The finals in the women's 200m backstroke will be held at 10:03 p.m. Eastern. Auburn's Kirsty Coventry and Margaret Hoelzer will both compete. Coventry qualified first and Hoelzer fifth.

Auburn's Cesar Cielo will also swim in the 50m freestyle finals at 11:39 p.m. He broke an Olympic record in the semifinals and also set Americas and South American records.

Also, former Auburn track star Marc Burns (Trinidad and Tobago) ran in the 100 meters tonight, placing second in his heat and advancing to today's quarterfinals at 7:45 p.m. He's the first of 12 Auburn track folks who'll compete in Beijing.

More Friday...