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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships

Team USA Media Kit – Track & Field

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Friday, March 9 – Morning Session Friday, March 9 – Afternoon Session

Time M/W Event Round

09:30 W High Jump Qualification

09:35 W 400m Round 1

09:55 M Shot Put Qualification

10:10 M 800m Round 1

10:40 W Triple Jump Qualification

10:45 W 3000m Round 1

11:25 W 60m Hurdles Pentathlon

11:35 M 60m Heptathlon

11:50 W 800m Round 1

12:05 W High Jump Pentathlon

12:20 M 400m Round 1

12:35 M Long Jump Heptathlon

12:55 M 1500m Round 1

13:45 W Shot Put Pentathlon

Saturday, March 10 – Morning Session Saturday, March 10 – Afternoon Session


09:30 M 60m Hurdles Heptathlon

09:35 M Triple Jump Qualification

09:40 M 60m Hurldes Round 1

10:05 W Shot Put Qualification

10:10 W 60m Round 1

10:30 M Pole Vault Heptathlon

11:20 M 4x400m Round 1

11:25 M High Jump Qualification

11:45 W Long Jump Qualification

11:50 W 4x400m Round 1


15:45 Ceremony

17:00 W 60m Hurdles Round 1

17:05 W Long Jump Pentathlon

17:35 M 60m Round 1

17:40 M Shot Put Heptathlon

18:20 M Long Jump Qualification

18:30 W 1500m Round 1

18:50 M High Jump Heptathlon

19:05 M 3000m Round 1

19:15 M Shot Put Final

19:35 W 800m Pentathlon

19:50 W 400m Semi-Final

20:10 M 400m Semi-Final


17:00 M Pole Vault Final

17:05 W Triple Jump Final

17:10 W 60m Hurldes Semi-Final

17:30 M 60m Semi-Final

18:00 W 1500m Final

18:10 W Shot Put Final

18:15 W High Jump Final

18:20 M 1000m Heptathlon

18:40 W 400m Final

18:50 M Long Jump Final

19:00 M 1500m Final

19:30 M 400m Final

19:45 W 60m Hurdles Final

20:00 M 60m Final

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Sunday, March 11 – Afternoon Session

USA Track & Field Communications contact in Istanbul: Jared Slinde, Communications Manager E-mail: [email protected]; Skype: jared.slinde


14:00 W Pole Vault Final

14:05 W Long Jump Final

14:15 W 60m Semi-Final

14:45 M 60m Hurdles Semi-Final

15:10 M 3000m Final

15:30 M High Jump Final

15:35 W 800m Final

15:50 W 3000m Final

16:10 M Triple Jump Final

16:20 M 800m Final

16:40 W 4x400m Final

17:05 W 60m Final

17:20 M 60m Hurdles Final

17:40 M 4x400m Final

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Team USA announced………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Athlete roster (by event)……………………………………………………………………………. 5 Roster (alphabetical)………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Team USA men’s coaching staff…………………………………………………………………. 8 Team USA women’s coaching staff……………………………………………………………… 10 Athlete bios………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Medal table………………………………………………………………………………………………… 92 Best performances at World Indoors………………………………………………………….. 94 Team USA at World Indoors………………………………………………………………………. 96 2012 USA Indoor results……………………………………………………………………………. 99 Men’s indoor world records………………………………………………………………………. 101 Women’s indoor world record…………………………………………………………………… 102 Men’s American indoor records…………………………………………………………………. 103 Women’s American indoor records……………………………………………………………. 104

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Six world leaders, reigning World Indoor champs Lagat, Reese lead Team USA into World Indoor Championships 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 9-11 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: Rahn 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



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Team USA Roster – By Event 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 Torrance 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

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Team USA Roster – Alphabetical Men

Name Event Residence State Birth Date Matthew Centrowitz 1,500m Eugene OR 1989-Oct-10 William Claye LJ, TJ Gainsville FL 1991-June-6 Kevin Craddock 60mH Richmond CA 1987-June-25 Ashton Eaton Hept. Eugene OR 1989-Jan-21 Tevan Everett 800m Bel-Aire KS 1987-July-27 Justin Gatlin 60m Orlando FL 1982-Feb-2 Reese Hoffa SP Athens GA 1977-Oct-8 Quentin Iglehart-Summers 4x400m San Antonio TX 1987-May-29 Trell Kimmons 60m Hernando MS 1985-July-13 Bernard Lagat 3,000m Tucson AZ 1974-Dec-12 Lopez Lomong 3,000m Beaverton OR 1985-Jan-1 Aries Merritt 60mH Mableton GA 1985-July-24 Manteo Mitchell 4x400m Mooresboro NC 1987-July-6 Gil Roberts 400m, 4x400m Oklahoma City OK 1989-March-15 Scott Roth PV Seattle WA 1988-June-25 Galen Rupp 1,500m Portland OR 1986-May-8 Michael Rutt 800m Sinking Springs PA 1987-Oct-28 Calvin Smith 400m, 4x400m Gainesville FL 1987-Dec-10 Christian Taylor TJ Ft. Orange FL 1990-June-18 Jamaal Torrance 4x400m Cary NC 1983-July-20 Brad Walker PV Chula Vista CA 1981-June-21 Ryan Whiting SP Port Matilda PA 1986-Nov-24 Jesse Williams HJ Eugene OR 1983-Dec-27 Frankie Wright 4x400m Baltimore MD 1985-Feb-1



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Team USA Roster – Alphabetical Women

Name Event Residence State Birth Date Jackie Areson 3,000m Delray Beach FL 1988-Mar-31 Jillian Camarena-Williams SP Tucson AZ 1982-Mar-2 Michelle Carter SP Ovilla TX 1985-Oct-12 Kristi Castlin 60mH Central SC 1982-July-7 Leslie Cole 4x400m Idabel OK 1987-Feb-16 Jessica Cousins 4x400m Fayetteville AR 1985-April-10 Janay DeLoach LJ Ft. Collins CO 1985-Oct-12 Sara Hall 3,000m Mammoth Lakes CA 1983-April-15 Natasha Hastings 400m, 4x400m Locust Grove GA 1986-July-23 Jernail Hayes 4x400m Newark DE 1988-July-8 Vanneisha Ivy 60mH Muncie IN 1987-Oct-26 Chaunte Lowe HJ Loganville GA 1984-Jan-12 Tianna Madison 60m Altamonte Springs FL 1985-Aug-30 Brenda Martinez 1,500m Alamosa CO 1987-Sept-8 Inika Mcpherson HJ Nederland TX 1986-Sept-29 Erica Moore 800m Sullivan IN 1988-Mar-25 Barbara Pierre 60m Knightdale NC 1986-Apr-28 Brittney Reese LJ Gulfport MS 1986-Sept-9 Sanya Richards-Ross 400m, 4x400m Austin TX 1985-Feb-26 Amanda Smock TJ Minneapolis MN 1982-July-27 Mary Saxer PV South Bend IN 1987-June-21 Jenn Suhr PV Churchville NY 1982-Feb-5 Sara Vaughn 1,500m Gering NE 1986-May-16 Shelise Williams 4x400m Long Beach CA 1989-Aug-15 Phoebe Wright 800m Knoxville TN 1988-Aug-30

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TEAM USA – MEN’S COACHING STAFF Head Coach (Throws) – John Moon John Moon coaches at Seton Hall University, where he’s been the leader of the program since 1972. His success at Seton Hall is evident as he has a large collection of championships and accolades. The seven-time Big East Coach of the Year has coached 71 All-Americans, seven NCAA champions and tutored 19 Olympic athletes during his career. Away from coaching at the collegiate level, he also has quite a resume on the international stage. The pinnacle of his international coaching career came in 2000 when he was an assistant coach for the U.S. men’s track team at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Some of the other international competitions he’s coached include the Pan American Games and a dual meet between the United States and Great Britain. After a successful high school track career, Moon went on to become a sprinter at Tennessee State where he earned All-American honors. He was one of the top sprinters in the school’s history as his time of 9.3 in the 100-yard dash tied a world record in 1960. Moon won the NAIA and placed third in the NCAA Championships. In 1964, he became the last man to beat Olympic legend Bob Hayes in a race. Moon was inducted into Tennessee State’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.

Assistant Coach (Sprints/Hurdles) – Orin Richburg Orin Richburg is currently the head coach of New Mexico State’s track & field and cross country teams. In 2011, Richburg’s track & field team broke 27 school records during the indoor season and 27 school records during the outdoor season. That same year, he sent six athletes to the NCAA Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, he served as relay coach for the United States—a team that brought home a pair gold medals in the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay. Richburg also coached the United States relay teams at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing and the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was the head coach of Team USA at the 2001 World Track & Field Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Other international coaching appearances for the United States include the 1997 World Indoor Championships in Paris, France, the 1989 Junior Pan American Games and the dual meet between the United States and Great Britain in 1994. Prior to his career at New Mexico State, Richburg led the Washington Huskies for 16 years as their track and field coach—a tenure that followed seven seasons coaching at his alma mater, Kent State. At Kent State, he was an All-American sprinter who holds the indoor school record for the 440-yard dash and the outdoor school records for the 220-yard and 440-yard dashes.



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Assistant Coach (Jumps/Combined Events) – Norm Tate Norm Tate is an assistant coach at Rowan University where he works sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers for both the men’s and women’s teams. Tate brings quality international experience as he competed in the triple jump during the 1968 Olympics for Team USA. He was also crowned the United States National champion in the long jump in 1966, 1969 and 1970 while capturing the U.S. title in the triple jump in 1969, 1970 and 1971. Prior to Rowan, he was an assistant coach at Richard Stockton College for the men’s and women’s track & field teams. From 1981-86, Tate was the head coach of the track & field teams at Hempstead High School in Hempstead, N.Y. He also served as an assistant coach for the men’s track team at Manhattan College from 1974-76. Norm is a graduate of North Carolina Central University where he was a three-time NCAA All-American on the track & field team.

Assistant Coach (Distance) – Dave Shrock

Dr. Dave Shrock previously worked in the Cal State Stanislaus athletic department where he managed home track meet logistics. Prior to that, he coached at Modesto Junior College where he was a professor of health education. In his time at Modesto, he led the program to two Nor-Cal championships and three runner-up titles. He was named California Central Valley Coach of the Year 10 times while 64 All-Americans came from his program. Shrock’s coaching career started in 1976 at the College of San Mateo prior to coaching cross country and helping the track teams at Stanford and San Jose State. He has served in many USATF leadership roles that include Pacific Association Vice President and Coaching Committee Chair, while also serving on the National Coaching Education Committee where he promoted clinics and assisted with instructor training. Shrock was a part of the IAAF Adjudication Committee at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. He is Level 2 certified in endurance, jumps and sprints/hurdles while also having a Level 3 certification in training theory.

Head Manager – Tracy Sundlun

Tracy Sundlun is currently the vice president of Competitor Group—a media and event entertainment company based out of San Diego, Calif., that focuses on the endurance sports of running, cycling and triathlons. Sundlun works with the promotion and management of marathon races. At the 1972 Olympic Games, he became the youngest person to coach in the Olympics. Throughout his career, he has coached many national and world-class track athletes. Sundlun is a 1978 graduate from the University of Southern California.

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TEAM USA – WOMEN’S COACHING STAFF Head Coach (Sprints/Hurdles) – Rhan Sheffield Rhan Sheffield is currently an assistant track & field coach at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Before taking the position in Minn., he was the head track & field coach at San Diego State University from 1990-2009. His coaching success is evident, as he has been named Coach of the Year nine times. Sheffield has coached many athletes to major honors. Some to note are three gold medalists at the 2010 Indoor World Championships; gold, silver and bronze medalists at the 2006 World Junior Championships; a finalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2004 Olympics; a bronze medalist in the 100m hurdles at the 2003 World Games; the first Paralympian to set an American record. In between his coaching positions at San Diego State and Minnesota State University Moorhead, he ran his own business, Sheffield Elite NFL Football Conditioning. In addition to that, he has been working with the National Football League since 1986 where he serves as a personal trainer and consultant. He graduated from San Diego State University in 1979 with a degree in Industrial Arts.

Assistant Coach (Throws) – Bonnie Edmondson Bonnie Edmondson is currently an assistant men’s and women’s track & field coach at Trinity College. Edmondson’s background in throwing is a strong one as she is a two-time national champion in the hammer throw, ranked as high as No. 10 in the world and was top five in the United States from 1990-1996. Her coaching career is one that has impacted all levels of competition. She has over 15 years of high school and collegiate coaching experience while conducting many national coaching clinics. Edmondson coached throws at the 2003 IAAF World Track and Field Championships, the 2008 Pan American Juniors games and the 1998 IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships. She was also the USATF Olympic Development Co-Coordinator for the women’s hammer throw and has served on the USATF Athlete’s Advisory Committee and the USATF Women’s Track & Field Executive Committee. Edmondson was honored with the USATF President’s Award for her dedication of the hammer throw on the national and international stage. She attended the University of Hartford where she obtained her doctorate degree in educational leadership. She received her master’s degree in school health education from Southern Connecticut State University and earned her bachelor’s degree in English and communications from Eastern Connecticut State University.



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Assistant Coach (Distance) – Carol McLatchie Carol McLatchie knows the sport of distance running quite well. After her competitive career as a distance runner came to an end, she began doing virtually everything else in the sport—coaching, managing and working as an official. Her running career was highlighted by winning a national title on the elite-level in the 10,000 in 1988 and by finishing 12th at the United States Olympic Trials in the women’s marathon. She has been on different USATF committees and served as the assistant team manger for the 1993 United States women’s team that competed in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. McLatchie was also the United States team official in international half marathon and relay events that took place in a variety of countries.

Assistant Coach (Jumps/Combined Events) – Pam Spencer-Marquez Pam Spencer-Marquez has a strong background in the high jump as she is a three-time Olympian. She competed in the 1976 and 1984 Olympic Games and was a member of the U.S. team in 1980. Spencer-Marquez claimed three national titles and won a silver medal in high jump at the 1979 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 1975 Pan American Games where she finished sixth. In her college career, she jumped at Cal State Northridge, Seattle Pacific University and with the Los Angeles Track Club. In 1985, she was inducted into the Cal State Northridge Hall of Fame. The former American record holder in the high jump is a native of Moses Lake, Wash.

Head Manager – Kim Duyst Kim Duyst is currently the Associate Athletics Director at Cal State Stanislaus where she oversees and monitors compliance. Before taking her current position, Duyst was the head coach of the track & field and cross country teams for 21 years. She is a member of the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame and the Cal State Stanislaus Athletics Hall of Fame. Prior to her days at Cal State Stanislaus, she was a member of the coaching staffs at West Virginia University and Syracuse University. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wyoming—the same school where she was a member of the cross country and track & field teams.

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ATHLETE BIOS JACKIE ARESON Events: 3,000m PR: 9:01.91 Born: March 31, 1988 Current Residence: Delray Beach, Fla. High School: Atlantic Community College: Tennessee

Agent: Wenston Riley Coach: Steve Magness USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor Championships 3,000m runner-up (9:20.61) Collegiate Championships 2011 NCAA Indoor 5,000m champion (16:04.16) Third at 2010 NCAA Indoor 5,000m championship (15:53.12) Awards and Honors Two-time NCAA All-American UT school record holder in the 3,000m (9:07.27) and 5,000m (15:53.12) Three-time All-SEC First Team honoree 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll About Jackie As Jackie finishes up her career as a student-athlete at the University of Tennessee, she will take two degrees with her. After earning a degree in biological services with emphasis in ecology and evolutionary biology, she pursued another degree in geography. Her accomplishments during college are clear to see as she excelled on the track and in the classroom. She has been honored for her achievements by earning recognition from the SEC and USTFCCCA. Areson left her mark in Tennessee’s history as she holds two school records. The runner was born in Hong Kong and has two brothers, William and James. Her parents are Mary and William Areson.



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JILLIAN CAMARENA-WILLIAMS Event: Shot Put Height: 5-10 Weight: 250 PR: 20.18m/66-2.5AR (2011); 19.89m/65-3.75iAR (2011) Born: 3/2/1982 Current Residence: Tucson, AZ High School: Woodland High School (Woodland, CA) College: Stanford ‘04 Coach: Craig Carter Agent: Valentia Fedjuscmina Career Highlights: 2011 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist; Eight-time USA Indoor champion; Two-time USA Outdoor champion; Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up; Third at 2004 and 2008 Olympic Trials; Indoor American shot put record holder; Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American USA Championships Eight-time USA Indoor champion - 2005 (17.31m/56-9.5); 2006 (19.26m/63-2.25); 2007 (18.46m/60-6.75); 2008 (18.11m/59-5); 2009 (18.59m/61-0); 2010 (18.63m/61-1.5); 2011 (19.87m/66-2.25AR); 2012 (19.56m/64-2.25) Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2006 (18.92m/62-1); 2010 (19.13m/62-9.25) Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up - 2007 (18.50m/60-8.5); 2009 (17.94m/59-2) Third at 2004 (17.73m/58-2) and 2008 (18.12m/59-5.5) Olympic Trials International Championships 2011 World Outdoor Championships shot put bronze medalist (20.02m/65-8.25) 2001 Pan American Junior shot put champion 1999 Pan American Junior discus champion Collegiate Championships/Honors Indoor American shot put record holder (19.87m/66-2.25) Tied with Ramona Pagel for outdoor American shot put record (20.18m/66-2.5) Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American About Jillian It's no surprise Jillian Camarena-Williams is the indoor American record holder in the shot put as she is in the midst of one of the more impressive USA Championships runs ever. Camarena- Williams has currently claimed the past seven USA Indoor titles in the event. The indoor record holder, she also tied Ramona Pagel's outdoor record in the event. Camarena-Williams was just five years old when Pagel initially set those marks. She qualified for her first Olympic Team in the women’s shot put with her third-place finish at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. It was Camarena-William's first competition of the

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2008 Outdoor season and came less than three months after she had back surgery to repair a herniated disc. A multi-talented thrower, she holds the sixth best throw in the discus on Stanford’s all-time list. As a high schooler, Camarena-Williams gained All-America honors while at Woodland High School where she won the 2000 California state discus title and the 1999 state shot put crown. Camarena-Williams married Dustin Williams on September 5, 2009. Results 2011: 3rd at Paris (20.18m/66-2.5AR); 2nd at Pre Classic (19.76/64-10); 2nd at Shanghai (19.35/63-6); 3rd at Stockholm (19.87m/65-2.25) 2010: 6th at World Indoors (19.34m/63-5.5PR); 1st at Dakar (18.81m/61-8.50); 5th at Shanghai (18.56m/60-10.75); 6th at Paris (18.30m/60-0.25); 6th at Monaco (18.60m/61-0.25); 5th at Stockholm (18.74m/61-5.75) 2009: 23rd in qualifying at World Outdoors (16.92m/55-6.25); 4th at Reebok Grand Prix (17.77m/58-3.75) 2008: 12th at Olympic Games (18.24m/59-10.25), 7th in qualifying (18.51m/60-8.75); 3rd at Olympic Trials (18.12m/59-5.5) 2007: 10th in qual. at World Outdoors (16.95m/55-7.5); 1st at Stanford Invitational (18.92m/62-1); 1st at Triton Invitational (18.81m/61-8.5); 4th at Fortaleza (18.32m/60-1.25); 3rd at Belem (18.37m/60-3.25); 4th at Pan Am Games (18.11m/59-5); 3rd at Bad Kostritz (18.47m/60-7.25); 1st at Provo (18.36m/60-3) 2006: 1st at Spokane (19.02m/62-5); 1st at Modesto (18.76m/61-6.75) 2005: 4th at USA Outdoors (17.72m/58-1.75); 1st at Tucson (17.94m/58-10.25); 1st at Reno (17.72m/58-1.75i); 1st at Boise (17.10m/56-1.25) 2004: 3rd in SP at U.S. Olympic Trials (17.73m/58-2); 2nd in SP at Cardinal Invitational (18.15m/59-6.75PR); NCAA Outdoor Championships runner-up (18.11m/59-5); Pac-10 SP champion (17.63m/57-10.25); 2nd at NCAA Indoors (17.27m/56-8); 3rd at Boise (17.44m/57-2.75i) 2003: 7th in SP at USA Outdoors (17.23m/56-6 1/2); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (17.49m/57-4.75); 5th in DT at NCAA West Regional (52.52m/172-4); 1st at Claremont (17.03m/55-10.5); NCAA Indoor Championships runner-up (17.44m/57-2.75i); 1st at Boise (16.93m/55-6.5i) 2002: 3rd at NCAA Outdoor Championships (16.80m/55-1); 9th at USA Outdoors (17.23m/56-06.50); Pac-10 SP champion (16.72m/54-10.25); 5th at NCAA Indoors (16.46m/54-0i); Pac-10 Indoor champion (16.94m/55-7i) 2001: 3rd in SP at Pac-10 Championships (16.38m/53-9);16th at NCAA Outdoors (15.39m/50-06); USA Juniors SP runner-up (16.19m/53-1.5) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 19.87m/65-2.25AR (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 20.18m/66-2.5AR (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 19.34m/63-5.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 19.50m/63-11.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 18.59m/61-0 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 18.08m/59-4 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 25 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 18.11m/59-5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 18.51m/60-8.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 29 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 18.46m/60-6.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 18.92m/62-1 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 13 in the world)



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2006: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 19.26m/63-2.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 19.02m/62-5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 12 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 17.72m/58-1.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 19 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 17.94m/58-10.25 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 35 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 17.44m/57-2.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 29 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 18.15m/59-6.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 28 in the world) 2003: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 17.44m/57-2.75 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 33 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 17.49m/57-4.75 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 51 in the world) 2002: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 16.82m/55-2.25 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 44 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 16.79m/55-1 (No. 11 in the USA)

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MICHELLE CARTER Event: Shot Put Height: 5-9 Weight: 210 PR: 19.13m/62-9.25 (2009) Born: October 12, 1985 in San Jose, Calif Current Residence: Ovilla, TX High School: Red Oak High School '03 College: Texas '07 Coach: Michael Carter/Jon Drummond Agent: Karen Locke Club: Nike Facebook Fan Page: Michelle Carter Twitter: @ShotDiva Career Highlights: Three-time USA Outdoor champion ('08, '09, '11); 2006 NCAA Indoor champion; 2005 and 2010 USA Outdoor runner-up; Two-time USA Indoor runner-up; 2004 World Junior Champion; Two-time USA Junior Champion ('03, '04); 2003 Pan American Juniors gold medalist; 2001 World Youth silver medalist; high school outdoor record holder USA Championships Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2008 (18.85m/61-10.25); 2009 (18.03m/59-2); 2011 (19.86m/65-2) Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2005 (18.26m/59-11); 2010 (18.46m/60-06.75) Two-time USA Indoor runner-up – 2010 (18.03m/59-2); 2012 (19.27m/63-2.75) Two-time USA Junior champion – 2003 (16.05m/52-8); 2004 (16.33m/53-7) International Championships 2004 World Junior champion (17.55m/57-7) 2003 Pan American Juniors gold medalist (16.23m/53-3) Collegiate Championships 2006 NCAA Indoor champion (18.56m/60-10.75) 2005 NCAA Indoor (17.86m/58-7) & Outdoor (17.06m/55-11.25) runner-up About Michelle Carter made her first Olympic Team as an elite athlete, winning the women's shot put with a personal-best and U.S.-leading mark of 18.85m/61-10.25 at the 2008 Olympic Trials. In becoming an Olympian, she follows in the footsteps of her father, 1984 Olympic shot put silver medalist and boys' high school record holder Michael Carter. Carter collected her first NCAA shot put title at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Champs, winning the event with a then personal-best toss and University of Texas record of 18.56m/60-10.75. She was Texas’ first NCAA indoor shot put champion since 1994. Carter set a huge personal best of 18.26m/59-11 to take silver at the 2005 USA Outdoors. She also won silver at 2005 NCAA Indoors and Outdoors. Carter won the first-ever gold medal in the women’s shot put for Team USA at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, with a personal best of 17.55m/57-7. Carter is the national prep record-holder in the shot put at 16.73m/54-10.75, while her father, Michael, set the still-

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standing national boys prep record of 81-3.5 in 1979. She was a four-time Texas 4A state champion in the shot put, also set state record in the discus. Carter won silver at 2001 World Youth in shot put, throwing 15.23m/49-11.75. Her father Michael was a standout football player and shot putter at SMU who played many years for the San Francisco '49ers. She has one sister, D'Andra, who is a thrower at Texas Tech, and one brother, Michael, Jr. Results 2011: USA Outdoor champion in the shot put (19.86m/65-2). 2010: USA Outdoor runner-up (18.46m/60-06.75); USA Indoor runner-up (18.03m/59-2i); 12th in qualifying at World Indoors (18.20m/59-8.5i); 1st at Texas Invite (18.43m/60-5.75); 4th at Shanghai (18.79m/61-7.75); 7th at Paris (18.17m/59-7.5); 5th at Monaco (18.70m/ 61-4.25); 1st at Goteborg (18.80m/61-8.25). 2009: 6th at World Outdoors (18.96m/62-2.5); USA Outdoor champion (18.03m/59-2); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (18.43m/60-5.75); 1st at Zaragoza (18.44m/60-6); 1st at Jim Bush Invite (18.35m/60-2.5); 2nd at Stockholm (19.13m/62-9.25PR). 2008: 15th at Olympic Games (17.74m/58-2.5); 6th in qualifying (18.49m/60-8); Olympic Trials champion (18.85m/61-10.25); 1st at Triton (17.99m/59-0.25); 1st at Provo (18.71m/61-4.75). 2007: 5th at USA Outdoors (17.57m/57-7.75); 5th at NCAA Outdoors (17.23m/56-6.5). 2006: 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (17.91m/58-9.25); Big 12 Outdoor champion (17.98m/59-0); NCAA Indoor champion (18.56m/60-10.75); 2nd at Big 12 Indoor champs (17.30m/56-9.25). 2005: USA Outdoor Championships runner-up (18.26m/59-11); 2nd at NCAA Outdoor Champs (17.06m/55-11.25); 2nd at NCAA Indoor Champs (17.86m/58-7). 2004: 2004 World Junior gold medalist (17.55m/57-7); 2004 USA Junior champion (16.33m/53-7). 2003: 1st in Texas 4A state meet, setting the U.S. high school record (16.73m/54-10.75); 1st at USA Juniors (16.05m/52-8); 1st at Pan Am Juniors (16.23m/53-3). 2002: 1st in Texas 4A state meet (16.25m/53-3.75); 3rd at USA Juniors (16.24m/53-3.5); 1st at USA Junior Olympics (15.59m/51-1.75). 2001: 2nd in SP at World Youth (15.23m/49-11.75); 1st in Texas 4A state meet (15.14m/49-8.25). 2000: 1st in Texas 4A state meet (14.76m/48-5.25) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Outdoor bests – shot put, 19.86m/65-2 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests – shot put, 18.20m/59-8.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests – shot put, 18.80m/61-8.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 16 in the world) 2009: Outdoor bests – shot put, 19.13m/62-9.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world) 2008: Outdoor bests – shot put, 18.85m/61-10.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 21 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests – shot put, 18.12m/59-5.50 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests -- shot put, 17.57m/57-7.75 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 36 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – shot put, 18.56m/60-10.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests – shot put, 17.98m/59-0 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 31 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests – shot put, 17.86m/58-7.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 16 in the world); Outdoor bests – shot put, 18.26m/59-11 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 29 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests – shot put, 17.05m/55-11.25 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 44 in the world); Outdoor bests – shot put, 17.55m/57-7 (No. 6 in the USA) 2003: Indoor bests – shot put, 16.70m/54-9.5 (No. 12 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 16.73m/54-10.75 (No. 13 in the world)

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KRISTI CASTLIN Event: 100m hurdles PR: 60mH: 7.91 (2012); 100mH: 12.81 (2008) Born: July 7, 1988 Current Residence: Douglasville, S.C. High School: Chapel Hill College: Virginia Tech ‘10 Career Highlights: 2012 USA Indoor champion; 2007 USA Junior champion; 2007 Pan Am Junior champion USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor champion (7.91) 2007 USA Junior champion (13.07) International Championships 2007 Pan American Junior champion (13.02) Collegiate Championships 2009 NCAA Outdoor runner-up (13.15) Awards and Honors Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American Virginia Tech school 100m hurdles record holder (12.82) About Kristi Kristi Castlin picked an opportune time to run her personal best in the 60m hurdles as it secured her a USA Indoor title and spot on Team USA for the World Indoor Championships. The time of 7.91 was also a world-leading time heading into the world meet. A standout track athlete competing in each form of sprints and hurdles, some of Kristi’s hobbies include motivational speaking and shopping. She lists her father as a personal hero.



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MATTHEW CENTROWITZ Event: 1,500m Height: 5-9 Weight: 133 PR: 1,500m - 3:34.46 (2011); Mile - 3:57.92i (2009) Born: October 18, 1989 Current Residence: Arnold, Md. High School: Broadneck High School (Annapolis, Md.) '07 College: Oregon '11 Coach: Via Lamanna Career Highlights: 2011 World Outdoor bronze medalist; 2011 USA Outdoor champion; 2012 USA Indoor runner-up; 2011 NCAA Outdoor champion; seven-time Division I All-American USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor runner-up (3:48.16) 2011 USA Outdoor champion (3:47.63) 2008 USA Junior 5,000m champion (14:44.67) International Championships 2011 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (3:36.08) 2007 Pan Am Junior champion (3:56.63) Collegiate Championships 2011 NCAA Outdoor champion (3:42.23) Three-time PAC-10 champion - 2009 (3:46.26); 2010 (3:41.16); 2011 (3:41.73) Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American Awards and Honors 2009 PAC-10 Newcomer of the Year About Matthew Matthew Centrowitz surprised everyone except for maybe himself with a bronze medal at the 2011 World Outdoor Championships and becoming the youngest ever American to medal in that event. The University of Oregon senior holds school records in the 1,500m and distance medley relay. An NCAA title in 2011, Centrowitz placed third in the 1,500m at the NCAA Championships in 2010 to be a part of a 1-2-3 sweep for the Ducks. He was the first Oregon Duck undergrad since Steve Prefontaine to win a USA Outdoor championship and holds two school records. His father, Matthew, was a two-time Olympian and an All-American distance runner at Oregon. Results 2011: World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (3:36.08); USA Outdoor champion (3:47.63); NCAA Outdoor champion (3:42.23); 10th at Monaco (3:34.46); 11th at Paris (3:34.69); Oregon Relays

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1,500m champion; PAC-10 1,500m champion (3:41.73) 2010: 3rd at NCAA Championships (3:48.08); 5th at USA Outdoors (3:51.81); Oregon Twilight Meet mile champion (3:59.33); Oregon Preview Meet 1,500 champion (3:48.97); PAC-10 1,500m champion (3:41.16) 2009: 6th in mile at NCAA Indoors (4:02.69); 1st in indoor mile at Husky Classic (3:57.92); first in 3,000m at MPSF Indoors (7:55.90); 1st at Stanford Invitational 1,500m (3:36.92); 1st at NCAA West Regional 1,500m (3:38.30); 3rd at Oregon Relays 5,000m (13:49.15); PAC-10 1,500m champion (3:46.26) 2008: USA Junior 5,000m champion (14:44.67); 11th in 5,000m at World Junior Championships (13:58.31) 2007: Pan American Juniors 1,500m champion (3:56.63); Nike Outdoor Nationals 2-mile champion (8:41.55) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests - mile, 4:04.01; 3,000m, 7:50.59; Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:50.91; 1,500m, 3:34.46; 3,000m, 7:50.59 2010: Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:47.77; 1,500m, 3:41.16 2009: Indoor bests - mile, 3:57.92; 3,000m, 7:55.90; Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:36.92; 5,000m, 13:49.15 2008: Indoor bests - 800m, 1:51.57; mile, 4:00.26; Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 13:58.31



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WILLIAM CLAYE Event: Triple Jump/Long Jump Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 PR: TJ - 17.62m/57-9.75 (2011); LJ – 8.29m/26-10.5 (2011) Born: June 13, 1991 Current Residence: Phoenix, Ariz. High School: Mountain Pointe (Phoenix, Ariz.) HS ‘08 College: Oklahoma, Florida ‘12 Coach: Martin Smith Career Highlights: 2011 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist; 2011 USA Outdoors runner-up in triple jump and long jump; 2012 USA Indoor triple jump champion and long jump runner-up; 2009 NCAA Outdoor, USA Junior, Pan Am Junior & Big 12 Conference triple jump champion; U.S. Junior triple jump record holder; U.S. Junior Champs triple jump record holder USA Championships 2011 USA Outdoors runner-up in triple jump (17.09m/56-9) and long jump (8.19m/26-10.5) 2012 USA Indoor triple jump champion (17.63m/57-10.25) and long jump runner-up (8.02m/26-4.75) 2009 USA Junior triple jump champion (17.14m/56-3MR) 2009 Pan Am Junior triple jump champion (16.57m/54-4.50) International Championships 2011 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (17.50m/57-5) Collegiate Championships 2009 NCAA Outdoor champion (17.19m/56-4.75) Awards and Honors U.S. Junior triple jump record holder (17.19m/56-4.75) 2009 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year 2008 USA Today All-USA Track & Field Team in both long and triple jump About Will Just after his 20th birthday, Will Claye qualified for the 2011 World Outdoor Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump. As a freshman at the University of Oklahoma (transferring to Florida after his sophomore season), Claye closed out one of the most impressive first year seasons ever for an American collegiate athlete at the 2009 Pan Am Junior Championships in Trinidad & Tobago with his sixth major triple jump title of the year after winning both the Big 12 indoor and outdoor crowns, the NCAA Midwest Regional, the NCAA Championship and the U.S. Junior National Championships. Claye’s Pan Am Junior Champs winning triple jump of 16.57m/54-4.50 came on his first attempt of the competition. Claye skipped his final semester of high school to enroll early at OU. He’s a two-time

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Arizona state champion in the triple jump. He was the first Arizona high school athlete to triple jump over 50 feet and holds the Arizona triple jump record. Results 2011: World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (17.50m/57-5); 2nd in both long jump (8.19m/26-10.5) and triple jump (17.09m/56-9) at USA Outdoors; SEC champion in both long jump (8.29m/27-2.5) and triple jump (17.24m/56-6.75); Runner-up in triple jump at NCAA Outdoors (17.62m/57-9.75) and 3rd in long jump (8.20m/26-11). 2010: 10th at NCAA Outdoors (15.71m/51-6.50); 5th at Big 12 Indoors (15.91m/52-2.50). 2009: NCAA Outdoor champ (17.19m/56-4.75PR,U.S. Junior record); Pan Am Junior Champ (16.57m/54-4.50); U.S. Junior champ (17.14m/56-3MR); 9th in LJ at NCAA Outdoors (7.89/25-10.75). USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Outdoor bests – Long Jump, 8.29m/27-2.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Triple Jump, 17.62m/57-9.75 2010: Outdoor bests – Triple Jump, 16.30m/53-5.75 (No. 12 in the USA) 2009: Outdoor bests – Long Jump, 7.89m/25-10.75 (No. 19 in the USA); Triple Jump, 17.19m/56-4.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 17 in the world) 2008: Outdoor bests – Long Jump, 7.39m/24-3; Triple Jump, 15.97m/52-4.75



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LESLIE COLE Events: 4x400m relay PR: 51.20 Born: February 16, 1987 Current Residence: Idabel, Okla. High School: Idabel (Okla.) HS College: Oklahoma Coach: Cedric Hill Career Highlights: member of Team USA at 2011 Pan Am Games and 2008 NACAC U23 USA Championships 2012 USA Indoors 400m 4th place (52.10) International Championships

2008 NACAC U23 200m champion (22.92) 4th at 2011 Pan Am Games 4x400m relay (3:33.42) Awards and Honors Set seven school records in her time at Oklahoma (400m, i400m, i600yd, i4x400m, iDMR, 4x100, 4x200) Four-time NCAA All-American

About Leslie Cole was a standout athlete at Oklahoma where she set three individual school records and four relay school records. Cole amassed numerous Big 12 Conference honors as well as four NCAA All-American honors. As a sociology major at Oklahoma, she was also named to multiple Academic All-Big 12 teams. Cole also volunteers with Athletes for Hope to volunteer with children.

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JESSICA COUSINS Events: 4x400m PR: 3:32.11 Born: April 10, 1985 Current Residence: Fayetteville, Ark. High School: Seneca High School College: Arkansas

Agent: Mark Pryor Coach: Rolando Greene Career Highlights: Two top three finishes at the USA Indoor Championships in the 400m; Competed in the 2011 Pan American Games; Won ACC title as the third leg of Clemson’s 4x400m relay team USA Championships Third at 2012 USA Indoor Championships, 400m (53.47) Third at 2010 USA Indoor Championships, 400m (52.92) Awards and Honors NCAA All-American in the 4x400m relay Helped set three Lady Razorback relay records About Jessica Before transferring to Arkansas, Cousins was a member of the track and field team at Clemson. As a prep start, she broke school records in the 100m, 200m and 400m. She claimed the state championship in the 200m as a freshman in high school. Cousins was named team MVP in her three final seasons at Seneca High School. She is the daughter of Chris Otorubio and Kristina Cousins and has four siblings, Austin, Patrick, Cruz and Charles.



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KEVIN CRADDOCK Events: 60m hurdles PR: 7.46 Born: June 25, 1987 Current Residence: Richmond, Calif. High School: James Logan HS (Calif.) College: UCLA Agent: Robert Wagner Career Highlights: 2012 USA Indoor runner-up, 2004 USA Junior champion, 2004 World Junior bronze medalist USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor runner-up 60m hurdles (7.46) 2004 USA Junior champion 110m hurdles (13.83) International Championships 2004 World Junior bronze medalist 110m hurdles (13.77) Awards and Honors 2004 Gatorade Athlete of the Year About Kevin Craddock turned heads earlier this year when he beat Olympic champion Dayron Robles to win in 7.53at an indoor meet in Duesseldorf, Germany. While Craddock is also a talented 110m hurdler, he has excelled indoors where he has run under 7.60 on eight occasions. He has been running at an elite level from a young age with a 2004 USA Junior title and he advanced to the semifinals of the 2008 Olympic Trials while he was only 20-years-old.

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JANAY DELOACH Event: Long jump Height: 5-5 Weight: 130 PR: 6.99m/22-11.25i Born: October 12, 1985 Current Residence: Ft. Collins, Colo. High School: Ben Eielson High School (Eielson AFB, Alaska) College: Colorado State ‘08 Coach: Tim Cawley Career Highlights: 2011 USA Indoors champion; 2011 USA Outdoors runner-up USA Championships 2011 USA Outdoor runner-up (6.97m/22-10.5) 2011 USA Indoor champion (6.99m/22-11.25) About Janay DeLoach admits that she had a bit of a culture shock when she went to college at Colorado State after her high school career at Elison AFB in Alaska. DeLoach’s high school team would only compete in a handful of meets each year, sometimes as few as only two. DeLoach dabbled in many areas as her school’s top basketball scorer and even a cheerleader. During DeLoach’s freshman campaign at CSU, she admits that she was mainly competing for the scholarship money, but didn’t love the sport. It wasn’t until her sophomore year when she went to a meet at Cal Berkley and competed against Olympian Grace Upshaw that she not only realized she had a future in the sport, but also fell in love with the long jump. Fast forward to 2011, and DeLoach finally realized her dream to represent Team USA at the World Championships to finish sixth in the world. DeLoach met her future husband, Patrick Soukup, while both were competing for Colorado State’s track and field team. They plan to wed in September, 2012. Deloach received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and human development and her master’s degree in occupational therapy. Other Results 2011: 6th at Zurich (6.53m/ ); 6th at IAAF World Championships (6.56m/ ); 7th at Monaco (6.62m); 1st at Birmingham (6.78m/); 2nd at USA Outdoors (6.97m/22-10.5); 2nd at NY adidas Grand Prix (6.41m/); 1st at USA Indoors (6.99m/22-11.25) 2010: 1st at Mt. SAC (6.44m/21-1.5); 5th at USA Indoors (6.57m/21-6.75) 2009: 1st at Boston Indoor Games (6.33m/20-9.25); limited outdoor competition 2008: 21std in qualifying round at Olympic Trials (5.98m/19-7.5); 6th at NCAA Outdoors (6.48m/21-3.25) 2007: 10th at Pan Ams (6.04m/19-9.75); 7th at USA Outdoors(6.41m/21-0.5); 6th at NCAA Outdoors (6.42m/21-0.75); 1st at Mountain West Conference (6.26m/20-6.5); 5th at NCAA Indoors (6.33m/20-9.25); 1st at Mountain West Conference Indoors (6.28m/20-7.25) 2006: 1st at mountain West Conference Indoors (6.11m/20-0.5); did not compete outdoors 2005: 12th at USA Outdoors (6.14m/20-1.75); 2nd at Mountain West Conference (6.01m/19-8.75) 2004: 2nd at Mountain West Conference Outdoors (6.05m/19-10.25); 2nd at Mountain West



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Conference Indoors (6.14m/20-1.75) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor best – Long Jump, 6.99m/22-11.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the World); Outdoor best – Long Jump, 6.97m/22010.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the World) 2010: Indoor best – Long Jump, 6.57m/21-6.75 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 25 in the World); Outdoor best – Long Jump, 6.61m/21-8.25 (No. 10 in the USA) 2009: Indoor best – Long Jump 6.33m/20-9.25 (No. 17 in the USA); Outdoor best – Long Jump 6.04m/19-9.75 2008: Indoor best – Long Jump, 6.28m/20-7.25; Outdoor best – Long Jump, 6.48m/21-3.25 2007: Indoor best – Long Jump, 6.33m/20-9.25 (No. 5 in the USA); Outdoor best – Long Jump, 6.41m/21-0.50 2006: Indoor best – Long Jump, 6.42m/21-0.75 (No. 28 in the USA) 2005: Indoor best – Long Jump, 6.09m/19-11.75; Outdoor best – Long Jump, 6.27m/20-7.0 2004: Indoor best – Long Jump, 6.14m/20-1.75; Outdoor best – Long Jump, 6.05m/19-10.25

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ASHTON EATON Event: Decathlon Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 PRs: Decathlon - 8,729 points (2011); Indoor heptathlon 6,568iWR (2011) Born: January 21, 1988 Current Residence: Eugene, Ore. High School: Mountain View (Ore.) HS ‘06 College: Oregon ‘10 Coach: Harry Marra Club: Nike/Oregon TC Elite Career Highlights: 2011 World Outdoor Championships silver medalist and world record holder in the heptathlon; three-time NCAA decathlon champion USA Championships 2011 USA Outdoor champion (8,729) 2009 USA Outdoor runner-up (8,075) 5th at 2008 Olympic Trials (8,122) International Championships 2011 World Outdoor silver medalist (8,505) Collegiate Championships/honors Heptathlon world record holder (6,568) Three-time NCAA decathlon champion - 2008 (8,055); 2009 (8,241); 2010 (8,457) 2009 NCAA heptathlon champion Three-time Pac-10 champion - 2008 (7,604); 2009 (8,091); 2010 (8,154) About Ashton When Ashton Eaton set the world indoor pentathlon record in Tallinn, Estonia, it was for the second time. The first time was in winning the 2010 NCAA Indoor pentathlon championship, which broke American decathlon record holder Dan O' Brien's indoor mark, which O' Brien set when Eaton was just five years old. Eaton qualified for his first World Outdoor Championships team in 2009 where he placed 18th. At the 2008 Pac-10 Outdoor Championships, Easton scored by for the Oregon Ducks in a total of five different events (decathlon, 200m, long jump, 4x100m and 4x400m). One of only four Ducks to ever break 8,000 points in the decathlon, as a prep star in Mountain View, Ore., he won 2006 Oregon 4A state titles as a senior in 400 meters (48.69) and long jump (24-0 1/4w), and was runner-up in the 200 meters (22.10) to land athlete of the meet honors. Also lettered in football as a halfback and wrestled. His grandfather, James Eaton, was a Michigan State halfback. Other Results 2011: World Outdoor Championships silver medalist (8,505)… USA champion in the decathlon (8,729)... 1st at Tallinn, Estonia (6,568 points, WR)...Won the Millrose Multi Challenge over Bryan Clay and Trey



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Hardee with 2,666 points in the shot put, high jump and 60m hurdles 2010: NCAA Indoor heptathlon champion (6,499 points, WR)...NCAA decathlon champion (8,457 points, PR)...PAC 10 Champion (8,154)… 1st at Texas Relays (8,310w) 2009: NCAA champion (8,241w)...18th at World Outdoors (8,061)...runner-up at USA Outdoors (8,075)...1st at Pac 10 Champs (8,091) 2008: 1st at NCAA Outdoors (8,055 points)…5th at U.S. Olympic Trials (8,122 points)…1st at Pac 10 Champs (7,604 points)…6th at NCAA Indoor Heptathlon (5,676 points) 2007: 3rd at USA Junior Champs (7,155 points)…2nd at Pac 10 Champs (7,123)…2nd at USA Juniors LJ (7.32m/24-0.25)…11th at Pan Am Juniors LJ USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests - heptathlon, 6,568 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - decathlon, 8,720 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests - heptathlon, 6,499 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - decathlon, 8,457 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests - heptathlon, 5,988 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests - decathlon, 8,091 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 23 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests - heptathlon, 5,676 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 41 in the world); Outdoor bests - decathlon, 8,122 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 25 in the world)

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TEVAN EVERETT Event: 800m Height: 6-3 Weight: 173 PR: 1:46.27 (2009) Birthday: July 27, 1987 Current Residence: Bel-Aire, Kans. High School: Wichita Heights (Kans.) HS College: Texas ‘10 Coach: Frank Gagliano Career Highlights: 2009 NCAA Outdoor runner-up; five-time NCAA Division I All-American International Championships Alternate for Team USA for 2009 World Outdoor Championships Collegiate Championships 2009 NCAA Outdoor runner-up (1:46.27) Five-time Big 12 Conference champion Awards and Honors Five-time NCAA Division I All-American 11-time All Big 12 Conference selection About Tevan Tevan Everett takes a personal best of 1:46.27 into the World Indoor Championships. That time earned him an NCAA runner-up finish in 2009. The trip to Istanbul is the second time Everett has been named to Team USA for the World Championships after being named as an alternate for the outdoor squad in 2009.



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JUSTIN GATLIN Event: Sprints Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 PR: 100m - 9.85 (2004); 200m - 20.00 (2005) Born: February 10, 1982 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Current Residence: Orlando, Fla. High School: Woodham HS (Fla.) 00' College: University of Tennessee Coach: Brooks Johnson Agent: self Club: unattached Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic 100m gold medalist; three-time Olympic medalist; two-time World Outdoor Championships gold medalist; two-time Jesse Owens Award winner USA Championships 2011 USA Outdoor runner-up (9.95) 2005 USA Outdoor 100m (10.08) and 200m (20.04) champion 2004 Olympic Trials 100m (9.92) and 200m (20.01) runner-up 2003 USA Indoor 60m champion International Championships 2005 World Outdoor 100m (9.98) and 200m (20.04) gold medalist 2004 Olympic 100m gold medalist (9.85), 200m bronze medalist (20.03) and 4x100m gold medalist (38.08) 2003 World Indoor 60m gold medalist (6.46) Collegiate Championships 2002 NCAA Indoor 60m (6.59) and 200m champion (20.63) 2001 NCAA Outdoor 100m champion (10.08) Two-time NCAA Outdoor 200m champion - 2001 (20.11w); 2002 (20.18) Awards and Honors 2004 and 2005 Jesse Owens Award winner About Justin Justin made his return as one of the top American sprinters in 2011 after serving a doping suspension from 2006-10. When Gatlin won gold medals in both the 100m and 200m at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships, he was just the second man in history to win both those races at the same World Championships and his winning margin of 0.17 seconds in the 100m was the biggest in World Championships history. At the USA Outdoor Championships in 2005 Gatlin became the first American sprinter to make the 100m, 200m double at the national championships since Kirk Baptiste in 1985. His personal best in the 100m of 9.85 to win the 2004 Olympic gold medal was the second fastest in

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Olympic history at that time. In just two seasons, when he then left to run professionally, Gatlin won six NCAA titles competing for the University of Tennessee. As a freshman for the Volunteers his time of 10.08 then matched a USA Junior record. Results 2011: USA Outdoor runner-up (9.95); 1st in Madrid (10.10); Semi-finalist in the 100m at the World Championships 2010: Best of 10.09 in Roverto, Italy 2009: did not compete 2008: did not compete 2007: did not compete 2006: no results; doping violation 2005: World Outdoor 100m (9.98) and 200m (20.04) gold medalist; USA Outdoor 100m (10.08) and 200m (20.04) champion ; 1st in 100m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (9.84w); 1st at London (9.89); 1st at Brussels (9.99); 1st at Monterrey (20.00) 2004: Olympic 100m gold medalist (9.85), 200m bronze medalist (20.03) and 4x100m gold medalist (38.08); Olympic Trials 100m (9.92) and 200m (20.01) runner-up ; 1st in 200m at Sea Ray Relays (20.21); 2nd at Payton Jordan USA Open in 100m (9.91w) 2003: World Indoor 60m gold medalist (6.46); USA Indoor 60m champion; 2nd at Verizon Millrose Games (6.54); 1st place 4x100m relay team (38.62) and 4x200m relay team (1:19.16) at Penn Relays; 1st at Zurich (9.97); 2nd in 100m (10.09) and 1st in the 200m (20.04) at Brussels; 1st at Moscow Challenge (10.05) 2002: NCAA Indoor 60m (6.59) and 200m champion (20.63); SEC Indoor 60m (6.54) and 200m (20.42) champion; SEC 100m champion (10.11); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors (10.22); SEC Outdoor 200m (19.86) 2001: NCAA Outdoor 100m champion (10.08) and 200m champion (20.11w); 4th in 60m (6.71) and 200m (20.65) at NCAA Indoor Championships; 1st in 200m (20.32), 2nd in 100m (10.26) and 4th in 110mH (13.88) at SEC Outdoor; 2nd in 60m (6.63) and 200m (20.58) at SEC Indoor USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.95 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 200m, 20.20 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 14 in the world) 2010: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.09 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 27 in the world) 2009: did not compete 2008: did not compete 2007: did not compete 2006: no results; doping violation 2005: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.88 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); 200m, 20.0 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world) 2004: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.85 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); 200m, 20.01 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world) 2003: Indoor bests - 60m, 6.45 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.97 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); 200m, 20.04 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 6 in the world) 2002: Indoor bests - 60m, 6.54 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); 200m, 20.42 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.05 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 200m, 19.86 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world)



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SARA HALL Event: 3,000m steeplechase Height: 5-4 Weight: 112 PR: Steeplechase: 9:39.48 Born: April 15, 1983 Current Residence: Flagstaff, Ariz. High School: Montgomery High School (Santa Rosa, Calif.) College: Stanford ‘05 Coach: Dena Evans Career Highlights: 2012 USA Cross Country champion; 2007 Pan American Games champion; 3rd at 2012 USA Indoors; seven-time NCAA All-American USA Championships 2012 USA Cross Country champion (26:50.1) Three-time USA Indoor 3,000m runner-up –2009 (8:53.72); 2010 (9:14.92); 2011 (9:03.91) 3rd at 2012 USA Indoors 3,000m (9:21.87) International Championships Three-time member of Team USA for the World Indoor Championships 2011 Pan American 3,000m steeplechase champion (10:03.16) Collegiate Championships 3rd at 2033 NCAA Cross Country Championships Awards and Honors Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American About Sara Beginning with her days running high school through her time at Stanford and onto her third World Indoor Championships team, Sara Hall has consistently been one of the better distance runners in the country. She is a steeplechaser outdoors, but has seemed to find a home with the 3,000 meters indoors. She is married to Olympic marathon runner Ryan Hall and won four state cross country titles in high school.

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JERNAIL HAYES Events: 4x400m relay PR: 52.66 Born: July 8, 1988 Current Residence: Petersburg, Va. High School: Glasgow HS (Newark, Del.) College: Seton Hall Agent: Coach: Career Highlights: 8-time Big East Conference Champion, 7 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles USA Championships 2012 USA Indoors 4th place (52.71) Awards and Honors 8-time Big East Conference Champion (400m hurdles, 500m and 4x400m relay) 7 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles (400m hurdles, 400m, and 4x400m relay) 3-time NCAA All-American About Jernail Hayes enjoyed a successful collegiate career at Seton Hall before joining Virginia State University as the assistant coach of men’s and women’s cross country and track and field. While coaching she is also working towards her master’s degree in sports management.



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NATASHA HASTINGS Event: 400m Height: 5-8 Weight: 135 PR: 400m – 49.84 (2007) Born: July 23, 1986, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Current Residence: Locust Grove, Ga. High School: A. Philip Randolph Campus (New York City, N.Y.) HS ‘04 College: University of South Carolina ‘08 Coach: Curtis Frye Agent: Joanne Hastings Club: Nike Twitter: @natashahastings Website: www.natashahastings.net Career Highlights: 2010 World Indoor 4x400m gold medalist; 2008 Olympic 4x400m gold medalist; 2007 World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist; 2007 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2007 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor champion; 2007 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year; 2006 NACAC U23 silver medalist; 2004 World Junior champion; 2004 World Junior 4x400m gold medalist; 2003 World Youth champion USA Championships

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place finish in the women’s 400m (51.13), which qualified her for the 4x400 relay pool. As a junior at the University of South Carolina in 2007, Hastings established herself one of the country’s best 400m runners. Following a dominant collegiate season in which she won national titles indoors and outdoors, Hastings finished as the USA Outdoor runner-up. Her personal-best time of 49.84 was the fastest ever run by a collegian. She chose to forgo her final year of NCAA eligibility. Results 2011: 5th at USA Outdoors (51.14); 5th at Prefontaine Classic (51.85). 2010: 3rd at USA Outdoors (50.53); 4th at USA Indoors (51.93); World Indoor 4x400m champion (3:27.34iAR); 6th at Nike Pre Classic (50.64); 6th at Lausanne (50.83); 4th at Gateshead (51.15); 5th at Berlin (51.61). 2009: 4th at USA Outdoor Champs (50.89); 1st at adidas Track Classic (51.46); 5th at Reebok Grand Prix (51.64); 8th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (52.33). 2008: Olympic gold medalist (1st round, 3rd leg – 3:22.45); 5th at Olympic Trials in 400m (51.13); 6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (51.34); 6th at Reebok Grand Prix (51.98); 4th at adidas Track Classic (51.09); 3rd at Doha (50.80). 2007: USA Outdoor runner-up (49.84PR); 7th in semi's at World Outdoors (51.45); 3rd at Paris (50.45); 3rd at Rome (50.34); NCAA Outdoor champion (50.15); NCAA Indoor champion (50.80CR); NCAA East regional champion (50.23); SEC champion (50.84); 1st at Weems Baskin Invite (50.55). 2006: NACAC U23 runner-up (52.11); 5th in semis at USA Outdoors (51.99); 6th at NCAA Outdoors (51.60); 2nd at NCAA East Regionals (51.56); 2nd at SEC Outdoors (52.00). 2005: USA Junior Outdoor champion (51.34); 6th at NCAA Outdoors (51.87); 7th at NCAA East Regionals (52.86); SEC Outdoor champion (51.94); SEC Indoor runner-up (52.27). 2004: World Junior champion (52.04) and 1st in 4x400m (3:27.60); 2nd at USA Junior Champs (52.92). 2003: World Youth champion (53.41); 3rd at USA Junior Champs (52.09). USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – 400m, 50.83 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests – 400m, 50.97 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 21 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests – 400m, 51.67 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); Outdoor bests – 50.53 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 12 in the world) 2009: Outdoor bests – 400m, 50.89 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 21 in the world) 2008: Outdoor bests – 400m, 50.80 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 18 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests – 400m, 50.80 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests – 400m, 49.84 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – 400m, 53.88; Outdoor bests – 400m, 51.45 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 40 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests – 400m, 51.85 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Outdoor bests – 400m, 51.34 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 40 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests – 400m, 53.72; Outdoor bests – 400m, 52.04 2003: Indoor bests – 400m, 53.80 (No. 14 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 400m, 52.09 (No. 14 in the USA) 2002: Indoor bests – 400m, 53.56 (No. 15 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 400m, 53.42 2001: Indoor bests – 400m, 55.13; Outdoor bests – 400m, 55.06



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REESE HOFFA Event: Shot Put Height: 5-11 Weight: 315 PR: 22.43m/73-7.25 (2007) Born: Oct. 8, 1977, in Evans, Ga. Current Residence: Athens, Ga. High School: Lakeside Evans (Augusta, Ga.) HS '97 College: Georgia '01 Coach: Don Babbitt Agent: Paul Doyle Club: NYAC/Nike Career Highlights: 2007 World Outdoor gold medalist; 2006 World Indoor gold medalist; two-time World Indoor silver medalist; 2008 Olympic Trials champion USA Championships 2008 Olympic Trials champion (22.10m/72-06.25) 2007 USA Outdoor champion (21.47m/70-5.25) 2006 USA Indoor champion (21.61m/70-10.75) 2004 Olympic Trials runner-up (21.14m/69-4.25) Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up - 2006 (21.96m/72-0.75); 2010 (21.33m/69-11.75) Three-time USA Indoor runner-up - 2004 (20.97m/68-9.75); 2005 (21.74m/71-4); 2007 (21.21m/69-7) Third three times at USA Outdoor - 2003 (20.64m/67-8.75); 2009 (21.10m/69-2.75); 2011 (21.86m/71-8.75) International Championships 2007 World Outdoor champion (22.04/72-3.75) 2006 World Indoor champion (22.11m/72-6.5) Two-time World Indoor silver medalist – 2004 (21.07m/69-1.5); 2008 (21.20m/66-3.25) 2003 Pan Am Games gold medalist (20.95m/68-8.75) Awards and Honors Pan American Games shot put record holder (20.95m/68-8.75) About Reese A pillar of consistency, Hoffa has finished in the top five at the USA Outdoor Championships for eight consecutive years. You have to go all the way back to 2003 to find a time when Hoffa didn't own one of the top ten throws in the world in either indoor or outdoor competition. At the 2009 World Outdoor Championships, five of the six throws Hoffa took would have won him the gold medal. In 2007 alone, he topped the 70-foot-mark a total of 10 times. He broke C.J. Hunter's mark in establishing a new Pan American Games record in the shot put in 2003. A huge professional wrestling fan, Hoffa competed while wearing a mask at the 2004 Home Depot Invitational, dubbing himself the “Unknown Shot Putter.” Earned All-American honors four straight years competing for the University of Georgia. Hoffa also

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competed in football, baseball and wrestling in high school. He says his dream is to compete in a bear suit, being brought onto the track in a cage. He married Renata Hoffa on November 26, 2005. Results 2011: 3rd at USA Outdoors 2011 (21.86m/71-8.75); 1st at Pre Classic (21.65/71-0.50); 1st at Monaco (21.25m/69-8.75); 2nd at Doha (21.27/69-9.50); 3rd at Rome (21.13/69-4); 2nd at Drake Relays (20.93m/68-8); 4th at Stockholm (20.91/68-7.25) 2010: USA Outdoor runner-up (21.33m/69-11.75); 4th at USA Indoors (20.42m/67.0); 2nd at Millrose Games (20.59m/67-6.75); 1st in Brussels (22.16m/72-8.50); 2nd at Bydgoszcz (20.97m/ 68-9.75); 1st at Kentucky Invite (21.20m/69-6.75); 1st at Bulldog Limited (21.14m/69-4.25); 3rd at Doha (21.00m/68-10.75); 4th at Oslo (20.69m/67-10.75); 2nd at Drake Relays (20.56m/67-5.5); 4th at Stockholm (20.68m/67-10.25) 2009: 4th at World Outdoors (21.28m/69-9.75); 3rd at USA Outdoors (21.10m/69-2.75); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (21.89m/71-10); 1st at Doha (21.64m/71-0); 1st at Hengelo (21.59m/70-10) 2008: World Indoor silver medalist (21.20m/66-3.25)Olympic Trials champion (22.10m/72-06.25); 7th at Olympic Games (20.53m/67-8.75); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (21.73m/71-3.50); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (21.29m/69-10.25); World Indoor Champs silver medalist (21.20m/66-3.25); 1st at Doha (21.48m/70-5.75) 2007: World Outdoor champion (22.04/72-3.75); USA Outdoor champion (21.47m/70-5.25); USA Indoor runner-up (21.21m/69-7); 1st at London (22.43m/73-7.25); 2nd at Millrose Games (21.75m/71-4.25); 3rd at adidas Track Classic (21.36m/70-1); 1st at Alabama Relays (21.84m/71-8); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (21.65m/71-0.5); 2nd at Madrid (20.81m/68-3.25); 1st at Ostrava (21.77m/71-5.25); 1st at Doha (21.37m/70-1.5) 2006: World Indoor champion (22.11m/72-6.5); USA Outdoor runner-up (21.96m/72-0.75); USA Indoor champion (21.61m/70-10.75); 4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (20.98m/68-10) 2005: USA Indoor runner-up (21.74m/71-4); 5th at USA Outdoors (20.90m/68-7); 1st at Millrose Games (21.61m/70-11.25); 1st at Doha (21.29m/69-10.25) 2004: World Indoor silver medalist (21.07m/69-1.5); USA Indoor runner-up (20.97m/68-9.75); Olympic Trials runner-up (21.14m/69-4.25); 22nd in qualifying at Olympic Games (19.40m/63-7.75); 3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (20.38m/66-10.5); 1st at Atlanta (20.71m/67-11.5); 2nd at Verizon Millrose Games (19.98m/65-6.75); 2nd at Drake Relays SP (19.61m/64-4); 2nd at Home Depot SP (21.67m/71-1.25PR); 1st at Santiago SP (20.99m/68-10.5); 1st in Atlanta SP (20.71m/67-11.5) 2003: Pan Am Games gold medalist (20.95m/68-8.75); 3rd at USA Outdoors (20.64m/67-8.75); 5th at USA Indoors (19.40m/63-7.75); 2nd at Home Depot Invitational (20.90m/68-7); 2nd at Stanford (20.65/67-9) 2002: 6th at USA Indoors (18.82m/61-9); 6th at USA Outdoors (20.47m/67-2) 2001: 6th at USA Outdoors (19.95/65-5.5); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (19.93/65-4.75); SEC Outdoor champ; 9th at World University Games 2000: 6th at U.S. Olympic Trials in SP (18.95/62-2.25); 2nd at NCAA Indoors (18.48/60-7.75); 4th in SP at NCAA Outdoors (19.79/64-11.25) 1999: 2nd at Southeastern Conference Champs; 11th at NCAA Outdoors; 8th at USA Outdoors 1998: 3rd at SEC Outdoors; 11th at NCAA Outdoors 1997: 5th at National Scholastics USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 21.00m/68-10.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 22.09m/72-5.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world)



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2010: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 21.20m/69-6.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 22.16m/72-8.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 21.06m/69-1.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 21.89m/71-10 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 21.49m/70-6.25 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 22.10m/72-6.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 21.75m/71-4.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 22.43m/73-7.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 22.11m/72-6.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 21.96m/72-0.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 3 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 21.74m/71-4 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 21.29m/69-10.25 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 21.07m/69-1.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 21.67m/71-1.25 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 4 in the world) 2003: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 19.47m/63-10.5 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 32 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 20.95m/68-8.75 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 11 in the world) 2002: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 19.62m/64-4.5 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 31 in the world); Outdoor bests - Shot Put, 20.47m/67-2 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 24 in the world) 2001: Indoor bests - Shot Put, 19.52m/64-0.5 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 30 in the world)

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QUENTIN IGLEHART-SUMMERS Event: 400m Height: 6-4 PR: 45.46 (2008) Born: May 29, 1987 Current Residence: High School: Madison (Tex.) HS College: Baylor ‘09 Coach: Rose Monday Career Highlights: 2006 USA Junior champion; 2006 World Junior Championships 4x400m gold medalist; Three-time NCAA Outdoor 4x400m champion USA Championships 2006 USA Junior champion (46.02) International Championships 2006 World Junior Championships 4x400m gold medalist Collegiate Championships Three-time NCAA Outdoor 4x400m champion Awards and Honors Part of Baylor school record 4x400m About Quentin A relay specialist during his time at Baylor, Quentin Iglehart-Summers will be a part of the 4x400m on his first World Championships team in Istanbul once again. Naming the 4x400m as his favorite event, Iglehart-Summers oicked up a number of All-American honors in his time at Baylor, which include running a leg on the school record 4x400m



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VANNEISHA IVY Events: 60mH, 100mH PR: 60mH 7.93 Born: October 26, 1987 Current Residence: Muncie, Ind. High School: Muncie Central College: North Carolina

Agent: Mark Pryor Coach: James Daniels Career Highlights: Runner-up at 2012 USA Indoor Championships; Sixth in 100mH at NCAA Outdoor Championships; Member of the 4x100m relay team that went to the NCAA Championship USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor Championships runner-up, 60mH (7.93) Collegiate Championships 2010 NCAA East Regional Championships runner-up, 100mH (13.08) 2009 ACC Indoor Championships runner-up, 200m (23.97) Third at 2009 ACC Indoor Championships, 60mH (8.24) Third at 2009 NCAA East Regional Championships, 100mH (13.18) Third at 2007 ACC Indoor championships, 60mH (8.29) Awards and Honors Two-time All-American Two-time All-ACC About Vanneisha In high school, Vanneisha was a three-time state champion that holds a state record for the 100mH. She was also first team all-state all four years of high school. From 2004-2006 she was the East-Central Indiana track athlete of the year. She also played soccer and basketball. While at North Carolina, she studied elementary education.

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TRELL KIMMONS Event: 100m Height: 5-8 Weight: 175 PR: 9.95 (2010) Born: July 7, 1985 Current Residence: Coldwater, Miss. High School: Coldwater HS College: Hinds Community College Coach: Reggie Dillon Agent: Mark Wetmore Club: adidas Career Highlights: 4th at 2011 USA Outdoor Championships USA Championships 2010 USA Outdoor runner-up (10.27) About Trell Trell Kimmons has established himself as an elite professional sprinter over the last few years. In 2010 he posted his fastest 100m ever (wind aided) with a time of 9.92 seconds at the 2010 adidas Grand Prix. The following year Kimmons was selected for his first IAAF World Championship as a member of the 4x100m team. As a three-year standout at Hinds Community College, he verbally committed to run a fourth year at Mississippi State University. However, soon after he decided to go professional rather than attend school. Results 2011: 4th at USA Outdoor Championships (10.04); 1st at the Memorial Paolo Delogu (9.97); member of the winning 4x100m team at the Texas Relays (38.41). 2010: 4th at the adidas Grand Prix (9.92w); 2nd at the USA Outdoor Championships (10.27); 1st st the UKA Super 8 meet (10.22). 2009: 1st at the UCF Fast Times 100m (10.32); 1st at the UCF Fast Times 200m (20.63); 2nd at the Memorial Paolo Delogu meet (10.18). 2008: 3rd at the Le Miss Invitational (10.44); 2nd at Atletiek Vlaanderen (10.34). 2007: 1st at the Razorback Invitational 60m (6.60i); 2nd at the Warhawk Classic (10.33); 8th at the Prefontaine Classic (10.60). 2006: 1st at the Georgia Invitational (10.43) 1st at the Meeting Sport Solidarieta (10.23). 2005: 1st at the Mississippi Invitational (10.27); 1st at the Martin Epps Invitational (10.42); 2nd at the JUCO Outdoor Championships (10.18). 2004: 2nd at the Raleigh US High School Championships (10.46); 3rd at the College Station US Championships (10.34). USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.04 (No. 11 in the USA, No. 27 in the world) 2010: Outdoor bests – 100m, 9.95 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 9 in the world)



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2009: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.16 2008: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.34 2007: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.60; Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.33 2006: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.23 2005: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.18 2004: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.34

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BERNARD LAGAT Events: Middle Distance Height: 5-8 Weight: 134 PRs: 1,500m - 3:26.34 (2001); Mile - 3:47.28 (2001); 3,000m - 7:29.00AR (2010); 5,000m - 12:53.60AR (2011) Born: Dec. 12, 1974, in Kapsabet, Kenya Current Residence: Tucson, Ariz. College: Washington State '99 Coach: James Li Agent: James Templeton Club: Nike Twitter: @Lagat1500 Career Highlights: Holds seven American indoor and outdoor records; eight-time winner of the Wanamaker mile; two-time World Indoor and two-time World Outdoor gold medalist; two-time Olympic medalist; four-time USA Outdoor champion USA Championships 2008 Olympic Trials 1,500m (3:40.37) and 5,000m (13:27.47) Four-time USA Outdoor 5,000m champion – 2006 (13:14.32); 2007 (13:45.87); 2010 (13:54.08); 2011 (13:23.06) Two-time USA Indoor 3,000m champion – 2010 (8:12.60); 2011 (7:57.17) 2006 USA Outdoor 1,500m champion (3:39.29) 2011 USA Outdoor 1,500m runner-up (3:47.96) International Championships 2004 Olympic 1,500m silver medalist (3:34.30) 2000 Olympic 1,500m bronze medalist (3:32.44) Two-time World Outdoor 5,000m silver medalist - 2009 (13:17.33)2011 (13:23.64) Two-time World Indoor 3,000m gold medalist – 2004 (7:56.34); 2010 (7:37.97) 2007 World Outdoor 1,500m (3:34.77) and 5,000m (13:45.87) gold medalist 2009 World Outdoor 1,500m bronze medalist (3:36.30) 2001 World Outdoor 1,500m silver medalist (3:31.10) 2002 World Cup 1,500m champion (3:31.20) Collegiate Championships 1999 NCAA Indoor mile (3:55.65) and 3,000m (7:54.92) champion 1999 NCAA Outdoor 5,000m champion (14:01.09) Four-time PAC-10 champion Awards and Honors American indoor record holder in the 1,500m (3:33.34); mile (3:49.89); 3,000m (7:32.43); 5,000m (13:07.15)

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American outdoor record holder in the 1,500m (3:29.30); 3,000m (7:29.00); 5,000m (12:53.60) 11-time NCAA All-American in cross country and track and field 1999 NCAA Indoor Male Athlete of the Year 1999 PAC-10 Men’s Track & Field Co-Athlete of the Year About Bernard Bernard Lagat has nearly as many American records (six) as he has wins in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games (8). His 2010 season included becoming the first ever American to win both the 3,000m and 5,000m at the IAAF Continental Cup while setting the American record in the indoor and outdoor 3,000m and outdoor 5,000m. Lagat now stands alone in the Millrose Games record book with his eight Wanamaker Mile wins and surpassed Irish legend Eamonn Coghlan’s previous best total of seven wins. Lagat donated all his bonus earnings during the 2010 indoor season to the Haiti Relief Fund. In 2007 Lagat won the first ever gold medal by an American in the 1,500m at the World Outdoor Championships and the first Olympic or World Championships gold for the country since 1908. He also became the first man ever to win the 1,500m-5,000m double at World Outdoors, and the first American to win a World Championship medal of any kind at 5,000m. And in winning both races at the 2006 USA Outdoor Championships, he become the first man ever to pull off the historic double. In 2006 Lagat posted the five-fastest 1,500m times by an American. He also had the fastest 3,000m and 5,000m times that season in the country. Lagat won a pair of 1,500m Olympic medals for his native Kenya before changing his national affiliation to the United States. A U.S. resident since 1996, Lagat officially became eligible to compete for the United States one day after the start of the 2007 World Outdoor Championships. “I thought long and hard before changing my nationality but… I have to look to my future after my running career has come to an end,” Lagat said. In growing up on his family's farm in Kapsabet, Kenya, Lagat sprinted a mile and a half to school each morning, and the same distance back. He began studying at Jomo Kenyatta University College of Agriculture and Technology when he became serious about running competitively. Lagat left Kenya for the United States when he received a scholarship from Washington State University in Pullman. He earned BA’s from Washington State in Management Information Systems, and Decision Science (Econometrics). Married to Gladys Tom and they have one son (Miika Kimutai Lagat) and one daughter (Gianna). Results 2011: 2nd at World Outdoor Championships 5,000m (13:23.64); USA Outdoor 1,500m runner-up (3:47.96); USA Outdoor 5,000m champion (13:23.06); USA Indoor 3,000m champion (7:57.17); 2nd in 5,000m at Monaco (12:53.60AR); 2nd in 5,000m at Adidas Grand Prix (13:05.46); 3rd in 1,500m in Paris (3:33.11); Pre Classic 2-mile champion (8:13.62); 2nd in 5,000m at adidas Grand Prix (13:05.46). 2010: USA Outdoor 5,000m champion (13:54.08); USA Indoor 3,000m champion (8:12.60); Wanamaker Mile champion at Millrose Games (3:56.34); 1st at Boston Reebok Indoor Games 5,000m (13:11.50AR); 3rd at Oslo (12:54:12); 7th at Monaco in 1,500m (3:32.51); 1st at Continental Cup 3,000m (7:54.75) and 5,000m (7:54.75) 2009: 3rd in 800m opening round at USA Outdoors (1:48.59); 1st in 3,000m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (7:35.92); 2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (13:03.06); 1st Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile (3:51.34); 1st at London (3:52.71); 1st at Tanger (3:32.56); 2nd at Paris (7:33.15) 2008: 6th in 1,500m semifinals at Olympic Games (3:37.79); Olympic Trials 5,000m (13:27.47) and 1,500m (3:40.37) champion; 1st in 2-mile at Nike Prefontaine Classic (8:12.45); 1st in 1,500m at adidas Track Classic (3:35.14); 1st at Rieti (3:32.75) 2007: World Outdoor 1,500m (3:34.77) and 5,000m (13:45.87) gold medalist; USA Outdoor Champion in

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5,000m (13:30.73) and 3rd in 1,500m (3:35.55); 1st Millrose Games’ Wanamaker Mile (3:54.26); 1st in 3,000m at Birmingham (7:32.43iAR); Runner-up at Reebok Grand Prix mile (3:53.88); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic in Bowerman Mile (3:50.56); 3rd in 1,500m at Sheffield (3:36.24); 1st in 1,500m at London (3:35.71); 3rd in 1,000m at Stockholm (2:16.25) 2006: USA Outdoor 1,500m (3:39.29) and 5,000m (13:14.32) champion; 2nd at adidas Classic (3:32.94); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic Bowerman Mile (3:51.53); 1st at Rieti (3:29.68);1st at Rethymno (7:34.41); 1st at London (12:59.22); 3rd at Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis (3:31.48); 3rd at Athletissima (3:32.19) 2005: 1st at Rieti 1,500m (3:29.30AR); Powered by Tyson Invitational mile champion (3:49.89AR) and 1,500m (3:33.34AR) champion; 2nd at Oslo (3:48.38); 1st at World Athletics Final 3,000m (7:38.00); 1st at Wanamaker Mile in a Millrose and MSG record (3:52.87); 1st at Berlin 5,000m (12:59.29) 2004: Olympic 1,500m silver medalist (3:34.30); World Indoor Champs 3,000m gold medalist (7:56.34); 1st at Brussels (3:36.24); 1st at Zurich ( 3:27.40) 2003: World Indoor silver medalist (3:42.62); 1st at Millrose Games’ Wanamaker Mile (4:00.36); 2nd at Zurich (3:30.55); 1st at Stockholm (3:32.99); 1st at Modesto (3:40.66) 2002: 1st at World Cup (3:31.20); 2nd at Grand Prix Final (3:30.54); 1st at Stockholm (3:31.38); 1st at African Championships (3:38.11); 2nd at Monaco (3:27.91) 2001: Silver medalist at World Outdoor Championships 1,500m (3:31.10); ran third-fastest 1,500m in history at Rieti (3:26.34) 2000: Olympic Games bronze medalist (3:32.44); 1st at Mt. SAC (3:54.97); 2nd at Grand Prix Final (3:36.88) 1999: NCAA Outdoor 5,000m champ (14:01.09); NCAA Indoor mile champ (3:55.65); NCAA Indoor 3,000m champ (7:54.92); 3rd at Zurich (3:30.56) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – mile, 3:59.01 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); 3,000m, 7:39.35 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:33.11 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); mile, 3:51.38 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); 3,000m, 7:32.13 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); 5,000m, 12:53.60 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests – 1,500m, 3:35.49 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); mile, 3:56.34 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); 3,000m, 7:37.97 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); 5,000m, 13:11.50 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:32.51 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); mile, 3:54.36 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 21 in the world); 3,000m, 7:29.00 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); 5,000m, 12:54.12 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests – 1,500m, 3:36.82 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); mile, 3:51.34 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); 3,000m (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:32.56 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); mile, 3:52.71 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); 3,000m, 7:33.15 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 5,000m, 13:03.06 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 20 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests – 1,500m, 3:35.23 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); mile, 3:57.21 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); 3,000m, 7:34.65 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1,000m, 2:16.18 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); 1,500m, 3:32.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); mile, 3:55.20 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 3,000m, 7:43.73 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 36 in the world); 5,000m, 13:16.29 (No. 1 in the USA) 2007: Indoor bests – 1,000m, 2:18.12 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); mile, 3:54.26 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); 3,000m, 7:32.43 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1,000m, 2:16.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); 1,500m, 3:33.85 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 18 in the



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world); mile, 3:50.56 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); 3,000m, 7:38.77 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 25 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – 1,500m, 3:39.4 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); mile, 3:56.85 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:29.68 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); mile, 3:51.53 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); 3,000m, 7:34.41 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 12 in the world); 5,000m, 12:59.22 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 17 in the world) 2005: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:29.30 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); mile, 3:48.38 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); 3,000m, 7:38.00 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 5,000m, 12:59.29 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests* - 1,500m, 3:33.34 (No. 2 in the world); mile, 3:49.89 (No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:29.30 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); mile, 3:48.38 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); 3,000, 7:38.00 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 5,000m, 12:59.29 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world) 2003: Indoor bests* - 1,500m, 3:37.07 (No. 6 in the world); mile, 3:59.72 (No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests* - 1,500m, 3:30.55 (No. 3 in the world); mile, 3:50.21 (No. 3 in the world) 2002: Indoor bests* - 1,500m, 3:40.28 (No. 18 in the world); mile, 3:55.07 (No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests* - 3:27.91 (No. 2 in the world); mile, 3:52.63 (No. 11 in the world); 5,000m, 13:19.14 (No. 46 in the world) 2001: Indoor bests* - 800m, 1:48.81 (No. 50 in the world); 1,500m, 3:38.82 (No. 19 in the world); mile, 3:57.61 (No. 16 in the world); Outdoor bests* - 1,500m, 3:26.34 2000: Outdoor bests* – 1,500m (3:28.51) 1999: Outdoor bests* – 1,500m (3:30.56) 1998: Outdoor bests* – 1,500m (3:34.48) *competed for his native Kenya

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LOPEZ LOMONG Event: 1,500m Height: 5-11 Weight: 148 PR: 800m 1:45.58 (2008); 1,500m 3:32.20 (2010); Mile 3:53.18 (2010) Born: January 1, 1985 Current Residence: Beaverton, OR High School: Tully (N.Y.) HS ‘04 College: Northern Arizona ‘09 Coach: John Hayes Agent: Peter Stubbs Career Highlights: 2009 and 2010 USA Outdoor 1,500m champion; 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials in 1,500m; 2007 NCAA Outdoor 1,500m champion; 2007 NCAA Indoor 3,000m champion; 3rd at 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championships USA Championships USA Outdoor 1,500m champion – 2009 (3:41.68); 2010 (3:50.83) Third at 2008 Olympic Trials in 1,500m (3:41.00) Collegiate Championships 2007 NCAA Outdoor 1,500m champion (3:37.07) 2007 NCAA Indoor 3,000m champion (7:49.74) Third at 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championships (29:45) Awards and Honors 2007 NCAA Mountain Region Male Track Athlete of the Year About Lopez The U.S. delegation flag bearer during the opening ceremonies at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Lopez Lomong has overcome an overwhelming array of obstacles in becoming a top American middle distance runner. When he was 6 years old, in 1991, his family fled Kimotong, Sudan, on foot to avoid an attack by the militia group, the Janjaweed. Lomong and his family ran for three days in the African wilderness to avoid the attackers. After being separated from his family upon arrival at the Sudan-Kenya border, he lived in a refugee camp run by Catholic missionaries for 10 years. Despite being separated from his family as one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” Lomong says he is considered one of the lucky children as thousands of boys drowned, were eaten by wild animals or were shot by military forces. An essay that he wrote in 2001 about what he would strive to accomplish if he lived in America prompted officials to give him that chance. Lomong was moved to the U.S. to live with a foster family in Tully, N.Y., and became one of the 3,800 resettled youngsters known as the “Lost Boys of Sudan.” Lomong became a U.S. citizen in July 2007, while becoming a star middle distance runner at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. He enjoyed his best year in 2007, winning the NCAA Indoor 3,000m title in upsetting two-time NCAA champion Chris Solinsky in 7:49.74, and taking the NCAA Outdoor men’s 1,500m crown in 3:37.07. He set a personal best and an NAU school record of 1:45.79 in placing fifth in the 800 meters at



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the 2007 AT&T USA Track and Field Championships, and he was named NCAA Mountain Region Male Track Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA. Lomong, who turned pro after the 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championships, says his dream is to represent the USA in international competition, his way to thank those who have helped him. "I came to this country without expecting anything," said Lomong to USA TODAY. "Now I want to return the favor by being a good runner." Away from the track, Lomong, who enjoys hip-hop music, studied hotel management because he hopes to return to Africa to help revitalize the continent's tourism. He also wants to assist families confronted with multiple challenges in his home country. Results 2011: 7th at USA Outdoors in 1,500m (3:48.54); 3rd at Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in 1,500m (3:39.67); 1st at Liege Meeting International d’Athletisme (7:50.36). 2010: USA Outdoor champion in 1,500m (3:50.83); 6th at Monaco (3:32.20 PR); 7th at Pre Classic in mile (3:53.18 PR). 2009: 1st at USA Outdoors (3:41.68); 8th at World Outdoors (3:37.62); 4th at adidas Track Classic (3:39.21); 7th at Monaco (3:32.94PR); 3rd at London (3:53.35PR). 2008: 12th in semifinals at Olympic Games (3:41.00); 3rd at Olympic Trials in 1,500m (3:41.00); 5th at Olympic Trials in 800m (1:45.58); 5th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (3:53.97); 4th at adidas Track Classic (3:36.36PR). 2007: NCAA Outdoor 1,500m champion (3:37.07PR); NCAA Indoor 3,000m champion (7:49.74); 5th at USA Outdoor Champs (1:45.79PR); 3rd at NCAA D-I Cross Country Champs (29:45). 2006: 4th at NCAA Cross Country Champs (30:59). USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:33.59 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); mile, 3:53.85 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); 3,000m 7:50.36 (No. 3 in the USA) 2010: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:32.20 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); mile, 3:53.18 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 15 in the world) 2009: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:32.94 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 17 in the world); mile, 3:53.35 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); 800m, 1:46.72 (No. 13 in the USA) 2008: Outdoor bests –1,500m, 3:36.36 (No. 4 in the USA); mile, 3:53.97 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); 800m, 1:45.58 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 41 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 7:49.74 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 34 in the world); Outdoor bests – 800m, 1:45.79 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 39 in the world); mile, 3:58.54 (No. 14 in the USA, No. 40 in the world); 1,500m, 3:37.07 (No. 8 in the USA) 2006: Indoor bests – 800m, 1:50.95; Outdoor bests – 800m, 1:47.00; 1,500m, 3:45.96; 3,000m, 8:20.01; mile, 4:05.01

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CHAUNTE LOWE Event: High Jump, Long Jump Height: 5-9 Weight: 131 PR: 2.05m/6-08.75 (2010), 6.90m/22-07.75 (2010) Born: January 12, 1984 Current Residence: Loganville, Ga. High School: J.W. North (Riverside, CA) HS ‘02 College: Georgia Tech ‘06 Coach: Nat Page Agent: Robert Wagner Career Highlights: 2010 World Indoor bronze medalist; four-time USA Outdoor champion; Two-time USA Indoor champion; 2005 World Outdoor silver medalist USA Championships Four-time USA Outdoor champion – 2010 (2.05m/6-08.75); 2009 (1.95m/6-4.75); 2008 (1.97m/6-05.5); 2006 (2.01m/ 6-07) Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2005 (1.90m/6-02.75); 2004 (1.95m/6-4.75) 2010 USA Outdoor runner-up in long jump (6.90m/22-7.75) International Championships 2010 World Indoor Championships bronze medalist (1.98m/6-6) 2005 World Outdoor silver medalist (2.00m/6-6.75) 2003 Pan Am Junior bronze medalist (1.81m/5-11.75) Collegiate Championships 2005 NCAA Indoor Champion (1.92/6-3.5) 2004 NCAA Indoor (1.92m/6-3.50);& Outdoor Champion (1.93m/6-4) 2003 NCAA Outdoors tied for second (1.86m/6-01.25) Awards and Honors 2010 Outdoor Visa Championship Series Winner Current indoor and outdoor American Record Holder About Chaunté Lowe’s high school coach didn’t want her to try the high jump because he wanted to keep her in the sprints. Little did he know that she would go on to become one of the best high jumpers not only in the U.S. but also the world. Thankfully, Lowe (neé Howard) was able to convince her high school coach to let her try the high jump. After moving across the country to study at Georgia Tech and train with jumps coach Nat Page, Lowe was able to realize her childhood dream of going to the Olympics at only 20-years-old, making her the first woman from Georgia Tech’s track and field team to become an Olympian. The following year, Lowe won silver at the 2005 World Championships to become the first American woman to win a world outdoor championships high jump medal since Louise Ritter won bronze at the inaugural event in Helsinki in 1983. Lowe is always a crowd favorite with impossibly defined abs, dramatic dance moves and even the occasional back flip. Lowe graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in economics



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and Finance. Married triple jumper Mario Lowe on August 21, 2005, and gave birth to daughter Jasmine in July 2007 and Aurora in April 2011. Other Results 2011: Limited competition due to maternity; 9th at USA outdoors (1.78m/5-10) 2010: 1st USA outdoors high jump (2.05m/6-08.75); 2nd USA outdoors long jump (6.90m/22-07.75); 3rd at World Indoors (1.98m/6-6);USA Indoor champion (1.98m/6-6);2nd at Oslo (2.01m/6-7);2nd in Doha (1.98m/6-6); 2nd at Paris and Stockholm (2.00m/6-6.75)...1st at Lausitzer (2.04m/6-8.25) 2009: 7th at World Outdoors (1.96m/6-5);USA Outdoor champion (1.95m/6-4.75); 2nd at Oslo (1.98m/6-6)…3rd at Rome (1.97m/6-5.5) 2008: 6th at Olympic Games (1.99m/6-6.25); Olympic Trials champion (1.97m/6-05.5); 5th at Bislett Games Oslo (1.94m/6-4.25); 7th at Berlin (1.93m/6-4); 1st at adidas Track Classic (1.98m/6-62007: did not compete (maternity) 2006: USA Outdoor champion (2.01m/ 6-07); USA Indoor champion (1.95m/6-4.75); 1st at Boston Indoor Games (1.95m/6-4.75); 1st at Millrose Games (1.93m/6-4); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1.96m/6-0.500); 5th at Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis (1.94m/6-4.25); 4th at Golden Gala (1.94m/6-4.25); 1st at Athletissima (1.99m/6-6.25) 2005: 2nd at USA Outdoor Championships (1.90m/6-02.75); 2nd at World Outdoor Championships (2.00m/6-6.75); NCAA Indoor Champion (1.92/6-3.5); 1st at Liege (2.00m/6-6.75PR);1st at Heusden (2.00m/6-6.75); ACC Champion (1.95m/6-4.75); 4th at Monaco (1.93m/6-4); 4th at World Athletics Final (1.93m/6-4) 2004: 2nd at U.S. Olympic Trials (1.95m/6-4.75); 13th in qualifying round at Olympic Games (1.85m/6-0.75); NCAA Outdoor champion (1.93m/6-4);NCAA Indoor champion (1.92m/6-3.50i); ACC Indoor champion (1.90m/6-2.75); ACC Outdoor champion (1.95m/6-4.75); 2nd in Munich (1.93m/6-4) 2003: 4th at USA Outdoors (1.89m/6-2.25); tied for second at NCAA Outdoors (1.86m/6-01.25);1st at ACC Outdoors; 3rd at Pan Am Juniors (1.81m/5-11.75) 2002: 1st at National Scholastics (1.87m/6-1.50);4th at USA Juniors (1.76m/5-09.25); All-America honors in the triple jump and 4x200m relay 2001: 1st at National Scholastics (1.84m/6-0.50); California state champion in the high jump; All-America honors in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400m relays USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: limited competition due to maternity 2010: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.98m/6-6.0 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests – High Jump, 2.05m/6-8.75(No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.89m/6-2.25 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 30 in the world); Outdoor bests – High Jump, 1.98m/6-6 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.89m/6-2.25 (No. 4 in the USA, No. in the world 49); Outdoor bests – High Jump, 1.99m/6-6.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2007: did not compete (maternity) 2006: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.95m/6-4.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); Outdoor bests – High Jump, best of 2.01m/6-07. (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.92m/6-3.50 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); Outdoor bests – High Jump, best of 2.00m/6-6.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.92m/6-3.50 (No.2 in the USA, No. 29 in the world); Outdoor bests – High Jump, 1.98/6-6 (No.3 in the USA, No. 11 in the world)

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2003: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.85/6-0.75 (No. 7 in the USA); Outdoor bests – High Jump, 1.89m/6-2.25. (No. 6 in the USA) 2002: Indoor bests – High Jump, 1.78m/5-10; Outdoor bests – High Jump, 1.87m/6-1.50. (No.4 in the USA) 2001: Outdoor bests – High Jump, 1.84m/6-0.50. (No. 9 in the USA)



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TIANNA MADISON Event: Long Jump, sprints Height: 5-6 Weight: 128 PR: 60m: 7.02; long jump: 6.89m/22-7.25 (2005) Born: August 30, 1985 in Elyria, Ohio Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif. High School: Elyria (Ohio) HS '03 College: Tennessee '07 Coach: Bobby Kersee Agent: John Nubani Club: Nike Career Highlights: 2012 USA Indoor champion; 2006 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2005 World Outdoor champion; 2006 World Indoor silver medalist; 2005 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor champion; 2004 USA Junior champion USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor 60m champion (7.02) 2006 USA Outdoor long jump runner-up (6.77m/22-2.5) 2004 USA Junior champion (6.60m/21-8) International Championships 2005 World Outdoor long jump gold medalist (6.89m/22-7.25) Collegiate Championships 2005 NCAA Indoor (6.78m/22-3) and Outdoor (6.66m/21-10.25) champion About Tianna A former World Outdoor champion in the long jump, Tianna Madison showed her sprint speed in 2012 by running the fastest 60m time in the world heading into the World Indoor Championships and be in the mix for the indoor Visa Championships Series. A traditional long jumper, Madison has also won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships.

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BRENDA MARTINEZ Events: 1500m PR: 4:09.52 (2009) Born: Sept. 8, 1987 Current Residence: Alamosa, Co. High School: Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) HS College: California-Riverside Agent: Kimberly Holland Coach: Carlos Handler Career Highlights: 2012 USA Indoor runner-up; 2009 NCAA Outdoor runner-up; three-time NCAA All-American USA Championships

2012 USA Indoor runner-up (4:15.11) Collegiate Championships 2009 NCAA Outdoor 1,500m runner-up Awards and Honors Three-time NCAA All-American About Brenda Brenda Martinez battled with 2011 World Outdoor gold medalist Jenny Simpson in the 1,500m at 2012 USA Indoor Championships to the wire before finishing less than one-second behind. Martinez also claimed a win in the mile at the U.S. Open at Madison Square Garden earlier in 2012.



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MANTEO MITCHELL Events: 4x400m relay PR: 45.95 Born: July 6, 1987 Current Residence: Cullowhee, N.C. High School: Crest HS (N.C.) College: Western Carolina Agent: Helena Van der Plaetsen

Career Highlights: School record holder while at Western Carolina University

USA Championships 5th at 2012 USA Indoor Championships (46.17) Awards and Honors Set four school records at WCU in the 200m 400m and 4x100m, 4x400m

About Manteo Mitchell became only the second track and field athlete from his alma matter of Western Carolina to compete professionally post-collegiately. While he continue to make history for the Catamounts, he also works as a graduate assistant coach for the sprints and hurdles while attending graduate school.

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ERICA MOORE

Events: 800m PR: 2:00.17 Born: March 25, 1988 Current Residence: Knoxville, Tenn. High School: Sullivan HS (Ind.) College: Indiana State University Agent: Winston Riley Coach: JJ Clark

Career Highlights: NACAC U23 200m champion

USA Championships 2012 USA Indoors 400m 4th place (52.10) International Championships

2008 NACAC U23 200m champion (22.92) 4th at 2011 Pan Am Games 4x400m relay (3:33.42) Awards and Honors Many time all-American in the 800m, 400m hurdles and heptathlon Best NCAA Championships finish of ninth place in 800m (2010 – 2:06.09; 2009 – 2:07.73) About Erica Moore originally competed as a hurdler and then moved onto the heptathlon before she discovered her talent for the 800m. After she graduated from Indiana State where she was a 3-time Missouri Valley Conference 400m hurdle champion and won back-to-back league heptathlon championships, she moved to Knoxville, Tenn. to pursue a graduate degree in environment and soil science. Once on campus she walked into famed 800m coach JJ Clark’s office and left her name and then PR of 2:04. Clark called her back and she has since been training in Knoxville with Clark and training partner Phoebe Wright.



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INIKA MCPHERSON Event: High Jump Height: 5-5 Weight: 115 PR: 1.93m/6-4 Born: September 29, 1986 Current Residence: Oakland, CA High School: Memorial High School (Port Arthur, Texas) ‘05 College: University of California ‘09 Career Highlights: 2012 USA Indoor Championships runner-up; 3rd at 2011 USA Outdoors USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor Championships runner-up (1.87m/6-1.5) Third at 2011 USA Outdoors (1.86m/6-1.25) About Inika McPherson qualified for her first World Championships team after a third-place finish at the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships. During her senior year at University of California, Berkeley, she claimed her best finish at an NCAA meet with a fourth-place finish at the indoor championships and topped the PAC-10 Outdoor Championship as well. In 2007, McPherson finished fourth at USA Outdoors, barely missing the World Outdoor team. McPherson was a 1.88m/6-2 jumper before enrolling at Cal. In 2005, she was the NSIC Indoor champion and in 2004, she finished second at USA Junior Outdoors and competed for Team USA at World Juniors. Other Results 2011: 3rd at USA Outdoors (1.86m/6-1.25). 2009: 4th at NCAA Indoors (1.83m/6-0); PAC-10 Outdoor champion (1.81m/5-11.25). 2007: NCAA West Regional runner-up (1.84m/6-0.5); 4th at USA Outdoors (1.83m/6-0). 2005: NSIC Indoor high school champion (1.81m/5-11.25). 2004: USA Junior Outdoors runner-up (1.82m/5-11.5). USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2012: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.87m/6-1.5 (No. 5 in the USA) 2011: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.95m/6-4 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 28 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0 2008: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.78m/5-10 2007: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.84m/6-0.5 2006: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.80m/5-10.75; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.78m/5-10 2005: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.81m/5-11.25; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.88m/6-2 2004: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0 2003: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.72m/5-7.75 2002: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0

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ARIES MERRITT Event: 110m hurdles Height: 6-1 Weight: 158 PR: 13.09 (2007) Born: July 24, 1985 Current Residence: Knoxville, Tenn. High School: Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) HS '03 College: Tennessee '07 Coach: Vince Anderson Agent: Mark Wetmore Club: Reebok Career Highlights: 2011 USA Outdoors runner-up; 2004 World Junior 110m hurdles champion; 2006 NCAA champion; Seven-time NCAA All-American; Three-time SEC champion USA Championships 2011 USA Outdoors runner-up (13.12) Third at 2009 USA Outdoors (13.15) International Championships 2004 World Junior 110m hurdles champion Collegiate Championships 2006 NCAA champion (13.21) Awards and Honors Seven-time NCAA All-American About Aries After an outstanding career at the University of Tennessee, the hurdler decided to forgo his senior season to pursue a professional career in track & field. Merritt left Tennessee with 14 total school, meet or facility records, including every high hurdles school record, in his possession. He finished the 2006 college season undefeated in every 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles and 110m hurdles race he finished, including prelims and finals, for a record of 18 wins in 18 complete races. In 2006, he broke the 24-year-old Univ. of Tennessee school record of Willie Gault and the SEC meet record (13.29) of two-time Olympic silver medalist Terrence Trammell. Merritt won the 110m hurdles at the 2006 NCAA championships in 13.21 seconds, breaking Greg Foster’s NCAA meet record of 13.22 in 1978 and lowering his own school record (13.22)—only National Track & Field Hall of Famer Renaldo Nehemiah from the University of Maryland has ever run faster at the collegiate level (13.00, May 6, 1979). While at Tennessee he won the Ed Murphey Award (for most outstanding performance) and Most Valuable Track Athlete Award in 2005. As a prep star in Georgia, Merritt was one of only eight hurdlers nationally named to USA Today's All-USA High School Team. During his senior year of high school, he went undefeated in the 110 hurdles. Merritt won the 2003 Georgia state 5A title in the 110m hurdles and took runner-up honors in the 300m



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hurdles. He also received Best Performance trophies at the 2003 5A Georgia state championships for running a 13.76 in the 110m hurdles and 36.71 in the 300m hurdles at the state meet. Results 2011: 2nd at USA Outdoors (13.12); 1st at Oslo (13.12); 3rd at Prefontaine (13.18). 2009: 3rd at USA Outdoors (13.15); 2nd in Ostrava (13.15); 2nd at Reebok GP (13.28). 2008: 4th at Olympic Trials (13.27); 5th in 110mH at adidas Track Cassic (13.54); 2nd in 110mH at Reebok Grand Prix (13.24). 2007: 6th at USA Outdoor (13.24); 1st at Stockholm (13.09PR); 8th at USA Indoors (7.72); 1st at Millrose Games (7.61); 5th in Reebok Grand Prix (13.2); 5th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (13.42). 2006: 1st at NCAA Outdoors (13.21); 6th at USA Outdoors (13.43); 5th at Lausanne (13.12); 1st at Stockholm (13.17). 2005: World Junior champion (13.56); 5th at NCAA Outdoors (13.56); 7th at USA Outdoors (13.39); 1st at SEC Champs (13.38); 5th at NCAA Indoors 60mH (7.77); 1st at NCAA Mideast Regional (13.64). 2004: 4th at NCAA Outdoors (13.47); runner-up at USA Junior Champs (13.84); 16th in prelims at NCAA Indoors (7.85); 5th at Mideast Regional 400mH (53.06). USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.46 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.12 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 5 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.66 (No. 15 in the USA, No. 35 in the world); Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.61 2009: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.68 (No. 13 in the USA, No. 31 in the world); Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.15 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.65 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 25 in the world); Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.24 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 10 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.61 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 16 in the world); Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.09 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 6 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.51 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.12 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 6 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.72 (No. 14 in the USA, No. 41 in the world); Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.38 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 21 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests – 60m hurdles, 7.85; Outdoor bests – 110m hurdles, 13.47 (No. 19 in the USA, No. 44 in the world)

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BARBARA PIERRE Events: 60m PR: 7.06 Born: April 28, 1986 Current Residence: Knightdale, N.C. High School: College: St. Augustine’s

Agent: Chris Layne Coach: George Williams Career Highlights: Two-time Pan Am Games silver medalist; Competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China; Five-time NCAA Div. II champion USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor Championships runner-up, 60m (7.06) International Championships 2011 Pan American Games silver medalist, 100m (11.25) 2011 Pan American Games silver medalist, 4x100m (43.10) Fifth at 2008 Olympic Games, 100m (11.56) Collegiate Championships 2010 NCAA Div. II Indoor Championships runner-up, 60m (7.28) 2010 NCAA Div. II Championships runner-up, 200m (23.23) Third at 2010 NCAA Div. II Indoor Championships, 200m (23.82) Third at 2010 NCAA Div. II Championships, 4x400m (3:40.25) 2010 NCAA Div. II Indoor Championships runner-up, 4x400m (3:41.50) 2009 NCAA Div. II Indoor champion, 60m (7.27) 2009 NCAA Div. II Championships runner-up, 100m (11.22) 2009 NCAA Div. II Championships runner-up, 200m (23.48) 2008 NCAA Div. II Indoor champion, 60m, (7.41) 2008 NCAA Div. II Indoor champion, 200m (24.37) 2007 NCAA Div. II Indoor champion, 60m (7.41) 2007 NCAA Div. II champion, 100m (11.30) About Barbara Barbara was born in Haiti and the pinnacle of her track career was competing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. As she competed in the 100m, Pierre placed fourth in her first round heat, which would mean elimination in most scenarios. Fortunately for her, her time of 11.52 was in the top ten fastest losing times, which led to a second round spot. In that spot, she couldn’t qualify for the semi finals with a time of 11.56 finishing in fifth. Pierre had an extraordinary career at St. Augustine’s where she was a regular in many sprinting events at the NCAA Div. II Championships.



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BRITTNEY REESE Event: Long Jump Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 PR: 7.19m/23-7.25 (2011) Born: Sept. 9, 1986 Current Residence: Gulfport, Miss. High School: Gulfport HS '04 College: Gulf Coast CC '06, Mississippi '08 Coach: Joe Walker Agent: Mark Pryor Club: Nike Career Highlights: Two-time World Outdoor Championships gold medalist; 2010 World Indoor Championships gold medalist; three-time USA Outdoor champion and two-time USA Indoor champion USA Championships Three-time USA Outdoor champion - 2009 (7.09m/23-3.25); 2010 (7.08m/23-2.75); 2011 (7.19m/23-7.25) Two-time USA Indoor champion - 2009 (6.71m/22-0.25); 2010 (6.89m/22-7.25) 2008 Olympic Trials champion (6.95m/22-9.75) 2007 USA Outdoor runner-up (6.71m/22-0.25) International Championships Two-time World Outdoor Championships gold medalist - 2009 (7.10m/23-3.50); 2011 (6.82m/22-4.50) 2010 World Indoor Championships gold medalist (6.70m/21-11.75) Collegiate Championships/Honors 2007 NCAA Outdoor champion (6.50m/21-4) 2007 SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Year About Brittney Just once since her elite career started has Brittney Reese not recorded the furthest long jump in the country for either indoor or outdoor competition (she was ranked No. 2 in the USA in 2011). Along with three World Indoor and Outdoor Championships gold medals, Reese has recorded the furthest jump in the world indoors in 2010 and outdoors both in 2009 and 2011. Also active in the community, during the 2011 Thanksgiving season, Reese purchased 100 turkeys to be given away to help the homeless surrounding her current residence of Gulfport, Miss. Only Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Marion Jones have jumped further in American history in the long jump. At Gulfport High School Reese was also Mississippi’s 2004 Gatorade Player of the Year for track. Results 2011: World Outdoor gold medalist (6.82m/22-4.5); USA Outdoor champion (7.19m/23-7.25); 2nd at USA Indoor Champs (6.86m/22-6.25); 1st at Rome (6.94/22-9.25); 3rd at adidas Grand Prix (6.35m/20-10); 2nd at Birmingham (6.67m/21-10.75); 1st at Monaco (6.82m/22-4.25).

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2010: USA Outdoor champion (7.08m/23-02.75w); World Indoor champion (6.70m/21-22.75); USA Indoor champion (6.89m/22-7.25); 1st at Lausanne (6.94m/22-9.25); 1st at Paris (6.79m/22-3.5); 1st at Spitzen (6.95m/22-9.75w) 2009: World champion (7.10m/23-3.5); USA Outdoor champion (7.09m/23-3.25w); USA Indoor champion (6.71m/22-0.25); 6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (6.60m/21-8); 1st at Belem (7.06m/23-2); 1st at World Athletic Final (7.08m/23-2.75) 2008: 5th at Olympic Games (6.76m/22-2.25); 2008 Olympic Trials champion (6.95m/22-9.75); NCAA Outdoor long jump champion (6.93m/22-9); 1st at Baton Rouge (6.93m/22-9); 1st at Auburn (6.84m/22-5.25); 1st at Alumni Gold (6.93m/22-9) 2007: USA Outdoors runner-up (6.71m/22-0.25w); 8th at World Outdoors (6.60m/21-8); NCAA Outdoor champion (6.50m/21-4); NCAA Mideast Regional champion (6.42m/21-0.75); SEC Outdoor champion (6.69m/21-11.75); 3rd at NCAA Indoors (6.41m/21-0.5); SEC Indoor champion (6.64m/21-9.5) 2006: Did not compete. 2005: Did not compete. U.S./World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests - long jump, 6.86m/22-6.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - long jump, 7.19m/23-7.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests - long jump, 6.89m/22-7.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - long jump, 6.94m/22-9.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests - long jump, 6.71m/22-0.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests - long jump, 7.10m/23-3.50 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests - long jump, 6.87m/22-6.50 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests - long jump, 6.95m/22-9.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests - long jump, 6.64m/21-9.50 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests - long jump, 6.83m/22-5.00 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world)



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GIL ROBERTS Event: 400m Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 PR: 44.86 (2009) Born: March 15, 1989 Current Residence: Lubbock, Texas High School: Millwood (Oklahoma City, Okla.) HS ‘07 College: Texas Tech ‘11 Coach: Dion Miller Career Highlights: Runner-up at USA Outdoor Champs; 2009 Big 12 Conference Outdoor 400m champ; runner-up at 2009 NCAA Indoor Champs USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor champion (45.39) 2009 USA Outdoor runner-up (44.93) International Championships Member of Team USA for 2009 World Outdoor Championships Collegiate Championships 2009 Big 12 Conference champion 2009 NCAA Indoor runner-up Awards and Honors Texas Tech 400m record holder About Gil At still a very young age, Gil Roberts makes his second World Championships team. As just a sophomore at Texas Tech, Roberts made a trip to Berlin, Germany, as a part of Team USA for the World Outdoor Championships in the 400m.

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SANYA RICHARDS-ROSS Event: 400m Height: 5-8 Weight: 136 PR: 400m - 48.70AR (2006); 100m - 10.97 (2007); 200m - 22.17 (2006) Born: February 26, 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica Current Residence: Austin, Texas High School: St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) HS '02 College: University of Texas '06 Coach: Clyde Hart Agent: Sharon Richards Club: Nike Website: www.sanyarichards.net Career Highlights: American record holder; two-time Olympic gold medalist; five-time World Outdoor gold medalist; 2008 Olympic 400m bronze medalist USA Championships Four-time USA Outdoor 400m champion - 2003 (51.01); 2005 (49.28); 2006 (49.27); 2009 (50.05) 2008 Olympic Trials 400m champion (49.89) 2004 Olympic Trials 400m runner-up (49.89) 2002 USA Junior 400m champion (50.69) International Championships 2009 World Outdoor champion (49.00) Two-time Olympic 4x400m gold medalist - 2004 (3:19.01); 2008 (3:18.54) 2008 Olympic 400m bronze medalist (49.93) Four-time World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist - 2003 (3:22.63); 2007 (3:18.55); 2009 (3:17.83); 2011 (3:18.09) 2006 World Cup 200m (22.23) and 400m (48.70) champion 2005 World Outdoor silver medalist (49.74) 2002 World Junior 400m silver medalist (51.49) and 200m bronze medalist (23.09) Collegiate Championships 2003 NCAA 400m champion (50.58) 2003 NCAA Indoor 200m (22.90) and 400m (51.87) runner-up Awards and honors Two-time IAAF World Athlete of the Year (2006, 2009) Two-time Jesse Owens Award winner (2006, 2009) 2005 Visa champion and Humanitarian Athlete of the Year NCAA Indoor 400m record holder (50.82) 2003 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year

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Two-time Florida High School Female Athlete of the Year 2002 Gatorade National High School Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year USA Junior (50.58) and high school 400m record holder (50.69) About Sanya In 2009 she ran the four fastest times in the world and won a share of the $1,000,000 Golden League jackpot, going undefeated in the six Golden League meetings. She didn't lose a race in the 400m between the 2005 World Outdoor Championships and the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships. It was a stretch that included breaking 50 seconds nine different times and setting a new American record at 48.70, which also ranked No. 7 on the all-time world list. At just 18 years of age, Richards-Ross won 400m titles both at NCAA Outdoors and USA Outdoors along with running a leg on the World Championships gold medal 4x400m all in 2003. Richards-Ross held the top 400m time in the USA each season from 2005 through 2009 and held the top time in the world in four of those five seasons. She married New York Giants cornerback Aaron Ross on February 26, 2010. Results 2011: World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (3:18.09); 1st at London 400m (49.66); 2nd at Lausanne 400m (50.61); 3rd at Ostrava 400m (50.99) 2010: 4th in semifinal at USA Outdoors 400m (51.82); did not compete rest of season. 2009: World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (3:17.83); World Outdoor champion (49.00); USA Outdoor Champion (50.05); 2nd in 200m at adidas Track Classic (23.03); 1st at Nike Prefonatine Classic 400m (49.86); 1st at Berlin 400m (49.57); 1st at Oslo 400m (49.23, 22.29); 1st at Rome 400m (49.46); 1st at Paris 400m (49.34); 1st at Zurich 400m (48.94); 1st at Brussels 400m (48.83); 1st at World Athletic Final in 400m and 2nd in 200m 2008: Olympic 4x400m gold medalist (3:18.54) and 400m bronze medalist (49.93); Olympic Trials 400m champion (49.89); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic 400m (50.10); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix 400m (50.04); 6th at adidas Track Classic 100m (11.26); 1st at Michael Johnson Invite 400m (50.47); 1st at UTA Invitational (22.56) 2007: World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (3:18.55); 5th in 200m at World Outdoors (22.70); 2nd in 200m (22.43) and 4th in 400m (50.68) at USA Outdoors; 1st in 400m at Nike Prefontaine Classic 400m (50.74); 1st at Oslo (50.26); 1st at Paris (49.52); 1st at Rome (49.77); 2nd in 200m at Sheffield (22.44); 1st at London (49.79); 2nd in 100m (11.05) 400m (49.72) at Stockholm 2006: USA Outdoor Champion (49.27); 1st in 400m (49.25) and 2nd in 200m (22.17) at World Athletics Final; 1st in 200m (22.42) at adidas Track Classic; 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic 400m (50.89); 1st at Kingston 400m (49.89); 1st in the 200m (22.25) at the Norwich Union GP; 1st at the Oslo 400m (49.82); 1st at Paris 400m (49.73); 1st at Rome 400m (49.31); 2nd in 200m (22.35) at Stockholm; 1st at London 400m (49.05) 2005: World Outdoor silver medalist (49.74); USA Outdoor Champion (49.28); 1st in Zurich (48.92); 1st at Lausanne 400m (49.95); 1st at Rome 400m (49.82); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic 400m (49.98); 1st at adidas Track Classic 400m (50.00) 2004: Olympic 4x400m gold medalist (3:19.01); Olympic Trials 400m runner-up (49.89); 6th at Olympic Games 400m (50.19); NCAA Indoor 200m runner-up (22.49i); 3rd in 400m at NCAA outdoors (50.68); 4th at Zurich 400m (50.91); 1st in 100m (11.32) and 200m (22.73) at Big 12 Championships; 1st in 400m (50.66) at the NCAA Midwest championship; 1st in 60m (7.21i) 1st in 400m (51.45i) at Tyson Foods Invitational 2003: World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (3:22.63); USA Outdoor Champion (51.01); 1st at NCAA

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Indoors 4x400m relay (3:27.66), second in 200m (22.90) and 400m (51.87); NCAA 400m champion (50.58); Big 12 Indoor 60m (7.32) and 200m (23.04) champion; 1st in Sacramento 400m (50.58); 4th in heat two of World Outdoor Championships semifinal (51.32) 2002: World Junior 400m silver medalist (51.49) and 200m bronze medalist (23.09); USA Junior champion (50.69); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine 400m (51.16); 1st at Raleigh 200m (23.03); 1st at 100m at Raleigh (11.39) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.63 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 20 in the world); 400m, 49.66 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world) 2010: Outdoor bests - 200m, 51.82 2009: Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.29 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); 400m, 48.83 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2008: Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.40 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); 400m, 49.74 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world) 2007: Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.31 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); 400m, 49.27 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests - 400m, 51.28 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.17 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); 400m, 48.70AR (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2005: Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.53 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); 400m, 48.92 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests - 200m, 22.49 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); 400m, 50.82 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.73 (No. 13 in the USA, No. 29 in the world); 400m, 49.89 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2003: Indoor bests - 200m, 22.80 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); 400m, 51.87 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.86 (No. 11 in the USA, No. 32 in the world)



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SCOTT ROTH Events: Pole Vault PR: 5.72m/18-9.25 Born: June 25, 1988 Current Residence: Seattle, Wash. High School: Granite Bay (Wash.) HS College: Washington ‘11 Agent: Chris Layne Coach: Pat Licari Career Highlights: Three-time NCAA champion; 2006 USA Junior champion; 2012 USA Indoor runner-up; six-time NCAA Division I All-American USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor runner-up (5.60m/18-4.25) 2006 USA Junior champion (5.20m/17-0.75) International Championships 2006 World Junior silver medalist Collegiate Championships Two-time NCAA Indoor champion – 2010 (5.59m/18-4.25); 2011 (5.49m/18-0.5) 2011 NCAA Outdoor champion (5.39m/17-8.5) 2009 NCAA Outdoor runner-up (5.54m/18-2.5) Awards and Honors Six-time NCAA Division I All-American About Scott Still at a young age, Scott Roth burst onto the international team as a member of Team USA for the World Indoor Championships. Prior to attending Washington Scott was a phenom at the junior level in the pole vault winning everything from the Nike Indoor Nationals to tying a meet record at the World Junior Championships. Roth earned a 4.18 GPA while in high school.

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GALEN RUPP Events: Distance Height: 5-11 Weight: 138 PRs: 800m - 1:49.87i (2009); 1,500m - 3:39.14 (2009); Mile - 3:57.72 (2010); 3,000m - 7:42.40i (2010); 5,000m - 13:07:35 (2010); 10,000m – 26:48.00AR (2011) Born: May 8, 1986, Portland, Ore. Current Residence: Portland, Ore. High School: Central Catholic (Portland) HS '04 College: Oregon '09 Agent: Michael Johnson Coach: Alberto Salazar Club: Nike Career Highlights: American outdoor 10,000m record holder; Three-time USA 10,000m champion (’09,’10, '11);2009 NCAA Outdoor 5,000m and 10,000m champion; 2009 NCAA Indoor 3,000m, 5,000m and DMW champion; 2008 Olympic Trials 10,000m runner-up; U.S. Indoor 5,000m record holder; U.S. collegiate 3,000m record holder; 5th at 2010 World Indoor Champs; 2007 USA Outdoor 10,000m runner-up; 2005 USA Junior XC champion; U.S. Junior 3,000m, 5,000m & 10,000m record holder; 2007 NCAA 10,000m runner-up; 2008 NCAA Cross Country Champion USA Championships Three-time USA Outdoors 10,000m champion - 2009 (27:52.53); 2010 (28:59.29); 2011 (28:38.17) 2011 USA Indoor 3,000m runner-up (7:59.91) 2008 Olympic Trials 10,000m runner-up (27:43.11) 2007 USA Outdoors 10,000m runner-up (28:23.21) International Championships Three-time member of Team USA for World Outdoor Championships ('07, '09, '11) Member of Team USA for 2008 Olympic Games 5th in 3,000m World Indoor Championships (7:42.40) Collegiate Championships 10,000m American record holder (26:48.0) 2009 NCAA Outdoor 5,000m (14:04.12) and 10,000m (28:21.45) 2009 NCAA Indoor 3,000m (7:48.94) and 5,000m champion (13:41.45) 2008 NCAA cross country champion (29:03) 2007 NCAA 10,000m runner-up (28:56.19) Awards and Honors 10,000m American record holder (26:48.0) NCAA Collegiate indoor 3,000m (7:44.69) and 5,000m (13:18.12) record holder USA Junior 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m record holder 2004 National High School Athlete of the Year



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Two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American About Galen Rupp created a buzz surrounding the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene when he chose to wear a special mask during the 5,000m and 10,000m final to help fight his Oregon summer allergies. He owns the American record in the 10,000m and also set the indoor 5,000m record in 2009 at 13:18.12 only to have Bernard Lagat run a bit faster at 13:11.50 in 2010. At the University of Oregon, he joined up with teammates Matthew Centrowitz, Andrew Wheating and Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott to set the outdoor collegiate 4x1-mile relay record of 16:03.24. Also as a Duck, he became the first person in NCAA history to win the 3,000m, 5,000m and the distance medley relay at the same championships. In just 2007 alone he was a seven-time NCAA All-American (twice outdoors, four times indoors and once in cross country). Rupp placed 13th at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 10,000m and was the fastest non-African in the race. Results 2011: 3rd at USA Outdoors in 5,000m (13:25.52)... 2nd at Birmingham in 5,000m (13:06.86)USA Indoor 3,000m runner-up (7:59.91)...2nd at Indoor Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix 5,000m (13:11.44AR) 2010: USA Outdoor 10,000m champion (28:59.29)...USA Indoor 3,000m runner-up (8:13.49)...5th at World Indoors (7:42.40PR)… 4th at Boston Indoor Games (13:14.21)… 12th at Zurich (13:07.35)...4th at Jordan Cardinal Invite (27:10.74)...4th at Jordan (27:10.24) 2009: 1st at USA Outdoors 10,000 (27:52.53)...8th at World Outdoors (27:37.99)...NCAA Outdoor 5,000m (14:04.12) and 10,000m (28:21.45) champion…1st at NCAA Indoor 3,000m (7:48.94), 5,000m (13:41.45) and anchor on DMR (9:29.59). Set AR in 5,000m indoors at Tyson Invitational (13:18.12AR) 2008: 13th at Olympic Games (27:36.99)…2nd at Olympic Trials in 10,000m (27:43.11) and 5,000m finalist (DNS)…NCAA Cross Country champion (29.03)…1st in 3,000m at adidas Track Classic (7:51.17) 2007: USA Outdoors 10,000m runner-up (28:23.21)…NCAA 10,000m runner-up (28:56.19)… 11th at World Outdoors (28:41.71)...PAC-10 5,000m champion (14:02.00) and 10,000m champion (29:07.84)…1st in 5,000m at Oregon Invitational (13:30.49PR)…1st in 10,000m at Cardinal Invitational (27:33.48) 2006: Pac-10 XC Champ (23:03)…6th at NCAA XC Champs (31:03)…4th at NCAA West Regional XC (30:15)…2nd at Pac-10 Champs 10,000m (30:42.10)…3rd at Pac-10 Champs 5,000m (14:00.94)…20th at NCAA Champs prelims (14:14.02)…7th at Lignano (7:56.3) 2005: Runner-up at USA Junior Champs 1,500m (3:47.47)…USA Junior Cross Country champ (25:13)…4th at Junior Pan Ams (3:50.96)…10th at Cuxhaven, Germany (3:44.39PR)…4th in 3,000m at Lignano, Italy (7:44.39AJR)…4th at Pac-10 Champs (13:57.43)…1st at Oregon Twilight 10,000m (28:15.52AJR) 2004: Oregon state cross country champ (14:55)…5:18.5 2,000m National HS record…10,000m 29:09.56…state record in 1,500m (3:45.3) and mile (4:01.8) 2003: Oregon state cross country champ (14.56) 2002: 6th at Oregon state cross country champs (15.46) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests - 3000m, 7:59.91 (No. 13 in the USA); 5000m, 13:11.44 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 5000m, 13:06.86 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 24 in the world); 10000m, 26:48.00AR (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests - 3000m, 7:42.40 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); 5000m, 13:14.21 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests - 5000m, 13:07.35 (No. 3 in the USA); 10000m, 27:10.74

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(No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests - 3000m, 7:44.69 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 16 in the world); 5000m, 13:18.12 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 5000m, 13:18.12 (No. 5 in the USA); 10000m, 27:37.99 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 23 in the world) 2008: Outdoor bests - 3000m, 7:51.17 (No. 10 in the USA); 10000m, 27:36.99 (No. 2 in the USA) 2007: Indoor bests - 3000m, 13:38.62 (No. 3 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 5000m, 13:30.49 (No. 15 in the USA); 10000m, 27:33.48 (No. 2 in the USA) 2006: Indoor bests - 5000m, 13:56.41 (No. 7 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 5000m, 13:47.04 (No. 32 in the USA) 2005: Indoor bests - 5000m, 14:08.40 (No. 18 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 3000m, 7:49.16 (No. 8 in the USA)



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MICHAEL RUTT Events: 800m PR: 1:46.47 Born: October 28, 1987 Current Residence: High School: Wilson HS (West Lawn, Pa.) College: University of Connecticut Coach: Frank Gagliano

Career Highlights: 2012 USA Indoor runner-up; 2011 NCAA Indoor runner-up USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor runner-up (1:49.90) 2009 USA Outdoor 800m 6th place (1:47.57) Collegiate Championships 2011 NCAA Indoors runner-up (1:48.37) 2011 Indoor Big East Conference Champion (1:47.41) 2009 Indoor Big East Conference Champion (1:49.17) 2008 Outdoor Big East Conference Champion (1:48.08) Awards and Honors 2009 Big East Indoor Track performer of the Year About Michael Rutt was consistently a top performer for UConn racking up multiple conference titles and honors as well as advancing to the NCAAA and USA Track & Field Championships multiple times. Rutt will wear the USA jersey for the first time in Istanbul after he claimed the second spot in a close finish at USA Indoors, where Rutt claimed the runner-up spot over Mark Eieczork by sixth tenths of a second. Since college, Rutt has been training with the NY NJ Track Club under the tutelage of Frank Gagliano.

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MARY SAXER Event: Pole Vault Height: 5-6 PR: 4.62m/15-1.75 Born: June 21, 1987 Current Residence: South Bend, Ind. High School: Lancaster (N.Y.) High School College: Notre Dame ‘09 Coach: Danny Wilkerson USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor runner-up (4.62m/15-1.75) 3rd at 2010 USA Outdoors (4.50m/14-9) Collegiate Championships 3rd at 2009 NCAA Outdoors Awards and Honors Two-time NCAA Division I All-American Notre Dame school record holder About Mary Mary Saxer used a personal best in the pole vault to grab a second place finish at USA Indoors and a spot on Team USA for the World Indoor Championships. While attending a long jump camp she was approached by Rick Suhr and he suggested she try pole vaulting. She eventually ended up the Notre Dame school record holder. She was a four-time state long jump champion in high school. She began the 2012 year with a top-20 world ranking in the pole vault.



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CALVIN SMITH Event: 400m Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 PR: 44.81 (2010) Born: December 10, 1987 Current Residence: Gainesville, Fla. High School: Freedom HS (Lutz, Fla.) HS ‘06 College: Florida ‘10 Coach: Mike Holloway Agent: Tony Campbell Career Highlights: 2006 World Junior Championships 4x100m relay gold medalist; 2007 NACAC 400m champion USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor runner-up (45.96) International Championships 2006 World Junior Championships 4x100m gold medalist 2007 NACAC 400m champion About Calvin Calvin Smith heads into the World Indoor Championships after a second place finish at the USA Indoor Championships. Smith was a part of the Olympic team in the 4x400m in 2008. In 2010 Smith recorded a personal best in breaking the 45-second barrier with a time of 44.81.

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AMANDA SMOCK Event: Triple Jump Height: 5-7 Weight: 131 PR: 14.18m/46-6.25 (2011) Born: July 27, 1982 Current Residence: Minneapolis, Minn. High School: Melrose High School (Melrose, Minn.) College: North Dakota State ‘04 Coach: Michael Eskind Agent: Self Career Highlights: 2011 USA Outdoors champion; 2011 USA Indoors runner-up USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor champion (13.77m/45-2.25) 2011 USA Outdoor champion (14.07m/46-2) 2011 USA Indoor runner-up (13.63m/44-8.75) International Championships Member of Team USA for 2011 World Outdoor Championships Collegiate Championships Three-time NCAA Division II champion About Amanda Amanda Smock had consistently been in the mix to qualify for Team USA for both Olympic and World Championship competition for the past seven track and field seasons; finishing in the top six at the USA Outdoor Championships each season. Smock recorded six of the top eight jumps in winning the 2011 Outdoor title. However, she still stood increments short of the B standard for the World Championships and began pursuing the mark that would get her on Team USA for the 2011 World Championships. It came days before Team USA was announced at the World Championships Pre-Meet held at the Olympic Training Center when she recorded a new personal best of 14.17m/46-6.25. She has placed in the top six at USA Indoor and Outdoor competition , including the 2008 Olympic Trials, a total of 10 times. Married to former college teammate Greg Smock. 2012: USA Indoor champion (13.77m/45-2.25) 2011: USA Outdoors champion (14.07m/46-2); 2nd at USA Indoors (13.63m/44-8.75); 1st at World Championship Pre-Meet (14.18m/46-6.25) 2010: 4th at USA Outdoors (13.60m/44-7.50); 5th at USA Indoors (13.36m/43-10). 2009: 6th at USA Outdoors (13.64m/44-9) 2008: 5th at Olympic Trials (13.84m/45-5); 3rd at USA Indoors (13.51m/44-4). 2007: 5th at USA Indoors (12.87m/42-2.75); 15th at USA Outdoors (13.09m/42-11.5).



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2006: 6th at USA Indoors (12.79m/41-11.5); 15th at USA Outdoors (12.31m/40-4.75). 2005: 6th at USA Indoors (12.76m/41-10.5) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – triple jump, 13.56m/44-6 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – triple jump, 14.18m/46-6.25 (No. 1 in the USA) 2010: Indoor bests – triple jump, 13.68m/44-10.75 (No. 4 in the USA); Outdoor bests – triple jump,13.60m/44-7.5 (No. 6 in the USA) 2009: Outdoor bests – triple jump, 13.55m/44-5.5 (No. 8 in the USA) 2008: Indoor bests – triple jump, 13.51m/44-4 (No. 6 in the USA); Outdoor bests – triple jump, 13.84m/45-5 (No. 6 in the USA) 2007: Indoor bests – triple jump, 12.87m/42-2.75 (No. 24 in the USA); Outdoor bests – triple jump, 13.57m/44-6.25 (No. 6 in the USA) 2006: Indoor bests – triple jump, 12.85m/42-2 2005: Indoor bests – triple jump, 12.94m/42-5.5 (No. 23 in the USA); Outdoor bests – triple jump, 13.07m/42-10.75 (No. 24 in the USA) 2004: Indoor bests – triple jump, 12.91m/42-4.25 2003: Outdoor bests – triple jump, 12.93m/42-5.25

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JENN SUHR Event: Pole Vault Height: 6-0 Weight: 141 PR: 4.92m/16-01.75AR (2008) Born: Feb. 5, 1982 in Fredonia, N.Y. Current Residence: Churchville, N.Y. High School: Fredonia (NY) HS College: Roberts Wesleyan '05 Coach: Rick Suhr Agent: Mark Wetmore Club: adidas Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Games silver medalist; 2008 World Indoor silver medalist; 2008 Olympic Trials champion; Four-time USA Outdoor champion (’06-‘10); Six-time USA Indoor champion (’05, ’07-‘09, '11); 2005 NAIA Indoor champion; American record holder indoors and outdoors USA Championships 2008 Olympic Trials champion (4.80m/15-9) Four-time USA Outdoor champion – 2006 (4.55m/14-11.00); 2007 (4.45m/14-7.25); 2009 (4.65m/15-3); 2010 (4.89m/16-00.5) Six-time USA Indoor champion – 2005 (4.35m/14-3.25); 2007 (4.60m/15-1); 2008 (4.70m/15-05); 2009 (4.83m/15-10); 2011 (4.86m/15-11.25); 2012 (4.67m/15-3.75) International Championships 2008 Olympic Games silver medalist (4.80m/15-9) 2008 World Indoor silver medalist (4.75m/15-7) Collegiate Championships 2005 NAIA Indoor champion (4.00m/13-1.5) Awards and Honors American Indoor (4.88m/16-0) and Outdoor (4.92m/16-1.75) record holder About Jenn Suhr has become the face of the second-era of women’s pole vaulting in the U.S. After Stacy Dragila paved the way in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, Suhr has become the dominant force in U.S. vaulting since 2006. Suhr has set an American record in the pole vault more than a half-dozen six times and owns the current marks both indoors and outdoors. In 2011 she was diagnosed with Celiac disease, which accounted for her constant fatigue and cramps; however, by altering her diet she was able to return to her form and ended the season ranked #1 in the world by Track & Field News. She was a standout basketball player for Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y., before taking up the pole vault in 2004. Suhr averaged 24.3 points and 6.7 rebounds a game for Roberts Wesleyan in 2003-04, taking her team to the NAIA championship game. She graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,819 points and the school record-holder in the 100mH, javelin, high jump and 400mH. She only took up



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vaulting during her junior year and went on to win the 2005 NAIA indoor national title in the pole vault her senior year. It made her 2005 USA Indoor championship all the more impressive. She also won the state pentathlon title as a senior at Fredonia High School. During college, she transferred from Roberts to Buffalo briefly, before returning to Roberts to complete her degree. Married coach Rich Suhr on January 3, 2010. Results 2011: Season best of 4.91/16-1.25 in Rochester; USA Outdoors runner-up (4.60m/15-1); USA Indoors champion (4.86m/15-11.25); Millrose Games (4.64m/15-2.75); 2nd New Balance Grand Prix (4.61m/15-1.5) 2010: USA Outdoor champion (4.89m/16-00.5); 2nd at NY Grand Prix (4.50m/14-9)…ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN…ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 4.89m/16-0.5. 2009: USA Outdoor champion (4.65m/15-3); did not compete at World Outdoors (injury); 1st at adidas Track Classic (4.76m/15-7.25); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (4.81m/15-9.25); USA Indoor champion (4.83m/15-10); 1st at Reebok BIG (4.82m/15-9.75); 1st at Millrose Games (4.71m/15-5.5); 1st at Tyson Invitational (4.63m/15-5.25)...ranked #8 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 4.81m/15-9.25. 2008: Olympic Games silver medalist (4.80m/15-9); Olympic Trials champion (4.92m/16-01.75AR); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (4.80m/15-9); 1st at adidas Track Classic (4.90m/16-0.75); World Indoor Champs silver medalist (4.75m/15-7); USA Indoor champ (4.70m/15-05)...ranked #2 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 4.92m/16-1.75. 2007: USA Outdoor champion (4.45m/14-7.25); 10th at World Outdoors (4.50m/14-9); USA Indoor champion (4.60m/15-1); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (4.88m/16-0); 1st at adidas Track Classic (4.84m/15-10.5); 1st at Brockport (4.73m/15-6.25); 1st at Tyson Invitational (4.72m/15-5.75); 1st at Pole Vault Summit (4.70m/15-5i); 2nd at Millrose Games (4.53m/14-10.25); 3rd at London (4.70m/15-5); 1st at Jockgrim (4.55m/14-11)...ranked #8 in the world (#1 U.S.) byT&FN...best of 4.88m/16-0. 2006: USA Outdoor champion (4.55m/14-11.00); 3rd at USA Indoors (4.50m/14-9); 3rd at World Athletics Final (4.60m/15-1); 1st at Eastern Michigan Open (4.68/15-4.25i); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (4.54m/14-10.75); 3rd at DN Galan (4.52m/14-10); 3rd at London Grand Prix (4.65m/15-3)…ranked #6 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN…best of 4.68m/15-4.25. 2005: USA Indoor champion (4.35m/14-3.25); 1st at Rochester Holiday Indoor Classic (4.58/15-0.25); 1st at RWB Open (4.45m/14-7.25); 1st at York Christmas Open (4.41m/14-5.5); NAIA Indoor champion (4.00m/13-1.5) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – pole vault, 4.86m/15-11.25 (No.1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 4.91m/16-1.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2010: Outdoor bests – pole vault, 4.89m/16-0.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests – pole vault, 4.83m/15-10 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 4.81m/15-9.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests – pole vault, 4.75m/15-7 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 4.92m/16-1.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests – pole vault, 4.72m/15-5.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 4.88m/16-0 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – pole vault, 4.68m/15-4.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 4.66m/15-3.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world)

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CHRISTIAN TAYLOR Event: Long and triple jump Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 PR: LJ – 8.19m/26-10.5 (2011); TJ – 17.68m/58-0.25 (2011) Born: June 18, 1990 Current Residence: Daytona Beach, Fla. High School: Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.) College: University of Florida ‘12 Coach: Rana Reider Agent: Paul Doyle Club: Li-Ning Career Highlights: 2011 USA Outdoor champion; 2010 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2011 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist; Two-time NCAA Indoor champion; 2010 NCAA Outdoor champion USA Championships 2011 USA Outdoor champion (17.49m/57-4.75) 2010 USA Outdoor runner-up (16.76m/55-0.00) International Championships 2011 World Outdoor Championship gold medalist (17.96m/58-11.25) Collegiate Championships/Honors Two-time NCAA Indoor champion - 2009 (16.98m/55-8.50); 2010 (17.18m/56-4.50) 2010 NCAA Outdoor champion (17.09m/56-1) About Christian In three years competing for the University of Florida, Christian Taylor is already a 10-time NCAA All-American. The highlight of his already brilliant career was winning the triple jump at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (17.49m/57-4.75), hitting the A standard for the 2011 IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea. He also placed fourth in the long jump at 2011 USA Outdoors (8.07m/26-5.75). Both jumps were personal bests for the Florida Gator. Within the 10 All-American honors includes three NCAA Championships (2010 outdoor triple jump; 2009 and 2010 indoor triple jump). Taylor has also won a total of eight SEC championships in the long jump, triple jump and 4x400m relay. His high school career was just as impressive. Competing for Sandy Creek High School, Taylor is the Georgia state record holder in the long jump (25-6), triple jump (52-0) and 400m (47.19). He was also selected the 2008 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for the state of Georgia. Taylor chose to forgo his last year of collegiate eligibility and sign with Li-Ning, a Chinese athletic company. Results 2011: 4th in long jump at USA Outdoors (8.07m/26-5.75); SEC Indoor triple jump champion (17.36m/56-11.50). 2010: 12th in long jump at USA Outdoors (7.63m/25-0.50); 1st in triple jump at NCAA Outdoors



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(17.09m/56-1w) and NCAA Indoors (16.83m/55-2.75); SEC Indoor (16.83m/55-2.75) and Outdoor triple jump champion (16.68m/54-8.75); SEC Outdoors long jump runner-up (8.19m/26-10.50); NACAC U-23 champion in the long jump and triple jump. 2009: SEC indoor champion in the long jump (7.71m/25-3.50) and triple jump (16.11m/52-10.25); NCAA indoor triple jump champion (16.98m/55-8.50); 3rd in triple jump at NCAA Outdoors (16.91m/55-5.750). 2008: 3rd at USA Junior Outdoors in long jump (7.60m/24-11.25) and 2nd in triple jump (16.05m/52-08); 7th at IAAF World Junior Championships in long jump (7.41m/24-3.75) and 8th in triple jump (15.61m/51-2.75). USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.79; long jump, 7.62m/25-0; triple jump, 17.36m/56-11.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – 200m, 20.76; 400m, 45.46 (No. 19 in the USA, No. 45 in the world); long jump, 8.00m/26-3 (No. 8 in the USA); triple jump, 17.96m/58-11.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); 4x100, 38.49 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); 4x200, 1:22.00 2010: Indoor bests – 200m, 21.79; long jump, 7.93m/26-0.25 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 36 in the world); triple jump, 17.18m/56-4.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Outdoor bests – 200m, 21.05; 400m, 45.55 (No. 16 in the USA); long jump, 8.19m/26-10.5 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 20 in the world); triple jump, 17.02m/55-10.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 23 in the world); 4x400, 3:00.31 2009: Indoor bests – 200m, 21.51; long jump, 8.02m/26-3.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); triple jump, 16.98m/55-8.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 12 in the world); Outdoor bests – 200m, 20.91; 400m, 45.34 (No. 11 in the USA, No. 32 in the world); long jump, 7.72m/25-4; triple jump, 16.65m/54-7.5 (No. 5 in the USA) 2008: Indoor bests – 400m, 47.42; long jump, 7.79m/25-6.75 (No. 11 in the USA); triple jump, 15.62m/51-3; Outdoor bests – long jump, 7.60m/24-11.25; triple jump, 16.05m/52-8

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JAMAAL TORRANCE Event: 400M Height: 5-8 Weight: 130 PR: 44.80 (2010) Born: July 20, 1983 Current Residence: Raleigh, N.C. High School: Evans (Fla.) HS ‘02 College: St. Augustine’s College ‘07 Coach: George Williams Career Highlights: 2009 USA Indoors champion; 2010 USA Indoors runner-up; 3rd at 2010 USA Outdoors; 4th at 2011 USA Outdoors; two-time NCAA Division II 400m champion (’06, ’07); 2007 NCAA Division II 200m champion USA Championships 2010 USA Indoors silver medalist (45.76) 2010 USA Outdoors bronze medalist (44.80) 2009 USA Indoors champion (46.37) 2008 USA Indoors bronze medalist (46.76) International Championships 2010 World Indoor bronze medalist (46.43) 2010 World Indoor champion in the 4x400m (3:03.40) 2008 World Indoor champion in the 4x400m (3:06.79) 2007 Pan Am Games silver medalist in the 4x400m (3:02.44) Collegiate Championships 3-time NCAA Div. II Indoor 400m champion (’05 – 47.50; ’06 – 46.89; ’07 – 46.89) 2007 NCAA Div. II Indoor 200m champion (21.19) 2006 NCAA Div. II champion as anchor of 4x400m relay (3:08.78) 2005 NCAA Div. II runner-up as anchor of 4x400m relay (3:07.79) About Jamaal Torrance has excelled as one of the U.S.’s top quarter milers and has been the go-to guy for the 4x400m since his days at St. Augustine’s College where he helped to an NCAA D.II relay title. Torrance has gone on to help Team USA win three gold medals in the 4x400m, as well as running on the qualifying rounds of the World Championship 4x400m team in Daegu (2011) that clocked the fast time in the world that year at 2:58.82. While Torrance did not run in the final, the team carried the momentum and won gold. Torrance also ran in the individual 400m in Daegu when Jeremy Wariner declined his spot on the team due to injury. Other Results 2011: 4th at USA Outdoors (45.11); 3rd at adidas Grand Prix (46.61); 3rd at Stockholm (45.82); advanced



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to semi-finals of World Outdoors (45.73); ran WL in heats of 4x400m (2:58.82); 3rd at Millrose Games 600 (1:12:77) 2010: 3rd at USA Outdoors (44.80);1st at Lignano (45.85); 3rd at World Indoors (46.43); 1st at World Indoors 4x400m relay (3:03.40); USA Indoors runner-up (45.76); 3rd at Boston Indoor Games (48.00) 2009: 8th at Gateshead (46.99); 8th at Stockholm (46.59); 5th at Monaco (45.97); 3rd at London (45.56); 9th at Rome (47.63); 5th at Oslo (45.74); advanced to semi-finals of USA Championships (46.03); USA Indoors champion (46.37). 2008: 8th at Lausanne (46.89); 7th at Gateshead (47.03); 1st at Lignano (46.51); 5th at Rome (46.16); 10th in Olympic Trials semi-finals (45.76); 6th at Osaka (47.34); 1st at World Indoors 4x400m (3:06.79); 3rd at USA Indoors (46.76) 2007: 2nd at Osaka (45.32); 7th at Pan Am Games (48.06); 2nd in 4x400m relay at Pan Am Games (3:02.44); 1st at Lignano (45.88); 6th at USA Outdoors (45.79); 4th at Reebok Grand Prix 945.67); NCAA Div. II Indoor 200m, 400m champion (21.19, 46.58) 2006: 4th at NCAA Div. II Outdoors (47.19); anchored NCAA Div. II 4x400m champion (3:08.78); NCAA Div. II Indoor champion (46.89) 2005: 7th at NCAA Div. II Outdoors (47.41); anchored NCAA Div. II 4x400m runner-up (3:07.79);1st NCAA Div. II Indoors (47.50) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – 400m, 47.18; Outdoor bests – 400m, 45.11 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 23 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests – 400m, 45.76 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests – 400m, 44.80 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 9 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests – 400m, 46.37 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 15 in the world ); Outdoor bests – 400m, 45.31 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 31 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests – 400m, 46.76 (No. 15 in the USA, No. 33 in the world); Outdoor bests – 400m, 45.66 2007: Indoor bests – 400m, 46.58 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 20 in the world); Outdoor bests – 400m, 45.19 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 24 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – 400m, 46.89; Outdoor bests – 400m, 46.40

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SARA VAUGHN Events: 1500m PR: 4:08.74 Born: May 16, 1986 Current Residence: Beaverton, Ore. High School: Gering HS (Neb.) College: Colorado Agent: Coach: Chris Cook Career Highlights: Runner-up at the 2012 U.S. Open, Bronze medalist at 2012 USA Indoors USA Championships 2012 USA Indoor Championships bronze medalist (4:18.25) 2009 USA Indoor 5th place (4:22.29) Awards and Honors 2007 NCAA All-American for Cross Country About Sara Vaughn competed at the University of Colorado where she met her now husband Brent Vaughn who was also a member of the team. Post-collegiately she trained in Boulder and recently moved to Beaverton, Ore. where her husband trains with Jerry Schumacher. Mother to two daughters Ciara (Sept. 23, 2006) and Calia (June 26, 2010).



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BRAD WALKER Event: Pole Vault Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 PR: 6.04m/19-9.75AR (2008)) Born: June 21, 1981 Current Residence: Mountlake Terrace, Wash. High School: University (Spokane, Wash.) HS '99 College: Washington ‘03 Coach: Pat Lacari Agent: Peter Stubbs Career Highlights: American Outdoor record holder; 2007 World Outdoor champion; 2006 World Indoor champion; 2008 World Indoor silver medalist; 2005 World Outdoor silver medalist; 3-time USA Outdoor Champion (’05, ’07, ‘09); 3-time USA Indoor champion (’05, ’06, ‘08); 2-time NCAA Indoor champion; 2-time Pac-10 champion USA Championships Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2005 (5.75m/18-10.25); 2007 (5.70m/18-8.25); 2009 (5.75m/18-10.25) Three-time USA Indoor champion – 2005 (5.65m/18-6.5); 2006 (5.75m/18-10.25); 2008 (5.70m/18-08.25) International Championships 2007 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (5.86m/19-2.75) 2006 World Indoor Championships gold medalist (5.80m/19-0.25) 2008 World Indoor Championships silver medalist (5.85m/19-2.50) 2005 World Outdoor Championships silver medalist (5.75m/18-10.25) Collegiate Championships Two-time NCAA Indoor champion – 2003 (5.80m/19-0.25); 2004 (5.70m/18-8.25) Two-time PAC-10 champion – 2002, 2003 (5.55m/18-2.50) Awards and Honors American outdoor record holder (6.04m/19-9.74) About Brad One of the best in the world for many years, Brad Walker currently holds the American outdoor record in the pole vault. He set that in 2008 at the Nike Prefontaine Classic with his clearance of 6.04m/19-9.75, which was also the top clearance in the world that year. The four-time World Championships medalist won 2006 USA Indoor men’s pole vault title, but faced a great deal of adversity at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow when he fell and hit his head outside the pit during a practice attempt prior to the qualifying round. He went on to qualify for the final and won it with a clutch seasonal best clearance of 5.80 meters/19-0.25 on his third attempt at that height. "I understated how fast I was moving on the runway during warm-ups and I rotated into the pit and went off to the side," said Walker

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of his mishap. "My feet and legs hit the pit and threw my back and head onto the track and I hit my head. The lights went out for a while and I got back up and qualified. I had a little bit of a whiplash.” He was a recipient of the Pac-10 Medal, awarded to the top male and female student-athletes at each Pac-10 institution. He captured the NCAA indoor pole vault title with a vault of 5.80m/19-0.25 that was nearly nine inches beyond his nearest competitor, and equaled the winning mark at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Walker became the first athlete in Pac-10 history to clear 19 feet, breaking by three inches the previous Pac-10 record of 5.72m/18-9.25 set by Stanford's Toby Stevenson in 2000. He finished the indoor season tied with American Derek Miles and France's Romain Mesnil for third in the 2003 IAAF World Rankings, and tied Miles for the best indoor vault by an American in 2003. In outdoor competition in 2003 he saw his bid for an NCAA Championships double dashed by broken hand just days prior to the NCAA West Regional meet. He is regarded as Washington's best vaulter since Brian Sternberg, who in 1963 broke the world record twice before injuring himself in a training accident. As a prep star he led University High to consecutive state track and field championships in 1998 and 1999. He was 1999 regional and district pole vault champion and finished second at the state meet. He also lettered in football and was a business administration major. Results 2011: 2nd at adidas Grand Prix (5.52/18-1.25); No height at USA Outdoors 2010: 6th at Berlin (5.61m/18-4.75); Did not start at USA Outdoors 2009: USA Outdoor Champion (5.75m/18-10.25); 2nd in Monaco (5.80m/19-0.5) 2008: 3rd at Olympic Trials (5.65m/18-06.50); cleared no height during Olympic Games qualifying; World Indoor Champs silver medalist (5.85m/19-2.50); 1st at Prefontaine Classic (6.04m/19-9.75AR); USA Indoor champ (5.70m/18-08.25) 2007: World Outdoor champion (5.86m/19-2.75); USA Outdoor champion (5.70m/18-8.25); Millrose Games champion (5.80m/19-0.25); 4th at Monaco (5.77m/18-11.25); 1st at Brisbane (5.95m/19-6.25); 1st at Perth (5.92m/19-5); 1st at Lausanne (5.91m/19-4.75) 2006: World Indoor Champ (5.80m/19-0.25); USA Indoor champion (5.75m/18-10.25); 1st at Jockgrim (6.00m/19-8.25); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (5.50m/18-0.5); 3rd at Golden Gala (5.72m/18-9.25) 2005: World Outdoor silver medalist (5.75m/18-10.25); USA Outdoor Champion (5.75m/18-10.25); USA Indoor champ (5.65m/18-6.5); 1st at Paris (5.80m/19-0.25); 1st at Sheffield (5.90m/19-4.25); 1st at Rieti (5.96m/19-6.5) 2004: 6th at Olympic Trials (5.75m/18-10.25); NCAA Indoor champ (5.70m/18-8.25); 2nd at Phoenix (5.82m/19-1) 2003: NCAA Indoor champ (5.80m/19-0.25); Pac-10 Outdoor champ(5.55m/18-2.50); injured, did not compete at NCAA Outdoors 2002: 2nd at NCAA Outdoors (5.55m/18-2.50); Pac-10 Outdoor champ 2001: Tied for 12th at NCAA Indoors; no-height at Pac-10 Outdoors 2000: 6th at Pac-10 Outdoors USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests – pole vault, 5.58m/18-3.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 26 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.84m/19-2 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world) 2010: Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.61m/18-4.75 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 30 in the world) 2009: Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.80m/19-0.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests – pole vault, 5.85m/19-2.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests – 6.04m/19-9.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world)



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2007: Indoor bests – pole vault, 5.80m/19-0.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.95m/19-6.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – pole vault, 5.80m/19-0.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 6.0m/19-8.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests – pole vault, 5.83m/19-1.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.96m/19-6.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world) 2004: Indoor bests – pole vault, 5.70m/18-8.25 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 23 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.82m/19-1 2003: Indoor bests – pole vault, 5.80m/19-0.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.65m/18-6.5 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 36 in the world) 2002: Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.64m/18-6 (No. 11 in the USA, No. 36 in the world) 2001: Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.48m/17-11.75 2000: Outdoor bests – pole vault, 5.12m/16-9.5

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RYAN WHITING Event: Shot Put, Discus Height: 6-3 Weight: 295 PR: SP – 21.97m/72-1 Born: November 24, 1986 Current Residence: Port Matilda, Pa. High School: Central Dauphin High School '06 (Harrisburg, Pa.) College: Arizona State ‘10 Coach: TJ Crater Agent: Mark Wetmore Club: Nike Career Highlights: 2011 USA Indoor champion; 2010 USA Indoor runner-up

USA Championships 2011 USA Indoor champion (21.35m/70-0.5) 2010 USA Indoor runner-up (21.03m/69-0) 4th at 2011 USA Outdoors (21.34m/70-0.25) 2005 USA Junior shot put champion (19.74m/64-9.25) International Championships Placed seventh at 2011 World Outdoor Championships (20.75m/68-1) Collegiate Championships 2009 NCAA Outdoor shot put champion (20.11m/65-11.75) Two-time NCAA Indoor shot put champion - 2008 (21.73m/71-3.50); 2009 (20.16m/66-1.75) 2009 NCAA Outdoor discus runner-up (59.80m/196-02) 2008 NCAA Outdoor shot put runner-up (20.24m/66-05) Awards and Honors NCAA Indoor shot put record holder (21.73m/71-3.50) Eight-time NCAA Division I All-American About Ryan The latest rising star in an event dominated for years in America by the big three – Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell and Adam Nelson – is Ryan Whiting. At just 24 years of age, Whiting recorded the furthest indoor throw in the world in 2011. Among other things, Whiting lists knitting, origami and exploring tunnels as some of his hobbies. Results 2011: USA Indoor champion (21.35m/70-0.5); 4th at USA Outdoors (21.34m/70-0.25); 3rd at Doha (21.23m/69-08); 5th at Rome (20.88m/68-09); 6th at Prefontaine Classic (21.11m/69-3.25); 2nd at Lausanne (21.76m/71-4.75); 4th at Birmingham (20.55m/67-5.25)



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2010: USA Indoor runner-up (21.03m/69-0); 5th at USA Outdoors (20.61m/67-07.50) 2009: NCAA Outdoor shot put champion (20.11m/65-11.75) and discus runner-up (59.80m/196-02); NCAA Indoor shot put champion (20.16m/66-1.75); MPSF Indoor shot put champion (20.01m/65-07.75) 2008: NCAA Indoor shot put champion (21.73m/71-3.50); NCAA Outdoor shot put runner-up (20.24m/66-05) 2007: 4th in shot put at NCAA Outdoors (19.38m/63-07); 3rd in shot put at NCAA Indoors (20.00m/65-07.75) USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor best - 21.35m/70-0.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor best - 21.76m/71-4.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2010: Indoor best - 21.52m/70-7.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor best - 21.97m/72-1 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 5 in the world) 2009: Indoor best - 20.01m/65-7.75 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 12 in the world); Outdoor best - 20.99m/68-10.5 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 10 in the world) 2008: Indoor best - 21.73m/71-3.5 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor best - 21.73m/71-3.5 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 25 in the world) 2007: Indoor best - 19.89m/65-3.25 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); Outdoor best - 20.35m/66-9.25 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 24 in the world) 2006: Indoor best - 19.36m/63-6.35 (No. 19 in the USA); Outdoor best - 19.75m/64-9.75 (No. 16 in the USA)

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JESSE WILLIAMS Event: High Jump Height: 6-0 Weight: 155 PR: 2.37m/7-9.25 Born: Dec. 27, 1983, in Modesto, Calif. Current Residence: Eugene, Ore. High School: Broughton (Raleigh, N.C.) HS '02 College: North Carolina State ’03, Southern California '06 Coach: Cliff Rovelto Agent: Jos Hermans Club: Nike Career Highlights: 2011 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist; two-time USA Outdoor champion and 2008 Olympic Trials champion; 2011 Jesse Owens Award winner USA Championships Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2010 (2.26m/7-05); 2011 (2.37m/7-09.25) 2010 USA Indoor champion (2.34m/7-08) 2008 Olympic Trials champion (2.30m/7-06.50) Two-time USA Indoor runner-up - 2008 (2.28m/7-05.75); 2009 (2.29m/7-06) 2005 USA Outdoor runner-up (2.27m/7-05.25) Third at 2006 USA Indoors (2.22m/7-03.25) International Championships 2011 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (2.35m/7-08.5) 8th in qualifying at 2008 Olympic Games (2.25m/7-04.5) Collegiate Championships 2006 NCAA Indoor (2.29m-7-06) and Outdoor (2.32m/7-07.25) champion 2005 NCAA Outdoor champion (2.29m/7-06) Awards and Honors 2011 Jesse Owens Award winner 2005 PAC-10 Men's Field Athlete of the Year About Jesse Jesse Williams has spent a majority of his career being ranked in the top 10 in the world and forever put his stamp on the high jump with his gold medal at the 2011 World Outdoor Championships. He qualified for his first World Championships team in 2005; the same year he turned in a clutch performance at the DN Galan Meet in Stockholm when he set a then personal best performance of 2.30m/7-06.50. As he cleared the height on his second attempt, the public address announcer exclaimed "Welcome to Helsinki!" (the site of the 2005 World Outdoor Championships). Competing for Broughton HS in Raleigh, N.C., Williams set the state indoor and outdoor high jump records. He was fourth at the 2002 World



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Junior Championships. He also long jumped, hurdled and wrestled in high school and was fifth at the North Carolina state wrestling tournament as a senior. Results 2011: World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (2.35m/7-08.5); 1st at Doha (2.33m/7-7.75); 3rd at Pre Classic (2.32m/7-7.25); 2nd at Stockholm (2.30m/7-6.5) 2010: USA Outdoor champion (2.26m/7-05); USA Indoor champion (2.34m/7-08); 2nd in Shanghai (2.24m/7-7.25); 2nd at Monaco (2.28m/7-5.75); 2nd at adidas Grand Prix (2.30m/7-6.50) 2009: 4th at USA Outdoors (2.28m/7-5.75); 1st at Eugene (2.34m/7-8); 2nd at Banská Bystrica (2.36m/7-8.75); USA Indoor runner-up (2.29m/7-06) 2008: 8th in qualifying at Olympic Games (2.25m/7-04.5); 3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2.25m/7-4.50); 6th at World Indoor Champs (2.27m/7-5.25); Olympic Trials champion (2.30m/7-06.50); USA Indoor runner-up (2.28m/7-05.75) 2007: 4th at USA Outdoor Championships (2.24m/7-4.25); 15th in qual. at World Outdoors (2.23m/7-3.75); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (2.30m/7-6.5); 1st in Los Angeles (2.33m/7-7.75); 1st at Athens (2.32m/7-7.25); 2nd at Drake Relays (2.30m/7-6.5); 1st at Belem (2.30m/7-6.5); 3rd at London (2.26m/7-5); 3rd at Stockholm (2.27m/7-5.25) 2006: 3rd at USA Indoor Champs (2.22m/7-3.25); 1st at NCAA Indoors (2.29m/7-6); 1st at NCAA Outdoors (2.32m/7-7.25); 5th at Stockholm (2.24m/7-4.25); 3rd at London (2.28m/7-5.75); Third at USA Indoors (2.22m/7-03.25) 2005: NCAA Outdoor champion (2.29m/7-06); Pac 10 Outdoor champ (2.28m/7-5.75); 2nd at Stockholm (2.30m/7-6.5); USA Outdoor runner-up (2.27m/7-05.25) 2004: 7th at NCAA Indoors (2.17m/7-1.5); 15th at NCAA Outdoors (2.14m/7-0.25); 1st at UCLA dual meet (2.21m/7-3) 2003: Runner-up at NCAA Indoors (2.17m/7-1.5);7th at NCAA Outdoors (2.18m/7-1.75); No-height at USA Outdoors 2002: Runner-up at USA Junior Champs (2.71m/7-1.5); tied for 4th at World Junior Champs (2.21m/7-3); 1st at National Scholastic Champs USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2011: Indoor bests - high jump, 2.34m/7-08 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - high jump, 2.37m/7-09.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world) 2010: Indoor bests - high jump, 2.34m/7-08 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - high jump, 2.30m/7-06.50 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 12 in the world) 2009: Indoor bests - high jump, 2.36m/7-08.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - high jump, 2.34m/7-08 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests - high jump, 2.32m/7-07.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Outdoor bests - high jump, 2.30m/7-06.50 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 24 in the world) 2007: Outdoor bests - high jump, 2.33m/7-07.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests - high jump, 2.29m/7-06 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests - high jump, 2.32m/7-07.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 10 in the world) 2005: Indoor bests - high jump, 2.26m/7-05 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 32 in the world): Outdoor bests - high jump, 2.30m/7-06.50 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 22 in the world) 2004: Best of 2.21m/7-03 2003: Best of 2.24m/7-04.25 2002: Best of 2.21m/7-03

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Events: 400m Height: 5-5 PR: 51.71 (2010) Born: Aug. 15, 1989 Current Residence: High School: Woodrow Wilson (Calif.) HS College: Arkan sas ‘11 Agent: Mark Pryor Coach: Rolando Green International Championships NACAC U-23 400m and 4x400 champion Awards and Honors Six-time NCAA Division I All-American About Shelise A six-time Division I All-American, Shelise Williams makes her first World Championships team in the 4x400m relay. Williams will be a part of a group of strong women’s 400m runners with an excellent chance of a World Championships medal.



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FRANKIE WRIGHT Events: 4x400m PR: 45.72i Born: Feb. 1, 1985 Current Residence: Baltimore, Md. High School: Mergenthaler Voc. Tech College: Oklahoma ‘07 Agent: Chris Layne Coach: McFarlane Career Highlights: 2007 Big 12 champion; 2007 NCAA All-American; Eight-time All Big 12 Collegiate Championships 2007 Big 12 long jump champion Awards and Honors 2007 NCAA All-American Three-time NJCAA All-American Eight-time All Big 12 About Frankie Frankie Wright grabs a spot on a deep 4x400m relay team for the World Indoor Championships. The former University of Oklahoma standout, Wright garnered a total of six All-Big 12 selections in during the 2007 indoor season alone.

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PHOEBE WRIGHT Events: 800m Height: 5-7 PR: 1:58.22 (2010) Born: 8/30/1988 Current Residence: Signal Mountain, Tenn. High School: Red Bank ‘06 College: Tennesse ‘10 Agent: Weston Riley Coach: J.J. Clark Career Highlights: 2011 USA Indoor champion; 3rd place at 2009 and 2010 USA Outdoor champs; two-time NCAA champion in 800m; five-time SEC champion USA Championships 2011 USA Indoor champion (2:02.27) 2012 USA Indor runner-up (2:03.07) 3rd twice at USA Outdoors – 2009 (2:01.12); 2010 (2:00.47) Collegiate Championships 2010 NCAA Indoor (2:02.55) and Outdoor (2:01.40) champion Five-time SEC champion About Phoebe A former walk-on at the University of Tennessee, Wright has progressed into one of the premier 800m runners in the U.S. over the past two seasons. She broke the 2-minute barrier for the first time in Eugene, Ore., at the 2010 Prefontaine Classic with a career-best time of 1:58.22, the seventh fastest time in the world that year. At Tennessee, Wright capped off her senior season with wins at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor champs. Wright was also a five-time SEC champion—three times in the 800m and twice in the Distance Medley Relay.



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TEAM USA AT THE IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – MEDAL TABLE MEN G S B TOTAL 1987 6 2 2 10 1989 4 1 4 9 1991 3 1 1 5 1993 6 2 2 10 1995 3 2 3 8 1997 3 1 4 8 1999 2 6 3 11 2001 5 4 -- 9 2003 6 2 1 9 2004 3 3 -- 6 2006 6 1 2 9 2008 3 3 1 7 2010 4 3 3 10 TOTAL 54 31 26 111 WOMEN G S B TOTAL 1987 -- 1 -- 1 1989 -- 2 -- 2 1991 1 -- 1 2 1993 2 2 3 7 1995 1 3 3 7 1997 3 1 3 7 1999 1 2 5 8 2001 2 3 2 7 2003 2 1 3 6 2004 1 2 1 4 2006 1 3 -- 4 2008 2 2 2 6 2010 4 1 2 7 TOTAL 20 23 25 68

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TEAM USA AT THE IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDAL TABLE – BY EVENT MEN G S B TOTAL LAST MEDAL WON 60 6 6 1 13 2010 (S) 60H 8 4 4 16 2010 (S) 200 4 -- 3 7 2001 (G) (discontinued) 400 5 2 3 10 2010 (B) 800 1 -- 1 2 2003 (G) 1500 -- -- 2 2 1995 (B) 3000 1 1 1 3 2010 (G) 4x400 7 1 -- 8 2010 (G) HJ 2 -- 4 6 2010 (B) PV 2 5 1 8 2008 (S) LJ 4 1 5 10 2004 (G) TJ 3 2 -- 5 2006 (G) SP 6 8 2 16 2010 (G) HEP 4 3 -- 7 2010 (G) SPR Medley* 1 -- -- 1 1993 (G) WOMEN G S B TOTAL LAST MEDAL WON 60 5 6 3 14 2010 (S) 60H 4 3 2 9 2010 (G) 200 -- 1 -- 1 2001 (S) (discontinued) 400 4 2 3 9 2010 (G) 800 -- -- 3 3 2010 (B) 1500 2 -- -- 2 2003 (G) 3000 -- 1 5 6 2004 (B) 4x400 -- 2 4 6 1999 (B) HJ -- -- 2 2 2010 (B) PV 1 3 -- 4 2008 (S) LJ 2 2 -- 4 2010 (G) TJ -- -- 1 1 2001 (B) SP -- 1 1 2 1999 (B) PENT 1 1 1 3 1999 (G) SPR Medley* 1 -- -- 1 1993 (G) * Sprint Medley run in 1993 only



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BEST MARKS BY TEAM USA AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN 60 6.42 Maurice Greene 1999 400 45.26 Butch Reynolds 1993 800 1:45.69 David Krummenacker 2003 1500 3:38.12 Jeff Atkinson 1989 3000 7:37.97 Bernard Lagat 2010 60H 7.36 Allen Johnson 2004 4x400 3:02.83 Morris, Johnson, Minor, Campbell 1999 HJ 2.40 Hollis Conway 1991 PV 5.95 Jeff Hartwig 1999 5.95 Lawrence Johnson 2001 LJ 8.41 Joe Greene 1997 TJ 17.73 Walter Davis 2006 SP 22.11 Reese Hoffa 2006 Hept 6371 Bryan Clay 2008 WOMEN 60 6.95 Gail Devers 1993 400 50.64 Diane Dixon 1991 800 1:59.11 Meredith Valmon 1999 1500 4:01.67 Regina Jacobs 2003 3000 8:39.14 Regina Jacobs 1999 60H 7.78 Gail Devers 2004 4x400 3:27.59 Hennagan, Collins, Feagin, Porter 1999 HJ 1.98 Chaunte Lowe 2010 PV 4.81 Stacy Dragila 2004 LJ 7.03 Dawn Burrell 2001 TJ 14.19 Tiombe Hurd 2001 SP 19.34 Jillian Camarena 2010 Pent 4753 DeDee Nathan 1999 4753 Hyleas Fountain 2010

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TEAM USA AT THE IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN

EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE

60 Lee McRae - 1987 Andre Cason - 1991 Maurice Greene - 1999 Tim Harden - 2001 Justin Gatlin - 2003 Leonard Scott - 2006

Mark Witherspoon - 1987 Tim Harden - 1999 Tim Montgomery - 2001 Shawn Crawford - 2004 Mike Rodgers - 2010

Terrence Trammell - 2006

200 Kirk Baptiste - 1987 James Trapp - 1993 Kevin Little - 1997 Shawn Crawford - 2001

Kevin Little - 1989 Kevin Little - 1993 Kevin Little - 1999

400 Antonio McKay - 1987 Antonio McKay - 1989 Butch Reynolds - 1993 Darnell Hall - 1995 Tyree Washington - 2003

Milton Campbell - 1999 Milton Campbell - 2001

Michael Franks - 1987 Jamaal Torrance - 2010

800 David Krummenacker - 2003 Rich Kenah - 1997

1500 Jeff Atkinson - 1989 Erik Nedeau - 1995

3000 Bernard Lagat - 2010 Terry Brahm - 1987

5000 Walk

60H Tonie Campbell - 1987 Roger Kingdom - 1989 Greg Foster - 1991 Allen Johnson - 1995 Terrence Trammell - 2001 Allen Johnson - 2003 Allen Johnson - 2004 Terrence Trammell - 2006

Courtney Hawkins - 1995 Reggie Torian - 1999 Allen Johnson - 2008 Terrence Trammell - 2010

Tony Dees - 1993 Tony Dees - 1997 Dominique Arnold - 2006 David Oliver - 2010

4x400 1993 1995 1997 1999 2006 2008 2010

1991

Sprint Med.

1993

HJ Hollis Conway - 1991 Charles Austin - 1997

Tony Barton - 1995 Charles Austin - 1999 Andra Manson - 2008 Dusty Jonas - 2010



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PV Lawrence Johnson - 2001 Brad Walker - 2006

Earl Bell - 1987 Lawrence Johnson - 1997 Jeff Hartwig - 1999 Tye Harvey - 2001 Brad Walker - 2008

Joe Dial - 1989

LJ Larry Myricks - 1987 Larry Myricks - 1989 Dwight Phillips - 2003 Savante Stringfellow - 2004

Joe Greene - 1993 Mike Conley - 1989 Erick Walder - 1995 Joe Greene - 1997 Erick Walder - 1999 Miguel Pate - 2003

TJ Mike Conley - 1987 Mike Conley - 1989 Walter Davis - 2006

LaMark Carter - 1999 Walter Davis - 2003

SP Mike Stulce - 1993 John Godina - 2001 Christian Cantwell - 2004 Reese Hoffa - 2006 Christian Cantwell - 2008 Christian Cantwell - 2010

Randy Barnes - 1989 Jim Doehring - 1993 C.J. Hunter - 1995 John Godina - 1999 Adam Nelson - 2001 John Godina - 2003 Reese Hoffa - 2004 Reese Hoffa - 2008

Ron Backes - 1991 John Godina - 1997

Hept Tom Pappas - 2003 Bryan Clay - 2008 Bryan Clay - 2010

Bryan Clay - 2004 Bryan Clay - 2006 Trey Hardee - 2010

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TEAM USA AT THE IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - WOMEN EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE

60 Gail Devers - 1993 Gail Devers - 1997 Gail Devers - 2004 Lisa Barber - 2006 Angela Williams - 2008

Gwen Torrence - 1989 Gail Devers - 1999 Angela Williams - 2001 Angela Williams - 2003 Lauryn Williams - 2006 Carmelita Jeter - 2010

Carlette Guidry - 1995 Chryste Gaines - 2001 Torri Edwards - 2003

200 LaTasha Jenkins - 2001

400 Diane Dixon - 1991 Jearl Miles-Clark 1997 Debbie Dunn - 2010

Lillie Leatherwood - 1987 Diane Dixon - 1989

Jearl Miles - 1993 Jearl Miles-Clark - 1999 Shareese Woods - 2008

800 Joetta Clark - 1993 Joetta Clark - 1997 Alysia Johnson - 2010

1500 Regina Jacobs - 1995 Regina Jacobs - 2003

3000 Lynn Jennings - 1995 Lynn Jennings - 1993 Joan Nesbit - 1995 Regina Jacobs - 1999 Shayne Culpepper - 2004

3000 Walk

60H Anjanette Kirkland - 2001 Gail Devers - 2003 Lolo Jones - 2008 Lolo Jones - 2010

LaVonna Martin-Floreal - 1993 Gail Devers - 2004 Candice Davis - 2008

Cheryl Dickey - 1997 Melissa Morrison - 2003

4x400 2010 1993 1997 2006

1991 1995 1999 2003 2008

Sprint Med.

1993

HJ Tisha Waller - 1999 Chaunte Lowe - 2010

PV Stacy Dragila - 1997 Kellie Suttle - 2001 Stacy Dragila - 2004 Jenn Stuczynski - 2008

LJ Dawn Burrell - 2001 Brittney Reese - 2010

Shana Williams - 1999 Tianna Madison - 2006

TJ Tiombe Hurd - 2001

SP Connie Price-Smith - 1995

Teri Tunks - 1999

Pent DeDee Nathan - 1999 Kym Carter - 1995 Kym Carter - 1997



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2012 USA Indoor Championships results – Day One (top 3) Men’s Triple Jump - 1. William Claye, 17.63m/57-10.25; 2. Christian Taylor, 17.21m/56-5.75; 3. Aarik Wilson, 16.53m/54-2.75 Men’s Weight Throw – 1. AG Kruger, 24.57m/80-7.5; 2. Michael Mai, 23.91m/78-5.5; 3. Garland Porter, 23.37m/76-8.25 Women’s Pole Vault – 1. Jenn Suhr, 4.67m/15-3.75; 2. Mary Saxer, 4.62m/15-1.75; 3. Lacy Janson, 4.62m/15-1.75 Men’s High Jump – 1. Jesse Williams, 2.29m/7-6; 2. Jamie Nieto, 2.26m/7-5; 3. Keith Moffat, 2.26m/7-5 Women’s Weight Throw – 1. Amber Campbell, 24.78m/81-3.75; 2. Brittany Riley, 23.88m/78-4.25; 3. Gwendolyn Berry, 22.80m/74-9.75 Women’s Triple Jump – 1. Amanda Smock, 13.77m/45-2.25; 2. Erica McLain, 13.74m/45-1; 3. Crystal Manning, 13.65m/44-9.5 Men’s 3000m Race Walk – 1. Trevor Barron, 11.36.27 (Meet Record); 2. Tim Seaman, 12:01.48; 3. John Nunn, 12:11.86 Women’s 3000m – 1. Jennifer Simpson, 9:19.15; 2. Jackie Areson, 9:20.61; 3. Sara Hall, 9:21.87 Men’s 3000m – 1. Bernard Lagat, 7:47.54; 2. Lopez Lomong, 7:51.75; 3. Galen Rupp, 7:57.36

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2012 USA Indoor Championships results – Day Two (top 3) – continued Men’s Long Jump – 1. Ashton Eaton, 8.06m/36-5.5; 2. William Claye, 8.02m/26-3.75; 3. Norris Frederick, 7.99m/26-2.75 Women’s Shot Put – 1. Jillian Camarena-Williams, 19.56m/64-2.25; 2. Michelle Carter, 19.27m/63-2.75; 3. Alyssa Hasslen, 17.77m/58-3.75 Men’s Pole Vault – 1. Brad Walker, 5.86m/19-2.75; 2. Scott Roth, 5.60m/18-4.25; 3. Mark Hollis, 5.60m/18-4.5 Women’s High Jump – 1. Chaunte Lowe, 2.02m/6-7.5 (American record); 2. Inika Mcpherson, 1.87m/6-1.5; 3. Rebecca Christensen, 1.87m/6-1.5 Women’s Long Jump – 1. Janay DeLoach, 6.89m/22-7.25; 2. Brittney Reese, 6.86m/22-6.25; 3. Funmi Jimoh, 6.81m/22-4.25 Men’s Shot Put – 1. Reese Hoffa, 21.75m/71-4.25; 2. Ryan Whiting, 21.60m/70-10.5; 3. Christian Cantwell, 21.53m/70-7.75 Women’s 3000m Race Walk – 1. Maria Michta, 13:15.31; 2. Erin Gray, 13:15.35; 3. Lauren Forgues, 13:21.94 Men’s 800m – 1. Duane Solomon, 1:48.58; 2. Michael Rutt, 1:49.90; 3. Mark Wieczorek, 1:49.96 Women’s 400m – 1. Sanya Richards-Ross, 50.71 (Meet record); 2. Natasha Hastings, 51.66; 3. Dee Dee Trotter, 51.68 Men’s 1,500m – 1. Leo Manzano, 3:48.05; 2. Matthew Centrowtiz, 3:48.16; 3. Galen Rupp, 3:48.44 Mens’ 400m – 1. Gil Roberts, 45.39; 2. Calvin Smith, 45.96; 3. Frankie Wright, 46.07 Women’s 800m – 1. Erica Moore, 2:01.08; 2. Phoebe Wright, 2:03.07; 3. Latavia Thomas, 2:04.50 Women’s 1500m – 1. Jennifer Simpson, 4:15.04; 2. Brenda Martinez, 4:15.11; 3. Sara Vaughn, 4:18.25 Women’s 60m – 1. Tianna Madison, 7.02; 2. Barbara Pierre, 7.06; 3. Lakya Brookins, 7.14 Men’s 60m – 1. Trell Kimmons, 6.45; 2. Justin Gatlin, 6.47; 3. Dangelo Cherry, 6.58 Men’s 60m hurdles – 1. Aries Merritt, 7.43; 2. Kevin Craddock, 7.46; 3. Terrence Trammell, 7.51 Women’s 60m hurdles – 1. Kristi Castlin, 7.84; 2. Vanneisha Ivy, 7.93; 3. Gabrielle Mayo, 8.04



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Men’s World Indoor Records EVENT MARK NAME (COUNTRY) LOCATION DATE 50m 5.56 Donovan Bailey (CAN) Reno, NV 1996-Feb-09 60m 6.39 Maurice Greene (USA) Madrid, ESP 1998-Feb-03

6.39 Maurice Greene (USA) Atlanta, GA 2001-Mar-03 200m 19.92 Frank Fredericks (NAM) Liévin, FRA 1996-Feb-18 400m 44.57 Kerron Clement (USA) Fayetteville, AR 2005-Mar-12 800m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) Paris, FRA 1997-Mar-09 1,000m 2:14.96 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) Birmingham, GBR 2000-Feb-20 1,500m 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Stuttgart, DEU 1997-Feb-02 1 mi. 3:48.45 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Gent, BEL 1997-Feb-12 3,000m 7:24.90 Daniel Komen (KEN) Budapest, HUN 1998-Feb-06 5,000m 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Birmingham, GBR 2004-Feb-20 50m Hurdles 6.25 Mark McKoy (CAN) Kobe, JPN 1986-Mar-05 60m Hurdles 7.30 Colin Jackson (GBR) Sindelfingen, DEU 1994-Mar-06 5,000m RW 18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) Moscow, RUS 1995-Feb-14 4x200m 1:22.11 Great Britain & N.I. Glasgow, GBR 1991-Mar-03

(Linford Christie, Darren Braithwaite, Ade Mafe, John Regis) 4x400m 3:02.83 USA Maebashi, JPN 1999-Mar-07

(Milton Campbell, Deon Minor, Dameon Johnson, Andre Morris) 4x800m 7:13.94 Global Athletics & Marketing Boston, MA 2000-Feb-06

(Joey Woody, Karl Paranya, Rich Kenah, David Krummenacker) High Jump 2.43m/7-11.5 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Budapest, HUN 1989-Mar-04 Pole Vault 6.15m/20-2 Sergey Bubka (UKR) Donyetsk, UKR 1993-Feb-21 Long Jump 8.79m/28-10.25 Carl Lewis (USA) New York, NY 1984-Jan-27 Triple Jump 17.90m/58-8.75 Teddy Tamgho (FRA) Doha, QAT 2010-Mar-14 Shot Put 22.66m/74-4.25 Randy Barnes (USA) Los Angeles, CA 1989-Jan-20 Heptathlon 6499 pts. Ashton Eaton (USA) Fayetteville, AR 2010-Mar-13

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Women’s World Indoor Records EVENT MARK NAME (COUNTRY) LOCATION DATE 50m 5.96 Irina Privalova (RUS) Madrid, ESP 1995-Feb-09 60m 6.92 Irina Privalova (RUS) Madrid, ESP 1993-Feb-11

6.92 Irina Privalova (RUS) Madrid, ESP 1995-Feb-09 200m 21.87 Merlene Ottey (JAM) Liévin, FRA 1993-Feb-13 400m 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) Milan, ITA 1982-Mar-07 800m 1:55.82 Jolanda Ceplak (SLO) Vienna, AUT 2002-Mar-03 1,000m 2:30.94 Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) Stockholm, SWE 1999-Feb-25 1,500m 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva (RUS) Moscow, RUS 2006-Feb-18 1 mi. 4:17.14 Doina Melinte (ROU) East Rutherford, NJ 1990-Feb-09 3,000m 8:23.72 Meseret Defar (ETH) Stuttgart, DEU 2007-Feb-03 5,000m 14:24.37 Meseret Defar (ETH) Stockholm, SWE 2009-Feb-18 50m Hurdles 6.58 Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) Berlin, DEU 1988-Feb-20 60m Hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur (SWE) Karlsruhe, DEU 2008-Feb-10 3,000m RW 11:40.33 Claudia Stef (ROM) Bucuresti, ROU 1999-Jan-30 4x200m 1:32.41 Russia Glasgow, GBR 2005-Jan-29

(Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Pechonkina, Yuliya Gushchina) 4x400m 3:23.37 Russia Glasgow, GBR 2006-Feb-28

(Olesya Krasnomovets, Olga Zaytseva, Olga Kotlyarova, Yuliya Gushchina) 4x800m 8:12.41 Moskva 1 Moscow, RUS 2010-Feb-28

(Tatyana Andrianova, Oksana Sukhachova-Spasovkhodskaya, Elena Kofanova, Yevgeniya Zinurova) High Jump 2.08m/6-9.75 Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Arnstadt, DEU 2006-Feb-04 Pole Vault 5.00m/16-4.75 Yelena Isinbaeva (RUS) Donestk, UKR 2009-Feb-15 Long Jump 7.37m/24-2.75 Heike Drechsler (GDR) Vienna, AUT 1988-Feb-13 Triple Jump 15.36m/50-4.75 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) Budapest, HUN 2004-Mar-06 Shot Put 22.50m/73-10 Helena Fibingerová (CZE) Jablonec, CZE 1977-Feb-19 Pentathlon 4991 pts. Irina Belova (EUN) Berlin, DEU 1992-Feb-15



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Men’s Indoor American Records EVENT MARK NAME (CLUB) LOCATION DATE 50m 5.56 Maurice Greene (Nike) Los Angeles, CA 1999-Feb-12 55m 6.00 Lee McRae (U of Pitt.) Oklahoma City, OK 1986-Mar-14 60m 6.39 Maurice Greene (Nike) Madrid, ESP 1998-Feb-03

6.39 Maurice Greene (Nike TC) Atlanta, GA 2001-Mar-03 200m 20.10 Wallace Spearmon (Ark.) Fayetteville, AR 2005-Mar-11 300m 31.88 Wallace Spearmon (Nike) Fayetteville, AR 2006-Feb-09 400m 44.57 Kerron Clement (Florida) Fayetteville, AR 2005-Mar-12 500m 1:00.17 Ken Lowery (Chi. St. TC) Indianapolis, IN 1987-Jan-17 800m 1:45.00 Johnny Gray (Santa Monica TC) Sindelfingen, DEU 1992-Mar-08 1,000m 2:17.86 David Krummenacker (Adidas) Boston, MA 2002-Jan-27 1,500m 3:33.34 Bernard Lagat (Nike) Fayetteville, AR 2005-Feb-11 1 mi. 3:49.89 Bernard Lagat (Nike) Fayetteville, AR 2005-Feb-11 3,000m 7:32.43 Bernard Lagat (Nike) Birmingham, GBR 2007-Feb-17 5,000m 13:11.44 Galen Rupp (Nike) Biringham, GBR 2011-Feb-19 13:07.15 (p) Bernard Lagat (Nike) New York, NY 2012-Feb-11 50m Hurdles 6.35 Greg Foster (World Class) Rosemont, IL 1985-Jan-27

6.35 Greg Foster (World Class) Ottawa, CAN 1987-Jan-31 55m Hurdles 6.89 Renaldo Nehemiah (U of Md.) New York, NY 1979-Jan-20 60m Hurdles 7.36 Greg Foster (World Class) Los Angeles, CA 1987-Jan-16

7.36 Allen Johnson (USA) Budapest, HUN 2004-Mar-06 7.36 Terrence Trammell (Track Star Apparel) Doha, QAT 2010-Mar-14

1 mi. RW 5:38.2 Tim Lewis (Reebok RC) Inglewood, CA 1987-Feb-20 3,000m RW 11:16.3 Ray Sharp (East Side TC) Louisville, KY 1984-Feb-03 2 mi. RW 12:05.94 Jim Heiring (Bud Light (30) New York, NY 1986-Feb-28 5,000m RW 19:15.88 Tim Seaman (NYAC (33) Boston, MA 2006-Feb-25 10,000m RW 44:36.0 John Knifton (New York AC) New London, CT 1974-Feb-09 4x200m 1:22.71 National Team Glasgow, GBR 1991-Mar-03

(Thomas Jefferson, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay, Kevin Little) 4x400m 3:01.96 USA Fayetteville, AR 2006-Feb-11

(Kerron Clement, Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner) 4x800m 7:13.94 United States Boston, MA 2000-Feb-06

(Joey Woody, Karl Paranya, Rich Kenah, David Krummenacker) 4x1,500m 16:16.67 New York AC Hanover, NH 1993-Jan-10

(Brad Horton, Jeff Smith, Brad Schlapak, Bill Burke) 4,000m DMR 9:25.97 University of Texas Fayetteville, AR 2008-Feb-16

(Kyle Miller, Danzell Forston, Jacob Hernandez, Leo Manzano) High Jump 2.40m/7-10.5 Hollis Conway Seville, ESP 1991-Mar-10 Pole Vault 5.96m/19-6.5 Lawrence Johnson (Adidas) Atlanta, GA 2001-Mar-03

6.02m/19-9 (p) Jeff Hartwig (Nike) Sindelfingen, DEU 2002-Mar-10 Long Jump 8.79m/28-10.25 Carl Lewis (Santa Monica TC) New York, NY 1984-Jan-27 Triple Jump 17.76m/58-3.25 Mike Conley (Tyson TC) New York, NY 1987-Feb-27 Shot Put 22.66m/74-4.25 Randy Barnes (Mazda TC) Los Angeles, CA 1989-Jan-20 Weight Throw 25.86m/84-10 Lance Deal (New York AC) Atlanta, GA 1995-Mar-04 Heptathlon 6568 pts. Ashton Eaton (Nike) Tallinn, EST 2011-Feb-05

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Women’s Indoor American Records EVENT MARK NAME (CLUB) LOCATION DATE 50m 6.02 Gail Devers (Nike) Li'vin, FRA 1999-Feb-22 55m 6.56 Gwen Torrence (U. of Ga.) Oklahoma City, OK 1987-Mar-14 60m 6.95 Gail Devers (USA) Toronto, CAN 1993-Mar-12

6.95 Marion Jones (USA) Maebashi, JPN 1998-Mar-07 200m 22.33 Gwen Torrence (USA) Atlanta, GA 1966-Mar-02 300m 36.33 Allyson Felix (adidas) Fayetteville, AR 2007-Feb-09 400m 50.54 Francena McCorory (Hampton) Fayetteville, AR 2010-Mar-13 500m 1:08.71 (p) Jearle Miles-Clark (NB) University Park, PA 2004-Jan-31 800m 1:58.71 Nicole Teter (Farm Team) New York, NY 2002-Mar-02 1,000m 2:34.19 Jen Toomey (Nike) Birmingham, GBR 2004-Feb-20 1,500m 3:59.98 Regina Jacobs (Nike) Boston, MA 2003-Feb-01 1 mi. 4:20.5 Mary Slaney (Athletics West) San Diego, CA 1982-Feb-19 3,000m 8:33.25 Shalane Flanagan (Nike) Boston, MA 2007-Jan-27 5,000m 14:47.62 Shalane Flanagan (Nike) Boston, MA 2009-Feb-07 50m Hurdles 6.67 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Honda) Reno, NV 1995-Feb-10 55m Hurdles 7.37 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (WC) New York, NY 1989-Feb-03 60m Hurdles 7.72 Lolo Jones (Asics) Doha, QAT 2010-Mar-13 1,500m RW 5:54.31 Debbi Lawrence (Parkside AC (30) Hamilton, CAN 1992-Jan-10 1 mi. RW 6:18.03 Debbi Lawrence (Parkside AC (30) Cleveland, OH 1992-Feb-15 3,000m RW 12:20.79 Debbi Lawrence (Natural Sport (31) Toronto, CAN 1993-Mar-12 4x200m 1:33.24 National Team Glasgow, GBR 1994-Feb-12

(Flirtisha Harris, Chryste Gaines, Terri Dendy, Michele Collins) 4x400m 3:27.34 National Team Doha, QAT 2010-Mar-14

(Debbie Dunn, DeeDee Trotter, Natasha Hastings, Allyson Felix) 4x800m 8:28.41 (p) U. of Wisconsin Indianapolis, IN 1992-Mar-14

(Sarah Renk, Kim Sherman, Sue Gentes, Amy Wickus 4,000m DMR 10:50.98 University of Tennessee College Station, TX 2009-Mar-13

(Phobe Wright, Brittany Jones, Chanelle Price, Sarah Bowman) High Jump 2.02m/6-7.5 Chaunte Lowe Albuquerque, NM 2012-Feb-26 Pole Vault 4.86m/15-11.25 Jenn Suhr (adidas) Albuquerque, NM 2011-Feb-27 4.88m/16-0 (p) Jenn Suhr (adidas) Boston, MA 2012-Feb-04 Long Jump 7.13m/23-4.75 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Honda) Atlanta, GA 1994-Mar-05 Triple Jump 14.23m-46-8.25 Sheila Hudson (Reebok) Atlanta, GA 1995-Mar-04 Shot Put 19.89m/65-3.25 Jillian Camarena-Williams (Nike/NYAC) Fayetteville, AR 2012-Feb-11 Weight Throw 25.56m/83-10 Brittany Riley (Southern Illinois) Fayetteville, AR 2007-Mar-10 Pentathlon 4753 pts. DeDee Nathan (USA) Maebashi, JPN 1999-Mar-05

4753 pts. Hyleas Fountain (USA) Doha, QAT 2010-Mar-13

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