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It was hard to miss the shock in Larry's Rawson's voice. As the leading women made their way through the Newton hills, just past mile 20, Rawson spotted something unusual. Where the hell did she come from? Though she started with the elite women, Davila, a year-old American from the Detroit suburb of Rochester, didn't get a lot of media buildup prior to the th running of the Boston Marathon.

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Few outside of hard-core marathon circles knew her name. But by lunchtime on Patriot's Day, the entire running world was buzzing about her performance. By finishing just two seconds behind the winner, Kenya's Caroline Kilel, Davila broke the women's American course record and vaulted into the league of leading contenders for the U. Olympic team—and possibly a medal in London.

The first test of that newfound status will come January 14 in Houston. When Davila and her competitors toe the line at the Olympic Marathon Trials, they will compose the deepest, fastest, most competitive women's marathon field in American history. In past trials, a sub time has guaranteed a spot on the team. The top three finishers go on to the London Games.

This year, no fewer than seven women have posted sub marks. The bronze medalist, Deena Kastor, now 38, will be vying to make her fourth Olympic team. Hard on Kastor's heels are Kara Goucher , 33, and Shalane Flanagan, 30, world-class 10,meter runners who've turned themselves into world-class marathoners. Magdalena Lewy Boulet, 38, has experience on her side she came in second to Kastor in the '08 Olympic Trials and is running consistently in the to range.

Stephanie Rothstein, 28, and Clara Grandt, 24, announced themselves last year with sub times in Houston and Boston, respectively.