lauren Fleshman to have a solid chance at Beijing. Both Rhines and Flanagan also have qualified in other Olympic events and could drop the 5K.

Goucher was well ahead of Slattery and didn't have to sprint to qualify for her second event. The 5K isn't even Goucher's top race. But she saw a chance to win and took it.

"With 200 meters to go I was kind of worried (about the pace), but it was just kind of one of those moments," she said. "I thought, 'I just got to risk it.' "

U.S. track trials

At Hayward Field

Eugene, Ore.

All race distances in meters

x-qualified for Olympics

MEN

200 Qualifying

(Top four from each heat plus next four best times advance)

Heat 1 -- 1, q-Shawn Crawford, Nike, 20.18

seconds. 2, q-Brent Gray, VS Athletics, 20.64. 3, q-Jordan Vaden, adidas, 20.82. 4, q-Chris Dykes, Texas A&M, 20.99. 5, q-Jody Johnson, Sacramento State, 21.10. Reggie Witherspoon, Nike, DNS.

Heat 2 -- 1, q-Tyson Gay, adidas, 20.43. 2, q-Michael Lawrence, unattached, 20.71. 3, q-John Capel, unattached, 20.73. 4, q-Chris Berrian, unattached, 20.74. 5, q-Evander Wells, Tennessee, 20.84. 6, q-Marcus Pugh, Oklahoma, 20.99.

Heat 3 -- 1, q-Bernard Williams, adidas, 20.65. 2, q-Rubin Williams, Tennessee, 20.70. 3, q-Xavier Carter, Nike, 20.86. 4, q-Michael Ray Garvin, unattached, 21.10. Jordan Boase, Washington, DNS. Tyrone Carrier, Houston, DNS.

Heat 4 -- 1, q-Walter Dix, Florida State, 20.66. 2, q-Charles Clark, unattached, 20.76. 3, q-Arman Dixon, Sacred Heart, 20.83. 4, q-Mickey Grimes, Nike, 21.00. 5, q-J-Mee Samuels, Arkansas, 21.21. Darvis Patton, adidas, DNS.

Heat 5 -- 1, q-Wallace Spearmon, Nike, 20.81. 2, q-Damein White, Cal. St., LA, 20.93. 3, q-Rodney Martin, Nike, 21.00. 4, q-Jeremy Dodson, Colorado, 21.07. 5, Demetrias McCloud, unattached, 21.25. 6, Michael Mitchell, South Bay/Nike, 21.29.

1,500 Semifinals

(Top six from each heat advance)

Heat 1 -- 1, q-Bernard Lagat, Nike, 3:43.83. 2, q-Rob Myers, Reebok, 3:43.98. 3, q-William Leer, Oregon TC Elite, 3:44.19. 4, q-Steve Sherer, unattached, 3:44.20. 5, q-Alan Webb, Nike, 3:44.23. 6, q-Andrew McClary, Arkansas, 3:44.29. 7, Jeff See, Ohio State, 3:44.73. 8, Andrew Acosta, Oregon, 3:44.96. 9, John Bolas, unattached, 3:45.27. 10, David Krummenacker, adidas, 3:45.69. 11, Garrett Heath, Stanford, 3:45.99. 12, Grant Robison, Playmakers Racing, 3:46.08. 13, Shane Stroup, unattached, 3:49.77.

Heat 2 -- 1, q-Gabriel Jennings, Saucony, 3:40.07. 2, q-Lopez Lomong, Nike, 3:40.26. 3, q-Leonel Manzano, Nike, 3:40.32. 4, q-Christopher Lukezic, Reebok, 3:40.50. 5, q-Jon Rankin, Nike, 3:40.81. 6, q-Said Ahmed, Nike, 3:41.05. 7, Stephen Pifer, Colorado, 3:41.78. 8, Andrew Bumbalough, Georgetown, 3:42.45. 9, John Jefferson, Oregon TC Elite, 3:44.79. 10, Matthew DeBole, Georgetown, 3:45.20. 11, Russell Brown, Stanford, 3:46.89. 12, Kyle King, ZAP Fitness, 3:50.58. 13, James Hatch, unattached, 3:57.25.

10,000 Final

1, x-Abdi Abdirahman, Nike, 27:41.89. 2, x-Galen Rupp, unattached, 27:43.11. 3, x-Jorge Torres, Reebok, 27:46.33. 4, Edward Moran, Nike, 27:52.10. 5, Josh Rohatinsky, Nike, 27:54.41. 6, James Carney, New Balance, 27:58.81. 7, Adam Goucher, Nike, 27:59.31. 8, Dathan Ritzenhein, Nike, 28:05.31. 9, Sean Quigley, Puma, 28:21.96. 10, Tim Nelson, Nike, 28:29.95. 11, Edwardo Torres, Reebok, 28:35.91. 12, Josh Simpson, New York AC, 28:37.16. 13, Meb Keflezighi, Nike, 28:39.02. 14, Daniel Browne, Nike, 28:42.78. 15, Fasil Bizuneh, New Balance, 28:43.11. 16, Scott Bauhs, Cal. St.,Chico, 28:54.32. 17, Brett Gotcher, McMillan Elite, 28:54.89. 18, Matthew Downin, New Balance, 28:55.66. 19, Seth Pilkington, Weber State, 29:10.33. 20, Michael Kilburg, Portland, 29:26.76. 21, John Moore, Portland, 29:26.79. 22, Steve Sundell, New York AC, 29:35.86. 23, Louis Luchini, Oregon TC Elite, 29:42.78. 24, Stephen Haas, Team Indiana Elite, 29:57.45. 25, Seth Summerside, adidas, 30:52.33.

Hammer Throw Final

1, x-A.G. Kruger, Nike, 248-9. 2, Kevin McMahon, unattached, 244-5. 3, Thomas Freeman, unattached, 241-5. 4, Travis Nutter, unattached, 240-4. 5, Michael Mai, U.S. Army, 235-5. 6, Cory Martin, Auburn, 235-0. 7, James Parker, unattached, 229-7. 8, Jake Dunkleberger, Auburn, 226-0. 9, Garland Porter, unattached, 224-10. 10, Lucais MacKay, unattached, 222-2. 11, David Paul, unattached, 218-8. Kibwe Johnson, New York AC, NM.

WOMEN

5,000 Final

1, x-Kara Goucher, Nike, 15:01.02. 2, x-Jennifer Rhines, adidas, 15:02.02. 3, x-Shalane Flanagan, Nike, 15:02.81. 4, Sara Slattery, adidas, 15:18.88. 5, Lauren Fleshman, Oregon TC Elite, 15:23.18. 6, Arianna Lambie, Nike, 15:29.99. 7, Julie Culley, New York AC, 15:34.43. 8, Rebecca Donaghue, New Balance Boston, 15:35.48. 9, Tasmin Fanning, Virginia Tech, 15:41.05. 10, Molly Huddle, Saucony, 15:42.19. 11, Melissa Cook, New Balance, 15:48.44. 12, Maureen McCandless, New Balance, 15:54.50. 13, Angela Bizzarri, Illinois, 16:03.99. 14, Amy Hastings, adidas, 16:07.03. 15, Teresa McWalters, Stanford, 16:09.44. Renee Metivier Baille, Nike, DNF.

High Jump Final

1, x-Chaunte Howard, Nike, 6-5 1/2. 2, x-Amy Acuff, Tri-Valley Asics, 6-4. 3, x-Sharon Day, Asics, 6-3 1/4. 4, Deirdre Mullen, Shore AC, 6-3 1/4. 5, Sheena Gordon, unattached, 6-2 1/4. 6, Destinee Hooker, unattached, 6-2 1/4. 7, Gwen Wentland, Nike, 6-0 1/2. 8, Adriane Stone, unattached, 6-0 1/2. 8, Ifoma Olausson, unattached, 6-0 1/2. 10, Raevan Harris, Auburn, 6-0 1/2. 11, Rebecca Christensen, Harvard, 6-0 1/2. 12, Amber Kaufman, unattached, 5-10 1/2. Elizabeth Patterson, Arizona, NH. Shanay Briscoe, NW Flyers, DNS.