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Team USA in Daegu to include 8 defending champs, 19 medalistsPublished by
Team USA in Daegu to include 8 defending champs, 19 medalists8/10/2011
INDIANAPOLIS – Eight reigning world champions will lead Team USA into the 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships. USA Track & Field on Wednesday announced its roster for the 13th edition of the Championships, which will be held August 27-September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. On the roster are a total of 19 World Championships medalists and 16 Olympic medalists. At the most recent 2009 World Outdoor Championships in Berlin, Germany, Team USA won a total of 22 medal, well ahead of second place Jamaica (13). Of the 22 medals, 10 of them were gold for Team USA, which was also ahead of second-place Jamaica (7). At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, Team USA tied its own record from 2005 by winning a total of 14 gold medals and equaled the best ever for total medals won by an American team with 26. A total of 66 men and 63 women find their names on this year’s team. The list of Team USA’s reigning World Champions includes Allyson Felix, who will attempt a difficult double at this year’s World Championships in the 200m and 400m. Felix, the three-time World Championships gold medalist in the 200m, won the 400m at the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships to become the first female ever to win national titles in the 100m, 200m and 400m in a career. The American record holder in the 400m, Sanya Richards-Ross will defend her world title in the one-lap race. In the midst of an already brilliant track and field career, Richards-Ross has won a total of five Olympic and World Championships gold medals in the 400m and the 4x400m and is coming off a season-best time of 49.66 in winning last weekend in London. Also looking good of late is defending world champion Christian Cantwell in the shot put. Cantwell returned nicely from shoulder surgery earlier in the year and currently holds the fourth-best throw in the world in 2011 and posted wins in the Diamond League this season in Stockholm and Lausanne. Team USA will be eying as many as three medals in the decathlon, with a lineup that includes defending world champion Trey Hardee, 2011 world leader Ashton Eaton, and 2004 Olympic gold medalist and ’05 world champ Bryan Clay. Other team members looking to defend their world titles include world indoor and outdoor championBritney Reese, who is again leading the world in the women’s long jump this year, Kerron Clementin the men’s 400m hurdles, and LaShawn Merritt in the 400m, who ran an impressive 44.74 July 29 in Stockholm in his first race in almost two years. Those on Team USA who are the current world leaders in their events include American record holderDavid Oliver (M110m hurdles, 12.94), Jesse Williams (MHJ, 2.37m/7-9.25), Eaton (MD, 8729),Carmelita Jeter (W100m, 10.70), Shalonda Solomon (W200m, 22.15), Jenn Suhr (WPV, 4.91m/16-1.25) and Reese (WLJ, 7.19m/23-7.25). Named to Team USA’s relay pools for the men’s 4x100m were Walter Dix, Justin Gatlin, Michael Rodgers, Trell Kimmons, Ivory Williams and Travis Padgett and for the women’s 4x100m were Carmelita Jeter, Marshavet Myers, Miki Barber, LaShaunte’a Moore, Alexandria Anderson and Bianca Knight. Those named to the pool for the men’s 4x400m were Merritt, Tony McQuay, Greg Nixon, Jamaal Torrence, Michael Berry and Miles Smith and for the women’s 4x400m were Richards-Ross, Felix, Francena McCorory, Debbie Dunn, Jessica Beard and Natasha Hastings. Athletes already on the Team USA roster in other events also are eligible to compete in the relays. Head coaches for Team USA at the 2011 World Championships are Connie Price-Smith for the women and Vin Lananna for the men. Head managers are Diane Wholey for the women and Ken Brauman for the men. For more on Team USA at the 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, visitwww.usatf.org/events/2011/IAAFWorldOutdoorChampionships/ 2011 World Outdoor Championships Team USA *denotes 2009 World Champion Men’s 100m: Walter Dix, Justin Gatlin, Michael Rodgers Men’s 200m: Dix, Darvis Patton, Jeremy Dodson Men’s 400m: Tony McQuay, Greg Nixon, Jamaal Torrence, LaShawn Merritt* Men’s 110mH: David Oliver, Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson Men’s 400mH: Jeshua Anderson, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, Kerron Clement* Men’s 800m: Nicholas Symmonds, Khadevis Robinson, Charles Jock Men’s 1500m: Matthew Centrowitz, Leonel Manzano, Andrew Wheating Men’s 3000m SC: William Nelson, Daniel Huling, Benjamin Bruce Men’s 5000m: Bernard Lagat, Chris Solinsky, Galen Rupp Men’s 10,000m: Rupp, Matt Tegenkamp, Scott Bauhs Men’s 20km RW: Trevor Barron Men’s HT: Kibwe Johnson, Michael Mai Men’s DT: Jarred Rome, Jason Young, Lance Brooks Men’s JT: Mike Hazle Men’s SP: Adam Nelson, Christian Cantwell*, Reese Hoffa, Ryan Whiting Men’s PV: Derek Miles, Jeremy Scott, Mark Hollis Men’s HJ: Jesse Williams, Dustin Jonas, Erik Kynard Men’s TJ: Christian Taylor, William Claye, Walter Davis Men’s LJ: Marquise Goodwin, Claye, Trevell Quinley, Dwight Phillips* Men’s Dec: Ashton Eaton, Ryan Harlan, Bryan Clay, Trey Hardee* Men’s marathon: Nicholas Arciniaga, Michael Morgan, Sergio Reyes, Jeffrey Eggleston, Mike Sayenko Men’s 4x100m: Dix, Gatlin, Rodgers, Kimmons, Ivory Williams, Travis Padgett Men’s 4x400m: Merritt, McQuay, Nixon, Torrence, Michael Berry, Miles Smith Women’s 100m: Carmelita Jeter, Marshavet Myers, Miki Barber Women’s 200m: Shalonda Solomon, Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Allyson Felix* Women’s 400m: Felix, Francena McCorory, Debbie Dunn, Sanya Richards-Ross* Women’s 100mH: Kellie Wells, Danielle Carruthers, Dawn Harper Women’s 400mH: Lashina Demus, Queen Harrison, Jasmine Chaney Women’s 800m: Alysia Montano, Maggie Vessey, Alice Schmidt Women’s 1500m: Morgan Uceny, Jennifer Simpson, Shannon Rowbury Women’s 3000m SC: Emma Coburn, Bridget Franek, Delilah DiCrescenzo Women’s 5000m: Molly Huddle, Amy Hastings, Lauren Fleshman Women’s 10000m: Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Jennifer Rhines Women’s 20km RW: Maria Michta Women’s HT: Jessica Cosby, Amber Campbell, Jeneva McCall Women’s DT: Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Aretha Thurmond, Gia Lewis-Smallwood Women’s JT: Kara Patterson, Rachel Yurkovich Women’s SP: Michelle Carter, Jillian Camarena-Williams, Sarah Stevens-Walker Women’s PV: Kylie Hutson, Jenn Suhr, Lacy Janson Women’s HJ: Brigetta Barrett, Inika McPherson Women’s TJ: Amanda Smock Women’s LJ: Brittney Reese*, Janay DeLoach, Funmi Jimoh, Tori Polk Women’s Hep: Sharon Day, Hyleas Fountain Women’s Marathon: Katherine Newberry, Alissa McKaig, Colleen DeRuck, Tera Moody, Zoila Gomez Women’s 4x100m: Jeter, Myers, Barber, LaShaunte’a Moore, Alexandria Anderson, Bianca Knight Women’s 4x400m: Richards-Ross, Felix, McCorory, Dunn, Beard, Natasha Hastings More news |