USATF Announces Relay Pools For 2015 World Relay Championships
USATF Press Release
April 21, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS — The relay pools for Team USA at the IAAF World Relays have been set, USATF announced Tuesday. Fifty-one athletes comprise the 10 relay pools from which Team USA will select for the second annual IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3.
The IAAF World Relays will air live in the United States from 7-10 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3 on Universal Sports.
The United States boasts an impressive roster featuring 21 Olympians, including three of the four members of the world record women’s 4×100-meter relay in Tianna Bartoletta, four-time Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix and three-time Olympic medalist Carmelita Jeter. Four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross will compete for Team USA in the women’s 4×400-meter relay, while newcomer Kaylin Whitney appears on her first senior team after dominating the IAAF World Junior Championships last summer. IAAF World Indoor champion Chanelle Price and Olympian Shannon Rowbury will compete in the women’s 4×800-meter relay and distance medley relay, respectively.
On the men’s side, the men’s 4×100-meter relay includes three of the four silver medalists from London in Ryan Bailey, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while the men’s 4×400-meter relay has two members from the indoor world record squad in Kyle Clemons and David Verburg, and three of four from the quartet that took home gold at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, including LaShawn Merritt, Tony McQuay and Verburg. The longer relays have veterans on them as well, with indoor record holders Robby Andrews, Duane Solomon and Erik Sowinski donning the red, white and blue.
The IAAF World Relays is the newest addition to the IAAF’s global competition calendar, and will see more than 600 athletes from around the world compete in five relay disciplines: 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m and the distance medley relay (1,200m, 400m, 800m, 1,600m).
The top eight finishers in the men’s and women’s 4×100 and 4×400 relays at the IAAF World Relays will qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.
The IAAF used last year’s World Relays as the qualifier for eight of the 16 spots in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays at August’s world championships in Beijing. The same process will be used for the Rio de Janeiro Games, with the other eight spots being allocated based on time.
Join the conversation by following USATF on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and use the hashtag #WorldRelays. Live results for the IAAF World Relays can be found on IAAF.org.
Team USA – IAAF World Relays
| First | Last | Relay | Hometown/Current Residence |
| Ryan | Bailey | Men’s 4x100m/4x200m | Los Angeles, California |
| Justin | Gatlin | Men’s 4x100m/4x200m | Clermont, Florida |
| Tyson | Gay | Men’s 4x100m | Los Angeles, California |
| Mike | Rodgers | Men’s 4x100m | Round Rock, Texas |
| Charles | Silmon | Men’s 4x100m | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Isiah | Young | Men’s 4x100m | Oxford, Mississippi |
| Curtis | Mitchell | Men’s 4x200m | Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Joe | Morris | Men’s 4x200m | Tualatin, Oregon |
| Wallace | Spearmon | Men’s 4x200m | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Justin | Walker | Men’s 4x200m | Slidell, Louisiana |
| Kyle | Clemons | Men’s 4x400m | Lawrence, Kansas |
| Tony | McQuay | Men’s 4x400m | Gainesville, Florida |
| LaShawn | Merritt | Men’s 4x400m | Bradenton, Florida |
| Brycen | Spratling | Men’s 4x400m | Webster, New York |
| David | Verburg | Men’s 4x400m | Gainesville, Florida |
| Jeremy | Wariner | Men’s 4x400m | Waco, Texas |
| Robby | Andrews | Men’s 4x800m | Manalapan, New Jersey |
| Brandon | Johnson | Men’s 4x800m/Distance Medley | Chula Vista, California |
| Casimir | Loxsom | Men’s 4x800m | Seattle, Washington |
| Ryan | Martin | Men’s 4x800m | Lake Forest, California |
| Duane | Solomon | Men’s 4x800m | Orlando, Florida |
| Erik | Sowinski | Men’s 4x800m | Iowa City, Iowa |
| Ben | Blankenship | Men’s Distance Medley | Eugene, Oregon |
| Kyle | Merber | Men’s Distance Medley | Annandale, New Jersey |
| Andrew | Wheating | Men’s Distance Medley | Eugene, Oregon |
| Tianna | Bartoletta | Women’s 4x100m | Tampa, Florida |
| Allyson | Felix | Women’s 4x100m | Los Angeles, California |
| Carmelita | Jeter | Women’s 4x100m | Los Angeles, California |
| Jeneba | Tarmoh | Women’s 4x100m | Los Angeles, California |
| Tiffany | Townsend | Women’s 4x100m | Clermont, Florida |
| Jessica | Young | Women’s 4x100m | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Kimberlyn | Duncan | Women’s 4x200m | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Candyce | McGrone | Women’s 4x200m | Round Rock, Florida |
| Tawanna | Meadows | Women’s 4x200m | Lewisville, Texas |
| Shalonda | Solomon | Women’s 4x200m | Winter Garden, Florida |
| Kaylin | Whitney | Women’s 4x200m | Clermont, Florida |
| Charonda | Williams | Women’s 4x200m | Clermont, Florida |
| Jessica | Beard | Women’s 4x400m | Clermont, Florida |
| Phyllis | Francis | Women’s 4x400m | Eugene, Oregon |
| Natasha | Hastings | Women’s 4x400m | Round Rock, Texas |
| Francena | McCorory | Women’s 4x400m | Hampton, Virginia |
| Sanya | Richards-Ross | Women’s 4x400m | Austin, Texas |
| DeeDee | Trotter | Women’s 4x400m | Los Angeles, California |
| Gabriele | Grunewald | Women’s 4x800m/Distance Medley | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Molly | Ludlow | Women’s 4x800m | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Alysia | Montano | Women’s 4x800m | Valencia, California |
| Chanelle | Price | Women’s 4x800m | Easton, Pennsylvania |
| Maggie | Vessey | Women’s 4x800m | Los Angeles, California |
| Treniere | Moser | Women’s Distance Medley | Portland, Oregon |
| Shannon | Rowbury | Women’s Distance Medley | San Francisco, California |
| Ajee’ | Wilson | Women’s Distance Medley | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| STAFF | |||
| Dennis | Mitchell | Sprint Relays Coach | |
| Clyde | Hart | 4x400m Relays Coach | |
| Rose | Monday | Women’s Mid-Distance Relays Coach | |
| Vin | Lananna | Men’s Mid-Distance Relays Coach | |
| Lawrence “Boogie” | Johnson | Assistant Coach – Women’s Sprints | |
| Scott | Slade | Assistant Coach – Women’s Distance | |
| Demetria | Washington-Davis | Head Women’s Manager | |
| Darryl | Woodson | Assistant Coach – Men’s Sprints | |
| Teddy | Mitchell | Assistant Coach – Men’s Distance | |
| Manny | Bautista | Head Men’s Manager | |
| Sharrieffa | Blair | Event Manager | |
| Kenny | Banks | Event Manager | |
| Darvis “Doc” | Patton | Assistant Relay Coach | |
| Harris | Patel | Head ATC | |
| Darrell | Barnes | ATC | |
| Benny | Vaughn | ATC/LMT | |
| Hal | Richardson | LMT | |
| Jimal | Deas | LMT | |
| Todd | Arnold | MD | |
| Josh | Glass | DC | |
| Sean | McCann | Sport Psychologist | |
| Alicia | Kendig | Nutritionist | |
| Andy | Ferrara | Sports Science – Film | |