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At 18, Allyson Felix is the world's fastest teen girl. Ever. Now, she's got her eye on the Summer Olympics, to be held this August in Athens, Greece.
But she's got to earn it first. She has to finish in the top three in her main event—the 200-meter dash—at July's U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento. That'll take about 22 seconds, maybe 23. If it takes much longer than that, Allyson might just end up watching the Olympics on TV like the rest of us.
Given her current track record, though, we'll most likely be watching her in action. She's a five-time high school state champ in California. Last year, while still a senior at Los Angeles Baptist High School, Allyson finished second in the 200 at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships. A few months later, in front of 50,000 fans in Mexico City, she ran her best time ever—22.11 seconds, the fastest in history for a high school girl. And a few weeks after that, she missed her prom while qualifying for the state meet.
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