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This combination of photos shows United States' Michael Phelps holding each of his gold medals today. For the latest on Tracy's long jumper, Trevell Quinley, read on.

Associated Press photos

West High graduate Trevell Quinley missed the cut by 7 centimeters Saturday in the qualifying round of the men's long jump at the Beijing Summer Olympics.

Twelve long jumpers qualified for Monday's finals. Quinley was ninth in his group, 18th overall, with a jump of 7.87 meters.

His jump was the best among the U.S. jumpers, including Brian Johnson, 7.79, and Miquel Pate, 7.34.

The top jump in the preliminary rounds was 8.27 meters by Louis Tsatouma of Greece. He and two others, Ibrahim Camejo of Cuba, 8.23 meters, and Greg Rutherford of Great Britain, 8.16 meters, automatically made the final by clearing the qualifying distance of 8.15 meters.

The 12th-place qualifier was Roman Novotny of Czech Republic, with 7.94 meters.

For the last two Tracy Press stories about Quinley, go here and here .

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written by bla , August 18, 2008

I was listening to Bob and Tom the other morning on the way to work and they were saying that Michael Phelps eats:

three fried egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions, and mayo
one five-egg omelets
a bowl of grits
three slices of French toast with powdered sugar
three chocolate chip pancakes
two cups of coffee

And that is just for breakfast. Just thinking about it I gain weight. Congratulations to all USA Olympic athletes....

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written by care , August 18, 2008

Call me crazy, I like this kid! There's a humility about him that snags your heart. He's worked like a salmon swimming upstream in spring. It's time to reap the benefits. God bless you, Michael Phelps.