Six World Leaders, Reigning World Indoor Champs Lagat, Reese Lead Team USA into World Indoor Championships
By USATF.org
February 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 medalist Jillian 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
World Indoors On the Boards: USA World Indoor roster RUPP in 1500!
More World Indoor News:
*Jamaican Team For World Indoors Named and Asafa Powell Isn't On It
*Lerone Clarke May be Unknown But He's Jamaica's 60m National Record Holder and He's Ready for World Indoors jamaica-gleaner.com
*Russian Team for World Indoors Announced www.european-athletics.org
*Czech Republic, Italy, Spain and Ukraine Teams Announced for World Indoors (Roman Sebrle Out With Injury) www.news-sentinel.com
*Canada's World Indoor Team Doesn't Have An Athlete Running Over 60m www.athletics.ca
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