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"The third day of the USA Track and Field Championships revealed more personal stories of the world-class athletes on the track.Watch report:\u00A0\u200BSome track athletes say it\u2019s not their only sportThere is Heather Miller, the full-time nurse training in Minnesota, whose husband is her coach; Amber Metoyer, a former forward on the WNBA\u2019s Houston Comets who is now focusing on the heptathlon; and Alysia Montano, who on Friday headed to Los Angeles, where her mother was giving her a baby shower.Montano, 34 weeks pregnant, raced Thursday night.The event hasn\u2019t yet drawn the many thousands of people organizers are hoping to see, but that\u2019s expected to change this weekend.This year, there are no world championships in track and field \u2013 one of every four years is an off year.But that doesn\u2019t make the athletes competing in the national championships any less competitive. And the sacrifices they\u2019ve made to be here became more apparent than ever Friday.Miller\u2019s husband, Ryan Koch, told KCRA 3 that his wife represents a running club in New York, but trains in Minnesota.The couple, originally from Wisconsin, married just one year ago. They have spent that time training, even as Miller juggles athletics and nursing.\"There will never be another athlete in my life that will be this special to coach,\u201D Koch said. \u201CI plan to coach for many years to come. Until my own son or daughter, God willing, can compete on this level, there will never be another one that\u2019s so special.\u201DMiller was competing Friday in the heptathlon, along with Metoyer, the former Comets forward who managed in the past two years to train well enough to earn a spot among the world\u2019s best track athletes, after having spent six years playing basketball.\u201CI just got back into it two years ago,\u201D Metoyer told KCRA 3. \u201CI made huge strides in two years, so this is an amazing feeling for me.\u201DAs the weather cooled Friday evening, about half the stadium was full, a much better turnout than on Thursday.Organizers are hoping to sell at least 22,500 tickets through the end of the event Sunday. That would automatically usher the championships back to Sacramento in 2017.If Sacramento exceeds that number, it may be able to make a case for hosting the Olympic Trials in 2020."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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