With his retirement announcement, it appears he will officially never be an Olympian, which bums me out given all he has accomplished. In 2008 he was 4th in the 5k at the OT in a close finish after teammate Matt Tegenkamp ditched their plan to share the lead and hung Solinsky out to dry. In 2012 he was hurt despite getting to a 26:59/12:55 level.
So this made me wonder what other runners never made the Olympics with credentials like these?