CHULA VISTA, CALIF. - Before they leave for the IAAF World Championships, the U.S.’s top decathletes and heptathletes will participate in a final tune up at the Thorpe Cup hosted by the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center on Saturday and Sunday, August 13-14.
The entire U.S. championships squad of multi-event athletes will be on hand participating in select events. The men’s lineup includes defending world champion Trey Hardee, 2011 world leader Ashton Eaton, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay (Castle HS, Kaneohe, HI 1998; Azusa Pacific 2002; Nike; Austin, Texas)and 2011 USA runner-up Ryan Harlan (Rice 2004). The women’s roster includes 2011 U.S. champion Sharon Day (Costa Mesa HS 2003; Cal Poly SLO 2008; Asics) and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Hyleas Fountain (East HS, Harrisburg, PA 2000; Barton County CC 2002; Georgia 2004; Nike).
The Thorpe Cup is an international multi-event competition between the U.S. and Germany. The teams are made up of seven men and seven women. The top five men’s decathlon and the top three women’s heptathlon scores are added to determine the overall men’s and women’s team winners. With the timing of the Thorpe Cup immediately preceding the World Championships, it has become a tradition for the world squad to participate as a final tune up.
Heading into this year’s World Championships, the multi-event roster for Team USA is arguably the strongest ever, with the men aiming for a U.S. podium sweep. Multi-event competition begins on Saturday, August 27 in Daegu, South Korea.
For the Thorpe Cup, the U.S. women’s team includes Ryann Krais (Methacton HS, Norristown, PA 2008; UCLA 2010; Kansas State 2012), Chantae McMillan (MO HS; Nebraska 2011), Bettie Wade (Farmington HS, MI 2005; Michigan 2009), Abbie Norton (maiden name Stechschulte)(Columbus Grove HS, OH; West Virginia 2007; Unattached) Barbara Nwaba (University HS, Los Angeles, CA 2007; UCSB 2011; Nigeria; U.S.) and Lindsay Lettow (Des Moines Christian HS, Urbandale, IA 2008; Central Missouri State 2012), coached by Lori Shepard (Head coach, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN) and Kim Dismuke (Central Arizona College assistant coach). The men’s team includes
Miller Moss (Clemson 2011), who placed third in the NCAA and USATF decathlons
7996 3 Miller Moss Clemson Jun 10 NCAA
7878 Miller Moss USA 14/03/1988 3 Eugene, OR 24/06/2011
( 10.92/+0.6 - 7.11/+0.4 - 13.70 - 1.99 - 48.06 / 14.21/+2.0 - 39.05 - 4.85 - 49.45 - 4:35.04),
Chris Randolph (VS Athletics; Seattle Pacific 2006)
7814 Chris Randolph USA 25/04/1984 1 Claremont, CA 13/05/2011
( 11.25/1.2 - 6.99/3.3 - 13.32 - 1.94 - 50.48 / 14.88/3.2 - 46.06 - 4.73 - 61.54 - 4:32.79 ),
Mark Jellison (trains at Cal),
7576 6 Mark Jellison unat Jun 25 USATF
Nick Adcock (student assistant Missouri),
7569 7 Nick Adcock unat Jun 25 USATF
Matthew Johnson (Sam Houston State),
7686 3 Matt Johnson Sam Houston Apr 07 Texas R
Matthew Clark (Northern Iowa 2009)
7500 1 Mat Clark unat Apr 28 Drake R Univ
Joe Detmer (Lodi HS, WI 2002; Wisconsin 2007; the brother of Ann Detmer, the assistant coach at Cal),
8090 Joe Detmer USA 03/09/1983 1 Marburg, Germany (Marburg is a city in the state of Hessen, Germany, on the River Lahn.) 08/08/2010
( 10.91/1.7 - 7.39/1.5 - 12.08 - 2.00 - 47.24 / 14.92/-1.8 - 39.28 - 4.91 - 56.88 - 4:13.26 )
2010 PB 8090, Ranked 4th in US by T&FN, 3)USA
coached by Dan Lefever (Dan Lefever enters his ninth year as a Tiger assistant coach and is responsible for Mizzou's jumpers and combined-event athletes) and Matt Chisam (St. Francis HS, Mountain View 2000; UC Davis 2005; Unattached). Matt's mother Roberta Chisam is a renowned Marine Biololy teacher at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California is the head track coach at St. Francis.
Matt Chisam
College: California-Davis 2005
Title: Assistant Coach
Experience: Fifth Season
Events: Decathlon, High Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault
Email: mchisam@fas.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 495-2128
Matt Chisam returns for his fifth season with the Harvard Track and Field program in 2010-11. Chisam works primarily with the sprinters and serves as the primary hurdles, pole vault and decathlon coach.
Chisam coached two Heptagonal Champions in 2009 in Dara Wilson ’09 and Justin Grinstead ’10. Wilson won the 60 meter hurdles at the Indoor Heps, while Grinstead was victorious in the 400 meter hurdles at the Outdoor Heps. Wilson moved into third all-time at Harvard in the 60 hurdles and fifth all-time in the 100 meter hurdles, while Grinstead's winning time of 52.16 seconds moved him into fifth on the all-time 400 meter list. Grinstead defended his title at the 2010 Outdoor Heps, running a time of 52.19.
In 2008, both hurdlers had breakthrough season’s running personal bests in their hurdle events working with Chisam. Wilson added her name to the Crimson top-10 list in both the 60 and 100 meters, while Grinstead entered his name in the Harvard record book in the 110 hurdles with his time of 52.49 that placed him third at the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships.
Chisam came to Harvard from the San Francisco Bay Area where for the last year he was training as a full-time decathlete and had served as an assistant coach with the Alhambra High School (Martinez, NCS) track and field team.
While a student-athlete at the University of California, Davis, Chisam won multiple California Collegiate Athletic Association conference championships in both the 110m high hurdles and the decathlon. In 2003, Chisam was the NCAA Division-II runner-up in the decathlon earning All-America status. Chisam resides on the top-10 lists at UC Davis in four events including on the top of the chart in the heptathlon. He won conference championships in both the hurdles and multis. After UC Davis began its transition to Division-I in 2004, Chisam, a team captain, won the high hurdles and scored a total of 34 points in UCD's inaugural entry at the Independent National Championships.
Other coaching experience includes two years running the Saint Francis High School Strength and Conditioning camp in Mt. View, Calif. and a years worth of experience as a coach at the New England Pole Vault Summer Camp. Chisam comes from a legacy of collegiate track coaches through parents Scott and Roberta who, as coaches, lead the UCLA women's track team to both 1982 and 1983 outdoor track and field championships. Scott later went on to coach at Stanford University, but both parents have retired from the collegiate level and now coach at SF Bay Area high schools.
Chisam graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a B.S. in optical science and engineering. He continues to compete in the multi events. He finished 15th in the decathlon at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July 2008.
Courtesy Harvard
1996 Olympic gold medalist and American record holder Dan O’Brien will be on site as a commentator, and other multi-event Olympic alumni are scheduled to attend as well.
There will be a free live webcast of the Thorpe Cup at www.USATF.org provided in partnership with RunnerSpace.com.
For more information, visit http://usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2011/Thorpe-Cup.aspx
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8729 1 Ashton Eaton Oregon TC Jun 25 USATF
8689 1 Trey Hardee Nike May 29 Götzis
8118 1 Michael Morrison Cal Jun 10 NCAA
8084 2 Curtis Beach Duke Jun 10 NCAA
8011 2 Ryan Harlan unat Jun 25 USATF
7996 3 Miller Moss Clemson Jun 10 NCAA
7914 5 Gray Horn Florida Jun 10 NCAA
7903 6 Michael Ayers Georgia Jun 10 NCAA
7814 1 Chris Randolph unat May 13 Claremont
7806 9 Isaac Murphy Texas Jun 10 NCAA
7802 10 Kevin Lazas Arkansas Jun 10 NCAA
7742 1 Jeremy Taiwo Washington May 07 Pac-10
7736 5 Chris Helwick unat Jun 25 USATF
7686 3 Matt Johnson Sam Houston Apr 07 Texas R
7654 3 Tommy Barrineau Georgia May 13 SEC
7607 5 Tom FitzSimons Mt. Saint Mary Apr 07 Texas R
7593 1 Nick Huber Cornell Apr 09 Ithaca
7583 2 Kenny Greaves Texas May 14 Big 12
7581 2 David Klech Oregon May 07 Pac-10
7577 1 Gunnar Nixon Oklahoma HS Apr 08 Arcadia
7576 6 Mark Jellison unat Jun 25 USATF
7571 6 Wesley Bray Houston Apr 07 Texas R
7569 7 Nick Adcock unat Jun 25 USATF
7558 1 Eric Broadbent HPC Elite May 11 Winston-Salem
7514 1 Philip Adam Rice May 13 Conference USA
7500 1 Mat Clark unat Apr 28 Drake R Univ
7478 5 Nicholas Armstrong Long Beach State) Apr 15 Mt. SAC
7462 1 Brent Vogel Central Missouri May 27 NCAA II
7423 1 Keith Baker unat Jun 05 Dallas
7389 8 Richard York New Mexico Apr 07 Texas R
7388 3 Lysias Edmonds RynR May 13 Claremont
7385 2 Ben Davies Georgia Apr 14 Sea Ray R
7380 9 Chris Jones Stephen F. Austin Apr 07 Texas R
7378 1 Sam Schur Sacramento State May 13 Big Sky
7371 2 Jeff Mohl Montana State May 13 Big Sky
7352 2 Dave Grzesiak Wisconsin Apr 23 Fayetteville
7350 2 Corbin Duer Cal Poly SLO May 07 Big West
7346 1 Daniel Gooris Northern Iowa May 15 Mo Valley
7315 1 Phillip Bettis BYU Apr 23 Robison Inv
3 Trent Perez UCLA May 07 Pac-10
7310 3 Derek Steinbach Wisconsin Apr 23 Fayetteville
7295 3 Derek Masterson Cal Santa Barbara May 07 Big West
7286 8 Jack Szmanda Minnesota Apr 15 Mt. SAC
7281 9 Nick Trubachik unat Apr 15 Mt. SAC
7218 2 Patrick Woods unat Apr 01 Tucson
7208 1 Heath Nickles Ohio State May 14 Big 10
7202 2 Cliff Miller Michigan State Apr 28 Drake R Univ
7199 5 Terry Prentice Arkansas May 13 SEC
7192 1 Dominic Giovannoni UCLA Apr 08 Johnson-JJK
7187 2 Brock Spandl Minnesota May 14
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