2011 United States Team Announced for World Championships in Daegu
Team USA in Daegu to include 8 defending champs, 19 medalists
By USATF Communications
August 10, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS Eight reigning world champions will lead Team USA into the 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships. USA Track & Field on Wednesday announced its roster for the 13th edition of the Championships, which will be held August 27-September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
Mommy's on Team USA
On the roster are a total of 19 World Championships medalists
and 16 Olympic medalists. At the most recent 2009 World Outdoor
Championships in Berlin, Germany, Team USA won a total of 22 medal, well
ahead of second place Jamaica (13). Of the 22 medals, 10 of them were
gold for Team USA, which was also ahead of second-place Jamaica (7). At
the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, Team USA tied its own
record from 2005 by winning a total of 14 gold medals and equaled the
best ever for total medals won by an American team with 26.
A total of 66 men and 63 women find their names on this years team.
The list of Team USAs reigning World Champions includes Allyson Felix,
who will attempt a difficult double at this years World Championships
in the 200m and 400m. Felix, the three-time World Championships gold
medalist in the 200m, won the 400m at the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships
to become the first female ever to win national titles in the 100m,
200m and 400m in a career.
The American record holder in the 400m, Sanya Richards-Ross
will defend her world title in the one-lap race. In the midst of an
already brilliant track and field career, Richards-Ross has won a total
of five Olympic and World Championships gold medals in the 400m and the
4x400m and is coming off a season-best time of 49.66 in winning last
weekend in London.
Also looking good of late is defending world champion Christian Cantwell
in the shot put. Cantwell returned nicely from shoulder surgery earlier
in the year and currently holds the fourth-best throw in the world in
2011 and posted wins in the Diamond League this season in Stockholm and
Lausanne.
Team USA will be eying as many as three medals in the decathlon, with a lineup that includes defending world champion Trey Hardee, 2011 world leader Ashton Eaton, and 2008 Olympic gold medalist and 05 world champ Bryan Clay.
Other team members looking to defend their world titles include world indoor and outdoor champion Britney Reese, who is again leading the world in the womens long jump this year, Kerron Clement in the mens 400m hurdles, three-time world champion Dwight Phillips in the men's long jump and LaShawn Merritt in the 400m, who ran an impressive 44.74 July 29 in Stockholm in his first race in almost two years.
Those on Team USA who are the current world leaders in their events include American record holder David Oliver (M110m hurdles, 12.94), Jesse Williams (MHJ, 2.37m/7-9.25), Eaton (MD, 8729), Carmelita Jeter (W100m, 10.70), Shalonda Solomon (W200m, 22.15), Jenn Suhr (WPV, 4.91m/16-1.25) and Reese (WLJ, 7.19m/23-7.25).
Named to Team USAs relay pools for the mens 4x100m were
Walter Dix, Justin Gatlin, Michael Rodgers, Trell Kimmons, Ivory
Williams and Travis Padgett and for the womens 4x100m were Carmelita
Jeter, Marshavet Myers, Miki Barber, LaShauntea Moore, Alexandria
Anderson and Bianca Knight. Those named to the pool for the mens 4x400m
were Merritt, Tony McQuay, Greg Nixon, Jamaal Torrence, Michael Berry
and Miles Smith and for the womens 4x400m were Richards-Ross, Felix,
Francena McCorory, Debbie Dunn,
Jessica Beard and Natasha Hastings. Athletes already on the Team USA
roster in other events also are eligible to compete in the relays.
Head coaches for Team USA at the 2011 World Championships are Connie Price-Smith for the women and Vin Lananna for the men. Head managers are Diane Wholey for the women and Ken Brauman for the men.
For more on Team USA at the 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, visit www.usatf.org/events/2011/IAAFWorldOutdoorChampionships/
2011 World Outdoor Championships Team USA
*denotes 2009 World Champion
Mens 100m: Walter Dix, Justin Gatlin, Michael Rodgers
Mens 200m: Dix, Darvis Patton, Jeremy Dodson
Mens 400m: Tony McQuay, Greg Nixon, Jamaal Torrance, LaShawn Merritt*
Mens 800m: Nicholas Symmonds, Khadevis Robinson, Charles Jock
Mens 1500m: Matthew Centrowitz, Leonel Manzano, Andrew Wheating
Mens 3000m SC: William Nelson, Daniel Huling, Benjamin Bruce
Mens 5000m: Bernard Lagat, Chris Solinsky, Galen Rupp
Mens 10,000m: Rupp, Matt Tegenkamp, Scott Bauhs
Mens 20km RW: Trevor Barron
Mens marathon: Nicholas Arciniaga, Michael Morgan, Sergio Reyes, Jeffrey Eggleston, Mike Sayenko
Mens 110mH: David Oliver, Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson
Mens 400mH: Jeshua Anderson, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, Kerron Clement*
Mens HJ: Jesse Williams, Dustin Jonas, Erik Kynard
Mens PV: Derek Miles, Jeremy Scott, Mark Hollis
Mens LJ: Marquise Goodwin, Claye, Trevell Quinley, Dwight Phillips*
Mens TJ: Christian Taylor, William Claye, Walter Davis
Mens SP: Adam Nelson, Christian Cantwell*, Reese Hoffa, Ryan Whiting
Mens DT: Jarred Rome, Jason Young, Lance Brooks
Mens HT: Kibwe Johnson, Michael Mai
Mens JT: Mike Hazle
Mens Dec: Ashton Eaton, Ryan Harlan, Bryan Clay, Trey Hardee*
Mens 4x100m: Dix, Gatlin, Rodgers, Kimmons, Ivory Williams, Travis Padgett
Mens 4x400m: Merritt, McQuay, Nixon, Torrence, Michael Berry, Miles Smith
Womens 100m: Carmelita Jeter, Marshavet Myers, Miki Barber
Womens 200m: Shalonda Solomon, Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Allyson Felix*
Womens 400m: Felix, Francena McCorory, Debbie Dunn, Sanya Richards-Ross*
Womens 800m: Alysia Montano, Maggie Vessey, Alice Schmidt
Womens 1500m: Morgan Uceny, Jennifer Simpson, Shannon Rowbury
Womens 3000m SC: Emma Coburn, Bridget Franek, Delilah DiCrescenzo
Womens 5000m: Molly Huddle, Amy Hastings, Lauren Fleshman
Womens 10000m: Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Jennifer Rhines
Womens 20km RW: Maria Michta
Womens Marathon: Katherine Newberry, Alissa McKaig, Colleen DeRuck, Tera Moody, Zoila Gomez
Womens 100mH: Kellie Wells, Danielle Carruthers, Dawn Harper
Womens 400mH: Lashinda Demus, Queen Harrison, Jasmine Chaney
Womens HJ: Brigetta Barrett, Inika McPherson
Womens PV: Kylie Hutson, Jenn Suhr, Lacy Janson
Womens LJ: Brittney Reese*, Janay DeLoach, Funmi Jimoh, Tori Polk
Womens TJ: Amanda Smock
Womens SP: Michelle Carter, Jillian Camarena-Williams, Sarah Stevens-Walker
Womens DT: Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Aretha Thurmond, Gia Lewis-Smallwood
Womens HT: Jessica Cosby, Amber Campbell, Jeneva McCall
Womens JT: Kara Patterson, Rachel Yurkovich
Womens Hep: Sharon Day, Hyleas Fountain
Womens 4x100m: Jeter, Myers, Barber, LaShauntea Moore, Alexandria Anderson, Bianca Knight
Womens 4x400m: Richards-Ross, Felix, McCorory, Dunn, Beard, Natasha Hastings
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