There are plenty of folks with lots of work to do, including swimming sisters Tara and Dana Kirk of Bremerton, who both swam in Athens. Tara has put up great 100m breaststroke times lately but Dana, recovering from back surgery, has a tougher fight ahead. Another sister team has a shot - Emily and Ariana Kukors. So does Emily Silver and Megan Jendrick, who won two golds as a teenager in Sydney. And Nathan Adrian, a 19-year-old from Bremerton has been making waves recently as a 50m freestyler.
All those swimmers are talented enough to make the team but have to prove it with top performances at the trials which start June 29th in Omaha.
Ex-Husky and two time Olympian Aretha Thurmond needs a top three placement in discus at the track trials in Eugene, Ore.
Jarred Rome from Marysville-Pilchuk High and Boise State and ex-Cougar Ian Waltz face the same challenge. Both have been among the top American throwers in recent years, and both made the Athens team.
Hurdler Ginnie Powell, a Rainier Beach High grad, will need a good run in the 100m hurdles, and heptathletes (and twin sisters) Diana and Julie Pickler, both ex-Cougars, will need a couple of days of their very best efforts to punch their tickets to Beijing.
Former Husky pole vaulter Carly Dockendorf still has to hit Olympic qualifying heights to make the Canadian team.
High Jumper Ebba Jungmark, a Cougar freshman, is looking to do the same to represent her home country, Sweden.
Two local judo athletes, Marti Malloy and Sally Roberts, could make it, but face long odds and tough competition at the Judo trials this week.

The "oh so close" list is topped by ex-Cougar middle-distance runner Bernard Lagat. He's a world champion at two distances (1,500 and 5,000 meters) and it would be a shock if he didn't make the team at the track trials. But, there's no guarantee. He still has to run those races.
Same for Spokane's Brad Walker. The current pole vault world champion has to prove he belongs on the U.S. team by placing in the top three in Eugene.
Equestrian Amy Tryon of Duval is on the short list of three-day eventing candidates and won a bronze medal in Athens. She's a good bet, but the team won't be announced until July 15th.
Longtime national rowing team team coxswain, ex-Husky Mary Whipple seems a shoe-in but the full U.S. Rowing team won't be named for two more weeks.
Controversial Soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo seems an almost certain pick but its not official yet.
Tacoma's Travis Stevens is ranked No. 1 in his weight class in Judo, but has to make it through trials which start this week in Las Vegas.
Doctor Sue Natrass, the Canadian trap-shooter is a hair-trigger away from making her staggering sixth Olympic Games.

So who's in?
Synchronized swimmers Jillian Penner and Brook Abel. In fact, they've been in for a while. The synchro team members were the first Olympians chosen and that happened last year.
Track cyclist Jennie Reed of Kirkland is in and so is another Kirkland cyclist, BMX rider Jill Kintner.
Melanie Roach, the Bonnie Lake weightlifter is in, eight years after almost making the Sydney games, but missing because of injury.
Rower Megan Kalmoe was named to the team last week, the first Olympic bid for the relatively young ex-Husky. Joining her will be Bellevue's Anna Mickelson Cummins and Seattle's Portia Johnson McGee, who qualified Thursday at the Olympic Trials in the women's pair.
Seattle Storm's Sue Bird has already gotten the nod and will likely start at point guard after seeing a lot of bench time in her first Olympics in Athens.

And a few more need help from others. Storm guard Swin cash is certainly a candidate, but only three slots on that team remain open and there are a lot of people and politics in play. The roster has to be finalized and submitted to the USOC by July 1st.
Also, two-time Olympian canoer Jordan Malloch of Seattle has to wait for the results of other competitors' races. He could also get an invite handed out by the International Canoeing Federation.
Ok, I know I have probably missed a few, and I know there are a whole gaggle of local rowers with a shot, but I'm waiting on them until I know more. I just don't pretend to fully understand theirt selection process, noi matter how many times it is explained to me.

56 days and counting..