Snubbed Aussie wins men's 10K against stacked field

Andrew Letherby was one of three Australians to have beaten the international Olympic qualifying time for 2008, but his homeland selected only one of them to go to Beijing next month. _I had the IAAF standard, but Australia sets a higher standard. They could have sent us but decided not to,_ Letherby said. _I'm over it now. That's why it's good to have races like this,_ Letherby, 34, said Thursday morning after winning the Deseret News/KJZZ-TV men's 10K at Liberty Park. _You miss out on the Olympics, there's other goals._ Letherby, who has lived the last seven years in Colorado, said he had seen the race advertised and knew someone who knew the race director, Bob Wood, so he decided, _Let's take a little trip. I've never been to Utah. My wife and I, she's running as well, come out, have a bit of fun, do the race and take our... [read full story]