Luchini, O’Keefe Both Hope to Qualify for 2008 Trials
ELLSWORTH — Imagine sitting in front of your television and watching two Hancock County runners compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The odds may be long, but it could happen.

When United States athletes gather in Eugene, Ore., in June for the 2008 Olympic Trials, Brendan O’Keefe and Louie Luchini are hoping to be among them.

Luchini, a former Ellsworth High School standout who won several state titles and earned numerous All-American honors while running at Stanford University, is working his way back to racing condition after being sidelined by achilles surgery back in 2005.

O’Keefe, who hails from Gouldsboro and was a state champion cross-country and track athlete at Sumner Memorial High School, trains these days at ZAP Fitness, a training center for high level runners in North Carolina.