(Photo: Tom R. Smedes/Special to RGJ)
As the more than 500 runners make their way to the starting line for the women's marathon Olympic Trials race on Saturday, look for the woman chattering and talking to all her fellow competitors.
That will be Nevada graduate and assistant track and cross country coach EmKay Myers, who qualified for the Olympic trials in the marathon when she posted a time of 2 hours, 41 minutes, 16 seconds, in the Chicago Marathon last October.
Her Olympic trials marathon race begins at 9 a.m. Saturday in Atlanta and will be televised on NBC.