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EUGENE, Ore. -- After advancing through the preliminary round of the mens long jump on Saturday, Marquise Goodwin said it was his dream to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring, both of which are very hard to attain.Thats especially true for Goodwin now. One, hes a receiver for the Buffalo Bills, who have never won a Super Bowl and havent been to the playoffs in 16 years. Two, despite having had the two longest leaps in the world earlier this year, he failed to make the U.S. Olympic team in Sundays trials final. Goodwin finished seventh with a jump of 27 feet, ? inches, more than a foot short of Jeffery Hendersons winning jump of 28 2 ? inches.At the time, its frustrating, but you really cant dwell on that, Goodwin said of not making his second Olympic team. Life is too good to harp on a situation like that. Maybe at the time I can be a little disappointed, but now Im alive, and there is so much more to look forward to.Such as the football season.Ill take a few days off, get my mind right and start getting ready for football, Goodwin said. Camp is less than a month away.Goodwin barely reached the final round and placed 12th of the 12 qualifiers Saturday. He said then that he wasnt worried about not making the team and pointed out that he made the 2012 U.S. team despite being 10th in the preliminary round at that years trials. However, he said Sunday that he was not feeling good.I strained my hamstring a little bit yesterday, he said. I did better than I expected today. I didnt expect to jump six times. I thought I would come in and do one jump. But after the first jump, I thought I would be pretty good. I just pushed through it. Thats the football part of me coming through.It wasnt good enough. Henderson won the meet, with Jarrion Lawson second with a 28 foot, 1 ? inch jump. Will Claye, the bronze medalist in 2012, was third with a jump of 27 feet, 7? inches, but since he did not have a wind-legal Olympic qualifier, he will not be on the team and Marquis Dendy will go instead.Carl Lewis has been critical of the long jump he dominated so long, but two jumps of 28 feet were impressive, especially because they were both longer than the gold medal jump at the 2012 Games.Carl, I hope youre happy now, Goodwin said ... Theyre jumping better now than they ever have before.Goodwin, who finished 10th in the long jump at the 2012 Olympics, said he has a couple more Diamond League track and field meets in which to compete before training camp.He isnt sure where his long jumping career will go from here, though. Would he consider working toward the 2020 Olympics?Who knows? Goodwin said. If God gives me the opportunity, Ill take advantage of it. 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Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including at least 16 who lost limbs. BALTIMORE -- Growing up, Kentucky Derby winner Orb was just another horse who fit in with the crowd. Never caused problems. Never raised a ruckus. Never got sick or hurt while frolicking in the fields of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., with his pals, or when he was learning how to be a racehorse at Niall Brennans farm in Ocala, Fla. Did everything asked of him. "A model citizen," says Claiborne Farm manager Bradley Purcell. Brennan remembers the colt did everything right. "His workouts, his focus, he didnt fret about things, he was enjoying it," he says. And wouldnt you know it: In his racing debut, last Aug. 18 at Saratoga, Orb leaped in the air as the gates opened and trailed by 14 lengths early on in the seven-furlong race. He made a remarkable recovery, though, and finished third, just 1 1/4 lengths behind the winner. "He was so far behind," recalled his jockey, Joel Rosario. "He made up a lot of ground, and I was impressed. My agent told me, maybe hes going to be a nice horse." Maybe? A few more growing pains followed, like smacking his head in the starting gate in his second race. But a two-month break allowed trainer Shug McGaughey to work out the colts gate issues, and by his fourth start, Orb had found the winners circle -- a two-length victory at Aqueduct on Nov. 24. He hasnt lost since, winning three times at Gulfstream Park, including the Fountain of Youth and the Florida Derby, building confidence and gaining experience along the way. And then came the ultimate moment: charging down the stretch over a sloppy track and winning the Derby by 2 1/2 lengths. "I wish I could tell you back then he looked like a horse who could win the Kentucky Derby," Purcell said. "He had good size, and strength. All we do is let them grow and Mother Nature does the rest." So far, so good, and a win over eight rivals in Saturdays $1 million Preakness would send Orb back home to New York for the Belmont Stakes on June 8 with a chance to become racings first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. "I wouldnt be telling the truth if I said I dont think about (the Triple Crown), because I do," McGaughey said. "I try to block it out, but if youre in this position, anybody would think about it. Its a thrilling thought, but weve got to get by Saturday. If we do, the next three weeks will be a lot of fun." Orb seems to be enjoying it, too, appearing cool and calm around the Pimlico stakes barn in the mornings while hundreds of people are milling around, many angling for the best photo op in cramped quarters. He was the same way at Churchill Downs. "Hes pretty laid back," McGaughey said. A bay son of Malibu Moon, out of the mare Lady Liberty, co-owner Stuart Janney III came up with the name. "I like it. Every poet who refers to the moon, uses the word orb," Janney explained. "I try to name the horses to go with the mare and stallion." Orbs bloodlines are filled with champions. Malibu Moon is a son of 1992 Horse of the Year A.P. Indy, and currently is North Americas second-leading sire. Lady Liberty is a daughter of 1990 Derby and Breeders Cup Classic winner Unbridled. Still, there was not much fanfare when Orb was born in February 2010. It was a "textbook" birth, Purcell said, adding Orb was probably 120-130 pounds -- the average weight for a foal. He was among a group of eight colts who spent hours together in the same field. One of them, Departing, is running in the Preakness. When Orb was sent to Ocala in August 2011, Brrennan already had an idea of what he was getting since hed been the Claiborne to chart Orbs development, as well as dozens of other horses.dddddddddddd "He always looked good physically, but there were others that were the same," Brennan said. "At that time, its like kids on a soccer field playing around and as you get into early spring, they start separating themselves. You begin to see their athletic ability and Orb at this time a year ago was doing very well." Orb was among the first group of Brennans 2-year-olds to be sent out to their respective trainers. Also under his care at the time were two other Derby horses -- Revolutionary and Palace Malice -- and Dens Legacy, who was on the Derby trail for a while. Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, who co-owns Orb with Janney, remembers seeing the horse early on and not being overly impressed. "I think we really thought he was just a horse," Phipps said. "I dont think even Shug thought he was much better than that. But after he came back from the Fountain of Youth he came back looking bigger, better and stronger and then he did the same thing after the Florida Derby. And after the Derby. Lets just hope thats the way hes headed (going into the Preakness)." Despite Orbs troubles at the start of his racing career, McGaughey now marvels at what may be the best horse hes ever trained over a 34-year career that includes 1989 Belmont Stakes winner Easy Goer and many female champions topped by undefeated Personal Ensign. "He has filled out so much physically," McGaughey said. "I look at him and I cant believe what Im seeing from last November to now. Mentally, everything has come together. He was a bit difficult at the gate all of his 2-year-old year and thats all behind him. I couldnt be more pleased with his development." During his win streak, Orb had a new rider for the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby in John Velazquez because Rosario had a prior racing commitment. Rosario regained the mount for the Derby after Velazquez chose Verrazano as his Derby horse. On the day Orb won the Florida Derby, Rosario was in Dubai winning the $10 million World Cup aboard Animal Kingdom. "This is very good," he said of Orbs win. "Hes really getting much better. He showed it in the Kentucky Derby, and I hope he shows it on Saturday." Orb is considered a closer, but McGaughey says hes versatile. "He comes from back, but they dont have to take him back," McGaughey said. "It depends on the colour of the race. If its a fast pace, hell be off of it, but if its slow, I think hell actually be laying up close like he was in the Florida Derby within four, five, six lengths. And he has got enough of a punch that you dont take him out of the game plan when you do lay up close." McGaughey does not take all the credit for Orbs success. Credit also goes to exercise rider Jenn Patterson, who has spent as much time with Orb as anyone. She was with him in the weeks before the Florida Derby, and would make the weekly three-hour round trip drive from Gulfstream Park to Payson Park for Orbs workouts. "Without her, we wouldnt be here," McGaughey said. "Its not only her riding ability, its her horsemanship and dedication to the whole thing. Nobody will know how much I appreciate her and what I think of her and her abilities. The rapport we have between each other... I think its a pretty remarkable relationship." And because of it, Orb no longer fits in with the crowd. He stands out. ' ' '