11.   The winners advance to the Americas Olympic qualifier.

12.   Other Olympic qualifiers are Erin Porter of Saratoga Springs, New York, Caroline Hallisey of Natick, Massachusetts, and Julie Goskowicz of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

13.   Brian Viloria and Dante Craig earned berths in the Olympic Games at Sydney, Australia with victories Thursday night in an Olympic boxing qualifier.

14.   Chait Galit and Sergy Sukhnovsky of Israel remain the leading Olympic qualifiers, followed closely by Britons Marika Humphres and Philip Askew.

15.   Chait Galit and Sergy Sukhnovsky of Israel remained the leading Olympic qualifiers, followed closely by Britons Marika Humphreys and Philip Askew.

16.   If all goes well, Olympic qualifiers are next.

17.   The Americans open Thursday with an Olympic qualifier against Uruguay.

18.   The beach volleyball tournament includes a previously scheduled Olympic qualifier.

19.   The Kenyans, who used Boston as an Olympic qualifier last year, will again have the biggest entry in the race, at least among the elite runners.

20.   For China and Brazil, both Olympic qualifiers, the tournament will provide an opportunity to test themselves against high-level competition before the Atlanta Olympics in July.