KEARNS, Utah -- Truck drivers don't cry. At least, Kip Carpenter rarely had seen his father cry.

But when he earned a spot on the 2002 U.S. Olympic team Wednesday, Paul Carpenter sobbed.

"It didn't hit me until (that moment) the sacrifices I had made, the sacrifices my family had made," said Kip Carpenter, of Brookfield, Wis., one of 13 skaters who won Olympic berths at the U.S. Olympic long-track speed skating trials. The top three skaters in four events -- the men's and women's 500- and 1,500-meter races -- earned Olympic berths; Carpenter finished second in the 500.

But it was a bittersweet day for many families at the Utah Olympic Oval, including the Carpenters.

Kip made the Olympic team, but his older brother Cory, a 1998 Olympian, didn't. Skating in the 1,500, his best event, Cory finished 11th. He has one more opportunity to make the team, in the 1,000, but his chances look very slim. In the first 1,000 race Tuesday, Cory Carpenter finished 10th, almost 3 seconds behind third-place finisher Nick Pearson. The second and final 1,000 will be contested Friday. The times from both 1,000 races will be combined and the skaters with the top three aggregate times will earn Olympic berths.

The situation was reversed four years ago. Kip Carpenter was a short-track skater and missed going to Nagano, Japan, after he was disqualified from his best events during the trials. Cory skated in three events in the Nagano Olympics, finishing as high as 29th, in the 1,000. Afterward, Cory persuaded Kip to switch to long track.

The brothers started in speed skating years ago in Michigan, when their father laid out a huge piece of plastic in their back yard and sprayed it with water.

When the family moved from Michigan to Wisconsin so Cory and Kip could pursue their sport full time, the brothers made a pact -- someday, they would walk in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies together.

It doesn't look like that's going to happen in 2002.

The Carpenters weren't alone in their joy and anguish Wednesday. Jennifer Rodriguez, who has emerged in the past six weeks as one of the best American hopes for a medal or two at Salt Lake City, surprised herself by earning an Olympic berth in the 500, which she rarely races. She already had earned Olympic berths in the 1,000 and the 1,500.

Her fiance, two-time Olympian K.C. Boutiette, fell agonizingly short of qualifying in his best race, the 1,500, finishing fourth and missing an Olympic berth by one spot and .01 second. But he's not out of it yet. He still could earn spots in the 5,000 on Friday and the 10,000 on Saturday, though those have not been his strongest races and he's battling a painful back injury.

Rodriguez said the possibility she would win a spot on the Olympic team and Boutiette wouldn't is not something they have discussed. Each went to the Nagano Olympics and competed in four events. Boutiette's top finish was fifth, in the 1,500; Rodriguez's best was fourth, in the 3,000.

"I didn't even really care about my race (Wednesday), I'm more nervous and worried for him," Rodriguez said. "I'm just praying he can get through this week."