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 (Broughton HS, Raleigh, NC 2002; North Carolina State 2003; Southern California 2006), decathlon silver medalist Ashton Eaton, shot put bronze medalist Jillian Camarena-Williams (Woodland HS 2000; Stanford 2004) 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 (James Logan HS, Union City 2005; UCLA 2009)
LJ: William Claye
TJ: Claye, Christian Taylor
HJ: Jesse Williams
PV: Brad Walker, Scott Roth (Granite Bay HS 2006; Washington 2011)
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 (Rancho Cucamonga HS 2005; UC Riverside 2010), Sara Vaughn
3,000m: Jackie Areson, Sara Hall (Montgomery HS, Santa Rosa 2001; Stanford 2005)
60mH: Kristi Castlin, Vanneisha Ivy
LJ: Janay DeLoach, Brittney Reese
TJ: Amanda Smock
HJ: Chaunte Lowe, Inika Mcpherson (Memorial HS, Port Arthur, TX 2005; California 2010)
PV: Jenn Suhr, Mary Saxer
SP: Jillian Camarena-Williams, Michelle Carter
4x400m: Richards-Ross, Hastings, Leslie Cole, Jernail Hayes, Shelise Williams (Wilson HS, Long Beach 2007; Arkansas 2011), Jessica Cousins
Lowe Named USATF Athlete of the Week
INDIANAPOLIS - Chaunté Lowe (JW North HS, Riverside 2002; Georgia Tech 2008)has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting an American record of 2.02m/6-7.5 in the high jump as she won the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Sunday in Albuquerque, N.M.
Lowe’s leap improved Tisha Waller’s previous indoor American record of 2.01m/6-7 that had been on the record books since 1998. Lowe also owns the outdoor record which she set at the 2010 USA Outdoor Championships in 2.05m/6-8.75.
In addition to winning her sixth national title, Lowe also won the Visa Championship Series prize of $25,000 for the best performance of the indoor season.
Now in its eleventh year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on www.usatf.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
2012 Winners: January 5, Landon Peacock; January 11, Kirubel Erassa; January 18, Shalane Flanagan; January 26, John Nunn; February 1, Gunnar Nixon; February 8, Jenn Suhr; February 14, Jillian-Camarena Williams; February 22, Brycen Spratling; February 28, Chaunte Lowe
About USA Track & Field
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