Last Sunday, Brian Ball participated in the San Jose Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. Above Ball celebrates because he beat the qualifying time to go on to the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas. Ball said he needed to run 1 hr 5min flat or faster to qualify, and he ran 1hr 4min 49sec, giving him a good ll second cushion for his first U.S. Olympic Trials. After the race Ball proposed to his girlfriend Hayley Rasmussen of Reno, Nv. Ball is from Fillmore California.