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USA Track and Field - Six world leaders, reigning World Indoor champs Lagat, Reese lead Team USA into World Indoor ChampionshipsPublished by
Six world leaders, reigning World Indoor champs Lagat, Reese lead Team USA into World Indoor Championships2/28/2012
INDIANAPOLIS – Behind the strength of 2010 World Indoor champions Bernard Lagat and Brittney Reese and a total of six athletes with world-best marks, Team USA brings a deep field of 51 total athletes into the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships scheduled for March 11-13 in Istanbul, Turkey. USA Track & Field announced the team Monday. Two-time World Indoor 3,000m gold medalist Lagat and two-time defending long jump gold medalist Reese join world-leaders Tianna Madison (60m), Sanya Richards-Ross (400m), Kristi Castlin(60mH), Trell Kimmons (60m), Will Claye (TJ and LJ) and Reese Hoffa (SP) as Team USA looks for a repeat performance from 2010 when it won a total of 17 medals to take the overall medal count. The roster also features six athletes who earned individual medals at last summer’s World Outdoor Championships in Daegu, South Korea. The list includes Claye, who took a bronze medal in the triple jump, 1,500m bronze medalist Matthew Centrowitz, triple jump gold medalist Christian Taylor, high jump gold medalist Jesse Williams, decathlon silver medalist Ashton Eaton, shot put bronze medalistJillian Camarena-Williams and long jump gold medalist Reese. The team staff for the championships will include: Women’s Staff: Rhan Sheffield (head coach/sprints/hurdles); Bonnie Edmondson (assistant coach - throws); Carol McLatchie (assistant coach - distance); Pam Spencer-Marquez (assistant coach - jumps/combined events); Kim Duyst (head manager) Men’s Staff: John Moon (head coach/throws); Orin Richburg (assistant coach - sprints/hurdles); Norm Tate (assistant coach - jumps/combined events); Dave Shrock (assistant coach - distance); Tracy Sundlun (head manager) Event Managers: Jim Murphy (event manager); Kim Dismuke (event manager) Medical: Paul Saenz (physician); Angie Matson-Rufenacht (head ATC); Raju Mantina (massage therapist); Shannon Gallagher-Simmons (massage therapist); Marco Antonio Belizaire (chiropractor); Steve Portenga (sports psychologist) Sports Science film staff: Andy Ferrara See below for a complete roster of Team USA for the 2012 World Indoor Championships. For more information on Team USA and World Indoor meet visit www.usatf.org. Men’s Roster: 60m: Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin 400m: Gil Roberts, Calvin Smith 800m: Michael Rutt, Tevan Everett 1,500m: Matthew Centrowitz, Galen Rupp 3,000m: Bernard Lagat, Lopez Lomong 60mH: Aries Merritt, Kevin Craddock LJ: William Claye TJ: Claye, Christian Taylor HJ: Jesse Williams PV: Brad Walker, Scott Roth SP: Reese Hoffa, Ryan Whiting Hept.: Ashton Eaton 4x400m: Roberts, Smith, Frankie Wright, Manteo Mitchell, Quentin Iglehart-Summers, Jamaal Torrence Women’s Roster: 60m: Tianna Madison, Barbara Pierre 400m: Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings 800m: Erica Moore, Phoebe Wright 1,500m: Brenda Martinez, Sara Vaughn 3,000m: Jackie Areson, Sara Hall 60mH: Kristi Castlin, Vanneisha Ivy LJ: Janay DeLoach, Brittney Reese TJ: Amanda Smock HJ: Chaunte Lowe, Inika Mcpherson PV: Jenn Suhr, Mary Saxer SP: Jillian Camarena-Williams, Michelle Carter 4x400m: Richards-Ross, Hastings, Leslie Cole, Jernail Hayes, Shelise Williams, Jessica Cousins More news |