Team USA Set For World Championships

INDIANAPOLIS – Reigning world champions Tyson Gay, Bernard Lagat, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Michelle Perry, Reese Hoffa and Brad Walker
will lead a potent Team USA roster at the 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Track
& Field Championships. USA Track & Field on Tuesday announced
the Team USA roster for the 12^th edition of the Championships, which will be held August 15-23 in Berlin, Germany.

“These
World Championships are special to us for many reasons,” said USATF CEO
Doug Logan. “It is Team USA’s chance to come back strong in the
post-Olympic year, and it is an opportunity to honor the incredible
legacy of the great Jesse Owens. We feel our team roster will represent
the United States well on both counts.”

At
the most recent World Outdoor Championships in 2007 in Osaka, Japan,
Team USA tied the all-time World Championships record for gold medals
with 14, matching its feat from 2005, and tied the American all-time
medal tally at a World Outdoor Championships with 26. In Osaka, Team
USA led a medal table in which a record 46 countries won medals. When
Team USA last won 26 medals at a World Outdoor Championships in 1991,
just 29 countries appeared on the medal table.

Team
USA has dominated the 11 previous World Outdoor Championships with its
overall total of 228 medals (110 gold, 60 silver, 38 bronze).  Russia is in second place on the all-time medal table with 122 medals (33 gold, 51 silver, 38 bronze).

The
highly accomplished 2009 Team USA squad consists of 20 Olympic
medalists, 28 World Outdoor Championships medalists and 10 American
record holders.

Reigning world champions include Tyson Gay,
who will look to defend his world 100m and 200m titles from the 2007
Championships in Osaka, Japan. Gay won the 100m gold medal in 9.85
seconds and captured the world crown in the 200m by running 19.76.
Gay’s 200m performance bettered National Track & Field Hall of
Famer Michael Johnson’s World Outdoor Championships record of 19.79 set
in 1995.

Two-time Olympic 200m silver medalist Allyson Felix
made history of her own in Osaka in becoming only the second woman ever
to win three gold medals at a World Outdoor Championships. Felix, who
won gold in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays, won the women’s 200 meters in
21.81 seconds, giving her the greatest margin of victory (.53) in that
event in World Championships history.

Other Americans looking to defend their Osaka individual world titles include 2008 Olympic Games silver medalist Kerron Clement in the men’s 400m hurdles, American record holder Brad Walker in the men’s pole vault, 2006 World Indoor champion Reese Hoffa in the men’s shot put, and 2005 and 2007 women’s 100m hurdles world champion Michelle Perry.

Team USA members who are the current world leaders in their events include Tyson Gay (M100m, 9.77 & 200m, 19.58), 2008 Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt (M400m, 44.50), Andra Manson (MHJ – 2.35m/7-8.50), 2004 Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Outdoor champion Dwight Phillips (MLJ – 8.74m/28-8.25); Sanya Richards (W400m – 49.23), Lashinda Demus (W400mH – 52.63), Brittney Reese (WLJ – 7.06m/23-2) and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown Trafton (WDT – 66.21m/217-2).

NBC, Versus to broadcast meet

The
2009 World Championships will be broadcast in the United States daily
on NBC and Versus. The broadcast schedule is as follows. All times
Eastern; subject to change; check local listings.

August 15: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. NBC
August 16: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. NBC
August 17: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Versus
August 18: 1:00  – 3:00 p.m. Versus
August 19: 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. Versus
August 20: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Versus
August 21: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Versus
August 22: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. NBC
August 23: 2:00 – 4:00  p.m. NBC

The full Team USA roster by event is listed below.

200m: *Tyson
Gay (Clermont, Fla.); Shawn Crawford (Los Angeles, Calif.); Charles
Clark (Virginia Beach, Va.); Wallace Spearmon (College Station, Texas)

400m:
*Jeremy Wariner (Waco, Texas); LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, Va.); Gil
Roberts (Oklahoma City, Okla.); Lionel Larry (Compton, Calif.)

800m: Nick Symmonds (Springfield, Ore.); Khadevis Robinson (Santa Monica, Calif.); Ryan Brown (Seattle, Wash.)

1500m:  *Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.);  Lopez Lomong (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Leonel Manzano (Austin, Texas); Dorian Ulrey (Port Byron, Ill.)

3000m Steeplechase:  Josh McAdams (Cordova, Tenn.); Dan Huling (Geneva, Ill.); Kyle Alcorn (Fresno, Calif.)

5000m: *Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.); Matt Tegenkamp (Portland, Ore.); Chris Solinsky (Madison, Wis.); Evan Jager (Beaverton, Ore.)

10,000m: Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.); Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.); Tim Nelson (Redding, Calif.)

Marathon:
Dan Browne (San Diego, Calif.); Nate Jenkins (Lowell, Mass.); Justin
Young (Superior, Colo.); Matt Gabrielson (Minneapolis, Minn.); Edwardo
Torres (Boulder, Colo.)

110m hurdles:  David Payne (Covington, Ky.); Terrence Trammell (Atlanta, Ga.); Aries Merritt (Bryan, Texas)

400m hurdles:  *Kerron Clement (Los Angeles); Bershawn Jackson (Savoy, Ill.); Johnny Dutch (Clayton, N.C.); Angelo Taylor (Atlanta, Ga.)

High Jump:  Tora Harris (Chula Vista, Calif.); Andra Manson (Austin, Texas); Keith Moffatt (Atlanta, Ga.)

Pole Vault:  *Brad
Walker (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.); Jeremy Scott (Brookland, Ark.);
Derek Miles (Tea, S.D.); Toby Stevenson (Chula Vista, Calif.)

Long Jump:  *Dwight Phillips (Snellville, Ga.); Brian Johnson (Zachary, La.); Miguel Pate (St. Francisville, La.)

Triple Jump:  Brandon Roulhac (Tallahassee, Fla.); Walter Davis (Baton Rouge, La.); Kenta Bell (Decatur, Ga.)

Shot Put: *Reese Hoffa (Athens, Ga.); Christian Cantwell (Columbia, Mo.); Dan Taylor (Mesa, Ariz.); Adam Nelson (Charlottesville, Va.)

Discus Throw: Casey Malone (Ft. Collins, Colo.); Jarred Rome (Chula Vista, Calif.); Ian Waltz (Chula Vista, Calif.)

Hammer Throw:  A.G. Kruger (Ashland, Ohio); Thomas Freeman (Westbury, N.Y.); Mike Mai (Santa Clara, Calif.)

Javelin Throw:  Chris Hill (Athens, Ga.); Mike Hazle (Chula Vista, Calif.); Sean Furey (San Diego, Calif.)

Decathlon:  Trey Hardee (Austin, Texas); Ashton Eaton (Eugene, Ore.); Jake Arnold (Tucson, Ariz.)

4x100m Relay Pool: Tyson
Gay (Lexington, Ky.); Michael Rodgers (Round Rock, Texas); Darvis
Patton (Grand Prairie, Texas); Monzavous “Rae” Edwards (Kansas City,
Kan.); Travis Padgett (Marietta, Ga.); Shawn Crawford (Los Angeles);
Terrence Trammell (Atlanta, Ga.); Wallace Spearmon (College Station,
Texas)

4x400m Relay Pool: Jeremy
Wariner (Waco, Texas); LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, Va.); Gil Roberts
(Oklahoma City, Okla.); Lionel Larry (Compton, Calif.); David Neville
(Valencia, Calif.); Kerron Clement (Los Angeles); Bershawn Jackson
(Savoy, Ill.); Angelo Taylor (Atlanta, Ga.)

*Denotes IAAF Wildcard as defending world champion

Women’s Roster by event – As of 8/4

100m: Carmelita Jeter (Inglewood, Calif.); Muna Lee (College Station, Texas); Lauryn Williams (Miami, Fla.)

200m: *Allyson Felix (Los Angeles); Muna Lee (College Station, Texas); Marshevet Hooker (Pflugerville, Texas);  Charonda Williams (Richmond, Calif.)

400m: Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas);  Debbie Dunn (Norfolk, Va.);  Jessica Beard (Euclid, Ohio)

800m: Hazel Clark (Knoxville, Tenn.); Geena Gall (Ann Arbor, Mich.); Maggie Vessey (Soquel, Calif.)

1500m: Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco, Calif.) Christin Wurth-Thomas (Springdale, Ark.); Anna Willard (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.)

3000m Steeplechase:  Jenny Barringer (Boulder, Colo.); Bridget Franek (Hiram, Ohio); Lindsey Anderson (South Ogden, Utah)

5000m: Jen Rhines (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.); Julie Culley (Arlington, Va.)

10,000m: Amy Yoder Begley (Beaverton, Ore.);  Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.);  Katie McGregor (St. Louis Park, Minn.)                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                   

Marathon:
Kara Goucher (Portland, Ore.); Desiree Davila (Rochester Hills, Mich.);
Paige Higgins (Flagstaff, Ariz.); Zoila Gomez (Alamosa, Colo.); Tera
Moody (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

100m hurdles:  *Michelle
Perry (Santa Clarita, Calif.); Dawn Harper (Los. Angeles, Calif.);
Ginnie Powell (Los Angeles, Calif.); Damu Cherry (Winter Garden, Fla.)

400m hurdles:  Lashinda Demus (Palmdale, Calif.); Sheena Tosta (Chula Vista, Calif.); Tiffany Ross-Williams (Kissimmee, Fla.)

20km race walk: Teresa Vaill (Gainesville, Fla.)

High Jump:  Chaunte Howard (Snellville, Ga.);  Amy Acuff (Isleton, Calif.); Sharon Day (Costa Mesa, Calif.)

Pole Vault:  Jenn Stuczynski (Churchville, N.Y.); Chelsea Johnson (Atascadero, Calif.);  Stacy Dragila (Chula Vista, Calif.)

Long Jump:  Brittany Reese (Gulfport, Miss.); Brianna Glenn (Chula Vista, Calif.);  Funmi Jimoh (Stanford, Texas)

Triple Jump:  Shakeema Welsch (Charlotte, N.C.); Erica McLain (Menlo Park, Calif.); Shani Marks (Brooklyn Park, Minn.)

Shot Put: Michelle Carter (Ovilla, Texas); Jillian Camarena (Tucson, Ariz.); Kristin Heaston (Opelika, Ala.)

Discus Throw: Stephanie Brown Trafton (Galt, Calif.); Aretha Thurmond (Opelika, Ala.); Becky Breisch (Chula Vista, Calif.)

Hammer Throw:  Jessica Cosby (Mission Hills, Calif.); Amber Campbell (Myrtle Beach, S.C.); Erin Gilreath (Munice, Ind.)

Javelin Throw:  Kara Patterson (West Lafayette, Ind.); Rachel Yurkovich (Eugene, Ore.)

Heptathlon:  Diana Pickler (Sachse, Texas); Sharon Day (Costa, Mesa, Calif.); Bettie Wade (Northville, Mich.)

4x100m Relay Pool: Carmelita
Jeter (Inglewood, Calif.); Muna Lee (College Station, Texas); Lauryn
Williams (Miami, Fla.); Alexandria Anderson (Austin, Texas); Jessica
Young (Fort Worth, Texas); Shalonda Solomon (Inglewood, Calif.);
Marshevet Hooker (Pflugerville, Texas); Charonda Williams (Richmond,
Calif.); Allyson Felix (Los Angeles)

4x400m Relay Pool: Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas);  Debbie Dunn (Norfolk Va.);  Jessica Beard (Euclid, Ohio); Natasha Hastings (Los Angeles); Lashinda Demus (Palmdale, Calif.); Allyson Felix (Los Angeles)

*Denotes IAAF Wildcard as defending world champion

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