Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Team USA takes on the World at 100 km Championships this weekend

INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field has announced the 2010 Team USA squad for the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 100km World Championships to be held this Saturday, November 6, in Gibraltar.

The men's team will be led by Chad Ricklefs (Boulder, Colo.), who will be representing Team USA for the fourth time. Joining him will be the experienced duo of Michael Wardian (Arlington, Va.), a three-time member of Team USA, and Todd Braje (Arcata, Calif.), a two-time member of the 100 km squad.

First-time team members include Joseph Binder (Berkeley, Calif.), Chikara Omine (San Francisco, Calif.), and Matt Woods (Falls Church, Va.).

The women's team will include five-time team member Carolyn Smith (Milwaukee, Wis.), three-time team member Meghan Arbogast (Corvallis, Ore.); and Melanie Fryar (Centennial, Colo.).

For more information on Team USA at the 2010 IAU 100 km World Championships, visit www.usatf.org.

About USA Track & Field

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: www.usatf.org.

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