WHO GETS A BIO?

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WHO GETS A BIO?

WHO GETS A BIO?
To be eligible for a USATF athlete biography, an athlete must:
Be ranked in the top 5 in the U.S. for the previous calendar year by Track &
Field News, provided that his/her event has at least five athletes ranked in the
top 25 in the world; OR
Be ranked in the top 3 in the U.S. by Track & Field News if his/her event does
not have 5 athletes in the top 25 in the world; OR
If not ranked in the top 5, have spent the previous year out of competition due
to injury, pregnancy or other circumstances; have a high media interest; be a
current or recent U.S. champion competing at the World/Olympic level; be a
World Outdoor or Olympic Team USA member in the current year, competing
at a high level; or compete in an event where the U.S. is inordinately strong
(men's 110m hurdles and dashes); AND
Not be the subject of anti-doping disciplinary action that could result
in suspension.
*NOTE: The rankings listed under the “USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests” section were collected
based on their performances by the athletes from the IAAF performance list.
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2013 ATHLETE BIOGRAPHIES
Amy Acuff
Kyle Alcorn
Ryan Bailey
Brigetta Barrett
Trevor Barron
Tianna Bartoletta
Molly Beckwith
Amanda Bingson
Lance Brooks
Tia Brooks
T'Erea Brown
Stephanie Brown-Trafton
Donn Cabral
Mary Cain
Jillian Camarena-Williams
Amber Campbell
Christian Cantwell
Michelle Carter
Matthew Centrowitz
Janet Cherobon-Bawcom
Will Claye
Kerron Clement
Emma Coburn
Kim Conley
Chris Cralle
Virginia Crawford
Julie Culley
Jessica Cosby
Desiree Davila
Walter Davis
Sharon Day
Janay Deloach
Jeff Demps
Lashinda Demus
Joe Detmer
Walter Dix
Diamond Dixon
Kimberlyn Duncan
Ashton Eaton
Allyson Felix
Shalane Flanagan
Hyleas Fountain
Bridget Franek
Geena Gall
Justin Gatlin
Tyson Gay
Justin Gaymon
Andrea Geubelle
Whitney Gipson
Marquise Goodwin
Sheena Gordon
Kara Goucher
Erin Gray
Ryan Hall
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Trey Hardee
Dawn Harper
Queen Harrison
Amy Hastings
Natasha Hastings
Chelsea Hayes
Reese Hoffa
Becky Holliday
Cyrus Hostetler
Molly Huddle
Sam Humphreys
Bershawn Jackson
Evan Jager
Lacy Janson
Carmelita Jeter
Funmi Jimoh
Kibwé Johnson
Lolo Jones
Meb Keflezighi
Trell Kimmons
Craig Kinsley
Shalaya Kipp
George Kitchens
Joe Kovacs
Bianca Knight
Erik Kynard
A.G. Kruger
Bernard Lagat
Gia Lewis-Smallwood
Lopez Lomong
Chaunte Lowe
Ronell Mance
Leo Manzano
Brenda Martinez
Francena Mccorory
Chantae Mcmillan
Tony McQuay
Miranda Melville
Aries Merritt
LaShawn Merritt
Maria Michta
Manteo Mitchell
Maurice Mitchell
Georganne Moline
Alysia Montano
Bryshon Nellum
Adam Nelson
Calesio Newman
Jamie Nieto
John Nunn
David Oliver
Kara Patterson
Doc Patton
Dwight Phillips
Jeff Porter
Brittney Reese
Jason Richardson
Sanya Richards-Ross
Dathan Ritzenhein
Khadevis Robinson
Mike Rodgers
Natosha Rogers
Scott Roth
Shannon Rowbury
Galen Rupp
Alice Schmidt
Jeremy Scott
Tim Seaman
Ben Shorey
Jenny Simpson
Calvin Smith
Amanda Smock
Duane Solomon
Wallace Spearmon
Ashley Spencer
Patrick Stroupe
Jenn Suhr
Nick Symmonds
Jeneba Tarmoh
Angelo Taylor
Christian Taylor
Cassandra Tate
Matt Tegenkamp
Aretha Thurmond
Michael Tinsley
Dee Dee Trotter
Morgan Uceny
Brad Walker
Jeremy Wariner
Kellie Wells
Andrew Wheating
Ryan Whiting
Jesse Williams
Lauryn Williams
Tiffany Williams
Ryan Wilson
Russ Winger
Isiah Young
Jason Young
Rachel Yurkovich
AMY ACUFF
Event: High Jump
Height: 6-2
Weight: 145
PR: 2.01m/6-7 (2003)
Born: 07/14/1975
Current Residence: Austin, Texas
Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas
High School: Calallen H.S. (Texas) '93
College: UCLA '97
Coach: Tye Harvey
Agent: Jeff Hartwig
Sponsor: Asics
USA Championships
Six-time USA Outdoor champion ('95, '97, '01, '03, '05, '07)
Five-time USA Indoor champion ('01, '04, '07, '08, '09)
International Championships
Five-time Olympian
1997 World University Games champion
Collegiate Championships
Three-time NCAA Indoor champion ('94, '95, '97)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion ('95, '96)
About Amy
Amy Acuff’s retirement did not last long when she decided to make a comeback in 2012 to make her
fifth Olympic team. After competing at the 2009 World Outdoor Championships, Acuff finished 12th and
found out she was pregnant with her first child. She then retired from competition and worked as a
licensed acupuncturist. Acuff is a seven-time world championship finalist. With six USA Outdoor
championships to her name, she is tied with Elenor Montgomery for the second most USA high jump
titles, only behind the legendary Alice Coachman. Acuff was involved in a car accident three weeks
before the 2000 Olympic Trials, on Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles. After being treated with
acupuncture following the automobile accident Acuff moved to Austin and began study at the Academy
of Oriental Medicine in Austin, Texas. Despite not having a coach while competing in high school, Acuff
was named National High School Athlete of the Year in 1993. Country music legend Roy Acuff was a
second cousin of her grandfather. Has worked as a model with appearances in Rolling Stone, Sports
Illustrated, Maxim, Vogue, US, the cover of Playboy and other magazines. Acuff wed pole vaulter Tye
Harvey, the 2001 World Indoor silver medalist, in October of 2004 in Hawaii.
Results
2012: 10th in 2nd qualifying group at Olympic Games (1.85m/6-0.75); 3rd at Olympic Trials (1.95m/63.5); 2nd at Drake Relays (1.85m/6-0.75); 1st at Texas Relays (1.95m/6-3.5)
2010 – 2011: did not compete
2009: 12th at World Outdoors (1.87m/6-1.5); 2nd at Athens (1.95m/6-4.75); 2nd at Madrid (1.93m/6-4);
2nd at USA Outdoors (1.95m/6-4.75), 1st at USA Indoors (1.90m/6-2.75); 1st at Millrose Games
(1.92m/6-3.5i)
2008: 9th in qualifying at Olympic Games (1.89m/6-2.25); 2nd at Olympic Trials (1.93m/6-04); 4th at
Stockholm (1.95m/6-3.5); 3rd at adidas Track Classic (1.92m/6-6); 1st at USA Indoors (1.92m/6-3.5); 6th
at World Indoors (1.95m/6-4.75)
2007: USA Outdoor champion (1.89m/6-2.25); 12th at World Outdoors (1.94m/6-4.25); USA Indoor
champion (1.92m/6-3.5); 1st at Millrose Games (1.89m/6-2.25); 2nd at Drake Relays (1.89m/6-2.25); 5th
at Rome (1.95m/6-4.75); 2nd at Sheffield (1.89m/6-2.25); 4th at Madrid (1.95m/6-4.75); 4th at Monaco
(1.94m/6-4.25); 5th at Heusden (1.89m/6-2.25); 6th at Stockholm (1.92m/6-3.5)
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (1.92m/6-03.50); USA Indoor champs runner-up (1.89m/6-2.25); 2nd at
Reebok Boston Indoor Games (1.92m/6-3.50); 1st at Tyson (1.95m/6-4.75); 3rd at Nike Prefontaine
Classic (1.96m/6-05); 5th at Paris (1.94m/6-4.25); 4th at Rome (1.94m/6-4.25); 3rd at Lausanne
(1.96m/6-5); 3rd at Stockholm (1.93m/6-4); 2nd at London (1.94m/6-4.25)
2005: USA Outdoor champion (1.90m/6-02.75); 8th at World Outdoors (1.89m/6-2.75); 1st at Mt. SAC
Relay (1.93/6-4); 1st at Oslo (1.93/6-4); 5th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1.79m/5-10.50)
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2004: 4th at Olympic Games (1.99/6-6.25); 3rd at Olympic Trials (1.95m/6-4.75); USA Indoor champion
(1.93m/6-4); 1st at Munich (2.00m/6-6.75); 2nd at Berlin (2.00m/6-6.75); 3rd at London (1.97m/6-5.5); 3rd
at Zurich (1.97m/6-5.5); 1st at Drake Relays (1.88m/6-2); 2nd at Mt. Sac Relays (1.92/6-3.5); 3rd at Home
Depot (1.92m/6-3.5); Tied for 1st at Millrose Games (1.92m/6-3.5)
2003: USA Outdoor champ (1.95m/6-4.75); runner-up at USA Indoors (1.94m/6-4.25); 9th at World
Outdoor Champs (1.90m/6-2.75); 10th at World Indoors (1.92m/6-3.50); 4th at Zurich (2.01m/6-7PR, U.S.
Leader); 1st at Glasgow (1.98m/6-6); 1st at Millrose Games Indoors (1.95m/6-4.75); 2nd at Nike
Prefontaine Classic Outdoor (1.95m/6-4.75); tied for 1st at U.S. Oracle Open (1.97m/6-5.52nd); 1st at
Golden Gala (1.97m/6-5.50);5th at Rieti 2003 (1.92m/6-3.50)
2002: Runner-up U.S. Indoors (1.90m/6-2.75); 1st at adidas Boston Indoor Games (1.90m/6-2.75); 1st at
adidas Midwest Track Classic (1.92m/6-3.; 2nd at Verizon Millrose Games (1.92/6-3.; 3rd at USA Outdoors
(1.90m/6-2.7; 3rd at Oracle U.S. Open (1.90m/6-2.7); 4th at Zagreb GP (1.93m/6-4); 5th at Paris GL
(1.93m/6-4); 7th at Lausanne GP (1.94m/6-4.25)
2001:1st at U.S. Outdoors (1.88/6-2); won Prefontaine Classic (1.98/6-6; 1st at Peregrine Systems U.S.
Open (1.94/6-4.25); 1st at Osaka GP (1.96m/6-5); 1st at USA Indoors (1.92m/6-03.50); 1st at Millrose
Games (1.96m/6-5); 4th at World Indoors (1.96m.6-5); 10th at World Outdoors (1.90/6-2.75); tied for 3rd at
Goodwill Games (1.93m/6-4)
2000: 3rd at Olympic Trials (1.90m/6-2.75); finished 17th in qualifying at the Olympic Games (1.80m/5-10.75)
1999: 2nd at USA Indoors (6-4) and USA Outdoors (6-4); 9th at World Outdoor Champs (6-4); Prefontaine
Grand Prix champion
1998: 2nd at USA Outdoors (6-4.25); tied for 2nd at Goodwill Games (6-4); 2nd in Edwardsville GP (64.25); 3rd at USA Indoors (6-2/75)
1997: 1st at USA Outdoors (6-5); 1st at NCAA Indoors (6-3.25) 1st at World University Games (6-6); 1st
atPac-10 Champs (6-2.75); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors (6-2.75); tied for 14th in qualifying at World Champs (6-3.5)
1996: 3rd at Olympic Trials (6-3.5)...tied for 20th in qualifying at Olympic Games (6-0.75)... 3rd at NCAA
Indoors (6-0.75)...Won Pac-10 Champs (6-3.25) and NCAA Outdoors (6-4.25)
1995: 1st at USA Outdoors (6-4.75); 1st at NCAA Indoors (6-5.5 Championship record), 1st at Pac-10
Champs (6-6 CR); 1st at NCAA Outdoors (6-5 Meet Record); 2nd at Olympic Festival (6-3.25); tied for 8th
at World Champs (6-4); 8th at World University Games (5-10.75).
1994: 1st at NCAA Indoors (6-3.25); 1st at Pac-10 Champs (6-0.75) and USA Junior (5-8); 2nd at NCAA
Outdoors (6-2.25); tied for bronze at World Juniors (6-2)
1993: Won titles at Pan Am Juniors (6-0); U.S. Olympic Festival (6-0) National Scholastic Indoor Champ
(5-10.75); National Scholastic Champs (6-2); USA Juniors (6-1.5).
1992: Won National Scholastic Indoor Champs (5-11); no height in qualifying at Olympic Trials; 3rd at
National Scholastic Champs (5-10); 1st at USA Juniors (5-9.75); 9th at World Juniors (6-0.75)
1991: Won National Scholastic Champs (6-2); 3rd at USA Juniors (5-11.75)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2012: Outdoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75 (ranked No. 3rd in the USA by T&FN, 10th in the World)
2009: Indoor bests- 1.92m/6-3.5 (4th in the USA, 21st in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75 (3rd in
the USA, 16th in the World, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75 (1st in the USA, 16th in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75 (3rd in
the USA, 26th in the World)
2007: Indoor bests- 1.92m/6-3.5 (2nd in the USA, 27th in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75 (1st in
2006: Indoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75(2nd in the USA, 16th in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.96m/6-5 (2nd in
the USA, 8th in the World, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 8 in the world by T&FN)
2005: Outdoor bests- (1.93m/6-4) (3rd in the USA, 23rd in the World)
2004: Indoor bests- (1.93m/6-4) (1st in the USA, 23rd in the World); Outdoor bests- 2.00m/6-6.75 (1st in
the USA, 8th in the World, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
2003: Indoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75 (2nd in the US, 17th in the World); Outdoor bests- 2.01m/6-7 (1st in the
USA, 7th in the World, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 10 in the world by T&FN)
2002: Indoor bests- 1.92m/6-3.5 (2nd in the US, 19th in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75) (2nd in
2001: Indoor bests- 1.96m/6-5 (1st in the USA, 6th in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.98m/6-6 (1st in the
USA, 7th in the World, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 6 in the world by T&FN)
2000: Indoor bests- 1.88m/6-2 (5th in the USA, 34th in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.90m/6-2.75 (4th in
1999: Indoor bests- 1.93m/6-4 (3rd in the USA, 15th in the World); Outdoor bests- 1.95m/6-4.75 (2nd in
1998: Indoor bests- 1.94m/6-4.25; Outdoor bests- 1.94m/6-4.25, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 5
in the world by T&FN)
1997: Indoor bests- 1.93m/6-4; Outdoor bests- 2.00m/6-6.75, (ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 5 in
the world by T&FN)
1996: Indoor bests- 1.92m/6-3.5; Outdoor bests- 1.94m/6-4.25
1995: Indoor bests- 1.97m/6-5.5; Outdoor bests- 1.98m/6-6, (ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 9 in
the world by T&FN)
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KYLE ALCORN
Event: 3,000m steeplechase
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
PR: 8:20.86 (2012)
Born: 03/18/1985
Current Residence: Mesa, Ariz.
Hometown: Clovis, Calif.
High School: Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.) H.S. '03
College: Oregon '05; Arizona State '08
Coach: Self
Agent: Ray Flynn
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2004 USA Junior champion (9:10.37)
Third three times at USA Outdoors – 2009 (8:34.65); 2011 (8:29.44); 2012 (8:22.17)
2008 NCAA Outdoor champion (8:28.26)
2008 NCAA Indoor 3,000m champion (8:28.26)
About Kyle
Kyle Alcorn was a part of a young and talented group of men's steeplechasers who made Team USA for the
recent London Olympic Games, which also included Donn Cabral and American record holder Evan Jager. It
was Alcorn's second Olympic or World Championships team after also making the World Outdoor team in 2009.
Always in the mix in steeplechase finals at the USA Outdoor Championships, Alcorn picked up a top three
ranking in the U.S. from Track & Field News in 2011. Alcorn holds the second-fastest time in school history for
Arizona State. A standout on both the track and in cross country at Buchanan High School (Clovis, Calif.), he
also spent time on the water polo team. He graduated in the same high school class as Olympic teammate
Bryshon Nellum who is in the 400m. His family includes a pair of brothers and majored in interdisciplinary
studies with an emphasis on communication and business at Arizona State. He competed for the University of
Oregon for two seasons before transferring to the Sun Devils.
Results
2012: 9th in Group B at Olympic Games heats (8:37.11); 3rd in DecaNation exhibition (8:52.76); 3rd at Olympic
Trials (8:22.17); 1st at American Milers Club 1500m (3:40.28); 3rd at USATF High Performance (8:20.86); 1st at
Payton Jordan Invite (8:26.66);
2011: 3rd at USA Outdoors (8:29.44); 2nd at Tempe Arizona State Invitational 5,000m (14:17.20); 6th at
Prefontaine Classic (8:26.88)
2010: 6th at USA Outdoors (8:36.96); 7th at Gateshead (8:38.22); 1st at Payton Jordan Invitational (8:27.95)
2009: 3rd at USA Outdoors (8:34.65); 6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (8:34.02); dnf in opening round at World Champs
2008: NCAA steeple champ (8:28.26); NCAA Indoor 3,000m champion (8:28.26); 11th at Olympic Trials
(8:47.30); Pac 10 5,000m (14:12.76) and steeplechase (8:43.81) champion
2007: 7th at NCAA Outdoors (8:35.71); 12th at USA Outdoors (8:48.34); 3rd in steeplechase (8:46.10) and 6th in
5,000m (14:16.15) at Pac 10 champs
2005: 9th in prelims at NCAA Outdoors (8:44.72); 7th at Pac 10 Outdoors
2004: U.S. Junior steeple champ (9:10.37); 5th in prelim at World Junior Champs
2003: 9th at USA Junior Champs (9:38.57)
2011: Outdoor bests – 8:23.27 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 48 in the world)
2010: Outdoor bests – 8:27.95 (No. 4 in the USA)
2008: Outdoor bests – 8:21.46 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 37 in the world)
2006: Outdoor bests – 8:57.85
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RYAN BAILEY
Event: Sprints
Height: 6-4
Weight: 180
PR: 100m - 9.88 (2010); 200m - 20.10 (2010)
Born: 04/13/1989
Current Residence: Salem, Ore.
Hometown: Salem, Ore.
High School: Douglas McKay (Salem, Ore.) H.S. ‘07
College: Rend Lake (Ill.) CC ‘10
Coach: John Smith
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Third at 2012 Olympic Trials 100m (9.93)
2012 Olympic 4x100m silver medalist (37.04 AR)
Awards and Honors
American 4x100m record holder (37.04)
About Ryan
With world record holder, world champion and Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica proving in recent
years that there is a place in the world for tall sprinters, Ryan Bailey in 2010 showed by his startling success that
tall sprinters may become the norm instead of an exception. Bailey, who stands 6 feet 4 inches (Bolt is 6-5), had
an amazing breakthrough season in 2010 in lowering his personal best in the 100m to 9.88 seconds from his
previous best of 10.05 in 2009, and his 200m career best to 20.10 down from his previous PR of 20.45 in 2009.
Bailey made his first big splash in April of 2010 at the UTEP Invitational when he finished a close second in the
100m to Churandy Martina, who placed fourth at the Beijing Olympics, before defeating Martina that same day
in the 200m. Bailey was academically ineligible to accept a Division I scholarship out of Douglas McKay High
School in Salem, Ore., where he was first a football player. Bailey, who is the youngest of eight children, first
stepped onto to a track as a sophomore, but his career was abbreviated due to injuries and poor grades. He
finally had the opportunity to show what he could do as a prep sprinter in 2007 when he won Oregon state titles
in the 100m and 200m, setting state records in the process. He spent one year out of school entirely, working
with his high school and current coach, John Parks, and spent half a year at Rend Lake College in Illinois, where
he won junior college national titles. His 2009 season also included a broken wrist, suffered when he fell at the
end of a victorious 100-meter race in Tennessee. Bailey underwent surgery on the wrist in the fall, and also
became the father of a baby boy, Tyree, an experience he says is "probably one of the best things that ever
happened to me."
Results
2012: Olympic 4x100m silver medalist (37.04 AR); 5th in Olympic Games final (9.88); 3rd at Olympic Trials (9.93);
7th at Ponce (10.57); 1st at Oxy Invite (10.01).
2011: 2nd at Glasgow in 200m (21.24i) and 5th in 60m (7.46i)
2010: 2nd at Rieti (9.88);1st in opening round at Rieti (9.95); 2nd at Nuror (10.10); 2nd at El Paso (10.09); 3rd at
Zurich (20.10); 1st at Penn Relays (10.15); ranked #5 in 100m in U.S., #6 in world, #4 in U.S. in 200m by
T&FN...bests of 9.88, 20.10.
2009: 7th in opening round at USA Outdoors; JUCO 100m champion; 2nd at JUCO Champs 200m...bests of
10.05, 20.45.
2008: 3rd at USA Junior Champs (10.34)...7th at USA Junior Champs (22.13)...bests of 10.28, 20.69.
2007: Bests of 10.48, 21.13.
2012: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.88 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 7 in the world)
2011: Indoor bests - 60m, 7.46; 200m, 21.24
2008: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.28
2007: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.48
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BRIGETTA BARRETT
Event: High Jump
Height: 6-0
Weight: 140
PR: 2.03m/6-8.0 (2012)
Born: 12/24/1990
Current Residence: Tucson, Ariz.
Hometown: Duncanville, Texas
High School: Duncanville (Texas) H.S. ‘09
College: University of Arizona '13
Coach: Sheldon Blockburger
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials runner-up (2.01m/6-7)
2011 USA Outdoor champion (1.95m/6-4.75)
2012 Olympic Games silver medalist (2.03m/6-8.0)
2011 World University Games champion (1.96m/6-05.00)
2012 NCAA Indoor (1.96m/6-05.00) and Outdoor (1.93m/6-4) Champion
2011 NCAA Indoor (1.90m/6-2.75) and Outdoor (1.86m/6-1.75) Champion
About Brigetta
Barrett grew up in New York, where she started high jumping her freshman year of high school. For her junior
year, Barrett packed her bags and moved to Texas to live with family members and give herself the best possible
environment for success. Barrett’s moved paid off as she became a two-time Texas state champion and earned
a scholarship to Arizona. In only her sophomore year of college, Barrett exploded on the international high jump
scene. After winning victories at NCAA Indoor and Outdoor as well as the USA Championships, Barrett traveled
out of the country for the first time to win the World University Games and advance to the finals of the World
Championships. in 2012, Barrett won Olympic silver to became the first U.S. woman to medal in the high jump
since Louise Ritter won gold in 1988. Barrett is majoring in theatre arts with a minor in creative writing. She
wrote and produced the first-ever black history month play on the campus of Arizona. Barrett writes poetry and
blogs on natural hair care. A talented singer, Barrett has sung the national anthem at many events including the
2013 Fiesta Bowl.
Results
2013: 2nd at Millrose Games (1.87m/6-1.5)
2012: 2nd at DecaNation (1.92m/6-3.50); 2nd at Olympic Games (2.03m/6-8.0); 2nd at Olympic Trials (2.01m/67); 1st at NCAA Outdoors (1.93m/6-4); 4th at Pre Classic (1.91m/6-3.25); 1st at Tucson Elite Classic
(1.89m/6-2.25); 1st at Pac-12 Outdoor (1.94m/6-4.25); 1st at Mt. Sac Relays (1.95m/6-4.75); 1st at Payton
Jordan Invitational (1.95m/6-4.75);1st at NCAA Indoors (1.96m/6-5); 1st at MPSF Indoor Championships
(1.93m/6-4)
2011: 10th at World Outdoor (1.93m/6-03.50); 1st at World University Games (1.96m/6-05.00); 5th at Monaco
(1.85m/6-00.75) 1st at USA Outdoors (1.95m/6-4.75); 1st at NCAA Outdoor (1.86m/6-1.75); 1st at Pac-10
Outdoor (1.93m/6-4); 1st at NCAA Indoor (1.90m/6-2.75); MPSF Indoor champion (1.93m/6-03.50)
2010: 3rd at USA Outdoor (1.91m/6-3.25); 7th at NCAA Outdoor (1.75m/5-08.75); 3rd at Pac-10 Outdoor
(1.83m/6-00.00); 3rd at NCAA Indoor (1.84m/6-0.50)
2009: Texas State 5A Champion (1.75m/5-9)
2008: 2nd at USA Juniors (1.77m/5-9.75); Texas 5A state Champion (1.77m/5-09.75)
2012: Indoor bests - 1.97m/6-5.50 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - 2.03m/6-8.0 (No. 1 in
the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, ranked No. 4 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 1.92m/6-03.50 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 16 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1.96m/605.00 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 9 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – .89m/6-02.25 (No. 5 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 1.91m/6-03.25 (No. 5 in the USA by
T&FN, No. 35 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 1.82m/5-11.50 (No. 18 in the USA)
2008: Outdoor bests – 1.83m/6-00.00
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TREVOR BARRON
Event: Race Walk
Height: 6-3
Weight: 160
PR: 5km – 21:05 AJR (2011); 10 km – 41:35 AJR (2011);
20km – 1:22:13 AJR (2012); 20,000m AR (1:23:00.10)
Born: 09/30/1992
Current Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Hometown: Bethel Park, Pa.
High School: Home Schooled
College: Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Coach: Tim Seaman
Agent: Self
Club: New York Athletic Club (NYAC)
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials 20,000m race walk champion (1:23:00.10 AR)
2012 USA Indoors 3000m walk champion (11:36.27)
2011 USA Outdoors 20 km race walk champion (1:23:26)
Awards and Honors
American 20,000m record holder (1:23:00.10)
Set four records at the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships
2010 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year
Holds six American Junior race walk records
About Trevor
Barron is the fastest junior race walker in U.S. history, holding national records at distances from one mile to 20
kilometers. He is currently taking classes at the Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He made the 2012 Olympic
team as the youngest member of Team USA. He began race walking at age nine, looking to find a way to join his
sister Tricia, who was a skilled hurdler and jumper, at the USATF National Junior Olympics. After placing second
nationally in his age group in 2002, he won gold medals the next four years, breaking the national youth boys (age
13-14) record in 2006. Two weeks after that record-breaking race, Barron entered the Children’s Hospital of
Pittsburgh for brain surgery to curb epileptic seizures that had plagued him since age 8 and had interrupted his
promising career as a competitive swimmer. Children’s Hospital neurologist Deborah Holder was able to identify
the dysfunctional portion of his brain that was causing the problems, and Barron has been seizure-free since
recovering from the surgery. At age 15, he won the U.S. junior men’s trial for the 2008 World Race Walking Cup in
Cheboksary, Russia. While he was the youngest entrant in the race, he placed 42nd among 63 competitors. When
returning home, he discontinued race walking citing the unfavorable attention often accorded the discipline. In
November 2008, he resumed race walk training while becoming a home-school student so that he could train with
coach and two-time Olympian Tim Seaman. His renewed dedication quickly paid off as he broke U.S. junior
records at distances of 5 and 20 kilometers. After his return to race walking, Barron quickly continued his recordsetting pace as he broke the U.S. high-school mark for the one-mile walk with a time of 6:03.48.
Results
2012: 26th at Olympic Games 20 km (1:22:46); Olympic Trials 20,000m race walk champion (1:23:00.10AR); 40th at IAAF
World Race Walking Cup (1:24:54); 3rd at IAAF Team Trials (1:22:13PR); First at USA Indoors 3000m (11:36.27).
2011: First at USA Outdoors, 20km (1:23:26); 23rd at World Outdoors, 20km (1:24:33); First at New York Millrose Games,
Mile (6:06.25i); Second at Miramar Pan American Junior Championship, 10,000m (41:39.16).
2010: Third at New York Millrose Games, Mile (6:03.48i); First at Surprise USA 50km Race Walk Championship, 20km
(1:31:51); Second at Dolores Hidalgo, 10km (45:03); First at Ronkonkoma US Race Walking Championships, 10km
(43:05); Ninth at Chihuahua IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 10km (45:17); First at Des Moines USA Junior outdoor
10,000m (42:58.62); Seventh at Moncton IAAF World Junior Championships, 10,000m (41:50.29); Sixth at Campobasso
Grand Prix di Marcia, 10km race walk (45:00).
2009: Fourth at New York Millrose Games, Mile (6:14.12i); First at Pharr US Team Trials Race Walk Cup, 10km (44:27);
Eighth at San Salvador Pan American Race Walking Cup, 10km (46:35); First at USA Junior Championship, 10,000m
(43:36.38); Fourth at Bressanone IAAF World Youth Championships, 10,000m (42:22.79); Fourth at Port-of-Spain PanAmerican Junior Championship, 10,000m (42:50.51).
2008: 42nd at Cheboksary IAAF World Junior Race Walking Cup, 10km (46:18).
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2012: Outdoor bests - 20 km race walk, 1:22.13 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – mile walk, 6:05.25; Outdoor bests – 20km race walk, 1:23:26 (No. 1 in the USA); 10,000m
race walk, 41:39.16; (ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – mile walk, 6:03.48; Outdoor bests – 20km race walk, 1:31:51; 10 km race walk, 43:05;
(Ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests – mile walk, 6:14.12; Outdoor bests – 10km race walk, 44:27
2008: Outdoor bests – 10km race walk, 46:18
TIANNA BARTOLETTA
Event: 100m/long jump
Height: 5-6
Weight: 135
PR: 100m – 10.85 (2012); 200m – 22.37 (2012);
long jump – 6.89m/22-7.25 (2005)
Born: 08/30/1985
Current Residence: Tampa, Fla.
Hometown: Elyria, Ohio
High School: Elyria (Ohio) H.S. '03
College: Tennessee '07
Coach: Loren Seagrave
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2012 USA Indoor champion 60m (7.02)
2012 USA Outdoor runner-up 100m (10.96)
Three-time USA long jump runner-up – 2006 outdoor (6.77m/22-2.5); 2006 indoor
(6.59m/21-7.5); 2005 outdoor (6.70m/22-0.5)
2010 USA Outdoor 100m third place finisher (11.43)
2004 USA Junior champion long jump (6.60m/21-8)
2012 Olympic gold medalist in 4x100m relay (40.82WR)
2005 World Outdoor champion in long jump (6.89m/22-7.25)
2006 World indoor silver medalist in long jump (6.80m/22-3.75)
2012 World indoor bronze medalist in 60m (7.02m/23-0.5)
2005 two-time NCAA long jump champion - outdoor (6.66m/21-10.25); indoor (6.71m/22-0.75)
About Tianna
Through 2008, Bartoletta nee’ Madison was known as one of the top long jumpers in the U.S. with a world
outdoor title, a world indoor silver medal, and two NCAA titles to her name. But in recent years, she has
become a fixture on the track, and in 2012 she fully cemented her status as a top sprinter with her first Olympic
berth after finishing second at the 2012 Olympic Trials , a 4x100 Olympic relay WR and gold medal, USA Indoor
60m title, and World Indoor bronze medal. Madison Bartoletta was a standout high school athlete and was
named the 2003 Gatorade Ohio High School Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. She had nine career state
championships, including seven in individual events and became only the third athlete in Ohio history to win four
events at a state championship meet two years in a row, joined former Zanesville Rosecrans star Susan Nash
(1983-84) and Cleveland East Tech/U.S. Olympic legend Jesse Owens (1932-33) on that list. Became a twosport Olympic athlete as she was named to the U.S. Bobsled team as a push athlete in the fall of 2012.
Results
2012: 1st in 4x100m at Olympic Games (40.82WR), 4th in 100m (10.85); 2nd at Monaco (10.99): 3rd at London
(11.13); 2nd at Olympic Trials 100m (10.96) and 6th in 200m (22.50); 2nd at adidas Grand Prix (10.97); 1st at
Ponce in 100m (11.01) and 200m (22.37); 3rd at World Indoor 60m (7.09); 1st at USA Indoors 60m (7.02); 1st at
Birmingham 60m (7.11); 1st at USATF Classic 60m (7.02).
2011: 7th at adidas Grand Prix long jump (6.18m/20-3.5); 5th at Kansas Relays 100m (11.40); 4th at Boston
Indoor GP 60m (7.32).
2010: 8th at London long jump (5.32m/17-5.5); 6th at Stockholm long jump (6.35m/20-10); 3rd at USA Outdoors
100m (11.43); 8th at adidas Grand Prix long jump (6.27m/20-7); 4th at Drake Relays 100m (11.45); 4th at Reebok
Indoor Games 60m (7.31); 6th at Millrose Games 60m (7.37).
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2009: 14th at USA Outdoors long jump (5.86m/19-2.75) and 6th in 100m semifinal heat (11.20); 10th at
Pre Classic long jump (6.06m/19-10.75) and 7th in 100m (11.31); 6th at Reebok GP long jump (6.16m/202.5) and 2nd in 100m (11.05); 4th at USA Indoor long jump (6.43m/21-1.25) and 2nd in 60m (7.18m).
2008: 5th at Olympic Trials (6.58m/21-7.25); 8th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (6.04m/19-9.75w); 6th at
adidas Track Classic (6.25m/20-6.25).
2007: 5th at USA Outdoors (6.57m/21-6.75); 10th at World Outdoors (6.47m/21-2.75); 1st at Modesto
Relays (6.60m/21-8); 7th at Madrid (6.61m/21-8.25w).
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (6.77m/22-2.5); World Indoor silver medalist (6.80m/22-3.75); USA Indoor
runner-up (6.59m/21-7.5); 3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (6.46m/21-2.5w); 10th at DN Galan (6.21m/204.5); 1st at DecaNation (6.60m/21-8).
2005: World Outdoor champion (6.89m/22-7.25); USA Outdoor Champs runner-up (6.70m/22-.5); NCAA
Outdoor champion (6.66m/21-10.25); 1st at NCAA Mideast Regional (6.52m/21-4.75); NCAA indoor
champion (6.78m/22-3PR); SEC Outdoor champion (6.92m/22-8.5w); SEC Indoor champion (6.71/220.75i); 1st at Tyson (6.69m/21-11.5i); 1st at Knoxville (6.59m/21-7.5); 2nd at Stock (6.58m/21-7.25).
2004: 8th at Olympic Trials (6.42m/21-0.75); USA Junior champion (6.60m/21-8); 2nd at NCAA Mideast
Regional (6.26m/20-6.5); 2nd at SEC Champs (6.34m/20-9.75).
2012: Indoor bests-60m, (7.02) (1st in the US, 2nd in the World) Outdoor bests- 100m, (10.96) (4th in the
US, 8th in the World, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 4 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests-60m, (7.32) (33rd in the US, 64th in the World) Outdoor bests-100m, (11.29) ( 28th in
the US, 66th in the World)
2010: Indoor bests- 60m, (7.31) (20th in the US, 55th in the World) Outdoor bests 100m, (11.20) (13th in
the US, 33rd in the World, ranked No. 8 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests- 60m, (7.18) (6th in the US, 10th in the World) long jump, (6.45m/21-2) (11th in the US,
49th in the World) Outdoor bests- 100m, (11.05) (5th in the US, 11th in the World)
2008: Outdoor bests- long jump, (6.53m/21-5.25) (15th in the US, 81st in the World)
2007: Outdoor bests- long jump, (6.60m/21-8) (5th in the US, 55th in the World)
2006: Indoor bests- long jump, (6.80m/22-3.75) (1st in the US, 3rd in the World) Outdoor bests- long
jump, (6.60m/21-8) (5th in the US, 48th in the World)
2005: Indoor bests- long jump, (6.78m/22-3) (1st in the US, 3rd in the World) Outdoor bests- long jump,
(6.89m/22-7.25) (1st in the US, 4th in the World, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 2 in the world by
T&FN)
2004: Outdoor bests- long jump, (6.60m/21-8) (5th in the US, 46th in the World)
MOLLY BECKWITH
Event: 800m
Height: 5-8
PR: 1:59.12 (2011)
Born: 08/04/1987
Current Residence: Bloomington, Ind.
Hometown: Worthington, Ohio
High School: Thomas Worthington
College: Indiana University
Coach: Ron Helmer
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Saucony
2011 NCAA Outdoor 800m runner-up
About Molly
After signing a soccer scholarship at Indiana University, Beckwith only played one season before deciding
to switch sports and walked-on to the track team. After one week on the track team, a coach questioned
Beckwith’s future in the sport and said that she didn’t see her going very far. However, Beckwith was
undeterred and she went on to become one of the best 800m runners in the Big Ten and even set two
indoor school records. After falling just short of making the 2012 Olympic team, Beckwith went on to have
an outstanding 2012 season as she ran four sub-two minute times.
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Results
2012: 9th in Birmingham (2:03.79); 4th at Monaco (1:59.37); 1st at London (2:00.68); 4th at Olympic Trials
(1:59.68); 2nd at New York (1:59.18); 1st at USATF HP Meet (2:01.24); 6th at Doha (1:59.51)
2011: 6th at London (2:00.18); 1st at Stockholm (2:00.33); 3rd at Lignano (1:59.12); 4th at Birmingham
(2:02.38); 7th at USA Outdoors (2:00.93); 1st at New York (2:01.09)
2010: 4th at Lignano (1:59.83); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors (2:02.14); 1st at NCAA East Regional (2:03.02); 1st
at Big 10 Outdoors (2:07.61); 5th at NCAA Indoors (2:04.46); 1st at Big Ten Indoors 600m (1:27.22), 4th in
mile (4:42.23)
2009: 5th at NCAA Mideast Regional (2:04.31); 4th at Big Ten Outdoor 400m (54.25); 2nd at Drake Relays
(2:10.36); 2nd at Sea Ray Relays (2:04.38); 1st at Big Ten Indoor 400m (54.67) and 600m (1:27.96)
2008: 3rd at Big Ten Outdoors (2:07.56)
2007: 4th at Big Ten Indoors 600m (1:32.69)
2012: Outdoor bests - 1:59.18 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 23 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests - 2:04.46 (No. 4 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 1:59.83 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 32 in the
world, ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN);
2009: Indoor bests - 2:06.07; Outdoor bests - 2:02.51 (No. 17 in the USA)
2008: Indoor bests - 2:12.29; Outdoor bests - 2:06.46
AMANDA BINGSON
Event: Hammer Throw
Height: 5-7
Weight: 195
PR: 71.78m/235-6 (2012)
Born: 02/20/1990
Current Residence: San Marcos, Texas
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
High School: Silverado H.S. (Las Vegas, Nev.) '08
College: UNLV '12
Coach: Greg Watson
Agent: self
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2nd at 2012 Olympic Trials runner-up (71.78m/ 235-6)
1st at 2012 NACAC U23 champion (71.39m/234-2)
3rd at 2012 NCAA Outdoors (66.96m/219-8)
About Amanda
Bingson had a breakout year in 2012 as she was a surprise qualifier for the Olympic Team after placing
second in the U.S. Trials where she set a PR of more than two feet. Bingson is a relative newcomer to the
event, as she had never heard of the hammer throw in 2008, and only picked up the event in 2009. After
joining UNLV’s track team as a walk-on, Bingson progressed to win four Mountain West Conference outdoor
conference titles. Bingson competed in gymnastics for 13 years before joining her high school track team.
While she initially wasn’t interested in the throws, she saw a boy throwing and decided to give it a try to
impress him; that cute boy was Ben Jacobs who played for the Cleveland Browns. She majored in sports
psychology at UNLV. She is known for competing with a flower in her hair.
Results
2013: 6th at USA Indoors (20.36m/66-9.75)
2012: 13th in qualifying round at Olympic Games (67.29m/220-9); 1st at NACAC U23 (71.39m/234-2); 2nd at
Olympic Trials (71.78m/235-6); 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (66.96m/219-8); 1st at MWC Outdoor (67.94m/222-10);
1st at Texas Relays (66.20m/217-2); 5th at NCAA Indoor (19.97m/65-6.25); 2nd at MWC Indoor (19.86m/65-2)
2011: 14th at USA Outdoor (62.02m/203-5); 4th at NCAA Outdoor (64.36m/211-2); 1st at MWC Outdoor
hammer (69.65m/228-6), 1st in discus (46.08m/151-2), 2nd in shot (13.27m/43-6.25); 2nd at MWC Indoor
(19.70m/64-7.75)
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2010: 8th at USA Outdoor (63.03m/206-9); 1st at MWC Outdoor (64.07m/210-2); 1st at Mt. SAC (58.85m/1931); 9th at MWC Indoor (16.71m/54-10)
2009: 5th at USA Juniors (51.82m/170-0); 5th at MWC Outdoor (55.19m/181-1)
2012: Indoor bests – 21.42m/70-3 (No. 8 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 71.78m/235-6 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 30
in the World, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 19.79m/64-7 (No. 17 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 69.79m/228-11 (No. 4 in the USA, No.
31 in the world, ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – 16.71m/54-10; Outdoor bests – 64.07m/210-2 (No. 13 in the USA)
2009: Outdoor bests – 55.19m/181-1
BRITTANY BORMAN
Event: Javelin Throw
Height: 5-11
Weight: 170
PR: 61.51m/201-9
Born: 07/01/1989
Current Residence: De Soto, Mo.
Hometown: Festus, Mo.
High School: Festus H.S. '08
College: University of Oklahoma ('09-'12); UCLA ('08-'09)
Coach: Brian Blutreich
Agent: Mark Pryor
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials champion (61.51m/201-9)
Four-time NCAA champion- 2012 Javelin (56.27m/184-7); 2011 javelin (54.32m/178-2); 2010 javelin
(53.00m/173-10) and discus (54.33m/178-3)
Four-time Big 12 champion- 2012 Javelin (55.21m/181-1); 2011-javelin (49.90m/163-8) and discus
(55.02m/180-6); 2010- discus (54.33m/178-3)
Awards and Honors
Four-time NCAA All-American
Oklahoma Program Record Holder -- Discus (186-1/56.72), Javelin (194-11/59.42)
About Brittany
Borman tried nearly every event by the time she entered Festus High School. Competing in the shot put, discus,
long jump, 100m hurdles, triple jump and high jump, Borman graduated from Festus in 2008. She left as a four-time
All-Metro in track and a Class 3 state champion in the shot put, discus and high jump. Her performances were
impressive enough to earn a scholarship to UCLA, where she was ready to follow in her childhood idol Jackie
Joyner-Kersee’s footsteps as a heptathlete. But Borman stayed only one season before transferring to Oklahoma
where she ditched the heptathlon and began concentrating on the javelin and discus. Borman thrived at Oklahoma,
winning back-to-back NCAA national titles in 2011 and 2012 and becoming a three-time Big 12 outdoor champ in
the javelin. Borman went on to throw a personal best on her sixth and final throw at the 2012 Olympic Trials to win
the meet and punch her ticket to London where she had the best Olympic performance in the javelin of all-time for
U.S. women. Borman first got involved in track and field at the age of six with her two sisters, Danielle and Breanne.
Her father played football at Southeast Missouri State.
Results
2012: 8th in qualifying round at Olympic Games (59.27m/194-5); 1st at Olympic Trials (61.51m/201-9); 1st at NCAA
Outdoors (56.27m/18194-5); 4-7); 1st at Big 12 Outdoors (55.21m/181-1)
2011: 7th in javelin at USA Outdoor Championships; 14th in discus at USA Outdoor Championships; NCAA Outdoor
javelin Champion (54.32m/178-2); Big 12 Outdoor javelin champion (49.90m/163-8); Big 12 Outdoor discus
champion (55.02m/180-6)
2010: 4th in javelin at U-23 NACAC Championships (50.02m/164-1); 10th in javelin at USA Outdoor Championships
(50.20m/164-8); 7th in discus at USA Outdoor Championships (51.85m/170-1); NCAA Outdoor javelin champion
(53.00m/173-10); NCAA Outdoor discus champion (54.33m/178-3); Big 12 Outdoor discus champion (53.16m/1745); Big 12 Outdoor Javelin runner-up (51.22m/168-0).
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2009: 7th at Pac-10 Championships in discus (46.54m/152-8); 5th at Pac-10 Championships in shot put
(14.33m/47-0.25).
2008: 3rd at Kansas Relays HS in discus (42.58m/139-8); 4th at Kansas Relays HS in javelin (43.20m/141-8).
2007: AAU Junior Olympics javelin champion (42.41m/139-1) and shot put champion (13.48m/44-2.75); USA
Youth Outdoor shot put runner-Up (13.74m/45-1); 5th in javelin at USA Junior Outdoor Championships
(44.29m/145-3), 18th in discus (42.46m/139-3) and 10th in shot put (13.67m/44-10.25).
2006: USATF Junior Olympics javelin champion (42.49m/139-5) and 3rd in heptathlon (4538 points); 13th in
heptathlon at US Junior Championships (4362 points).
2012: Outdoor bests- javelin, 61.51m/201-9 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 23 in the World); discus,
55.33m/181-6
2011: Outdoor bests- javelin, 54.33m/178-3 (ranked No. 7 in the USA by T&FN); discus, 56.44m/185-2
2010: Outdoor bests- javelin, 53.00m/173-10 (ranked No. 8 in the USA by T&FN), discus, 56.72m/186-1 (ranked
No. 8 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests- javelin, 45.87m/150-6, discus, 48.06m/157-8
2006: Outdoor bests- javelin, 42.49m/139-5
STEPHANIE
BROWN-TRAFTON
Event: Discus Throw
Height: 6-4
Weight: 205
PR: 67.74m/222-3 (2012) AR
Born: 12/01/1979
Current Residence: Galt, Calif.
Hometown: Arroyo Grande, Calif.
High School: Arroyo Grande H.S.
College: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo '03
Coach: Tony Mikla
Agent: Valentina Fedjuschmina
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion – 2011 (63.35m/207-10); 2009 (64.25m/210-9)
Two-time USA Outdoor bronze medalist – 2010 (59.53m/192-0); 2008 (62.65m/205-06)
2008 Olympic champion (64.74m/212-5)
2007 NACAC champion (59.27m/194-5)
2003 NCAA Outdoor runner-up (55.30m/181-05)
2003 NCAA Indoor shot put bronze medalist (17.28m/56-08.50)
Awards and Honors
2008 Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year
American record holder (67.74m/222-3)
About Stephanie
Brown-Trafton made history in 2008 by winning the first American Olympic gold medal in the discus since Lillian
Copeland’s victory in 1932. Threw her best mark on her first attempt at the Olympic Games and no one was
able to throw within a meter through the rest of competition. Ending the 76-year gold draught in her event
brought Brown-Trafton to the forefront of American track and field and garnered her the sport's top honor of the
Jesse Owens Award as the top female athlete of the year. Brown-Trafton and her husband enjoying hunting for
recreation. She wanted to be an Olympian since she was four-years-old when her father bought her a Mary Lou
Retton leotard. Leading up to the 2008 games she worked in the Information Technology Services department
at Sycamore Environmental Consulting. Majored in Industrial Engineering. She now works as a volunteer
Director of Operations for Sacramento State Track & Field.
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Results
2012: 4th at Zurich (60.99m/200-1); 5th at Stockholm (63.34m/207-9); 8th at Olympic Games (63.01m/206-08);
4th at Monaco (63.70m/209-0); 1st at Olympic Trials (65.18m/213-10); 2nd at Shanghai (64.20m/210-7);1st at
Wailuku Challenge (67.74m/222-3AR); 1st at Perth Track Classic (61.71m/202-5); 1st at Sydney Track Classic
(63.23m/207-5).
2011: 5th at Bruselles (60.82m/199-06); 5th at World Outdoors(63.85m/209-05); 3rd at Monaco (62.07m/203-7);
4th at Lausanne (61.94m/203-02); 1st at USA Outdoor (63.35m/207-10); 1st at New York Grand Prix
(62.94m/206-6)
2010: 9th at Paris (59.03m.193-8); 8th at Lausane (58.81m/192-11); 3rd at USA Outdoors (59.53m/192-0); 8th at
New York Grand Prix (55.67m/182-07); 7th at Doha (54.14/177-7); 4th at Osaka (56.65m/185-10)
2009: 6th at World Athletics Final (59.66m/195-9); 12th at World Outdoor (58.53m/192-0); 1st at USA Outdoor
(64.25m/210-9); 1st at New York Grand Prix (63.97m/209-10); 1st at Pre Classic (63.98m/209-11)
2008: 3rd at World Athletics Final (62.23m/204-02); 1st at Olympic Games (64.74m/212-5); 3rd at Olympic Trials
(62.65m/205-06); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (63.50m/208-4); 3rd at New York Grand Prix (62.34m/204-06)
2007: 1st at NACAC (59.27m/194-5); 5th at USA Outdoor (55.03m/180-6); 5th at New York Grand Prix
(55.59m/182-04)
2006: 4th at USA Outdoors (55.71m/182-9); 1st at USATF Pacific Association Champs (56.76m/186-2)
2005: No mark at USA Outdoor; 4th at Stanford (55.35m/181-7)
2004: 11th at Group A at Olympic Games (58.54m/192-1); 2nd at Olympic Trials (61.90m/203-1) and 4th in shot
put (17.34m/56-10.75); 3rd at USA Indoors shot put (17.61m/57-09.50).
2003: 8th at USA Outdoors (57.78m/189-7); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors discus (55.30m/181-05)and 4th in shot put
(17.37m/57-0); 1st at Big West Outdoor discus (56.03m/183-10) and 1st in shot put (17.07m/56-0); 3rd at NCAA
Indoor shot put (17.28m/56-08.50)
2002: 8th at USA Outdoor shot put (15.47m/50-09.25); 4th at NCAA Outdoors discus (54.11m/177-6); 10th in
SP at NCAA Indoors (15.99m/52-5.5i); 1st at Big West Outdoor discus (50.07m/164-03) and shot put
(15.88m/52-01.25).
2001: 8th in SP at USA Outdoors (15.47m/50-9.25); 7th at NCAA Outdoors shot put (16.31m/53-06.25); 1st at
Big West Outdoor shot put (16.08m/52-09.25).
2000: Did not compete
1999: 14th at NCAA Outdoor shot put (14.96m/49-1) and 20th in discus (45.76m/150-1)
2012: Outdoor bests - 67.74m/222-3 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked
No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 64.13m/210-4 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 7 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked
2010: Outdoor bests – 66.21m/217-2 (No. 4 in the USA by T&FN, No. 21 in the world)
2008: Outdoor bests – 66.17m/217-1 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2007: Outdoor bests – 61.40m/201-5 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 27 in the world)
2006: Outdoor bests – 59.03m/193-8 (No. 4 in the USA)
2004: Outdoor bests – 61.90m/203-1 (No. 5 in the USA , No. 30 in the world)
2002: Outdoor bests – 53.94m/177-0
2001: Outdoor bests – 51.46m/168-10
2000: did not compete
1999: Outdoor bests – 45.76m/150-1
LANCE BROOKS
Event: Discus Throw
Height: 6-6
Weight: 252
PR: 65.15m/213-9 (2012)
Born: 01/01/1984
Current Residence: Denver, Colo.
Hometown: New Berlin, Ill.
High School: New Berlin (Ill.) H.S.
College: Millikin University ‘06
Coach: Steve DeAutremont
Agent: John Nubani
Sponsor: Nike
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USA Championships
3rd at 2011 USA Outdoors (63.45m/208-2)
Awards and Honors
Millikin record holder in the discus (57.83m/189-9)
NCAA Division III All-American
About Lance
Lance Brooks raised his arms in celebration following his final throw at the 2012 Olympic Trials. Having the
competition wrapped up, Brooks still needed to reach the Olympic "A" standard to secure his Olympic dream
and delivered in dramatic fashion with a big personal best of 65.15m/213-9. It was one of the more memorable
moments at the 2012 Olympic Trials. Also a basketball player at the college level, Brooks attended Millikin
University in Decatur, Ill., and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2012. He became an Eagle Scout and
spent his high school spring seasons juggling both track and field and baseball. Following his time at Milikin,
Brooks traveled to Boulder, Colo., to train and coach throws at the high school level.
Results
2012: 12th in Group "B" at Olympic Games (61.17m/200-8); Olympic Trials champion (65.15m/213-9); 10th at
adidas Grand Prix (60.00m/196-10);1st Wailuku Challenge (64.61m/211-11)
2011: 13th in qualifying at World Outdoors (61.07m/200-4);3rd at USA Outdoors (63.45m/208-2); 3rd at Maui
Altius (63.56m/208-06)
2010: 10th at USA Outdoors (56.87m/186-07); 2nd at Chula Vista OTC Classic (63.54m/208-05)
2009: 4th at USA Outdoors (59.97m/196-09)
2008: 14th in qualifying at US Olympic Trials (59.39m/194-10); 1st at California Invitational Relays
(62.14m/203-10)
TIA BROOKS
Event: Shot Put
Height: 6-0
Weight: 240
PR: 18.47m/60-7.25 (2012)
Born: 08/02/1990
Current Residence: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Mich.
High School: East Kentwood H.S. '09
College: Oklahoma ’13
Coach: Brian Blutreich
USA Championships
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials (18.34m/60-2)
Two-time 2012 NCAA champion – Indoors (19.00m/62-4); Outdoors (18.44m/60-6)
Two-time 2011 NCAA runner-up – Indoors (17.40m/57-1); Outdoors (18.00m/59-0.
About Tia
If Brooks had her way in high school, she never would have picked up the shot. But thankfully her coach John
Makinen talked Brooks out of competing in the sprints and had her compete in the throws. During her freshman
year of college, she had an incident during a weightlifting session where she suddenly lost feeling in her legs and
had to be carried out of the weight room on a spine-board. After medical evaluation, it was determined that Brooks
had two bulging discs, degenerative disc disorder and a narrowing of her spine. While a doctor suggested that
Brooks choose a different sport, she was not deterred and after a year off and lots of rehab and strengthening
work, she came back in 2010 to finish 4th at USA Outdoors. Since then, Brooks has been on a roll with two NCAA
titles and a spot on Team USA for the 2012 Olympics.
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Results
2012: 11th in qualifying round at Olympic Games (17.72m/58-2): 3rd at Olympic Trials (18.34m/60-2); 1st at
NCAA Outdoors (18.44m/60-6); 1st at Big 12 Outdoors (18.22m/59-9.5); 1st at Drake Relays (18.47m/60-7.25);
1st at NCAA Indoors (19.00m/62-4); 1st at Big 12 Indoors (18.46m/60-6.75); 4th at USATF Classic (18.19m/598.25)
2011: 5th at USA Outdoors (17.43m/57-2.25); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors (18.00m/59-.75); 2nd at Big 12 Outdoors
(17.42m/57-2); 1st at Drake Relays (17.37m/57); 2nd at NCAA Indoors (17.40m/57-1); 1st at Big 12 Indoors
(17.40m/57-1)
2010: 4th at USA Outdoors (17.37m/57); 9th at NCAA Outdoors (15.58m/51' 1.5); 2nd at Big 12 Outdoors
(16.33m/53.7); 5th at NCAA Indoors (16.74m/54-11.25)
2008: 9th at USA Junior Championships (14.48m/47-6.25)
2012: Outdoor bests - 19.00m/62-4 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 26 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 18.00m/59-0.75 (No. 4 in the USA, ranked No. 4 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Outdoor bests – 17.37m/57-0 (No. 10 in the USA, ranked No. 10 in the USA by T&FN)
T’EREA BROWN
Event: 400m hurdles
Height: 5-9
Weight: 141
PR: 100mH – 12.84 (2010); 400mH – 54.21 (2012)
Born: 10/24/1989
Current Residence: Miami, Fla.
Hometown: Hampton, Va.
High School: Hampton (Va.) H.S. ’07
College: Miami ‘11
Coach: Amy Deem
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Sponsor: adidas
USA Championships
2010 USA Outdoor 400mH champion (54.85)
2012 Olympic Trials 3rd place finisher 400mH (54.81)
2010 NACAC U23 100mH champion (12.86w)
2011 NCAA Outdoor 400mH champion (55.65)
Three-time NCAA Outdoor runner-up – 2009, 400mH (55.98); 2010, 100mH (12.84), 400mH (55.22)
2010 NCAA Indoor 60mH 3rd place finisher (8.08)
About T’erea
Brown has excelled in the 100m and 400m hurdles since she was in high school. While at Miami she earned one
NCAA championship titles and picked up three runner-up finishes. At Miami she majored in advertising and has
many creative interests including drawing and dancing. After finishing her collegiate eligibility in 2011, Brown
continued to live and train in Miami with her collegiate coach. In her first year as a professional athlete, Brown
advanced to the 2012 Olympic final where she finished fifth, and she improved her personal best time by more
than half a second in the semifinal round.
Results
2012: 6th at Olympic Games (55.07), set 54.21 PR in semifinal heat; 6th at Monaco (54.98); 6th at London
(56.03); 3rd at Olympic Trials 54.81; 1st at adidas GP (54.85); 3rd at Rome (54.96); 1st at Florida Relays (54.88)
2011: 8th at London 400mH (57.13); 5th at Stockholm 400mH (56.58); 6th at Luzern 400mH (57.44); 5th at USA
Outdoors 400mH (55.93); 1st at NCAA Outdoors 400mH (55.65); 1st at ACC Outdoor 100mH (12.94) and 2nd in
400mH (57.58); 1st at ACC Indoors 400m (53.25)
2010: 1st at NACAC U23 100mH (12.86w); 1st at USA Outdoors 400mH (54.85); 2nd at NCAA Outdoor 100mH
(12.84) and 400mH (55.22); 2nd at ACC Outdoors 400mH (55.55) and 3rd in 100mH (12.70w); 3rd at NCAA
Indoor 60mH (8.08); 3rd at ACC Indoors 60mH (8.16) and 400m (53.34)
2009: 7th in semifinal heat of 400mH (58.49); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors 400mH(55.98); 5th at ACC Outdoor
(58.00); 3rd at ACC Indoors 400m (55.13) and 4th in 60mH (8.35)
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2008: 8th at NCAA Outdoors 400mH (58.47); 5th at ACC Indoor 60H (8.31)
2007: 5th at Nike Indoor Nationals 60mH (8.59)
2006: 3rd at AAU Junior Olympics 100mH (13.70); 5th at Nike Outdoor Nationals 400mH (1:00.45)
2005: 9th at Nike Outdoor Nationals 400mH (1:01.83)
2012: Outdoor bests - 400mH, 54.21 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 10 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA, No. 8 in
the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 400m, 53:25; Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.84 (No. 18 in the USA); 400mH, 55.59 (ranked
2010: Indoor bests – 400m, 53.34; 60mH 8.00 (No. 9 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.36 (No. 8 in the
USA, ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN); 400mH, 54.74 (ranked No. 4 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests – 400m, 55.13; 60mH 8.25; Outdoor bests – 100mH, 13.36; 400mH, 55.98 (No. 6 in the
USA, ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests - 60mH, 8.31; Outdoor bests - 100mH, 13.36; 400mH, 56.72
DONN CABRAL
Event: 3,000m Steeplechase
Height: 5-9.5
Weight: 148
PR: 3,000m SC - 8:19.14 (2012)
Born: 12/12/1989
Current Residence: Glastonbury, Conn.
Hometown: Glastonbury, Conn.
High School: Glastonbury (Conn.) H.S.
College: Princeton '12
Coach: Steve Dolan
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials runner-up (8:19.81)
2012 NACAC U23 champion (8:52.67)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor runner-up – 2010 (8:38.90); 2011 (8:32.14)
Awards and Honors
Eight-time NCAA All-American
About Donn
A standout career competing in the Ivy League for the Princeton Tigers, Cabral picked up eight All-American
honors in his career in track and field and another two in cross country. That list also includes the 2012 NCAA
title. In a season that also witnessed an Olympic appearance, Cabral set the American collegiate record in the
steeplechase. One with international team experience, Cabral traveled to Poland in 2008 as part of Team USA
for the World Junior Championships in the 10,000m.
Results
2013: 1st at Seattle Washington Invitational indoor 800m (1:51.04) and 2nd in 3,000m (7:59.96); 9th at Millrose
Games mile (4:00.56); 6th at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (7:55.63)
2012: 8th in Olympic Games final (8:25.91); Olympic Trials runner-up (8:19.81); NCAA Outdoor champion
(8:35.44); 1st at Los Angeles USATF High Performance (8:43.59)
2011: NCAA Outdoor runner-up (8:32.14); NCAA East Regional champion (8:43.11); Ivy League champion
(8:41.93); Ivy League indoor 5,000m champion (14:08.58)
2010: NCAA Outdoor steeplechase runner-up (8:38.90) and 6th in 5,000m (13:53.33); Ivy League indoor 5,000m
champion (14:22.05); 7th at USA Outdoors (8:37.35); NACAC U23 champion (8:52.67)
2012: Outdoor bests - 8:19.14 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 26 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests - 8:32.14 (No. 10 in the USA, ranked No. 8 in the USA by T&FN)
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MARY CAIN
Event: Distance
Height: 5-7
Weight: 111
PR: 1500m – 4:11.01 (2012)
Born: May 3, 1996
Current Residence: Bronxville, N.Y.
Hometown: Bronxville, N.Y.
High School: Bronxville H.S. ‘14
Coach: Alberto Salazar
USA Championships
2013 USA Indoor mile champion (5:05.68)
2012 USA Junior 1500m champion (4:14.74)
2011 USA Junior 1500m runner-up (4:23.59)
Awards and Honors
World junior 2 mile indoor record holder
Four-time indoor high school record holder – 1500m, mile, 3,000m, 2 mile
Four-time indoor American junior record holder – 1500m, mile, 3,000m, 2 mile
American high school 3,000m record holder
About Mary
Mary Cain has achieved a lifetime of track accolades at only 16-years-old. Cain first burst onto the national
scene in 2012 as she climbed up the all-time lists and set a Penn Relays record, USA Junior record and earned
a spot to compete in the Olympic Trials. In the fall of 2012 Cain began training under coach Alberto Salazar and
competing independently of her high school. Cain demolished the record books during the 2013 indoor season
with three races that set six indoor records. Cain was a competitive swimmer for several years before focusing
solely on track in the ninth grade.
Results
2013: 1st at USA Indoors mile (5:05.68); 2nd at Millrose Games mile (4:28.25); 3rd at New Balance Grand Prix 2
mile (9:38.68); 3rd at New Balance Games Mile (4:32.78), split (4:16.11) in 1500m; 1st at UW Indoor Preview
3,000m (9:02.10)
2012: 6th at World Juniors 1500m (4:11.01); 5th in heat of 800m at Olympic Trials (2:04.11); 1st at USA Juniors
1500m (4:14.74); 1st at NY State Championship 1500m (4:19.78); 1st at Penn Relays mile (4:39.28); 4th at
Millrose Games Mile (4:52.19)
2011: 2nd at USA Juniors 1500m (4:23.59); 1st at NY State Championship 1500m (4:17.84)
USA/World Rankings & PR’s
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JILLIAN CAMARENAWILLIAMS
Event: Shot Put
Height: 5-10
Weight: 250
PR: 20.18m/66-2.5AR (2011); 19.89m/65-3.75iAR (2012)
Born: 03/02/1982
Current Residence: Tucson, Ariz.
Hometown: Woodland, Calif.
High School: Woodland (Calif.) H.S. '00
College: Stanford '04
Coach: Craig Carter
Agent: Valentina Fedjuscmina
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor champion - 2006 (18.92m/62-1); 2010 (19.13m/62-9.25); 2012
(19.16m/62-10.5)
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/66-2.25); 2012 (19.56m/64-2.25)
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
2011 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (20.02m/65-8.25)
2001 Pan American Junior shot put champion
1999 Pan American Junior discus champion
Two-time NCAA Outdoor runner-up – 2010 (8:38.90); 2011 (8:32.14)
Awards and Honors
Indoor American shot put record holder (19.89m/66-3.25)
Tied with Ramona Pagel for outdoor American shot put record (20.18m/66-2.5)
Seven-time NCAA Division I All-American
About Jillian
Going from “glide” to “spin” technique has catapulted Camarena-Williams from national champion to
the American indoor and outdoor record holder and a World Outdoor bronze medalist. She qualified for
her first Olympic Team in 2008 less than three months after she had back surgery to repair a herniated
disc. Unfortunately, Camarena-Williams suffered another herniated disk only weeks before her second
Olympic Games in 2012 and was unable to advance to the final. A multi-talented thrower, she holds the
sixth best throw in the discus on Stanford’s all-time list. In high school, Camarena-Williams gained AllAmerica 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.
Dustin is a physiotherapist who often serves on Team USA's medical staff. A distance runner, he and Jill
sometimes have shot put competitions between themselves.
Results
2012: 8th qualifying round at Olympic Games (18.22m/59-9.5); 1st at Olympic Trials (19.16m/62-10.5);
2nd at adidas Grand Prix (19.62m/64-4.5); 1st at Tucson Elite (19.82m/65-0.5); 2nd at Doha (19.81m65-0); 1st at Payton Jordan Invite (19.54m/ 64-1.25);1st at Mt. Sac Relays (19.80m/ 64-11.5); 1st at
USATF Classic (19.89m/65-3.25AR); 1st at USA Indoors (19.56m/64-2.25); 4th at World Indoors
(19.44m/63-9.5)
2011: World Outdoor Championships shot put bronze medalist (20.02m/65-8.25); 2nd at USA Outdoors
(19.85m/65-1.5); USA Indoor champion (19.87m/65-2.25); 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: USA Outdoor champ (19.13m/62-09.25); 6th at World Indoors (19.34m/63-5.5); USA Indoor
champion (18.63m/61-1.5); 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); USA Outdoor runner-up (17.94m/59-2);
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USA Indoor champion (18.59m/61-0); 4th at Reebok Grand Prix (17.77m/58-3.75)
2008: 12th at Olympic Games (18.24m/59-10.25); 3rd at Olympic Trials (18.12m/59-5.5); USA Indoor
champion (18.11m/59-5)
2007: USA Outdoor runner-up (18.50m/60-8.5); 10th in qual. at World Outdoors (16.95m/55-7.5); USA
Indoor champion (18.46m/60-6.75); 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: USA Outdoor champion (18.92m/62-1); USA Indoor champion (19.26m/63-2.25); 1st at Spokane
(19.02m/62-5); 1st at Modesto (18.76m/61-6.75)
2005: USA Indoor champion (17.31m/56-9.5i); 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/596.75PR); 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: Pan Am Juniors SP champion; 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)
2012: Indoor bests - 19.89m/66-3.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - 19.82m/650.5 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests - 19.87m/65-2.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests 20.18m/66-2.5AR (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests - 19.34m/63-5.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests - 19.50m/6311.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 7 in the world by
T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests - 18.59m/61-0 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests - 18.08m/59-4
(No. 3 in the USA, No. 25 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests - 18.11m/59-5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); Outdoor bests - 18.51m/608.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 29 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2007: Indoor bests - 18.46m/60-6.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests 18.92m/62-1 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 13 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2006: Indoor bests - 19.26m/63-2.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 19.02m/625 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 12 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 9 in the world by T&FN)
2005: Indoor bests - 17.72m/58-1.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 19 in the world); Outdoor bests 17.94m/58-10.25 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 35 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA by T&FN)
2004: Indoor bests - 17.44m/57-2.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 29 in the world); Outdoor bests 18.15m/59-6.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 28 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2003: Indoor bests - 17.44m/57-2.75 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 33 in the world); Outdoor bests 17.49m/57-4.75 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 51 in the world)
2002: Indoor bests - 16.82m/55-2.25 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 44 in the world); Outdoor bests 16.79m/55-1 (No. 11 in the USA)
AMBER CAMPBELL
Event: Hammer Throw
Height: 5-7
Weight: 200
PR: HT - 72.59m/238-1 (2011); WT - 24.78m/81-3.25 (2012)
Born: 06/05/1981
Current Residence: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.
High School: Pike (Indianapolis, Ind.) H.S. '99
College: Costal Carolina (S.C.) '04
Coach: Dr. David Vandergriff
Agent: John Nubani
Sponsor: Nike
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USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2010 (71.52m/234-8); 2012 (71.80m/235-6)
Six-time USA Indoor champion – 2007 (24.54m/80-6.25); 2008 (23.23m/76-2.25); 2009 (24.43m/80-2);
2010 (24.70m/81-0.5); 2011 (24.18m/79-5.25); 2012 (24.78m/81-3).
2013 USA Indoor runner-up (23.68m/77-8.25)
Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2008 (23.23m/76-5.25); 2009 (68.92m/226-1); 2011 (70.07m/229-10)
Two-time USA Indoor runner-up – 2005 (23.99m/78-8.5); 2006 (22.66m/74-4.25)
Third at 2004 Olympic Trials (65.98m/216-6)
16-time Big South Conference champion
Awards and Honors
2010 Indoor Visa champion
Five-time NCAA All-American
Three-time Big South Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
About Amber
Amber Campbell went from being a good thrower at the collegiate level to one of the best in the women’s
weight throw and hammer throw in the country over the past 10 years. She owns the third-farthest indoor
weight throw in American history. Campbell has represented Team USA at three World Outdoor Championships
(2005, 2009, 2011) and is two-time Olympian (2008, 2012). Campbell's mark at the 2012 Olympics is the best
ever Olympic performance by an American. She is a volunteer assistant coach for throwers at Coastal Carolina
after finishing her career as one of the school’s most distinguished athletes of all-time.
Results
2013: 2nd at USA Indoors (23.68m/77-8.25)
2012: 3rd at DecaNation (60.25m/230-5); 6th in qualifying round of Olympic Games (69.93m/229-5); 1st at
Olympic Trials (71.80m/235-6); 6th at Pre Classic (70.04m/229-9); 6th at Daegu (69.54m/228-1);1st at Mt. Sac
Relays (71.57m/234-9);1st at USA Indoors (24.78m/81-3); 1st at Millrose Games (23.88m/78-4).
2011: 8th in Group “A” at World Outdoors (71.06m/233-1); 2nd at USA Outdoors (70.07m/229-10); 1st at Mt.
SAC Relays (72.59m/238-1); USA Indoor champion (24.18m/79-5.25)
2010: USA Outdoor champion (71.52m/234-8); USA Indoor champion (24.70m/81-0.5); 4th at Pre Classic
(70.21m/230-4); 1st at Mt. SAC Relays (71.04m/233-1); 7th at Daegu (69.01m/226-5); 1stat California Relays
(71.94m/236-0)
2009: 11th at World Outdoors (70.08m/229-11); USA Outdoor runner-up (68.92m/226-1); USA Indoor champion
(24.43m/80-2); 1st at VT Invite (23.73m/77-10.25); 2nd at Mt. SAC (70.61m/231-8)
2008: Olympic Trials runner-up (69.24m/227-02); 9th in Group B qualifying at Olympic Games (67.86m/222-8);
USA Indoor champion (23.23m/76-2.25); 1st at Mt. SAC (70.19m/230-3)
2007: 5th at USA Outdoors (68.07m/223-4); USA Indoor champion (24.54m/80-6.25); 1st at Provo (70.33m/2309); 1st at Penn Relays (68.76m/225-7)
2006: 3rd at USA Outdoors (67.52m/221-6); USA Indoor champs WT runner-up (22.66m/74-4.25); 3rd in Penn
Relays (67.19m/220-5); 2nd at Road to Eugene (67.36m/221-0)
2005: 3rd at USA Outdoors (68.95m/226-2); 9th in Group B at World Outdoors (65.48m/214-10); USA Indoors
weight throw runner-up (23.99m/78-8.5i); 3rd at Atlanta (69.44m/227-10); 1st at Conway (69.16m/226-11); 1st at
Conway (69.13m/226-9); 1st in Charlotte (68.33/224-2); 1st at Lapua (68.23m/223-10); 1st at Johnson City
(22.52m/73-10.75i); 1st at Clemson (22.07m/72-5i)
2004: 3rd at U.S. Olympic Trials (65.98m/216-6); 3rd at the USA Indoors (22.24m/72-11.75); 1st at Gainesville
(67.21m/220-6)
2003: 4th at NCAA Outdoors (64.58m/211-10); 6th at USA Outdoors (64.02m/210-0)
2002: 9th at NCAA Indoors (19.47m/63-10.5)
2001: 7th at NCAA Outdoors (60.80m/199-6); 7th at NCAA Indoors (19.65m/64-5.75)
2012: Indoor bests - 24.78m/81-3 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 71.80m/235-6 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 29
in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 23.44m/76-11 (No. 3 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 72.59m/238-2 (No. 2 in the USA by
2010: Indoor bests – 24.70m/81-0.5 (No. 1 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 71.94m/236-0 (No. 1 in the USA by
2009: Indoor bests – 24.43m/80-2 (No. 1 in the USA); Outdoor bests –70.61m/231-8 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 27
2008: Indoor bests – 23.68m/77-8.25 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 70.19m/230-3 (No. 2 in the USA, No.
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2004: Indoor bests – 22.24m/72-11.75 (No. 4 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 67.21m/220-6 (No. 7 in the USA)
2003: Indoor bests – weight throw, 21.19m/69-9.25 (No. 5 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw,
64.58m/211-10 (No. 12 in the USA)
2002: Indoor bests –20.99m/68-10.5 (No. 8 in the USA)
2001: Indoor bests –19.65m/64-5.75 (No. 10 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 60.80m/199-6
CHRISTIAN CANTWELL
Event: Shot Put
Height: 6-5
Weight: 300
PR: 22.54m/73-11.50 (2004)
Born: 09/30/1980
Current Residence: Columbia, Mo.
Hometown: Eldon, Mo.
High School: Eldon (Mo.) H.S. ‘99
College: Missouri '03
Coach: Brett Halter
Agent: John Nubani
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Four-time USA Indoor champion - 2004 (21.26m/69-9); 2007 (21.72m/71-3.5); 2008 (21.77m/71-5.25);
2010 (21.13m/71-7.50)
Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2005 (21.64m/71-0); 2009 (21.82m/71-7.25); 2010 (21.65m/71-0.50)
Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up - 2008 (21.71m/71-2.75); 2011 (21.87m/71-9)
Two-time USA Indoor runner-up - 2002 (20.86m/68-5.25); 2006 (21.10m/69-2.75)
Third at 2009 USA Indoors (21.53m/70-7.75)
Third at 2012 Olympic Trials (21.28m/69-9.75)
2009 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (22.03m/72-3.50)
Three-time World Indoor champion - 2004 (21.49m/70-6.25); 2008 (21.77m/71-5.25); 2010
(21.83m/71-7.50)
2008 Olympic silver medalist (21.09m/69-2.50)
Awards and Honors
2010 IAAF Diamond League champion
Two-time indoor Visa Championship Series champion – 2007, 2010
Six-time NCAA Division I All-American
2000 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
About Christian
You need to go all the way back to 2003, when Christian Cantwell was a senior at Missouri, to find a time when
he wasn't ranked in the top five performance list on the world performance list in the shot put for either indoor or
outdoor competition. In that span he recorded the farthest throw in the world five different seasons both indoors
and outdoors. In 2010 alone Cantwell competed in 20 meets where he threw the shot more than 70 feet and
won the inaugural IAAF Diamond League Championship in his event. In 2009 he ended the outdoor season with
the three best throws in the world. In 2006, Cantwell posted the top-three outdoor throws in the world, and six
of the top eight throws. In 2004 he posted the top four throws in the world that outdoor season. He held a 14meet winning streak heading into the 2004 Olympic Trials. Cantwell was a hotel and restaurant management
major at Missouri. He married Terri Steer in 2005 and the couple had their first child on May 27, 2008, a son
named Jackson Daniel.
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Results
2012: 4th at Olympic Games final (21.19m/69-6.25); 3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials (21.28m/69-9.75); 5th at Pre
Classic (20.98m/68-10); 4th at Shanghai (20.57m/67-6); 2nd at Kansas Relays (21.71m/71-2.75); 2nd at U.S.
Open (20.72m/67-11.75i); 1st at PSD Bank Meeting (21.31m/69-11i); 3rd at USA Indoors (21.53m/70-7.75)
2011: 4th at World Outdoors (21.36m/70-1); 2nd at USA Outdoors (21.87m/71-9); 1st at Switzerland
(21.83m/71-7.5) and Stockholm (21.70m/71-2.5); 2nd at Monaco (21.23m/69-8); 3rd at the Prefontaine Classic
(21.59m/70.10), Hengelo (21.15m/69-4.75), and Birmingham (20.86m/68-5.25); 6th at Doha (20.61m/67-7.5); 4th
at Rome (21.09m/69-2.5).
2010: World Indoor champ (21.83m/71-7.50); USA Outdoor champ (21.65m/71-00.5); USA Indoor champ
(21.13m/69-4); 1st at Pre Classic (21.78m/71-5.5); 1st at Doha (21.82m/71-7.25); 1st at Drake Relays
(21.69m/71-2); 1st at Jamaica Invitational (21.50m/70-6.5); 1stat Osaka Grand Prix (21.34m/70-0.25); 1st at
Stockholm (22.09m/72-5.75); Indoor Visa champion
2009: World Outdoor champion (22.03m/72-3.50); USA Outdoor champion (21.82m/71-7.25); 1st at Dakar
(21.53m/70-7.75); 2nd at Drake Relays (21.00m/68-10.75); 4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (20.99m/68-10.5); 1st
at Zagreb (22.16m/72-8.50)
2008: Olympic Games silver medalist (21.09m/69-2.50); World Indoor champ (21.77m/71-5.25); 2nd at Olympic
Trials (21.71m/71-02.75); 3rd at Reebok Grand Prix (20.83m/68-4.25); 1st at adidas Track Classic (21.39m/702.25); USA Indoor champ (21.51m/70-7); 1st at Modesto Relays (21.76m/71-4.75)
2007: 5th at AT&T USA Outdoors (20.14m/66-1); USA Indoor champion (21.72m/71-3.5); Indoor Visa champion;
1st at Millrose Games (21.88m/71-9); 2nd at Reebok Boston Indoor Games (21.36m/70-1); 1st at adidas Track
Classic (21.96m/72-0.75); Nike Prefontaine Classic champion (21.83m/71-7.5)
2006: 3rd at USA Outdoor (21.89m/ 71-10); 1st at Gateshead (22.45m/73-8); USA Indoor runner-up (21.10m/692.75); 10th in qualifying at World Indoor Champs (19.90m/65-3.5); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (22.17m/72-9);
1st at Drake Relays (22.10m/72-6.25)
2005: USA Outdoor champion (21.64m/71-0); 5th at World Outdoor Champs (20.87m/68-5.75); 1st at Huelva on
6/7 (21.32m/69-11.25); 1st at Seville (21.67m/71-1.25); 4th at USA Indoors (20.57m/67-6)
2004: World Indoor champion (21.49m/70-6.25); USA Indoor champion (21.26m/69-9); 4th at Olympic Trials
(20.56m/67-5.5); 1st at adidas Oregon Track Classic (22.54m/73-11.5); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic
(21.74m/71-4); 1st at Home Depot (22.35m/73-4); 1st at Columbia (21.95m/72-0.25i), mark was best indoors by
an American since 1989; 1st at Manhattan (21.11m/69-3.25); 1st at Drake Relays (20.64m/67-8.75); 1st in SP at
Verizon Millrose Games (21.28m/69-9.75)
2003: 1st at World Athletics Final (20.93m/68-8); 5th at USA Outdoors (20.57m/67-6); 1st at Salamanca
(21.62m/70-11.25); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors (21.56m/70-9); 3rd at NCAA Indoors (20.64m/67-8.75)
2002: 2nd at USA Indoors SP (20.86m/68-5.25); 3rd at NCAA Indoors (20.43m/67-0.5); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors
(19.39m/63-7.50); 1st at Univ. of Iowa (21.45m/70-4.5); 1st at Kansas Relays (21.37m/70-1.50); 1st at Drake
Relays (21.06m/69-1.25)
2001: 5th at NCAA Outdoors SP (19.27m/63-2.75); no mark at USA Outdoors; 1st at Big 12 Indoors SP
(19.37m/63-6.75); 14th at NCAA Outdoors HT; 3rd at Big 12 HT (57.18m/187-7)
2000: 7th at NCAA Indoor Championships (18.72m/61-5); no mark in qualifying at U.S. Olympic Trials; Big 12
Outdoor SP champ (19.67m/64-6.5)
2012: Indoor bests - 21.53m/73-11 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests - 22.31m/73-3.5 (No. 1
in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 6 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests - 21.21m/69-7 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - 22.07m/72-5 (No. 3 in
the USA, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the world by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests - 21.95m/72-0.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - 22.41m/73-6.25
(No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests - 21.47m/70-5.50 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - 22.16m/72-8.5 (No.
1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2003: Indoor bests - 20.85m/68-5 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Outdoor bests - 21.62m/70-11.25 (No.
2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the world by T&FN)
2001: Indoor bests - 19.37m/63-6.75 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 37 in the world)
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MICHELLE CARTER
Event: Shot Put
Height: 5-9
Weight: 210
PR: 19.86m/65-2 (2011)
Born: 10/12/1985
Current Residence: Ovilla, Texas
Hometown: Red Oak, Texas
High School: Red Oak H.S. '03
College: Texas '07
Coach: Michael Carter/Jon Drummond
Agent: Karen Locke
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2008 (18.85m/61-10.25); 2009 (18.03m/59-2); 2011 (19.86m/65-2)
2013 USA Indoor champion (19.41m/63-8.25)
Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2005 (18.26m/59-11); 2010 (18.46m/60-06.75); 2012
(18.57m/60-11.25)
Two-time USA Junior champion – 2003 (16.05m/52-8); 2004 (16.33m/53-7)
2011 Pan American bronze medalist (18.09m/59-4.25)
2004 World Junior champion (17.55m/57-7)
2003 Pan American Juniors gold medalist (16.23m/53-3)
2012 World Indoor bronze medalist (19.58m/64-3)
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
Now a two-time Olympian, Carter has excelled at the national level for more than a decade. Carter first donned the
USA jersey at the 2001 World Youth Championships where she won silver. In 2004 she won gold at the IAAF World
Junior Championships, and in 2008, she followed in the footsteps of her father Michael Carter, by making her first
Olympic Team. After finishing as the runner-up at the 2012 Olympic Trials, Carter was presented her silver medal by
gospel artist Kirk Franklin. Carter has known Franklin most of her life, as she grew up attending the same church.
Carter is the national prep record-holder in the shot put at 16.73m/54-10.75, while her father, Michael, set the stillstanding 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. A standout shot putter and NFL nose guard, Carter's father Michael is the only
person to win an Olympic medal and Super Bowl ring in the same year. He won three Super Bowl titles with the
49ers. She has one sister, D'Andra, who was a thrower at Texas Tech, and one brother, Michael, Jr.
Results
2013: 1st at USA Indoors (19.41m/63-8.25)
2012: 2nd in Zurich (19.25m/63-2); 2nd in Birmingham (18.71m/61-4.75); 2nd in Lausanne (19.60m/64-3.75); 5th in
Stockholm (18.39m/60-4); 1st at DecaNation (18.87m/61-11); 6th in Olympic Games (19.42m/63-8.75); Olympic
Trials runner-up (18.57m/60-11.25); 3rd at adidas Grand Prix (19.32m/63-4.75); 4th at Rome (18.66m/61-2.75); 1st
at Kingston International Invite (19.22m/63-0.75); 3rd at World Indoors (19.58m/64-3); 2nd at USA Indoors
(19.27m/63-2.75); 2nd at USATF Classic (19.09m/7-75)
2011: 3rd at Pan Am Outdoors (18.09m/59-4.25); 9th at World Outdoors (18.76m/61-6.75); USA Outdoor champion
(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)
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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/5511.25); 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)
2012: Indoor bests - 19.58m/64-3 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 19.60m/64-3.75 (No. 2
in the USA by T&FN, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 19.86m/65-2 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No.
9 in the world by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – 18.20m/59-8.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests –18.80m/61-8.25
(No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 16 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 19.13m/62-9.25 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 11 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the
world by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests – 18.85m/61-10.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 21 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA by
T&FN)
2007: Indoor bests – 18.12m/59-5.50 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests -- 17.57m/57-7.75
2006: Indoor bests – 18.56m/60-10.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.98m/59-0
(No. 6 in the USA, No. 31 in the world)
(No. 6 in the USA)
2003: Indoor bests – 16.70m/54-9.5 (No. 12 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 16.73m/54-10.75 (No. 13 in the world)
2002: Outdoor bests – 16.25m/53-3.75 (No. 18 in the USA)
2001: Outdoor bests – 15.23m/49-11.75
2000: Outdoor bests – 14.44m/47-4.5
MATTHEW CENTROWITZ
Event: 1,500m
Height: 5-9
Weight: 133
PR: 1,500m - 3:31.96 (2012); mile - 3:51.34i (2013)
Born: 10/18/1989
Current Residence: Eugene, Ore.
Hometown: Anapolis, Md.
High School: Broadneck High School (Anapolis, Md.) '07
College: Oregon '11
Coach: Alberto Salazar
Agent: Ricky Simms
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor champion (3:47.63)
2012 Olympic Trials runner-up (3:35.84)
2008 USA Junior 5,000m champion (14:44.67)
2012 USA Indoor runner-up (3:48.16)
2011 World Outdoor bronze medalist (3:36.08)
2007 Pan Am Junior champion (3:56.63)
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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
In consecutive years Matthew Centrowitz made a statement on the international scene with his bronze medal at
the 2011 World Outdoor Championships and fourth place finish at the 2012 Olympic Games. He recorded a big
personal best by 2.5 seconds in 2012 at 3:31.96. The former University of Oregon Duck turned pro after 2011
and holds school records in the 1,500m and distance medley relay. An NCAA champion 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. He majored in sociology.
Results
2013: 4th at USA Indoors 800m (1:47.82) and 8th in mile (4:08.62); 1st at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix mile
(3:56.26); 2nd at Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile (3:51.34); 1st at Seattle UW Indoor Preview 800m (1:51.60)
2012: Fourth in Olympic 1,500m final (3:35.17); Olympic Trials runner-up (3:35.84); 4th in Brussels (3:32.47); 8th
in Birmingham (3:37.93); 3rd in Lausanne (3:31.96); 4th at Jerome International Classic (3:37.22); 8th at Pre
Classic mile (3:57.44); 2nd at USA Indoors in 1,500m (3:48.16); 7th at World Indoors in 1,500m (3:47.42); Fifth
Avenue Mile champion (3:52.4)
2011: World Outdoor 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 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)
2012: Indoor bests - 1,500m, 3:38.92 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 23 in the world); mile, 3:53.92 (No. 1 in the USA,
No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:31.96 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 10 in the world, ranked
No. 5 in the world by T&FN); mile, 3:57.44 (No. 15 in the USA, No. 42 in the world)
2011: Indoor bests - mile, 4:04.01; 3,000m, 7:50.59; Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:50.91; 1,500m, 3:34.46 (ranked
No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world by T&FN); 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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JANET
CHEROBON-BAWCOM
Event: 10,000m
Height: 5-6
Weight: 115
PR: 10,000m - 31:12.68 (2012); Marathon - 2:29:45 (2012)
Born: 08/22/1978
Current Residence: Rome, Ga.
Hometown: Rome, Ga.
High School: Kapsabet, Kenya
College: Harding University
Coach: Jack Daniels
Agent: self
Sponsor: Nike
Club: Atlanta Track Club
USA Championships
Two –time 2012 USA road champion – 15 km (49:41), 25 km (1:24:36)
Three-time 2011 USA road champion - 20 km (1:08:31), 10 mi (54:15), 10 km (32:47)
Awards and Honors
Two-Time USA Running Circuit overall women's champion - 2011, 2012
About Janet
Bawcom has become one of the best American women on the road running scene, and parlayed her talent to
the track and into a spot on the U.S. 10,000m squad for the 2012 Olympic Games. Bawcom finished 7th at the
Olympic Trials, but as one of only three women with the Olympic A standard, her spot on the team was a near
guarantee. Bawcom was born in Kenya and became eligible to represent the U.S. in the fall of 2011. Bawcom
first took an interest in running after a chance encounter with Kenyan gold medalist Peter Rono who helped train
her and get a scholarship to Harding University in Arkansas. In her first 5 km race at Harding, Bawcom barely
broke 20 minutes, but when she graduated in 2005, she had eight NCAA All-American titles and three Division II
national championships to her name. Bawcom graduated with a degree in health care management, and is
pursuing her R.N. license. Bawcom competed for Harding University as Janet Cherobon and is the first Harding
athlete to compete in the Olympics.
Results
2012: 1st at USA 10 mile (53:43); 12th at Olympic Games 10,000m final (31:12.68); 7th at Olympic Trials
10,000m (32:17.06); 5th at Payton Jordan Invite 10,000m (31:33.50); 1st at USA 25 km (1:24:36); 1st at Cooper
River Bridge 10 km (33:01); 5th at NYC Half Marathon (1:09:55); 1st at USA 15 km (49:41); 5th at Olympic Trials
Marathon (2:29:45)
2011: 1st at USA 10 km (32:47); 1st at USA 10 mile (54:15); 1st at Cow Harbor 10 km (32:27); 1st at USA
20 km (1:08:31)
2010: 1st at Marine Corp Marathon (2:39:19); 2nd at BAA Half Marathon (1:11:50); 1st at Indy Mini
Marathon (1:19:59)
2009: 1st at Huntsville Marathon (2:37:56); 1st at Atlanta Half Marathon (1:14:49)
2008: 6th at BAA Half Marathon (1:13:30); 1st at Indy Mini Marathon (1:14:11); 2nd at Cooper River Bridge
10 km (33:37)
2007: 1st at Indy Mini Marathon (1:16:01); 6th at Cooper River Bride 10 km (33:45); 1st at Atlanta Half
Marathon (1:16:33)
2012: Outdoor bests - 10,000m, 31:12.68 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 15 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the world);
marathon, 2:29:45 (No. 7 in the USA, ranked No. 7 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests - 10 km, 32:27
2010: Outdoor bests - half marathon, 1:11:50
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WILL CLAYE
Event: Triple Jump/Long Jump
Height: 5-11
Weight: 160
PR: TJ - 17.70m/58-1i (2012); LJ – 8.29m/26-10.5 (2011)
Born: 06/13/1991
Current Residence: Gainesville, Fla.
Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz.
High School: Mountain Pointe (Phoenix, Ariz.) H.S. ‘08
College: Oklahoma ‘10/Florida ‘12
Coach: Jeremy Fischer
Agent: Kimberly Holland
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2012 USA Indoor triple jump champion (17.63m/57-10.25) and long jump runner-up (8.02m/26-3.75)
2012 Olympic Trials long jump (8.23m/27-0) and triple jump (17.55m/57-7) runner-up
2011 USA Outdoors runner-up in triple jump (17.09m/56-9) and long jump (8.19m/26-10.5)
2009 USA Junior triple jump champion (17.14m/56-3MR)
2009 Pan Am Junior triple jump champion (16.57m/54-4.50)
2012 Olympic Games triple jump silver medalist (17.62m/57-9.75) and long jump
bronze medalist (8.12m/26-7.75)
2012 World Indoor triple jump gold medalist (17.70m/58-1)
2011 World Outdoor triple jump bronze medalist (17.50m/57-5)
2009 NCAA Outdoor champion (17.19m/56-4.75)
Awards and Honors
2012 USATF Fans' Choice Awards Best Olympic Male Performance winner
2011 SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
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
At a young age, Will Claye has already accomplished more than most athletes dream about in their entire
careers. Shortly after his 21st birthday, Claye became the first man since 1936 and the first American since 1904
to win Olympic medals in both the long jump and triple jump when he won bronze and silver medals,
respectively, in London. One year earlier, at just 20 years old, Claye won bronze in the long jump at the 2011
World Outdoor Championships. As a freshman at the University of Oklahoma (transferring to Florida after his
sophomore season), Claye closed out an impressive first year as a 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 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. He and Christian Taylor, his teammate while at Florida, are
proving to be the next big duo in the triple jump after each won medals at 2011 World Outdoors, 2012 World
Indoors and the 2012 Olympic Games. Claye’s Florida coach Mike Holloway called him “the best athlete you
have never heard of.” Claye now trains at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
Results
2012: Olympic Games triple jump silver medalist (17.62m/57-9.75) and long jump bronze medalist (8.12m/267.75); Olympic Trials long jump (8.23m/27-0) and triple jump (17.55m/57-7) runner-up; 2nd at Pre Classic triple
jump (17.48m/57-4.25); 2nd at Shanghai triple jump (17.12m/56-2); 9th in Birmingham long jump (7.28m/2310.75); 4th at Newcastle Great City Games long jump (7.60m/24-11.25); 4th in Stockholm triple jump
(16.88m/55-4.75); 1st at Cayman Invite LJ (7.97m/26-1.75); World Indoor triple jump gold medalist (17.70m/581); 2nd at USA Indoors in LJ (8.02m/26-3.75); 4th at World Indoors in LJ (8.04m/26-4.25); 1st at New Mexico
Classic in TJ (16.69m/54-9.25i); 1st at Tyson Invite in TJ (17.39m/57-0.75i); 1st at USA Indoors in TJ
(17.63m/57-10.25); 1st at World Indoors in TJ (17.70m/58-1).
2011: World Outdoor triple jump bronze medalist (17.50m/57-5) and 9th in long jump (8.10m/26-7); 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).
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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).
2012: Indoor bests - long jump, 8.24m/27-0.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); triple jump, 17.70m/58-1
(No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - long jump, 8.25m/27-0.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 11 in
the world, ranked No. 7 in the world by T&FN); triple jump, 17.62m/57-9.75 (No. 2 in the USA & No. 2 in the
world by TF&N)
2011: Outdoor bests – long jump, 8.29m/27-2.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); triple jump, 17.62m/579.75 (ranked No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
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, ranked No. 2 in the US by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests – long jump, 7.39m/24-3; triple jump, 15.97m/52-4.75
KERRON CLEMENT
Event: 400m Hurdles
Height: 6-2
Weight: 192
PR: 400m hurdles - 47.24 (2005); 400m - 44.48 (2007)
Born: 10/31/1985
Hometown: LaPorte, Texas
High School: LaPorte (Texas) H.S. '03
College: University of Florida '07
Coach: Mike Holloway
Agent: Wilson Joseph
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2005 (47.24); 2006 (47.39)
2008 Olympic Trials runner-up (48.36)
3rd in 400m at 2009 USA Outdoors (45.14)
Third at 2012 Olympic Trials (48.89)
Two-time World Outdoor champion - 2007 (47.61); 2009 (47.91)
2008 Olympic Games silver medalist (47.98)
Two-time World Outdoor Championships 4x400m gold medalist - 2007, 2009
2008 Olympic Games 4x400m gold medalist
Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion - 2004 (49.05); 2005 (47.56)
2005 NCAA Indoor 400m champion (44.57WR)
Awards and Honors
World indoor 400m record holder (44.57)
World indoor 4x400m record holder (3:01.96)
Two-time Outdoor Visa champion - 2005, 2006
2004 World Junior Championships gold medalist 400m hurdles (48.51) and 4x400m (3:01.09)
Six-time NCAA Division I All-American
About Kerron
In 2009, Clement joined National Track & Field Hall of Famer Edwin Moses (1983, 1987) and Felix Sanchez of
the Dominican Republic (2001, 2003) as the only men ever to win the world 400m hurdles title twice, with all
three accomplishing the feat in consecutive meets. At the University of Florida, Clement shocked the track world
when he ran 44.57 seconds to win the 2005 NCAA indoor 400-meter title, breaking Michael Johnson’s WR of
44.63, set in 1995. He also holds the NCAA meet record in the 400m hurdles (47.56). The 19-year-old
sophomore then anchored Florida’s 4x400 meter relay to a collegiate record 3:03.51, previously. In addition to
track, Clement is a model and actor and appeared in a music video for Beyonce. In 2007, at just 22 years of age,
Clement was ranked No. 1 in the world by Track & Field News.
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Results
2012: 8th in Olympic Games final (49.15); 3rd at Olympic Trials (48.89); 3rd at Rio Grand Prix (46.53); 5th at
Uberlandia (46.49).
2011: 2nd at Kingston Jamaica Invitational (48.74); 8th at World Outdoor Championships (52.11)
2010: 1st at New York (47.86); 5th at USA Indoors (46.29); 1st Jamaica Invite (48.55)
2009: World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (47.91); 1st at adidas Track Classic (48.38); 1st at Osaka
(48.60); 3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (48.73); 1st at Bank World Athletics Final (48.11); 3rd in 400m at USA
Outdoor Championships (45.14)
2008: Olympic 400m hurdles silver medalist (47.98) and 4x400m gold medalist; Olympic Trials runner-up (48.36);
7th in 400m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (45.77); 1st in 400mH at Reebok Grand Prix (48.40); 4th in 400m at
adidas Track Classic (45.10); 1st at Jamaica (47.79)
2007: World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (47.61); 4th at Reebok Grand Prix (49.21); 2nd at adidas
Track Classic (48.46); 2nd at Kingston (48.72); 2nd at Monaco (48.47); 2nd at Rome (48.26); 2nd at Lausanne
(48.31); 2nd at Stockholm (44.48); 2nd at World Athletics Final (48.35)
2006: USA Outdoor Champion (47.39); ran lead leg in setting indoor 4x400m world record of 3:01.96 with
Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson and Jeremy Wariner on Feb. 11 at Fayetteville, Ark.; 1st at Reebok Grand
Prix (44.71); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (49.18); 2nd at Paris (48.57); 8th at Athens (49.32); 8th at Lausanne
(49.07); 1st at London (48.63); 1st at IAAF World Cup (48.12)
2005: NCAA Outdoor champion (47.56); NCAA Indoor 400m champion (44.57); USA Outdoor 400mH champion
(47.24); 4th at World Outdoor Champs (48.18); anchored Florida to 4x400m title at NCAA Indoors (3:03.51
collegiate record)
2004: World Junior Championships gold medalist 400m hurdles (48.51) and 4x400m (3:01.09); NCAA Outdoor
champion (49.05); 6th in 4x400m at NCAA Outdoors (3:04.71); NCAA East Regional champ (49.01); SEC
champion (48.77); 4th at NCAA Indoors 400m (45.90); 2nd in 400m at SEC Indoor Champs (46.32); SEC
Outdoor 4x400m relay champ (3:03.09); second at USA Juniors (50.86)
2003: USATF Junior Olympic Young Men’s champ (50.13); National Scholastic 400m champion
2002: USATF Junior Olympic Young Men’s champ (49.77); 3rd at Golden West Invitational 300m hurdles (35.78);
National Scholastic 110mH champ; 2nd at Golden West Invitational 110mH (13.63hs)
2012: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 48.12 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 7 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the US &
ranked No. 10 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 48.74 (No. 7 in the USA by T&FN, No. 16 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests - 400m, 46.29 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.86
(No. 4 in the USA, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the US & in the world by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.91 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.79 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world)
2006: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.39 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the US & No.
2 in the world by T&FN)
2005: Indoor bests - 400m, 44.57 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world; WR); Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles,
47.24 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the US & world by T&FN)
EMMA COBURN
Height: 5-8
Weight: 120
PR: 9:23.54 (2012)
Born: 10/19/1990
Current Residence: Crested Butte, Colo.
Hometown: Crested Butte, Colo.
High School: Crested Butte (Colo.) H.S. ‘08
College: University of Colorado '13
Coach: Mark Wetmore
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2011 (9:44.11); 2012 (9:32.78)
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About Emma
Coburn continued the Colorado Buff line of steeplechasers to excel on the national and international stage. In
2011, Coburn became the second CU athlete to win the women’s USA steeple title while still in college.
Following in the footsteps of her former teammate Jenny Simpson, Coburn bested the field of professional
runners to win her first national title in 9:44.11. In 2012, Coburn took a redshirt year to focus her attention on the
Olympic Trials, and it paid off as she won the Trials to secure her spot on the London team where she finished in
the top-ten of the Olympic finals. A lifelong Colorado resident, Coburn has volunteered with Living Journeys
Cancer Foundation and the Mountain Adventure Kid’s Camp while in high school.
Results
2012: 8th at Stockholm (9:31.55); 9th at Olympic Games (9:23.54); Olympic Trials (9:32.78); 5th at Pre Classic
(9:25.28)
2011: 13th at World Outdoors (9:51.40); USA Outdoors 3,000m steeplechase champion (9:44.11); NCAA
Outdoor 3,000m steeplechase champion (9:41.14); 8th at Paris (9:37.16); 1st at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite
(9:40.51).
2010: 2nd at NCAA Outdoor Championships (9:51.86); 1st at Big 12 Champs (9:56.53); 1st at Mt. SAC relays
(9:56.29).
2009: Set American Junior Record at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite (10:06.54).
2012: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 9:23.54 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 12 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 9:37.16 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 22 in the world)
2010: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 9:51.86 (No. 4 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 10:06.21 (No. 17 in the USA)
KIM CONLEY
Event: 5,000m
Height: 5-3
Weight: 110
PR: 5,000m - 15:14.48 (2012)
Born: 03/14/1986
Current Residence: West Sacramento, Calif.
Hometown: Santa Rosa, Calif.
High School: Montgomery H.S.
College: UC Davis '09
Coach: Drew Wartenburg
Agent: Chris Layne
Sponsor: New Balance
Club: SRA Elite
USA Championships
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials (15:19.79)
2nd at 2013 USA Cross Country Championships (26:06)
2nd at 2011 USA 5 km road Championships (15:50)
3rd at 2011 USA 10 km road Championships (33:35)
About Kim
When Conley graduated college in 2009, she had a 16:23 PR and never made it to NCAA nationals – one year
she had food poisoning, another year she lost her shoe during the regional meet. But Conley continued to
train while joining the coaching staff of UC Davis and dropped her 5,000m PR by more than a minute from
2008 to 2012. Conley's set a PR at the prefect time as she delivered a big kick to finish third at the Olympic
Trials and to nab the needed Olympic A standard by two-tenths of a second in order to make it to London on
Team USA.
Results
2013: 2nd at USA Cross Country (26:06)
2012: 10th at Lausanne 3,000m (8:56.38); 12th in heat at Olympic Games (15:14.48); 3rd at Olympic Trials
5,000 (15:19.79); 1st at USATF HP Meet 1500m (4:14.00); 8th at Payton Jordan Invite 10,000m (32:00.94); 6th
at Mt. SAC 5,000 (15:24.89)
2011: 7th at Pan-Am Games 5,000 (17:00.90); 3rd at USA 10 km (33:35); 2nd at USA 5 km (15:50); 10TH at
USA Outdoors 5,000 (15:38.13)
2010: 7th at USA 10 km (33:46); 14th at USA Outdoors (34:16.91)
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2011: Outdoor bests - 15:38.13 (No. 22 in the USA)
JESSICA COSBY TORUGA
Event: Hammer Throw
Height: 5-8
Weight: 175
PR: 74.19m/243-5 (2012)
Born: 05/31/1982
Current Residence: Grand Prairie, Texas
Hometown: Mission Hills, Calif.
High School: Grover Cleveland (Reseda, Calif.) H.S. '00
College: UCLA '05
Coach: Art Venegas
Agent: Mark Pryor
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Four-time USA Outdoor champion – 2006 (70.78m/232-3); 2008 (70.72m/232-0); 2009 (72.04m/236-4);
2011 (71.33m/234-0)
2010 USA Outdoor runner-up (71.33m/234-0)
Two-time USA Outdoor third place 2012 (70.77m/232-2); 2007 (68.21m/223-9)
Two-time 2001 USA Junior Outdoor champion -shot (16.68m/54-8.75) & hammer (55.72m/182-10)
Runner up at 2000 USA Junior Outdoor shot (15.33m/50-3.5)
2004 NACAC U23 runner-up (63.70m/209-0)
2002 NCAA Hammer champion (17.38m/57-0.25)
2004 NCAA hammer runner-up (66.88m/219-5)
2005 Two-time NCAA 3rd place finisher - hammer (63.87m/209-6); shot put (16.80m/55-1.5)
Awards and Honors
American record holder -74.19m/243-5 (2012)
About Jessica
After competing as one of the nation’s top hammer throwers for more than six years, Cosby Toruga added her
name to the record books with her American record throw at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic (74.19m/243-5). After
the 2008 Olympics where Cosby Toruga did not record a mark in competition, she came back on the
international level to finish 7th and 11th at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships, respectively. Cosby Toruga
made her second Olympic team after finishing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials hammer event held on the
campus of Nike. In high school, she was a four-time Los Angeles City shot put champion (1997-2000) and
placed second in shot put at the 2000 California State Championships (14.95m/49-0.75) and Golden West
Invitational (14.86m/48-9). In 2001 she became the first athlete in U.S. history to win both the shot put and
hammer throw at the USA Junior Championships. Married David Toruga two weeks after the 2012 Olympic
Games.
Results
2012: 7th in qualifying round of Olympic Games (69.65m/228-6); 3rd at Olympic Trials (70.77m/232-2); 4th at
Pre Classic (74.19m/243-5); 1st at Rio Grand Prix (71.80m/235-6); 1st at Sao Paulo (72.05m/236-4); 1st at
Uberlandia (69.89m/229-3); 1st at Oxy Invite (70.33m/230-9).
2011: 11th at World Outdoor (68.91m/226-1); 1st at USA Outdoor (71.33m/234-0); 1st at Oxy Invite
(72.65m/238-4)
2010: 6th at Pre Classic (68.32m/224-1); 2nd at USA Outdoors (71.24m/233-9)
2009: 7th at World Outdoor (72.17m/236-9); 1st at USA Outdoor (72.04m/236-4); 3rd at Pre Classic
(70.68m/231-10); 1st at Oxy Invite (71.15m/233-5).
2008: no mark in qualifying round of Olympic Games; 1st at Olympic Trials (70.72m/232-0); 1st at JJK
Invitational (67.79m/222-5)
2007: 8th in qualifying at World Outdoor (67.90m.222-9); 1st at NACAC Outdoor (65.15m/213-9); 3rd at USA
Outdoor (68.21m/223-9); 1st at Westwood (68.34m/224-2); 3rd at Mt. SAC (68.26m/223-11)
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2006: 1st at USA Outdoor (70.78m/232-3); 2nd at Tucson Elite Classic (66.87m/219-4)
2005: 5th at USA Outdoor (66.81m/219-2); 3rd in HT (63.87m/209-6)and SP (16.80m/55-1.5) at NCAA Outdoor;
Pac-10 HT and SP champion (66.09m/216-10, 17.11m/56-1.75)
2004: 7th at Olympic Trials (64.50m/211-7); 2nd at NACAC U23 Outdoor (63.70m/209-0); 2nd at NCAA Outdoor
HT (66.88m/219-5), 11th in SP (66.88m/219-5, 16.17m/53-0.75); Pac-10 HT champion, 3rd in SP
2003: 4th at USA Indoors shot (16.51m/54-2); 2nd at Salinas in shot(17.01m/55-9.75); 2nd at Seattle in shot
(16.66m/54-8); 4th at Home Depot Invite HT (61.15m/200-7)
2002: 1st at NCAA Outdoors (17.38m/57-0.25); 6th at NCAA Indoors (16.42m/53-10.5); 2nd at Seattle
(16.94m/55-7)
2001: 1st at USA Junior SP (16.68m/54-8.75) & HT (55.72m/182-10)
2000: 9th at World Junior Championships; 2nd at USA Juniors (15.33m/50-3.5)
2012: Outdoor bests - 74.19m/243-5 (1st in the US, 14th in the World, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 72.65m/238-4 (1st in the US by T&FN, 10th in the World)
2010: Outdoor bests – 71.24m/233-8 (3rd in the US by T&FN, 19th in the World)
2009: Outdoor bests – 72.21m/236-11 (1st in the US by T&FN, 16th in the World)
2008: Outdoor bests - 70.72m/232-0 (1st in the US, 29th in the World)
2007: Outdoor bests - 68.34m/224-2 ( 8th in the US ,50th in the World)
2006: Outdoor bests - 70.78m/232-3
2005: Outdoor bests – hammer 66.81m/219-02; shot put 17.63m/57-10.25
2002: Outdoor bests – hammer 59.54m/195-4, shot put best of 17.38m/57-0.25
2001: Outdoor bests – hammer 55.72m/182-10; shot put - 16.68m/54-8.75
2000: Outdoor bests – shot put 15.33m/50-3.5
GINNIE CRAWFORD
Event: 100m Hurdles
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155
PR: 100mH - 12.45 (2007); 60mH - 7.84 (2006)
Born: 09/07/1983
Current Residence: Culver City, Calif.
Hometown: Ranier Beach, Wash.
High School: Ranier Beach (Wash.) H.S.
College: University of Southern California '06
Coach: Tommie Lee White
Agent: Renaldo Nehemiah
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Two-Time USA Outdoor champion - 2007 (12.63); 2006 (12.63)
2010 USA Indoor champion (7.87)
2009 USA Outdoor runner-up (12.47w)
2005 USA Outdoor bronze medalist (12.87)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion – 2006 (12.48); 2005 (12.80)
Two-Time NCAA Indoor champion – 2006 (7.84); 2005 (7.97)
About Ginnie
A tall, powerful hurdler, Crawford first donned the Team USA jersey as a member of the 1999 World Youth Team,
and since she has competed in four world championships. Crawford was a decorated athlete at USC where she
won the NCAA championships both indoors and outdoors her junior and senior seasons and broke the
collegiate record held by Gail Devers. Weeks after her collegiate career ended, Crawford won her first USA
Outdoor title at the 2006 championships. The former Ginnie Powell married Olympic Silver medalist Shawn
Crawford in 2010. Between the two of them, the couple owns seven U.S. titles. Crawford opened a boutique
clothing consignment shop in Bellevue, Wash. in the fall of 2012. Crawford practices Buddhism and credits it
for keeping her balanced on and off the track.
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Results
2012: 1st at Zagreb (12.68); 4th at Zurich (12.73); 3rd at Lausanne (12.64); 4th at Stockholm (12.83); 3rd at
London (12.74); 2nd at Paris (12.59); 4th at Olympic Trials (12.90); 2nd at Jerome International Classic
(12.87); 1st at Cayman International (12.66); 1st at St. Martin International (12.66); 1st at USATF Classic
60mH (7.97); 4th at U.S. Open 50mH (6.90)
2011: 7th in Zurich (13.12); 7th in London (13.13); 3rd in Birmingham (12.79); 4th in Lausanne (12.65); 4th
at USA Outdoor (12.76); 5th at New York Grand Prix (13.23); 4th at Doha (12.73)
2010: 6th at London (12.85); 4th at Stockholm (12.90); 5th at Monaco (12.88); 4th at USA Outdoor 100mH
(12.90) and 8th in 100m (11.54); 3rd at New York Grand Prix (12.63); 1st at Osaka (12.76); 3rd at Doha
(12.70w); 5th at World Indoor (7.97); 1st at USA Indoor (7.87); 3rd at Boston Indoor Games (8.06); 3rd at
Millrose Games (8.07)
2009: 3rd at Gateshead (13.21); 5th at Zurich (12.70); 6th at World Outdoors (12.78); 8th at Stockholm
(13.12); 5th at Monaco (12.70); 3rd at Paris (12.81); 2nd at USA Outdoor (12.47w); 7th at adidas Track
Classic (13.06); 6th at Pre Classic (13.20)
2008: 4th at Stockholm (12.88); 6th at Paris (12.89); 9th at Rome (13.17); 6th at Olympic Trials (12.74w);
3rd at Doha (12.77
2007: 5th at World Outdoors (12.55); 1st at USA Outdoor (12.63); 2nd at Pre Classic (12.58); 2nd at adidas
Track Classic (12.61); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (12.45); 1st at Doha (12.66)
2006: 3rd at IAAF World Cup (12.90); 5th at Brussels (12.77); 4th at Birmingham (13.16); 5th at Helsinki
(12.94); 8th at Stockholm (13.06); 1st at USA Outdoor (12.63); 1st at NCAA Outdoors (12.48, collegiate
record); 1st at Pac-10 100mH (12.64) and 100m (11.10); 1st at NCAA Indoor 60mH (7.84) and 7th in 60m
(7.26)
2005: 4th in Heat 2 at World Outdoor Championships (12.91); 7th at Stockholm (13.05); 2nd at Helsinki
(13.06); 3rd at USA Outdoor (12.87); 1st at NCAA Outdoor 100mH (12.80); 1st at Pac-10 Outdoor 100mH
(12.75) and 100m (11.28); 1st at NCAA Indoor (7.97)
2004: 3rd at NACAC U23100m (11.60); 1st at Pac-10 100m (11.32) and 3rd in 100mH (13.07)
2003: 6th at NCAA Outdoors (13.07).; 5th at Pac-10 Outdoors 100mH (13.47) and 2nd in 100m (11.52)
2002: 6th at USA Junior Outdoor (13.64)
2001: 1st at USATF Junior Olympics Young Women (13.39)
1999: 8th at World Youth Championships (14.01) and 2nd as lead-leg of 4x100m relay
2012: Indoor bests - 7.97 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); Outdoor bests, 12.59 (No. 5 in the USA, No.
9 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 12.73 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA & ranked No. 6 in
the world by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – 7.87 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests – 12.63 (No. 3 in the USA,
No. 7 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA & ranked No. 8 in the world by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests – 12.64 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 9 in the world by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests – 12.75 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 20 in the world)
2007: Outdoor bests – 12.45 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the world by
T&FN)
2006: Indoor bests – 7.84 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests – 12.48 (No. 3 in the USA by
T&FN, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
2005: Indoor bests – 7.94 (No.1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests – 12.61 (No. 4 in the USA by
2004: Indoor bests – 8.25; Outdoor bests – 13.07
2003: Indoor bests – 8.18); Outdoor bests – 13.07
2002: Outdoor bests – 13.62
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CHRIS CRALLE
Event: Hammer Throw
Height: 5-11
Weight: 245
PR: Hammer Throw - 74.36m/243-11 (2012);
Weight Throw - 21.56m/70-9 (2012)
Born: 06/13/1988
Current Residence: Huntsville, Texas
Hometown: College Station, Texas
High School: Consolidated (College Station, Texas) H.S. '06
College: Sam Houston State '11
USA Championships
2012 NACAC U23 champion (70.71m/232-0)
Three-time Southland Conference Outdoor champion – 2008 (61.02m/200-02);
2009 (63.95m/209-09); 2011 (63.00m/206-08)
2012 Southland Indoor Conference (20.01m/65-07) champion
2012 NCAA West Region champion (66.67m/218-8)
Awards and Honors
2011 NCAA All-American
2011 Southland Conference indoor and outdoor Student Athlete of the Year
About Chris
Chris Cralle made a big step forward in the hammer throw in 2012 when he placed second at the U.S. Olympic
Team Trials. Unfortunately, his new personal best mark of 74.36m/243-11 missed the Olympic “A” standard to
travel to London, but did help him to pick up a No. 3 national ranking for the season by Track & Field News.
When Cralle left Sam Houston State University, he was regarded as one of the top throwers in the history of the
program. While competing with the Bearkats, he won three Southland conference outdoor titles and was
named the conference’s indoor and outdoor student athlete of the year while also receiving All-American
honors. Proving his versatility, Cralle was also a Texas high school 5A state champion in the discus. He now
currently serves as an assistant coach at his alma mater of Sam Houston State in addition to his training.
Results
2012: Olympic Trials runner-up (74.36m/243-11); 1st at Houston Fred Duckett Rice Twilight (71.98m/236-2); 1st
at Huntsville SHSU Twilight (71.98m/236-2)
2011: 7th at NCAA Outdoors (66.48m/218-1); 1st at Texas Relays (67.38m/221-0); Southland Conference
champion (63.00m/206-08); NCAA West Region champion (66.67m/218-8); Norman Southland Conference
Indoor weight throw champion (20.01m/65-07); 1st at College Station Texas A&M Reveille Invitational weight
throw (21.22m/69-7)
2010: NACAC U23 champion (70.71m/232-0); 8th at USA Outdoors (71.09m/233-3); 1st at Houston Rice
Twilight (67.32m/220-10); 1st at Houston Rice University (68.51m/224-9)
2009: Southland Conference champion (63.95m/209-09); 5th at NCAA Midwest Regional (62.05m/203-07); 3rd
at Texas Relays (62.66m/205-07); 1st at Waco Michael Johnson Classic (60.27m/197-9); 2nd at Austin Texas
Invitational (60.01m/196-10)
2008: Southland Conference champion (61.02m/200-02) and 5th in discus (49.55m/162-6); 1st in Houston
Invitational discus (54.87m/180-0) and hammer throw (61.00m/200-1); 1st in Austin Invitational (57.71m/189-4);
6th in NCAA Midwest Regional (62.05m/203-07)
2012: Indoor bests – Weight Throw, 21.56m/70-9 (No. 15 in the USA); Outdoor bests – Hammer Throw,
74.36m/243-11 (No. 6 in the USA)
2011: Indoor bests – Weight Throw, 21.56m/70-9 (No. 7 in the USA); Outdoor bests – Hammer Throw,
69.13m/226-9 (No. 13 in the USA)
2010: Outdoor bests – Hammer Throw, 71.09m/233-3 (No. 12 in the USA)
2009: Outdoor bests – Hammer Throw, 65.53m/215-0
2008: Outdoor bests – Hammer Throw, 62.05m/203-07
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JULIE CULLEY
Event: 5,0000m
Height: 5-8
Weight: 128
PR: 5000m – 15:05.38 (2012)
Born: 09/10/1981
Current Residence: Arlington, Va.
Hometown: Clinton, N.J.
High School: North Hunterdon (Annandale, N.J.) ’00
College: Rutgers ’04
Coach: Frank Gagliano
Agent: Chris Layne
Sponsor: Asics
USA Championships
1st at 2012 Olympic Trials (15:13.77)
2011 USA 5 km road champion (15:42)
2011 USA 10 mile road runner-up (54:28)
2008 USA Indoor 3,000m third place finisher (9:00.14)
About Julie
After graduating from Rutgers in 2004 with school records and cross country all-American honors to her name,
Culley moved directly into a coaching position at Loyola College (Maryland) and ended her days of competitive
racing and training. Her hiatus didn’t last long as she returned to training in 2007 and ran a personal best in the
1500m at USA Outdoors that year. Since then, Culley has represented Team USA at World Indoors in the
3,000m, at the World Cross Country Championships, and at World Outdoors in the 5,000m. In 2012 Culley won
her first national title on the track at the Olympic Trials and earned her spot at the London Olympic Games.
Results
2012: 14th at Olympic games (15:28.22), ran PR of 15:05.38 in heats; 10th at Monaco 3,000m (8:45.57); 1st at
Olympic Trials (15:13.77); 1st at Road to London Twilight 3,000m (8:52.41); 21st at NYC Half-Marathon (1:13:31)
2011: 2nd at St. Paul 10 mile (54:28); 5th at US Outdoor Championships (15:21.18)
2010: 3rd at Parkway Classic 10 mile (1:01.06)
2009: 7th in heat at World Outdoor Championships (15:32.33); 4th at US Outdoor Championships (15:33.92);
6th at Reebok Grand Prix (15:41.13); 21st at World Cross Country Championships (28:08); 3rd at US Indoor
Championships 3,000m (8:55.62)
2008: 7th at Olympic Trials (15:34.43); 10th at Reebok Grand Prix 1,500m (4:17.22); 8thin heat at World Indoor
Championships 3,000m (9:04.45); 3rd at US Indoor Championships 3,000m (9:00.14)
2007: 2nd at Bloomington High Performance 1500m (4:49.94); 4th at Nike Road to Eugene (16:10.84); 1st at
Lewisburg Classic (16:08.08)
2012: Outdoor bests - 15:05.38 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 26 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 15:21.87 (No. 5 in the USA by T&FN)
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DESIREE (DESI) DAVILA
Event: Marathon
Height: 5-2
Weight: 100
PR: 2:22:38 (2011)
Born: 07/26/1983
Current Residence: Rochester Hills, Mich.
Hometown: Chula Vista, Calif.
High School: Hilltop High School '01
College: Arizona State University '05
Coach: Kevin Hanson-Brooks
Agent: Self
Sponsor: Hansons-Brooks
Club: Hansons-Brooks
USA Championships
2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon runner-up (2:25:55)
2010 USA Championships 10,000m 3rd place (32:22.32)
3rd at 2005 Pac-10 5,000m Championships (16:59.93).
About Desiree
Davila broke 5:00 for the mile as a high school freshman and has quietly and steadily worked her way up to
being an Olympic marathoner. She was thrust into the spotlight after her thrilling finish at the 2011 Boston
Marathon. Davila battled for the win with eventual winner Caroline Kilel through the final stretch of the course
and came in second by only two seconds. Davila’s performance was one for the record books as she clocked
the fastest time ever by an American woman at the Boston Marathon in 2:22:38. After her success in Boston
she was invited to throw the first pitch at a Detroit Tigers game. Ran track and cross country in high school in
addition to playing soccer. Deena Kastor is one of her running role models and lists collecting whiskey and
tapestries as her hobbies. Engaged to fellow marathoner Ryan Linden.
Results
2012: DNF at Olympic Games marathon due to injury; 11th at NY Mini 10k (33.38); 10th at BAA 5 km (16:03); 9th
at NYC Half Marathon (1:10:44); 2nd at Olympic Marathon Trials (2:25:55).
2011: 2nd at the Naples Half Marathon (1:10.34); 2nd at the Boston Marathon (2:22:38); 4th at the USA
Championships 10,000m (31:37.14); 6th at USA Championships 5,000m (15:25.35); 4th in London 5,000m
(15:08).
2010: 4th at USA Indoor Championships 3,000m (9:21.05); 10th at World Indoor Championships 3,000m
(9:07.24); 9th at New York Grand Prix 5,000m (15:49.39); 3rd at USA Outdoor Championships 10,000m
(32:22.32); 9th at Prefontaine Classic 5,000m (15:29.78); 4th at Chicago Marathon (2:26:20); 1st at New York
Emerald Nuts Midnight 4 mile run.
2009: 4th at USA Half Marathon Championships (1:12:24); 2nd at Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon
(1:12:14); 11th at World Marathon Champs (2:27:53).
2008: 2nd at Houston Half Marathon (1:12:10); 13th at Olympic Trials Marathon (2:37:50); 11th at Olympic Trials
10,000m (33:18.56); 5th at the Chicago Marathon (2:31:33).
2007: 19th at Boston Marathon (2:44:56); 5th at USA 20 km Championships (1:10:08); 6th at USA Women’s 10
km Championships (33:22).
2006: 13th at USA 20 km Championships (1:12:43).
2005: 3rd at Pac-10 5,000m Championships (16:59.93).
2012: Outdoor bests -marathon, 2:25:55 (No. 2 in the USA, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 15:08.64 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 28 in the world) in; 10,000m, 31:37 (No. 4 in the
USA, No. 23 in the world).14; Half Marathon, 1:10:34; Marathon, 2:22:38 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 8:51.08 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 15:29.78
(No. 8 in the USA); 10,000m, 32:06.85 (No. 4 in the USA); Marathon, 2:26:20 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 39 in the
World, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 16:02.15; 10,000m, 32:25.78(No. 5 in the USA); Half Marathon, 1:12:14;
Marathon, 2:27:53 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 33:18.56 (No. 2 in the USA); Half Marathon, 1:12.10; Marathon, 2:31:33
2007: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 34:01.89; Half Marathon, 1:12:54
2006: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 16:46.53; 10,000m, 34:35.48
2005: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 16:32.15
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WALTER DAVIS
Event: Triple Jump, Long Jump
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
PR: LJ - 8.36m/27-5.25 (2006); TJ - 17.73m/58-2 (2006)
Born: 07/02/1979
Current Residence: Baton Rouge, La.
Hometown: Arnaudville, La.
High School: Beau Chene '97 (Arnaudville, La.)
College: Barton County Community College '00; LSU '02
Coach: Rana Reider
Agent: Kevin Brown
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor triple jump champion – 2002 (17.59m/57-8.5); 2005 (17.15m/56-3.25);
2006 (17.71m/58-1.25)
2003 USA Outdoor long jump champion (8.24m/27-0.5)
Two-time USA Indoor triple jump champion – 2005 (17.31m/56-9.50); 2006 (16.87m/55-4.25)
Third at 2012 Olympic Trials triple jump (16.69m/54-9.25)
2005 World Outdoor triple jump gold medalist (17.57m/57-7.75)
2006 World Indoor triple jump gold medalist (17.73m/58-2)
2003 World Indoor triple jump silver medalist (17.55m/57-7)
2007 World Outdoor bronze medalist (17.33m/56-10.25)
Two-time NCAA Indoor triple jump champion – 2001 (16.89m/55-5); 2002 (17.23m/56-6.5)
2002 NCAA Outdoor long jump champion (17.59m/57-8.5)
About Walter
While Davis is a national champion in both horizontal jumps and a four-time World Championships medalist in
the triple jump, he didn’t start out in track and field. He was an all-state basketball player who joined the track
team his junior year of high school. Davis is the first U.S. Olympian from Barton County Community College in
any sport. He made the 2000 Olympic roster in both the triple jump and long jump but chose to compete in only
the triple jump in Sydney. He was part of the LSU men’s team that won the 2002 NCAA Outdoor crown and
received the invitation to visit the White House for its success. Davis presented President Bush with an LSU
warm-up. Also in 2002, Davis posted five of the top six triple jumps by Americans.
Results
2012: 3rd at Olympic Trials (16.69m/54-9.25); 6th at adidas Grand Prix in LJ (7.18m/23-6.75); 6th at Pre Classic
(16.49m/54-1.25); 1st at Ponce Grand Prix (16.85m/55-3.5); 1st at LSU Twilight (16.65m/54-7.5i).
2011: 12th in group B at World Outdoors (16.12m/52-10.75); 3rd at USA Outdoors (17.02m/55-10.25).
2010: 1st place at Razorback Invite (16.99m/55-9i).
2009: Runner-up at USA Outdoors (16.84m/55-3); 12th in Group B qualifying at World Outdoors
(16.62m/54-6.50).
2008: 4th at Olympic Trials (17.20m/56-05.25).
2007: 3rd at World Outdoors (17.33m/56-10.25); 4th in LJ at USA Outdoor Championships (8.24m/27-0.5); 5th
in LJ at Nike Prefontaine Classic (7.76m/25-5.5); 6th in TJ at Oslo (17.00m/55-9.25); 2nd in TJ at Baie Mahault
(17.01m/55-9.75).
2006: USA Outdoor TJ Champion (17.71m/58-1.25WL); World Indoor TJ champion (17.73m/58-2PR); USA
Indoor TJ champion (16.87m/55-4.25); 1st in TJ at Nike Prefontaine Classic (17.40m/57-1); 5th in LJ at Paris
(8.10m/26-7); 11th in LJ at Rome (7.65m/25-1.25); 3rd in TJ at Lausanne (17.40m/57-1); 2nd in TJ at Stockholm
(17.24m/56-6.75).
2005: World Outdoor TJ champion (17.57m/57-7.75); USA Outdoor TJ champion (17.15m/56-3.25); 4th at USA
Outdoor Championships LJ (7.98m/26-2.25); USA Indoor TJ champ (17.31m/56-9.50).
2004: 2nd at Olympic Trials TJ (17.63m/57-10.25PR); 11th at Olympic Games TJ (16.78m/55-0.75); 12th in
Group B LJ qualifying at Olympic Games (7.80m/25-7.25); 4th at Olympic Trials LJ (7.91m/25-11.5); 1st at
Martinique (8.20m/26-11).
2003: 1st at USA Outdoor LJ (8.24m/27-0.5); 2nd at USA Outdoor TJ (17.55m/57-7); 7th at World Outdoors LJ
(8.02m/26-3.75); 8th in qualifying group at World Outdoors TJ (16.60m/54-5.5); USA Indoor runner-up
(17.23m/56-6.5); 2nd at World Indoors TJ (17.35m/56-11.25); 2nd at Home Depot Invitational Outdoors LJ
(8.15m/26-9)
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2002: USA Outdoor TJ champion (17.59m/57-8.5); NCAA Outdoor LJ (8.08m/26-6.25) and TJ (17.34m/5610.75) champion; NCAA indoor triple jump champ (17.23m/56-6.5), 2nd in long jump (8.15m/26-9); 1st at
Brussels (17.40m/57-1); 1st in Lausanne (17.39m/57-0.75); 1st in Rome (17.33m/56-10.25); 1st at Texas Relays
LJ (8.12m/26-7.75).
2001: 5th at World Outdoors TJ (17.20/56-5.25); NCAA Indoor (16.89m/55-5) and Outdoor (16.56m/54-4)
champion; 2nd in LJ at NCAA Indoor (8.01m/26-3.5) and Outdoor (8.19m/26-10.5); 3rd in TJ (16.92m/55-6.25) &
8th in LJ (8.04m/26-4.5) at USA Outdoors; 1st at Tyson Invitational (7.86m/25-9.5).
2000: 11th in Olympic TJ (16.61m/54-6); 3rd in long jump at Olympic Trials (8.11m/26-7.25), and 3rd in triple
jump (16.84m/55-3) choosing to compete only in the TJ at the Olympic Games; Won NJCAA outdoor LJ, indoor
TJ and LJ.
1999: NJCAA Outdoor TJ champion (16.47m/54-0.5), 2nd place in LJ (7.70m/25-3.25); Indoor NJCAA
champion (7.88m/25-10.25) LJ and (16.08m/52-9.25) TJ.
1997: 3rd at National Scholastics.
4 in the USA, No. 36 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 17.02m/55-10.25 (No. 3 in the USA by T&FN, No. 26 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – 16.99m/55-9 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 11 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 16.84m/55-3 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 49 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2007: Outdoor bests – 17.35m/56-11.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 11 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & and
ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN); long jump, 8.24m/27-0.5 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 14 in the world, ranked No.
7 in the USA by T&FN)
2006: Indoor bests – 17.73m/58-2 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); long jump, 8.10m/26-7 (No. 3 in the
USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.71m/58-1.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN); long
jump, 8.36m/27-5.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world)
2005: Indoor bests – 17.62m/57-9.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); long jump, 7.94 (No. 8 in the USA,
No. 35 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.57m/57-7.75 (ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 4 in the world by
TF&N); long jump, 7.98m/26-2.25 (No. 7 in the USA)
2004: Outdoor bests – 17.63m/57-10.25 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 8 in the
world by T&FN); long jump, 8.25m/27-1 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 12 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA by
T&FN)
2003: Indoor bests – 17.35m/56-11.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.55m/57-7 (No.
2 in the USA, No. 6 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 4 in the world by T&FN); long jump,
8.24m/27-0.5 (No. 4 in the USA by T&FN, No. 16 in the world, ranked No. 9 in the world by T&FN)
2002: Indoor bests – 17.23m/56-6.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); long jump, 8.15m/26-9 (No. 3 in the
USA, No. 9 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.59m/57-8.5 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 1 in
the USA & ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN); long jump, 8.12m/26-7.75 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 32 in the
world)
2001: Indoor bests – 17.06m/55-11.75 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.22m/566(ranked No. 1 in the US & ranked No. 8 in the world by T&FN); long jump, 8.13m/26-8.25 (ranked No. 5 in the
US by T&FN)
2000: Indoor bests – 16.45m/53-11.75 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 41 in the world); long jump, 7.95m/26-1 (No. 7 in
the USA, No. 29 in the world); Outdoor bests – 17.07m/56-0 (ranked No. 3 in the US by T&FN); long jump,
8.16m/26-9.25 (ranked No. 4 in the US by T&FN)
1999: Indoor bests – long jump, 7.88m/25-10.25 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 35 in the world); Outdoor bests – triple
jump, 16.47m/54-0.5; long jump, 7.70m/25-3.25
1998: Outdoor bests – 15.29m/50-2
1997: Outdoor bests – 15.77m/51-9.25; long jump, 7.23m/23-9
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SHARON DAY
Event: High Jump, Heptathlon
Height: 5-9
Weight: 155
PR: Heptathlon 6343 (2012); Pentathlon - 4,567i (2012)
Born: 06/09/1985
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif.
High School: Costa Mesa H.S. '03
College: Cal Poly '08
Coach: Jack Hoyt
Agent: Jeremy Snyder
Sponsor: Asics
USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor heptathlon champion (6,058)
Three-time USA Outdoor heptathlon runner-up – 2009 (6,177); 2010 (6,006); 2012 (6343)
Two-time USA Indoor Combined Event champion – 2012 (4567); 2013 (4478)
2013 USA Indoor high jump runner-up (1.83m/6-0)
2007 USA Outdoor high jump runner-up (1.89m/6-2.25)
2004 USA Junior high jump champion (1.85m/6-0.75)
2004 World Junior high jump bronze medalist (1.91m/6-3.25)
2003 Pan Am Junior high jump gold medalist (1.85m/6-0.75)
2005 NCAA Outdoor high jump champion (1.93m/6-4)
2004 NCAA Outdoor high jump runner-up (1.90m/6-2.75)
2004 NCAA Indoor high jump runner-up (1.86m/6-1.25)
About Sharon
Originally focused on the high jump, Day has transitioned into being one of the country’s top heptathletes, and
in 2011 won her first USA Outdoor title in the hep. She made the Olympic team in the high jump in 2008 and
moved to the heptathlon roster in 2012. Day won her first collegiate high jump crown with a school-record
performance at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento. In 2005 she suffered fractured
metatarsals that forced her to redshirt the 2006 season. She cleared the same height as the silver medalist at
the 2004 World Junior Championships, but because she had more misses, Day settled for bronze. She
also played the forward position in soccer for Cal Poly and was named 2003 Big West Conference Freshman
of the Year.
Results
2011: USA Outdoor champion (6,058); 18th at World Outdoors (6043); 1st at Cal Poly Invitational high jump
(1.78m/5-10); 2nd at Mt. SAC heptathlon (5828)
2010: USA Outdoor runner-up (6,006); 3rd at USA Indoor Combined Events (4467); 2nd at Kingston high jump
(1,85m/6-0.75)
2009: 10th in heptathlon (6,126), 17th in high jump qualifying at World Outdoors (1.89m/6-2.25); USA Outdoor
heptathlon runner-up (6,177) and 3rd in HJ (1.95m/6-4.75); 1st in heptathlon at America's Cup (6,063); 1st at
Run for Dream (1.93m/6-4i)
2008: 12th in qualifying at Olympic Games (1.85m/6-0.75); 3rd at Olympic Trials (1.91m/6-03.25); NCAA
Outdoor runner-up (1.86m/6-1.25); 1st at Big West Champs (1.95m/6-4.75)
2007: 2nd at USA Outdoors (1.89m/6-2.25); 4th at NCAA Outdoors (1.83m/6-0); 6th at Pan Am Games
(1.81m/5-11.25); 5th at NACAC Champs (1.74m/5-8.75); 2nd at Big West in heptathlon (5,244 points); 3rd in
Seattle (1.79m/5-10.5i)
2006: did not compete (redshirt – fractured metatarsals).
2005: NCAA Outdoor champion (1.93m/6-4); 3rd at USA Outdoors (J1.90m/6-2.75); 2nd at adidas
Track Classic (1.92m/6-3.5); 3rd at USA Indoors (1.82m/5-11.5); 3rd at NCAA Indoors (1.86m/6-1.25);
1st at Seattle (1.86m/6-1.25i)
2004: World Junior bronze medalist (1.91m/6-3.25); 1st at Atascadero All-Comers Championships ; (1.91m/63.25); USA Junior champion (1.85m/6-0.75); NCAA Outdoors runner-up (1.90m/6-2.75); NCAA Indoors
runner-up (1.86m/6-1.25i); 3rd at Holiday Inn Invitational (1.81m/5-11.25i)
2003: Pan Am Junior gold medalist champion (1.85m/6-0.75); USA Junior runner-up (1.78m/5-10); 1st at Costa
Mesa (1.88m/6-2)
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2012: Indoor bests - pentathlon, 4567 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests - heptathlon, 6343
(No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 18 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests – heptathlon, 6058 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 29 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – pentathlon, 4467 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests – high jump,
1.85m/6-0.75 (No. 13 in the USA, ranked No. 10 in the USA by T&FN); heptathlon, 6006 (No. 3 in the USA, No.
2009: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.93m/6-4 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); pentathlon, 4320 (No. 5 in
the USA, No. 26 in the world); high jump – 1.95m/6-4.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 17 in the world, ranked No. 4 in
the USA by T&FN); heptathlon, 6117 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 15 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.90m/6-2.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 35 in the world); Outdoor bests – high
jump, 1.95m/6-4.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 19 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN); heptathlon, 5642
(No. 16 in the USA)
2007: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.89m/6-2.25 (No. 5 in the USA, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2005: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.86m/6-1.25 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 46 in the world); Outdoor bests – high
jump, 1.93m/6-4 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 27 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA by T&FN)
2004: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.86m/6-1.25 (No. 10 in the USA); Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.91m/6-3.25
(No. 5 in the USA, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN)
2003: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.88m/6-2 (No. 8 in the USA)
JANAY DELOACH
SOUKUP
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-5
Weight: 130
PR: 7.03m/23-0.75 (2012)
Born: 10/12/1985
Current Residence: Fort Collins, Colo.
Hometown: Fort Collins, Colo.
High School: Ben Eielson H.S. (Eielson AFB, Alaska)
College: Colorado State ‘08
Coach: Tim Cawley
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor runner-up (6.97m/22-10.5)
Three-time USA Indoor champion - 2011 (6.99m/22-11.25); 2012 (6.89m/22-7.25); 2013 (6.80m/22-3.75)
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials (7.08m/23-2.75)
3rd at 2013 USA Indoor 60mH (8.00)
2012 Olympic Games bronze medalist (6.89m/22-7.25)
2012 World Indoor runner-up (6.98m/22-10.75)
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 says 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. The next year DeLoach became an Olympian and won the bronze medal by
1 centimeter. DeLoach met her husband, Patrick Soukup, while both were competing for Colorado State’s track
and field team. Deloach received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and human development and is pursuing
her master’s degree in occupational therapy.
Results
2012: 6th at Zurich (6.53m/21-05.25); 6th at IAAF World Championships (6.56m/21-06.25); 7th at Monaco
(6.62m/21-08.75); 1st at Birmingham (6.78m/22-03.00); 2nd at USA Outdoors (6.97m/22-10.5); 2nd at NY adidas
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Grand Prix (6.41m/21-00.50); 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 Conference Indoors
(6.14m/20-1.75)
2012: Indoor best - 6.98m/22-10.75(No 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor best - 7.08m/23-2.75 (No. 2
in the USA. No. 2 in the World, ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor best – 6.99m/22-11.25 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the World); Outdoor best – 6.97m/22010.5
(No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the World, ranked No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
2010: Indoor best – 6.57m/21-6.75 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 25 in the World); Outdoor best – 6.61m/21-8.25 (No.
10 in the USA)
2009: Indoor best – 6.33m/20-9.25 (No. 17 in the USA); Outdoor best – 6.04m/19-9.75
2008: Indoor best – 6.28m/20-7.25; Outdoor best – 6.48m/21-3.25
2007: Indoor best – 6.33m/20-9.25 (No. 5 in the USA); Outdoor best – 6.41m/21-0.50
2006: Indoor best – 6.42m/21-0.75 (No. 28 in the USA)
JEFF DEMPS
Event: 100m
Height: 5-9
Weight: 180
PR: 100m - 10.01 (2008)
Born: 01/08/1990
Hometown: Groveland, Fla.
High School: South Lake (Groveland, Fla.) H.S. '08
College: University of Florida '12
Coach: Mike Holloway
2012 Olympic 4x100m gold medalist
2010 NCAA Outdoor 100m (9.96w) and 4x100m (39.04) champion
Three-time NCAA Indoor 60m champion – 2010 (6.57); 2011 (6.53); 2012 (6.56)
2011 SEC Indoor champion (6.55)
2010 SEC Outdoor champion (10.06)
Awards and Honors
Six-time NCAA All-American
Named to the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Bowerman Watch List
About Jeff
Jeff Demps made an important decision in January of 2012 to stick with a sport that has been so kind to him when
he announced he would take his name out of the running for the 2012 NFL Draft to instead focus on the upcoming
Olympic Track & Field Trials. His decision proved to be beneficial as he landed a spot on the 4x100m relay pool in
London. Demps is regarded as one of the fastest in the country both on the track and football field. Playing running
back for the University of Florida, Demps scored 23 touchdowns and rushed for 2,470 yards in his four-year career.
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Those numbers included seven touchdowns and an average of 7.8 yards per carry as a freshman when the
Gators last won the national championship. On the track Demps has a total of four NCAA titles and six AllAmerican honors to his credit. In 2008 he tied Darrell Brown's world junior record in the 100m at 10.01.
Results
2012: Olympic 4x100m gold medalist; NCAA Indoor champion (6.56); 7th at Olympic Trials (10.27); Third at SEC
Indoor Championships (6.64)
2011: NCAA Indoor champion (6.53); SEC Indoor champion (6.55); 5th at USA Outdoors (10.05); NCAA East
Regional champion (10.19)
2010: NCAA Indoor (6.57) and Outdoor champion (9.96w); SEC Outdoor champion (10.06); SEC Indoor runnerup (6.66); NCAA East Regional champion (10.06); NCAA Outdoor 4x100m champion (39.04)
2009: 9th at SEC Outdoors (11.23)
2008: Florida State H.S. 3A 100m champion (10.40) and third in 200m (21.40)
2012: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.52 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.10 (No. 17 in
the USA, No. 45 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.56 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 12 in the world); Outdoor best – 100m, 10.06 (No. 9 in
2009: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.30
2008: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.01 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 18 in the world)
LASHINDA DEMUS
Event: 400m Hurdles
Height: 5-7
Weight: 136
PR: 52.47 (2012)
Born: 03/10/1983
Current Residence: Palmdale, Calif.
Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.
High School: Woodrow Wilson (Long Beach, Calif.) H.S. '01
College: South Carolina '05
Coach: Yolanda Rich
Agent: Jamel Mayrant
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Four-time USA Outdoor 400mH champion – 2005 (53.35); 2006 (53.07); 2011 (54.21); 2012 (53.98)
2002 USA Junior champion (56.35)
2012 Olympic silver medalist (52.77)
2011 World Outdoor gold medalist (52.47)
Two-time World Outdoor 400mH silver medalist – 2005 (53.27); 2009 (52.96)
2009 World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (3rd leg, 3:17.83)
2002 World Junior champion (54.70)
1999 Pan Am junior champion
2002 NCAA Outdoor champion (54.85)
2003 NCAA Indoor 400m champion (51.79)
Awards and Honors
World Junior record holder (54.70)
American record holder (52.47)
2006 Outdoor Visa champion
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About Lashinda
Demus has been a fixture among the nation’s top hurdlers for nearly a decade. Now at the peak of her career
and a mother of five-year-old twin boys, she enjoys the support of her mother, who is her coach, and her
husband, who serves as her agent. At the 2008 Olympic Trials she went from first to fourth in the final stretch,
not quite at full strength since giving birth to her boys in June 2007. Since then Demus has been on a roll with a
world title and American record in 2011 and Olympic silver in 2012. As a South Carolina freshman in 2002,
Demus anchored the Gamecocks 4x400m relay squad of Tiffany Ross, Tacita Bass and Demetria Washington to
the 2002 NCAA title in collegiate record time of 3:26.46. She departed the South Carolina team during the 2003
season. A sensational high school athlete, Demus was named a 2001 Track and Field News All-American in five
events (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 4x1, 4x4, sprint medley). She set the national record in the 300m hurdles
(39.00). Twins run in her family - her grandfather is a twin, and his mother had 20 children total, with four sets
of twins.
Results
2012: 2nd at Olympic Games (52.77); 2nd at Monaco (54.60); 1st at Olympic Trials (53.98); 2nd at Rome (54.80);
6th at Ostrava (57.43); 7th at Oxy Invite 800m (2:07.49)
2011: World Outdoor gold medalist (52.47AR); USA Outdoors champion in the 400m hurdles (54.21); 1st at
Luzern (54.18); 1st at Pre Classic (53.31); 2nd at Shanghai (54.58).
2010: 1st at Pre Classic in 400m hurdles (53.78); 1st at Rome (52.82); 1st at Shanghai (53.34); 4th at Monaco
(54.54); 1st at Mt. Sac Relays in the 400m (51.40); 5th at Oslo in the 400m (51.09PR).
2009: World Outdoor silver medalist (52.96), 4x400m gold medalist (3rd leg, 3:17.83); USA Outdoor champion
(53.78); 1st at Baie Mahault (54.17); 1st at Rethymno (54.29); 1st at Monaco (52.63); 1st at London (53.65).
2008: 4th at Olympic Trials (54.76); 6th at World Athletics Final (55.44); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (55.17); 1st at
Fort-de-France (53.99); 1st at Kingston (54.83).
2007: did not compete (maternity).
2006: USA Outdoor champion (53.07); 1st at Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis (53.76); 1st at Golden
Gala (53.51); 1st at Athens Super Grand Prix (53.02); 1st at World Athletics Final (53.42); 2nd at IAAF World Cup
(54.06).
2005: World Outdoor Championships 400mH silver medalist (53.27); USA Outdoor champion (53.35); 1st at Rio
(54.60); 1st at Belem (53.56); 1st at Paris (53.85); 1st at Rome (53.68); 3rd at Oslo 400mH (54.59); 2nd at Zurich
(53.83); 1st at Brussels (53.61); 1st at World Athletics Final (53.37); 6th in 400m at Nike Prefontaine Classic
(51.92); 1st at Fortaleza (54.36).
2004: 3rd at Olympic Trials 400mH (53.43); 5th in semi finals at Olympic Games (54.32); NCAA Outdoors runnerup (54.22); NCAA Outdoors 4x400m relay runner-up (2nd leg - 3:28.09); 5th in 400m at NCAA Indoors (51.63i);
3rd at NCAA Indoors 4x400m relay (anchor - 3:30.27i); 1st in 400m at Atlanta (51.70); 1st in 400mH at Columbia,
S.C. (54.87); 3rd in 100mH at SEC Championships (13.08); SEC Champion in 400mH (54.50); 1st in 400mH at
Gainesville (54.77); 1st in 400mH at Columbia (54.87).
2003: 8th at USA Outdoors (59.05); 1st in semifinal at USA Outdoors (55.65); 1st in 400m at NCAA Indoors
(51.79); 2nd at SEC Indoors 400m (52.91); 2nd in 4x400m relay at NCAA Indoors (3:28.25); 1st in Los Angeles
Outdoors (55.92).
2002: U.S. Junior champion (56.35); NCAA Outdoor champ (54.85); World Junior champ (54.70); 2nd at SEC
Outdoors; anchored South Carolina women's 4x400m relay team to an NCAA record (3:26.46) at NCAA
Outdoors; ran second leg on USC's NCAA Indoor 4x400m relay championship team (3:30.36).
2001: 5th at USA Outdoors (56.51); 8th in semis at WUGs.
1999: USA Junior champion (57.95); 1st at Pan American Juniors.
2012: Outdoor bests - 400mH, 52.77 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 400mH, 52.47 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2010: Outdoor bests – 200m, 23.62; 400m, 51.09 (No. 7 in the USA by T&FN, No. 23 in the world); 400mH,
52.82 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN); 4x400m relay, 3:26.12 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the
world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 400m, 51.40 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 33 in the world); 400mH, 52.63 (No. 1 in the USA,
No. 2 in the world by T&FN); 4x400m, 3:17.83 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world)
2008: Indoor bests – 400m, 54.01; 800m, 2:09.78; Outdoor bests – 200m, 23.35; 400m, 51.58 (No. 12 in the
USA); 400mH, 53.99 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 6 in the world)
2007: Did not compete.
2006: Indoor bests – 800m, 2:08.91; Outdoor bests – 400m, 51.65 (No. 10 in the USA); 400mH, 53.02 (No. 1 in
the USA, No. 1 in the world)
2005: Indoor bests – 800m, 2:09.19; Outdoor bests – 200m, 23.50; 400m, 51.79 (No. 13 in the USA); 800m,
2:16.46; 100mH, 13.09 (No. 16 in the USA); 400mH, 53.27 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world)
2004: Indoor bests – 200m, 24.51; 400m, 51.63 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); 55mH, 7.65; 60mH,
8.11 (No. 13 in the USA, No. 42 in the world); Outdoor bests – 400m, 51.70 (No. 14 in the USA); 800m, 2:09.16;
100mH, 13.08; 400mH, 55.43 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 8 in the world).
2003: Indoor bests – 400m, 51.79 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); 55mH, 7.84; 60mH, 8.34; Outdoor
bests – 400m, 53.50; 100mH, 13.35; 400mH, 55.65 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 26 in the world)
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WALTER DIX
Event: Sprints
Height: 5-9
Weight: 190
PR: 100m - 9.88 (2010); 200m - 19.53 (2011)
Born: 01/31/1986
Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla.
High School: Coral Springs (Fla.) H.S. '04
College: Florida State University '08
Coach: Self
Agent: Washington Dix
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor 100m (9.84) and 200m (19.95) champion
2010 USA Outdoor 100m champion (10.04) and 200m runner-up (20.14)
2008 Olympic Trials 200m champion (19.86) and 100m runner-up (9.80)
2011 World Outdoor silver medalist – 100m (10.08) and 200m (19.70)
2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist – 100m (9.91) and 200m (19.98)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 100m champion – 2005 (10.21); 2007 (9.93)
Three-time NCAA Outdoor 200m champion – 2006 (20.30); 2007 (20.32); 2008 (20.40)
2006 NCAA Indoor 200m champion (20.27) and 60m runner-up (6.62)
2006 NCAA Outdoor 100m runner-up (10.18)
2005 NCAA Indoor 200m runner-up (20.37)
Awards and honors
18-time NCAA Division I All-American
NCAA 200m record-holder
USA men’s 100m junior record holder
About Walter
Walter Dix fell on hard times during the Olympic Trials in 2012 after pulling a muscle during the 100m qualifying
rounds. As a professional, Dix has emerged as the most consistent U.S. sprinter in the last two years, winning
three outdoor national titles and two World Outdoor medals to go along with his two Olympic bronze medals
from 2008. His personal best time in the 200m in 2011 of 19.53 ranks second all-time in American history
behind only Michael Johnson's 19.32 he ran at the 1996 Olympic Games. Competing for Florida State, Dix is
just the second athlete ever to win the NCAA 200m outdoor championship three times. In 2007 he was also the
first sprinter to win the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 1969. He was the
top high school sprinter in the nation for the 2004 season, running Olympic standard times in the 100m and
200m. His father, a former sprinter, is an assistant principal and track coach while his mother is a high school
teacher. He has two older brothers, Alex and William, who also were track runners. While attending Florida State
University, Dix became a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
Results
2012: 8th at Olympic Trials 100m final (10.95); 4th at Pre Classic in 100m (10.04); 1st at Doha in 200m (20.02)
2011: World Championships 100m (10.08) and 200m (19.70) silver medalist; USA Outdoor 100m champion
(9.94) and 200m champion (19.95); 1st in 200m at Pre Classic (20.19); 1st in 200m at Doha (20.06); 1st in 200m
at Luzern (20.02); 2nd at Brussels (19.53); 1st in London (20.16)
2010: USA Outdoor 100m champion (10.04) and 200m runner-up (20.14w); 1st at Pre Classic at 200m (19.72);
1st at Lausanne (19.86); 1st at Gateshead (20.26); 1st at Seminole Twilight Invite in 100m (9.98) and 200m
(19.89); 1st at Notwil (9.88)
2009: 1st at Seminole Invite (10.00)
2008: Olympic Games 100m bronze medalist (9.91) & 200m bronze medalist (19.98); Olympic Trials champion in
200m (19.86); 2nd at Olympic Trials in 100m (9.80w); 3rd in semi-finals (9.93); 1st in preliminaries (9.96); NCAA
Outdoor 200m champion (20.40) and 4th in 100m (10.22)
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoor Championships 100m (10.09); 1st at Gainesville (19.69); 4thTyson Invitational Indoor
60m (6.67); NCAA Outdoor champion in 100m and 200m (9.93, 20.32); NCAA East Regional champion in 100m
and 200m (10.05, 19.69)
2006: NCAA Indoor 200m champion, 60m runner-up (20.27, 6.62); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors in 100m (10.18); 1st
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at NCAA Outdoors in 200m (20.30); 1st in Atlanta (20.25); 1st in Greensboro (10.12)
2005: 4th in 100m at USA Outdoor Champs (10.29); 1st in 100m at NCAA Outdoor Champs (10.21); 4th in 200m
at NCAA Outdoors (20.44); 1st in New York (10.06AJR); 6th in 60m at NCAA Indoors (6.70); 2nd in 200m at
NCAA Indoors (20.37); 1st at 100m at NCAA Outdoor East Regional (10.22w); 1st at 200m at NCAA Outdoor
East Regional (20.23w); 1st in 100m at ACC Outdoor Championships (10.22); 1st in 200m at the ACC Outdoor
Championships (20.41)
2004: 6th in 200m qualifying at Olympic Trials (21.19)
2012: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.03 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 26 in the world, ranked No. 8 in the U.S. by TFN);
200m, 20.02 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 9 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the U.S. by TFN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 100m, 9.94 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 14 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No.
4 in the world by TFN); 200m, 19.70 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No.
3 in the world by TFN)
the USA, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by TFN); 200m, 19.72 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the
world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & world by TFN)
2008: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.63; 200m, 20.70 (No. 11 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m, 9.91 (No. 4 in the
USA, No. 13 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 4 in the world by TF&N); 200m, 19.86 (No. 1 in
the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 3 in the world by TFN)
2007: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.63 (No. 14 in the USA); 200m, 20.73 (No. 3 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m,
9.93 (No. 2 in the USA, ranked No. 3 in the USA & ranked No. 8 in the world by TF&N); 200m, 19.69 (No. 2 in
the USA, ranked No. 6 in the USA by TFN)
2006: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.59 (No. 10 in the USA); 200m, 20.27 (No. 1 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m,
10.12 (No. 13 in the USA); 200m, 20.25 (No. 9 in the USA, ranked No. 7 in the USA by TFN)
2005: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.60 (No. 10 in the USA); 200m 20.37 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m,
10.06 (No. 6 in the USA); 200m, 20.18 (No. 6 in the USA, ranked No. 4 in the USA by TFN)
2004: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.28; 200m, 20.62
DIAMOND DIXON
Event: 400m
Height: 5-6
Weight: 112
PR: 400m – 50.88 (2012)
Born: 06/29/1992
Current Residence: Lawrence, Kan.
Hometown: Houston, Texas
High School: Westside H.S. '10
College: Kansas University ’14
Coach: Stanley Redwine
USA Championships
2011 USA Junior Champion (52.67)
2012 Olympic gold medalist 4x400m (3:22.09)
2012 NACAC U-23 gold medalist in 4x400m (3:28.64)
2011 Junior Pan-Am runner-up 400m (52.67) and 1st in 4x400m (3:34.71)
2010 World Junior gold medalist in 4x400m (3:31.20)
2012 NCAA Indoor champion (51.78)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor third place – 2012 (51.59); 2011 (51.88)
2011 NCAA Indoor runner-up (53.32)
About Diamond
Dixon qualified for her first Olympic team only days before her 20th birthday as a member of Team USA's
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4x400m relay pool. Dixon was the youngest woman on Team USA at the London Olympics and ran in the
qualifying round of the 4x400m relay that went on to win gold. Though she is young, she is not without
experience. Dixon has also represented Team USA at World Juniors, World University Games and PanAm Juniors.
Results
2013: 5th at New Balance Grand Prix (54.39)
2012: ran in heat of gold medal winning 4x400m relay at Olympic Games (3:22.09); 1st at NACAC U23 4x400m
(3:28.64); 5th at Olympic Trials (50.88); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (51.59); 1st at Big 12 Outdoors 400m (51.09) and
4x400m (3:28.10); 2nd at Kansas Relays (51.80); 1st at NCAA Indoors 400m (51.78) and 3rd in 4x400m
(3:31.36); 1st at Big 12 Indoor 400m (52.55) and 4x400m (3:31.36)
2011: 4th at World University Games (52.76); 2nd at Pan-Am Jr. Outdoor 400m (52.67) and 1st in 4x400m
(3:34.71); 1st at USA Junior Outdoor (52.67); 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (51.88) and 8th in 4x400m (3:33.00); 1st at
Big 12 Outdoor 400m (51.55) and 5th in 4x400m (3:36.58); 2nd at NCAA Indoor 400m (53.32) and 2nd in
4x400m (3:34.05)
2010: 1st at USATF Jr. Olympics 4x400m (3:47.14); 1st at IAAF World Junior 4x400m (3:31.20); 5th at USA
Junior Outdoor (53.73)
2012: Indoor bests - 51.78 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests - 50.88 (No. 4 in the USA, No.
2011: Indoor bests – 53:06 (No. 12 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 51:55 (No. 10 in the USA);
2010: Outdoor bests – 52:92
KIMBERLYN DUNCAN
Event: 100m, 200m
Height: 5-10
PR: 100m - 10.96 (2012); 200m (22.19)
Born: 08/02/1991
Current Residence: Katy, Texas
Hometown: Katy, Texas
High School: Cypress Springs H.S. '09
College: LSU '13
Coach: Dennis Shaver
2012 NACAC U23 Champion 200m (22.72)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 200m champion - 2012 (22.86); 2011 (22.24)
Two-time NCAA Indoor 200m champion - 2012 (22.74); 2011 (22.85)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 4x100m champion - 2012 (42.75); 2011 (42.64)
Four-time NCAA runner-up - 2012: 100m (11.16); 2011: 100m (11.09), 60m (7.36); 2010 4x100m (43.72)
Awards and honors
Nine-time All-American
2012 NCAA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
2012 Bowerman Award Winner
2011 Bowerman Award Finalist
About Kimberlyn
Duncan was an elite high school athlete and has matured into one of the best collegiate 200m runners of alltime. Duncan became the first woman in NCAA history to win back-to-back national titles indoors and outdoors
in the 200m. After finishing just shy of making the 2012 Olympic team, Duncan went on to win the NACAC U23
Championships and set a meet record in the process.
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Results
2012: 1st at NACAC U23 200m (22.72), 4x100m (43.58); 4th at Olympic Trials 200m (22.34); 1st at NCAA
Outdoors 200m (22.86), 2nd in 100m (11.16), 1st in 4x100 (42.75); 1st at SEC Outdoors 100m (10.96), 200m
(22.120, 4x100m (43.27); 1st at NCAA Indoors 200m (22.74), 8th in 60m (7.28); 1st at SEC Indoors 200m
(23.07), 2nd in 60m (7.28), 1st in 4x400m (3:34.02)
2011: 5th at USA Outdoors 200m (22.35); 1st at NCAA Outdoors 200m (22.24), 2nd in 100m (11.09), 1st in
4x100m (42.64); 1st at SEC Outdoors 200m (22.27), 2nd in 100m (11.02), 1st in 4x100m (43.47); 1st at NCAA
Indoors 200m (22.85), 2nd in 60m (7.36); 1st at SEC Indoors 200m (22.78), 8th in 60m (7.41)
2010: 2nd at NCAA Outdoors 4x100m (43.72); 5th at SEC Outdoors (23.76); 5th at SEC Indoors 200m (23.68)
2009: 5th at Nike Outdoor HS Nationals 200m (23.95); 1st at Texas HS 5A State Championships 200m (23.59)
2012: Indoor bests - 200m, 22.74 (No. 1 in the USA No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.19 (No. 4 in
the USA, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA, No. 6 in the world by T&FN); 100m, 10.96 (No. 4 in the
USA, No. 9 in the world, ranked No. 8 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests - 200m, 22.78 (No. 2 in the USA, ); Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.24 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in
the world, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN); 100m, 11.09 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 18 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests - 200m, 23.57; Outdoor bests - 200m, 23.08; 100m, 11.84
2009: Outdoor bests - 200m, 25.46
ASHTON EATON
Event: Decathlon
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185
PR: Decathlon - 9,039 WR (2012); Heptathlon 6,645iWR (2012)
Born: 01/21/1988
Hometown: Bend, Ore.
High School: Mountain View (Ore.) HS ‘06
College: Oregon ‘10
Coach: Harry Marra
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Nike
Club: Oregon TC Elite
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2011 (8,729); 2012 (9,039 WR)
2012 USA Indoor long jump champion (8.06m/26-5.5)
2009 USA Outdoor runner-up (8,075)
2012 Olympic gold medalist (8,869)
2012 World Indoor gold medalist (6,645WR)
2011 World Outdoor silver medalist (8,505)
Three-time NCAA decathlon champion - 2008 (8,055); 2009 (8,241); 2010 (8,457)
Two-time NCAA heptathlon champion – 2009 (5,988); 2010 (6,499)
Three-time Pac-10 champion - 2008 (7,604); 2009 (8,091); 2010 (8,154)
Awards and Honors
2012 Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award winner
2010 Bowerman Award winner
2010 USTFCCCA Outdoor and Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
World decathlon (9,039) and indoor heptathlon record holder (6,645)
About Ashton
In just three total multi-event competitions for Eaton in 2012, the former Oregon Duck standout set two world
records and won an Olympic gold medal. He stole the stage during a rain-soaked Olympic Trials when he broke
an 11-year old world record in the decathlon with 9,039 points. Needing to run 4:16.23 in the 1,500 meters to
set the record, competitor Curtis Beach waved him through the finish in 4:14.48 before a deafening Hayward
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Field home crowd. Not giving the decathlon a thought until after high school, Eaton has improved his personal
best by more than 900 points since 2008 and has set the world record in the indoor heptathlon three years in a
row. When he first broke Dan O' Brien's heptathlon mark in 2010, he broke a record set when he was just five
years old. Eaton qualified for his first World Outdoor Championships team in 2009 where he placed 18th. With
quick, explosive events and just one throwing event, he indicated the heptathlon he is best suited. A one-man
wrecking crew, at the 2008 Pac-10 Outdoor Championships, Eaton scored points 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 Oregon 4A state titles as a
senior in 2006 in the 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 running back and wrestled. His grandfather,
James Eaton, was a Michigan State halfback. Engaged to Oregon heptathlete and Canadian Olympian
Brianne Theisen.
Results
2012: Olympic Games gold medalist (8,869); Olympic Trials champion (9,039 WR); 7th at Pre Classic 110mH
(13.34); World Indoor gold medalist (6,645WR); USA Indoor long jump champion (8.06m/26-5.5); 1st at Texas
A&M Challenge indoor 60m hurdles (7.73), 400m (47.97) and long jump (8.04m/26-4.5)
2011: World Outdoor silver medalist (8,505); USA Outdoor champion (8,729); 1st at Tallinn, Estonia heptathlon
(6,568 points); Won the Millrose Multi Challenge over Bryan Clay and Trey Hardee with 2,666 points in the shot
put, high jump and 60m hurdles
2010: NCAA Outdoor decathlon (8,457) and 4x100m champion (40.57); 1st at Texas Relays (8,310w); PAC-10
Outdoor decathlon (8,154), 110m hurdles champion (13.54) and long jump champion (7.81m/25-7.5); NCAA
Indoor 4x400m champion (3:08.42); NCAA Indoor heptathlon (6,499) and long jump champion (7.73m/25-4.5);
1st at College Station Texas A&M Challenge heptathlon (6,256); 1st at Oregon Relays 110m hurdles (13.68)
2009: 18th at World Outdoors (8,061); USA Outdoor runner-up (8,075); PAC-10 Outdoor champion (8,091);
Oregon Relays champion (8,023); NCAA Outdoor champion (8,241); NCAA Indoor champion (5,988); Seattle
UW Invitational heptathlon champion (6,174)
2008: NCAA Outdoor champion (8,055); PAC-10 Outdoor champion (7,604); Sacramento Nike Elite Invitational
champion (7,792); 6th at NCAA Indoor Heptathlon (5,676 points); 5th at Olympic Trials (8,122)
2007: 3rd at USA Junior Champs (7,155); 2nd at Pac 10 Champs (7,123); 2nd at USA Juniors LJ (7.32m/240.25); 11th at Pan Am Juniors
2012: Indoor bests - heptathlon, 6,645WR (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - decathlon,
9,039WR (No. 1 in the USA & No. 1 in the world by TF&N)
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, ranked No. 2 in the USA & world by TF&N)
(No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 2 in the world by TF&N)
(No. 3 in the USA, No. 23 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by TF&N)
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, ranked No. 4 in the USA by TF&N)
ALLYSON FELIX
Event: 100m, 200m, 400m
Height: 5-6
Weight: 125
PR: 100m - 10.89 (2012); 200m - 21.69 (2012); 400m - 49.59 (2011)
Born: 11/18/1985
Current Residence: Santa Clarita, Calif.
Hometown: Santa Clarita, Calif.
High School: Los Angeles Baptist H.S. (Calif.) '03
College: USC
Coach: Bob Kersee
Agent: Wes Felix
Sponsor: Nike
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USA Championships
Six-time USA Outdoor 200m champion - 2004 (22.28); 2005 (22.13); 2007 (22.34); 2008
(21.82); 2009 (22.02); 2012 (21.69)
2011 USA Outdoor 400m champion (50.40)
2010 USA Outdoor 100m champion (11.27)
2010 USA Indoor 400m champion (51.37)
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials 100m (11.07)
2004 USA Junior 200m champion (22.28)
2003 USA Indoor 200m champion (23.14) - National High School record
2012 Olympic 200m gold medalist (21.88)
Two-time Olympic 200m silver medalist - 2004 (22.18); 2008 (21.93)
2011 World Outdoor 400m silver medalist (49.59) and 200m bronze medalist (22.42)
Three-time Olympic relay gold medalist - 2008 (4x400: 3:18.54); 2012
(4x400m: 3:16.87, 4x100m:40.82WR)
Three-time World Outdoor 200m gold medalist - 2005 (22.16); 2007 (21.81); 2009 (22.02)
Two-time World Outdoor 4x100m gold medalist - 2007 (41.98); 2011 (41.56)
Three-time World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist - 2007 (3:18.55); 2009 (3:17.83); 2011 (3:18.09)
2003 Pan American Games bronze medalist (22.93)
2001 World Youth 100m gold medalist
Awards and Honors
Four-time Jesse Owens award winner (2005, 2007, 2010, 2012)
2010 Diamond League champion in the 200m and 400m
USA Junior and high school 200m record holder (22.51)
Five-time California state prep champion (three-time 100m, two-time 200m)
About Allyson
In 2012 Felix won her long-awaited individual Olympic gold medal in the 200m, and became the first athlete
since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. She made history at
the 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Championships by becoming the first woman ever to win three world 200-meter
titles. In 2007 Felix became the second woman in history to win three gold medals at one World Championships
(200m, 4x100m and 4x400m). In 2005, she went undefeated in the 200m, winning the world title and recorded
the three fastest times in the world. As an 18-year-old, she won her first Olympic medal in the women’s 200m at
the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and secured the world junior record at 22.18. Felix actually ran faster at a
meet in Mexico City in 2003 (22.11), but meet organizers had not arranged for drug testing at the meet and the
time wasn't ratified by the IAAF. Her father, Paul, is an ordained minister who teaches New Testament Greek at
the Master’s Seminary in Sun Valley, Calif. Her mother, Marlean, is an elementary school teacher. High school
teammates called her “chicken legs” due to her long, spindly legs. She didn’t start running track until her
freshman year of high school. Felix was a prep media sensation and a current star, having had front-page
articles in Sports Illustrated and USA Today, among other publications. She has a passion for fashion, having
attended both New York and London Fashion Weeks in 2012. She is active in Right to Play and USATF’s
outreach program Win with Integrity. In 2012, she was appointed to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports
and Nutrition and, along with USATF, has been an advocate of Let’s Move, the First Lady’s anti-obesity initiative.
Results
2012: 3rd in Zurich 100m (11.02); 1st at Olympic Games 200m (21.88), 4x400m (3:16.87), 4x100m (40.82WR),
5th in 100m (10.89); 1st at Olympic Trials 200m (21.69) and tied for 3rd in 100m (11.09); 4th at Adidas Grand
Prix (11.07); 1st in 200m at Pre Classic (22.23); 1st in 100m at Doha (10.92); 4th at USATF Classic 60m (7.11).
2011: World Outdoor 400m silver medalist (49.59), 200m bronze medalist (22.42) and 4x400m relay gold
medalist (3:18.09); USA Outdoor 400m champion (50.40); 1st in 400m at Rome (49.81); 1st in 400m at Doha
(50.33); 1st in 200m at adidas Grand Prix (22.92); 2nd at Monaco in 200m (22.32); 3rd in 400m at Pre
Classic (51.41).
2010: 1st at Brussels 200m (22.61); 1st at Zurich 400m (50.37); 1st at London 400m (50.79) and 200m (22.37);
1st at Stockholm (22.41); 1st at Paris 200m (22.14); 1st at Pre Classic 400m (50.27); 1st at USA Outdoor 100m
(11.27); 2nd at adidas Grand Prix 200m (22.03); 1st at Doha (50.15); 1st at IAAF World Indoor 4x400m (3:27.34);
1st at USA Indoor 400m (51.37)
2009: World Outdoor champion (22.02); USA Outdoor champion (22.02); 1st at adidas Track Classic (22.66); 1st
in 400m at Doha (50.75); 1st in 400m at Reebok Grand Prix (50.50)...1st in Stockholm (21.88); 1st at World
Athletics Final (22.29); 2nd in 400m at Zurich (49.83); 2nd at Rethymno (11.08)
2008: Olympic 4x400m gold medalist (48.55, 3:18.54) and Olympic 200m silver medalist (21.93), 1st in semifinal
(22.33); Olympic Trials champion in 200m (21.82), 5th in 100m (10.96); 4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (11.06);
5th at Reebok Grand Prix (11.13); 4th at adidas Track Classic (11.21); 1st 100m and 400m at Doha (10.93, 49.83)
2007: World Outdoor 200m champion (21.81); World Outdoors 4x100m (41.98) and 4x400m gold medalist (2nd
leg - 48.0, 3:18.55); USA Outdoor 200m champion (22.34) and 4th place 100m (11.25); 1st in 400m, 3rd in 100m
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at Reebok Grand Prix (50.53, 11.01); 1st in 200m at adidas Track Classic (22.18); 1st in 300m at Tyson
Invitational (36.33iAR); 1st at Sheffield (22.35); 2nd in 100m at Rethimno (11.11); 1st in 400m at Stockholm
(49.70); 2nd in 400m at London (50.17)
2006: 1st in 200m, 3rd in 100m at World Athletics Final (22.11, 11.07); 5th at Stockholm (22.71); 6th at London
(11.33); 1st at Madrid (22.73); 1st at Doha (22.78); 1st at Norwich Union (22.19); 1st at Kansas Relays (11.04)
2005: 200m World Outdoor Champion (22.16); 1st in 200m at USA Outdoor Champs (22.13); 1st in 200m at
adidas Track Classic (22.14); 3rd in 100m at Rome (11.14); 3rd in 100m at Stockholm (11.29); 7th in 100m at
Zurich (11.18); 1st in 100m at Yokohama (11.05); 1st in 200m at Doha (22.78); 1st in 200m at Monterrey (22.31);
1st in 200m at World Athletics Final (22.27); 1st at Norwich Union (51.12)
2004: Olympic 200m silver medalist (22.18); Olympic Trials 200m champion (22.28); USA Junior 200m champion
(22.73); 2nd in 100m at Modesto (11.19); 2nd in 100m at Mt. Sac (11.14w); 3rd in 200m at Payton Jordan US
Open (22.71); 3rd at adidas Oregon Track Classic (23.12); 2nd in 400m in Mexico City (51.83); 1st Linz 100m in
11.16; 7th in 60m at USA Indoors (7.33); 2nd in 400m at adidas Boston Indoor Games (52.28); 5th in 60m at
Verizon Millrose Games (7.36)
2003: USA Indoors 200m champion (23.14 national HS record); Pan American Games 200m Bronze medalist
(22.93); 3rd at USA Outdoors 200m (22.59); 3rd in Paris on July 4 200m (22.66); 6th in heat 3 at World Outdoor
Championships 200m (23.33); 1st in Mexico City 200m (22.11 U.S. junior record, faster than existing WJR); 1st
at Mt. SAC Relays in 200m (22.51 U.S. junior record) and 100m HS (11.24w); ran 23.22 in semis at USA Indoors
to tie previous HS record; 3rd in semifinal heat at World Indoors (23.29); 1st at Pasadena Games in 400m
(52.26); won the California state high school championships 100m (11.29), 200m (22.52)
2002: Runner-up at USA junior champs (23.31); 5th at World Juniors (23.48); won California HS titles at 100m
(11.40) and 200m (22.83, fastest by a U.S. junior in 2002)
2001: Won 100m at the 2001 World Youth Athletics (11.57); ran the 200 leg on Team USAs winning Sprint
Medley Relay (2:03.82); Won California HS title at 100m (11.61), second in 200 (23.27); won the 200m at Youth
Athletics nationals (23.82)
2000: 7th at California HS champs (24.35).
2012: Indoor bests - 60m, 7.10 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.89 (No. 3 in the
USA, No. 6 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA, No. 5 in the world by T&FN); 200m, 21.69 (No. 1 in the USA,
No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests - 200m, 22.32 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); 400m, 49.59 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3
in the world)
2010: Indoor bests - 400m, 51.37 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 11.27 (No. 16 in
the USA); 200m, 22.03 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); 400m, 50.15 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 8 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests - 100m, 11.08 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); 200m, 21.88 (No. 1 in the USA, No.
1 in the world); 400m, 49.83 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world)
in the world); 400m, 49.83 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world)
in the world)
2004: Outdoor bests - 100m, 11.16 (No. 10 in the USA); 200m, 22.18 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world);
400m, 51.83 (No. 19 in the USA)
2003: Indoor bests - 200m, 23.14 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 11.29 (No. 14
in the USA); 200m, 22.11 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world)
2001: Outdoor bests - 200m, 23.31
2001: Outdoor bests - 200m, 23.31
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SHALANE FLANAGAN
Event: Distance
Height: 5-5
Weight: 113
PR: 3,000m - 8:33.25iAR (2007); 5,000m 14:44.80 (2007); 10,000m - 30:22.22AR (2008);
Half marathon -1:08:31 (2010); Marathon - 2:25:38 (2012)
Born: 07/08/1981
Current Residence: Portland, Ore.
Hometown: Marblehead, Mass.
High School: Marblehead (Mass.) H.S. '00
College: University of North Carolina '04
Coach: Jerry Schumacher
Agent: Steve Edwards
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2005 (15:10.96); 2008 (31:34.81); 2011 (30:59.97)
Five-time USA XC champion – 2004 (12:26); 2005 (13:24.3); 2010 (25:10); 2011 (25:47); 2013 (25:49)
Two-time USA marathon champion – 2010 (2:28:40); 2012 (2:25:38)
2007 USA Indoor 3,00m champion - (8:56.74)
2011 USA half marathon champion (1:09:41)
Two-time USA 5 km road champion – 2008 (15:29); 2007 (15:25)
Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2003, 5,000m (15:20.54); 2009, 10,000m (31:23.43)
Two-time USA Outdoor bronze medalist – 2004 (15:10.52); 2008 (15:02.81)
2011 World cross country bronze medalist (25:10)
2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist (30:22.22)
Two-time NCAA XC champion – 2003 (19:30.4); 2002 (19:36)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor runner-up – 2003, 5,000m (15:30.60); 2002, DMR (10:59.76)
Two-time 2002 NCAA bronze medalist – outdoor 1500m (4:15.52); indoor mile (4:39.11)
Awards and Honors
Indoor American record holder – 3,000m (8:33.25) and 5,000m (14:47.62)
Outdoor American record holder – 10,000m (30:22:22), previously held 5,000m record (14:44.80)
2002 NCAA Cross Country Runner of the Year
2002 Honda Athlete of the Year for Cross Country
2002 AAC Athlete of the Year
About Shalane
Flanagan is an extremely versatile distance runner, with multiple U.S. titles from the 3,000m to the marathon
bearing her name. Flanagan most recently left her mark on the history books with an Olympic Trials marathon
record of 2:25:38 in only her second attempt at the 26.2 mile distance. At the 2008 Olympics, Flanagan
overcame stomach problems that threatened her participation and hot temperatures to win the 10,000m bronze
and break her own American record. Flanagan is only the second American woman to ever win an Olympic
medal at 10,000m, joining Lynn Jennings, who won the bronze in 1992. Flanagan has also one of the U.S.’s top
cross country runners for more than a decade from her 2000 win of the USA Junior XC Championships through
her 2011 individual bronze medal at the IAAF World XC Championships where she also helped to lead the U.S.
women to a team bronze. While she was injured in 2006, it was discovered that Flanagan was born with an extra
bone in her foot. Both of Flanagan’s parents are accomplished runners. Her mother Cheryl Treworgy competed
on the World Cross Country teams in 1968 (11th), 1969 (4th), 1970 (18th), 1974 (28th) 1976 (38th) and is also a
former women's marathon world record holder. Her father Steve Flanagan also participated on a U.S. World XC
team and boasted a marathon PR of 2:18. Flanagan is married to Steve Edwards who was a track and field
athlete at UNC. Flanagan participated in soccer and swimming in high school.
Results
2013: 1st at USA XC (25:49); 2nd at New Orleans RNR half marathon (1:08:31)
2012: 25th at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (1:14:41); 10th in Olympic Games marathon
(2:25:51); 3rd at Olympic Trials 10,000m (31:59.69); 1st at Lisboa Half Marathon (1:08:52); Olympic Trials
Marathon champion (2:25:38)
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2011: 7th at World Outdoor (31:25.57); 4th at Stockholm 5,000m (14:46.80); 4th at Paris 5,000m (14:45.20); 1st
at USA Outdoors (30:59.97); 6th at Pre Classic 5,000m (14:49.68); 2nd at Payton-Jordan (30:39.57); 3rd at
World XC 8km (25:10) and team bronze; 1st at USA Cross Country 8km (25:47)
2010: 2nd at NYC Marathon (2:28:40); 11th at USA Outdoor Champs 1500m (4:19.56); 2nd at Pre Classic
5,000m (14:49.08); 9th at NY Grand Prix 1500m (4:06.44); 12th at World XC 8 km (25:20); 1st at USA XC 8 km
(25:10); 1st at USA Half Marathon (1:09:41)
2009: 14th at World Outdoors (31:32.19); 2nd at USA Outdoor (31:23.43); 4th at adidas Track Classic 5,000m
(15:10.86); 11th at Pre Classic 1500m (4:06.91); 2nd at Boston Indoor Games 5,000m (14:47.62AR)
2008: 3rd at Olympic Games 10,000m (30:22.22AR) and 10th in 5,000m (15:50.80); 1st at Olympic Trials
10,000m (31:34.81) and 3rd in 5,000m (15:02.81); 1st at Mt. SAC (30:34.49AR); 1st at USA 5 km Road (15:29)
2007: 3rd at Zurich 1500m (4:10.86); 8th at World Outdoors (15:03.86); 1st at USA Outdoor (14:51.75); 4th
Monaco 3,000m (8:35.34); 2nd at Heusden 1500m (4:06.24); 5th at Rome (15:04.27); 3rd at Pre Classic 1500m
(4:05.86); 1st at Mt. SAC 5,000m (14:44.80AR); 1st at USA Indoor 3,000m (8:56.74); 2nd Boston Indoor Games
3,000m (8:33.25iAR); 2nd in USA XC 8 km (27:48); 1st at USA 5 km Road (15:25)
2006: did not compete – injured foot
2005: 7th in 2nd semifinal heat at World Outdoor (15:20.59); 1st at USA Outdoor (15:10.96); 4th at New York
Grand Prix 3,000m (8:54.43); 9th Pre Classic 1500m (4:22.07); 20th at World XC 4 km (14:05) and team bronze;
1st at USA XC 4 km (13:24.3)
2004: 11th in semifinals at the Olympic Games 5,000m (15:34.63); 3rd at Olympic Trials 5,000m (15:10.52) and
6th in 1,500m (4:11.05); 7th in 1,500m at Pre Classic (4:09.27); 3rd at Boston (15:05.08); 1st at Mt. SAC
(15:09.67); 14th at World XC 4 km (13:34); 1st at USA 4 km XC (12:26); 4th place in Boston Indoor Games
1500m (4:13.55)
2003: 1st at NCAA XC (19:30.4); 2nd at USA Outdoor 5,000m (15:20.54) and 4th in 1500m (4:13.64); 2nd at
NCAA Outdoors 5,000m (15:30.60); 1st at ACC Outdoor 5,000m (15:47.75) and 1500m (4:13.05); 1st at NCAA
Indoors 3,000m (9:01.05); 1st at ACC Indoor mile (4:28.25); 5th at Boston Indoor Games 3,000m (9:00.22)
2002: 1st at NCAA XC (19:36); 3rd at NCAA Outdoor 1500m (4:15.52)and 2nd in DMR (10:59.76); 1st at ACC
Outdoor 1,500m (4:16.19); 3rd at NCAA Indoor mile (4:39.11) and 6th in 3,000m (9:16.30); 1st at ACC indoor
mile (4:42.35) DMR (11:39.98) and 3,000m (9:19.85); 4th Tyson Indoor mile (4:38.43)
2001: 10th at NCAA Outdoors 1500m (4:25.67); 1st at ACC Outdoor 1,500m (4:18.12) and 5,000m (16:29.68);
7th at NCAA Indoor mile (4:45.25); 1st at ACC Indoor mile (4:37.41) and 3rd in 3,000m (9:33.02)
2012: Outdoor bests - 10,000m, 31:59.69 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 35 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by
T&FN); marathon 2:25:38 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 8:39.18 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests – 1500m, 4:06.63
(No. 5 in the USA, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN); 5,000m, 14:15.20 (No. 1 in the USA byT&FN, No. 14 in
the world); 10,000m, 30:39.57 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world
by T&FN)
2010: Outdoor bests – 1500m, 4:06.44 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 44 in the world); 5,000m, 14:49.08 (No. 2 in the
USA by T&FN, No. 20 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 1500m, 4:06.91 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 47 in the world); 5,000m, 15:10.86 (No. 3 in the
USA, No. 31 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN); 10,000m, 31:23.42 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN,
No. 15 in the world)
2008: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 14:59.69 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 25 in the world , ranked No. 3 in the USA by
T&FN); 10,000m, 30:22.22 (No.1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the world, No. 1 USA by T&FN)
(No. 4 in the USA, No. 26 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN); 5,000m, 14:44.80 (No. 1 in the USA
by T&FN, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 10 in the world)
2005: Outdoor best – 1500m, 4:22.07; 5,000m, 15:10.96
2004: Outdoor bests – 1500m, 4:09.27 (No. 9 in the USA by T&FN); 5,000m, 15:05.08 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 42
(No. 12 in the USA, ranked No. 7 in the USA by T&FN); 5,000m, 15:20.54 (No. 5 in the USA, ranked No. 4 in the
USA by T&FN)
2002: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 9:16.19 (No. 8 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 1500m, 4:15.37
2001: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 9:33.02; Outdoor bests – 1500m, 4:18.12; 5,000m, 16;29.68
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HYLEAS FOUNTAIN
Event: Heptathlon
Height: 5-7
Weight: 143
PR: Heptathlon 6,735 (2010); Pentathlon - 4,753i (2010)
Born: 01/14/1981
Current Residence: Daytona Beach, Fla.
Hometown: Harrisburg, Pa.
High School: Central Dauphin East H.S. (Harrisburg, Pa.) '00
College: Barton CC '02 & Georgia '04
Coach: Dan Pfaff
Agent: Karen Locke
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Five-time USA Outdoor champion – 2005 (6,208); 2007 (6,090); 2008 (6,619); 2010 (6735w); 2012 (6419)
2005 USA Indoor pentathlon champion (4,417i)
2008 Olympic silver medalist (6,619)
2004 NCAA Outdoor long jump champion (6.61m/21-8.25 SR)
2003 NCAA Outdoor champion (5,999)
2004 NCAA Indoor long jump (6.58m/21-7.25) and pentathlon (4,412) champion
About Hyleas
Fountain has been one of the top heptathletes in the U.S. for the past seven years, with multiple national titles to
her name. She tied the American record in the women's pentathlon at the 2010 World Indoor Championships
with her score of 4,753 points, finishing in fourth place. Fountain became the only American woman other than
Jackie Joyner-Kersee to win an Olympic medal in the heptathlon, in 2008. Initially she was the bronze medalist,
but was moved up from third to second when original silver medalist Lyudmila Blonska failed a drug test. Her
time of 12.65 in the 100m hurdles at the 2008 Olympic Trials, worth 1,178 points on scoring tables, broke three
records: American record, heptathlon 100m hurdles (12.69, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 1988, Seoul); Olympic Trials
record, heptathlon 100m hurdles (12.71, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 1988, Indianapolis); and USA National
Championship record, heptathlon 100m hurdles (12.77, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 1991, NYC). Not only an NCAA
heptathlon champion, Fountain is also an outstanding long jumper, triple jumper, high jumper and hurdler.
Credits her mother for introducing her to the sport at age seven. With Jackie Joyner-Kersee as her idol, Fountain
says that in school she always wrote papers on her and Wilma Rudolph. Because heptathlon was not offered in
Pennsylvania high schools, she had to wait until college. In 2002, she won five NJCAA titles and had three
runner-up finishes for Barton CC. Transitioned her speed to the ice to help USA Bobsled as a push athlete and
helped pilot Megan Hill to a bronze medal at the North American Cup tour in late 2012.
Results
2012: DNF at Olympic Games; 1st at Olympic Trials (6419); 1st at Tucson Elite Classic LJ (6.75m/ 22-1.75); 6th
at USATF Classic LJ (8.51m/27-11.00), 8th in 60mH (8.51)
2011: DNF at World Outdoors; 6th a USA Outdoors (5861); 7th in 60mH (8.21) and 5th in long jump (6.40m/210) at USA Indoors
2010: USA Outdoor champion (6735w); 4th at World Indoors (4,753AR); 1st at Penn State (4,731i); 3rd in LJ
(6.70m/21-11.75), 7th in 60mH at USA Indoors (8.38); 3rd at Stockholm in LJ (6.56m/21-6.25).
2009: USA Outdoors (DNF); 1st in LJ at DecaNation (6.80m/22-3.75); 1st in LJ at Luzern (6.89m/22-7.25PR).
2008: Olympic Games silver medalist (6,619); Olympic Trials champion (6,667 points), 4th in long jump
(6.70m/21-11.75); 1st in Talence (6,473).
2007: USA Outdoor champion (6,090); DNF at World Outdoors.
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (6,148); 8th in pentathlon at World Indoors (4,205); 2nd at San Juan NACAC CE
Champs (5,956).
2005: USA Outdoor heptathlon champion (6,208); 12th at World Outdoors (6,055); 3rd at Gotzis (6,502PR); USA
Indoor pentathlon champion (4,417i); 3rd in 60H at USA indoors (8.22), 2nd in LJ (6.29m/20-7.75i); 1st in LJ at
Johnson City (6.35m/20-10i); 1st in 60mH at Chapel Hill (8.15i).
2004: 4th at Olympic Trials (6,035 PR); NCAA Outdoor long jump champion (6.61m/21-8.25 SR); NCAA Outdoor
heptathlon runner-up (5,785); SEC Outdoor long jump (6.59m/21-7.5) and high jump (1.77m/5-9.75) champion;
3rd in the TJ (13.40m/43-11.75 PR) and 4th in 100mH (13.11 PR) at SEC Outdoors; NCAA Indoor long jump
(6.58m/21-7.25) and pentathlon (4,412) champion; SEC Indoor pentathlon (4,417 CR), high jump (1.79m/510.50) and long jump (6.44m/21-1.50) champion; 1st in heptathlon at Ole Miss Invitational (6,033 SR).
2003: NCAA Outdoor champion (5,999); SEC Outdoor champion (5,626); 2nd at Sea Ray Relays (5,282); SEC
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Indoor champion (4,164); 2nd in LJ at Knoxville (6.51m/21-4.25); 1st in HJ at Gainesville (1.81m/5-11.25i).
2002: NJCAA Outdoor (5,673w) champion; 9th in the heptathlon at the USA Outdoor Combined Events
Championships (5,136).
2001: NJCAA Outdoor heptathlon champion (4,905).
2000: USA Junior high jump champion (1.83m/6-0).
2012: Outdoor bests – heptathlon, 6,419 points (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 12 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests – heptathlon, 5,861 points (No. 6 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – pentathlon, 4,753 points (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests – 6,735
points (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests – heptathlon, 6,667 points (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world by T&FN)
2007: Outdoor bests – heptathlon, 6,090 points (No. 2 in the USA, No. 29 in the world)
2006: Indoor bests – pentathlon, 4,205 points (No. 4 in the USA, No. 34 in the world); Outdoor bests –
heptathlon, 6,148 points (No. 2 in the USA, No. 23 in the world)
2005: Indoor bests – pentathlon, 4,417 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests – heptathlon,
6,502 points (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the world by T&FN)
2002: Outdoor bests – heptathlon, 5,673 points
2001: Outdoor bests – heptathlon, 4,905 points
BRIDGET FRANEK
Height: 5-6
Weight: 123
PR: 9:29.53 (2012)
Born: 11/08/1987
Hometown: Hiram, Ohio
High School: Crestwood H.S. (Mantua, Ohio) ’06
College: Penn State ’10
Coach: Mark Rowland
Agent: John Nubani
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up - 2011 (9:44.90); 2012 (9:35.62)
2009 USA Outdoor bronze medalist (9:36.74)
2006 USA Junior 3,000m runner-up (9:51.04)
2008 NACAC U23 runner-up (11:12.65)
2010 NCAA Outdoor steeplechase champion (9:38.86)
2008 NCAA Outdoor steeplechase bronze medalist (9:58.74)
Awards and Honors
2007 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
About Bridget
Franek was an all-around athlete in high school in softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer and track before she
tried cross country during her junior year. She found immediate success at Penn State where she set three
school records and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Franek went on to become one of the top
U.S. women in the steeplechase while still in college competing in the 2008 Olympic Trials and representing
team USA at the 2009 IAAF World Championships. Once her NCAA career was over, Franek moved to Eugene,
Ore. and joined the Oregon Track Club. Since then she has competed at the 2011 World Championships and in
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the finals of the 2012 Olympic Games steeplechase. Off the track, Franek graduated with a degree in
kinesiology, enjoys crafting and making jewelry, has worked making Picky Bars for Lauren Fleshman’s company,
and was her high school’s prom queen.
Results
2012: 1st at DecaNation (9:38.48); 14th at Olympic Games (9:45.51); 4th at London (9:29.53); 2nd at Olympic
Trials (9:35.62); 13th at Pre Classic (9:52.56); 1st at LA USATF High Performance (9:41.96); 1st at Eugene
Oregon Twilight (9:39.77);1st at Eugene Oregon Preview 2000m SC (6:26.66);
2011: 7th in 1st heat of World Championships (9:43.09); 10th at London (9:40.24); 2nd at USA Outdoor
(9:44.90); 6th at adidas Grand Prix (9:38.92)
2010: 14th at London (9:55.38); 9th at Stockholm (9:42.17); 5th at Pre Classic (9:32.35); 5th at USA Outdoor
(10:07.49); 1st at NCAA Outdoor 3,000m SC (9:38.86); 3rd at Big Ten Outdoor 5,000m (16:18.68); 1st at Big Ten
Outdoor 3,000m SC (9:48.28); 7th at NCAA Indoor 3,000m (9:12.62); 4th at NCAA Indoor 5,000m (15:58.02);
2nd at Big Ten Indoor 3,000m (9:10.68) and 5,000m (16:09.48);1st at Big Ten Indoor mile (4:37.95)
2009: 12th in heats of World Championships (9:50.02); 4th at NCAA Outdoor 3,000m SC; (9:48.57) 3rd at USA
Outdoor (9:36.74); 2nd at Big Ten Outdoor 3,000m SC (9:58.27); 4th at NCAA Indoor 5,000m (15:59.55); 3rd at
Big Ten Indoor 5,000m (15:58.76);1st at Big Ten Indoor 3,000m (9:21.93)
2008: 2nd at NACAC U23 (11:12.65); 8th in heats of Olympic Trials (10:11.56); 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (9:58.74);
1st at Big Ten Outdoor 3,000m SC (9:58.56)
2007: 12th at USA Outdoor (10:10.36); 3rd at Big Ten Outdoor 3,000m SC (10:05.96); 3rd at Big Ten Indoor
5,000m (16:45.09);
2006: 2nd at USA Juniors 3,000m (9:51.04); 5th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional, earning an automatic bid to the
NCAA Championships in cross country (20:44); State champion in the 4x800, 800m, 1600m and 3200m
USA /World Rankings and Personal Bests
2012: Outdoor bests - 3,000m SC, 9:29.53 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 20 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests – 3,000m SC, 9:38.92 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 28 in the world)
2010: Outdoor bests – 3,000m SC, 9:32.35 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 17 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 3,000m SC, 9:36.74 (No. 5 in the USA/ No. 38 in the world, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests, - 3,000m SC, 9:58.56 (No. 14 in the USA)
2007: Outdoor bests, - 3,000m SC, 9:59.21 (No. 14 in the USA)
GEENA GALL
Event: 800m
Height: 5-6
Weight: 125
PR: 1:59.24 (2012)
Born: 01/18/1987
Hometown: Grand Blanc, Mich.
High School: Grand Blanc (Mich.) H.S.
College: University of Michigan '09
Coach: Mark McGuire
Agent: Chris Layne
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2nd at 2012 Olympic Trials 800m (1:59.24)
2009 USA Outdoor runner-up (2:01.01)
1st at 2008 NACAC U23 Championships (2:10.32)
Two-time NCAA champion - 2008 (2:03.91); 2009 (2:00.80)
About Geena
Gall became the pride of her hometown of Grand Blanc, Mich. as she qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games and
advanced to the semi-finals of the 800m. Her hometown hosted viewing parties for her races at the local
McDonald’s and she was welcomed home with proclamations and parties. While at Michigan, Gall was a twotime NCAA Outdoor 800m champion, and qualified for the 2009 World Championships following her senior year.
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In high school she was the national indoor 800-meter champ twice and the outdoor 800 champion once. Gall
credits her older brother as a role model and grew up racing him. Played basketball as a point guard during
high school. Fiancé Jason was a wrestler at Oregon State University
Results
2012: 8th in semifinal heat of Olympic Games (2:05.76); 5th at London (2:01.65); 2nd at Olympic Trials (1:59.24);
2nd at Pre Classic (1:59.28); 1st at USATF HP Meet (2:00.44)
2011: 5th at Lignano (1:59.62); 10th at Birmingham (2:03.22); 5th at USA Outdoor (1:59.76); 6th at Pre Classic
(1:59.76); 3rd at USAT HP Meet (2:00.86)
2010: 5th at Lignano (2:03.31); 2nd at New York Grand Prix (2:03.59); 2nd at USATF HP Meet (2:02.16)
2009: 6th in semifinal heat at World Outdoor (2:01.30); 1st at Lignano (2:00.44); 2nd at USA Outdoor (2:01.01);
1st at NCAA Outdoor (2:00.80); 1st at Big 10 Outdoor 800m (2:04.06) & 1500m (4:15.09); 6th at NCAA Indoor
(2:05.39); 1st at Big 10 Indoor (2:04.76)
2008: 1st at NACAC U23 Outdoor (2:10.32); 7th at Olympic Trials (2:02.35); 1st at NCAA Outdoor (2:03.91); 2nd
at Big 10 800m (2:06.87) & 3rd in 1500m (4:23.77); 4th at NCAA Indoor (2:05.79)
2007: 4th at NACAC Outdoor; 6th at USA Outdoor (2:02.31); 5th at NCAA Outdoor (2:02.24); 3rd at Big 10
Outdoor 800 (2:06.89) & 6th in 1500 (4:28.14); 1st at Big 10 Indoor (2:08.04)
2006: 4th at NCAA Outdoor (2:04.35); 1st at Big 10 Outdoor (2:02.73); 2nd at Big 10 Indoor (2:09.76)
2005: 1st at Nike Outdoor Nationals (2:05.05); 1st at HS Indoor Championships (2:10.62)
2004: 2nd at HS Outdoor Championships (2:08.59); 1st at Nike Indoor Nationals (2:12.20)
2012: Outdoor bests - 1:59.24 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 25 in the World, ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 1:59.62 (No. 7 in the USA, No 34 in the World, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN)
JUSTIN GATLIN
Event: 100m, 200m
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
PR: 100m - 9.80 (2012); 200m - 20.0 (2005)
Born: 02/10/1982
Current Residence: Orlando, Fla.
Hometown: Woodham, Fla.
High School: Woodham High School (Fla.) '00
College: University of Tennessee
Coach: Dennis Mitchell
Agent: Renaldo Nehemiah
Sponsor: XTEP
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor 100m champion - 2005 (10.08); 2012 (9.80)
2011 USA Outdoor runner-up (9.95)
2005 USA Outdoor 200m (20.04) champion
2004 Olympic Trials 100m (9.92) and 200m (20.01) runner-up
Two-time USA Indoor 60m champion - 2003 (6.45)
2012 USA Indoor runner-up (6.47)
2012 Olympic 100m bronze medalist (9.79) and 4x100m silver medalist (37.04 AR)
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)
Two-time World Indoor 60m gold medalist - 2003 (6.46); 2012 (6.46)
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)
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Awards and Honors
2004 and 2005 Jesse Owens Award winner
4x100m American record holder (37.04)
About Justin
Gatlin completed a season of redemption in 2012 after serving a suspension for doping from 2006-10. At 30
years old, Gatlin won a World Indoor 60m title, an Olympic bronze medal in the 100m and silver medal and
American record in the 4x100m. The time he ran to win the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul equaled the
time he ran to win the same event in 2003. 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 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
2012: Olympic 100m bronze medalist (9.79) and 4x100m silver medalist (37.04 AR); Olympic Trials champion
(9.80); 1st at Pre Classic (9.90); 1st at Daegu (9.93); 1st at Doha (9.87); 1st at DecaNation (9.81); World Indoor
60m gold medalist (6.46); USA Indoor 60m runner-up (6.47); 1st at Jimmy Carnes Collegiate Invitational 55,
(6.15); 1st at Florida Gator Invitational 55m (6.15); 2nd at USATF Classic 60m (6.57)
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
2006 - 2009: 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 (6.45); 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, No. 3 in the world); 200m, 20.11 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 11 in the world)
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)
2005: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.88 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & world by
T&FN); 200m, 20.0 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & world by T&FN)
2004: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.85 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & No. 2 in the
world by T&FN); 200m, 20.01 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & world by T&FN)
USA, No. 5 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA & No. 4 in the world by T&FN); 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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TYSON GAY
Event: 100m, 200m
Height: 5-11
Weight: 165
PR: 100m - 9.69AR (2009); 200m - 19.58 (2009)
Born: 08/09/1982
Current Residence: Clermont, Fla.
Hometown: Lexington, Ky.
High School: Lafayette (Lexington, Ky.)
College: Barton CC '03; Arkansas '05
Coach: Lance Brauman and Jon Drummond
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Sponsor: adidas
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor 100m champion - 2006 (10.07); 2007 (9.84); 2008 (9.68w)
Two-time USA Outdoor 200m champion - 2005 (20.51); 2007 (19.62)
2012 Olympic Trials runner-up (9.86)
2007 World Outdoor 100m (9.85), 200m (19.86) and 4x100m (37.78) silver medalist
2009 World Outdoor silver medalist (9.71)
2004 NCAA 100m champion (10.06)
Third in 2005 NCAA 200m (20.16)
2002 Junior College 100m champion
Third in 100m and runner-up in 200m at 2003 JUCO Championships
Awards and Records
Two-time Jesse Owens Award winner - 2007, 2009
American 4x100m record holder (37.04)
2010 Diamond League 100m champion
2007 Visa Outdoor champion
World record holder for 200m on a straightaway (19.41)
University of Arkansas school 100m record holder (10.06)
About Tyson
The American record holder in the 100m, Gay made a dramatic return from injury in 2012. Gay returned to the
track in 2012 at the adidas Grand Prix in New York one year after undergoing hip surgery to run 10.00 in the 100
meters into a slight headwind. During the 2010 season, Gay handed world and Olympic champion and world
record holder Usain Bolt his first 100m loss in two years. He also posted the 200m world record (19.41) for a
straightaway, equaled the world leading time in the 100 meters of 9.78 seconds, and won the inaugural IAAF
Diamond League Championship at 100 meters. The time of 9.69 seconds sits as the second-best performance
of all time, equaling Usain Bolt's then-world record from the 2008 Olympic Games. He remains the fifth fastest
man ever for 200m behind Bolt, Johan Blake, Michael Johnson and Walter Dix. Gay first established the
American record in 2008 with a time of 9.77 and his wind-aided time of 9.68 at the Olympic Trials that season
was the fastest time in history under any conditions at the time. Due to a hamstring injury at the 2008 Olympic
Trials, Gay could only run heats of 100m at the Olympic Games and failed to make the finals. Gay's 100m
performance at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis (into a headwind of .5 mps) is the
second-fastest ever run into a headwind, trailing only 2000 Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene, who ran
9.82 into a -0.2 headwind at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. Gay's performance shattered the
USA Outdoor Championships meet record of 9.90 held jointly by former world record holders Greene and Leroy
Burrell. During the 2005 World Outdoor Championships, Gay finished fourth in the men's 200m final joining
Justin Gatlin (1st), Wallace Spearmon (2nd) and John Capel (3rd) as the U.S. became the first country in World
Outdoor Championships history to sweep the top four places in an event. As a prep standout in Kentucky, Gay
was the state champion in 1999, 2000 and 2001, and posted prep best times of 10.46 and 21:23. Gay was
named 2004 Mideast Regional Athlete of the Year. A marketing major while at Arkansas.
Results
2012: Olympic 4x100m silver medalist (37.04 AR); 4th in Olympic Games final (9.80); Olympic Trials runner-up
(9.86); 1st in heat at adidas Grand Prix (10.00); 2nd in Lausanne (9.83); second in Birmingham 200m (20.21)
2011: 2nd at adidas Grand Prix (10.26); 1st at Clermont (9.79)
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2010: 1st at London (9.78); 1st at Gateshead (9.94); 1st at Stockholm (9.84); 2nd at Pre Classic in 200m (19.76);
1st at Brussels (9.79); 1st at Monaco (19.72); 1st at Manchester straight 200m (19.41WR); 1st at Kingston in
400m (45.05)
2009: World Outdoor silver medalist (9.71);1st at Shanghai (9.69AR); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (19.58); 1st in
100m opening round at USA Outdoors (9.75, +3.4 mps)
2008: Olympic Trials 100m champion (9.68w); 5th in 100m semifinal at Olympic Games (10.05); 1st in Olympic
Trials quarterfinals (9.77); runner-up in 100m at Reebok Grand Prix (9.85); 1st in 100m and 200m at adidas Track
Classic (10.05, 20.08); 1st at Kingston (20.00)
2007: World Outdoor 100m (9.85), 200m (19.86) and 4x100m (37.78) gold medalist; USA Outdoor 100m (9.84)
and 200m champion (19.62); adidas Track Classic Champion 100m (9.79w); Reebok Grand Prix Champion 100m
(9.76w); 1st in 100m at Sheffield (10.13); 1st in 200m at Lausanne (19.78); 1st at London (10.02)
2006: USA Outdoor 100m champion (10.07); 2nd at Zurich (9.84); 1st at Stuttgart (19.68); 2nd at Lausanne
(19.70); 2nd at adidas Classic (10.04); 2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (10.04); 4th at Rome (10.04); 2nd at Stockholm
(9.97); 1st at London Grand Prix (19.84)
2005: USA Outdoors 200m champion (20.51); 4th at World Outdoor Champs (20.34); third at NCAA Outdoors
200m (20.16); 1st at World Athletics Final (19.96); ran 19.93PR in semifinals at NCAA Outdoors; 3rd in London
(19.99); 2nd in Rieti (10.08)
2004: NCAA Outdoor 100m champion (10.06); 4th in 200m at NCAAs (20.39) after posting a 20.09 in the
prelims; 5th in semis at Olympic Trials (10.13); SEC 100m (10.02w) & 200m (20.16w) and 4x100m relay
champion; bests of 10.06PR & 20.07PR in opening round at Olympic Trials.
2010: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.78 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & in the world
by T&FN); 200m, 19.72 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA & No. 4 in the world by
T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.69AR (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & No. 2 in
the world by T&FN); 200m, 19.58 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & No. 2 in the
world by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.77 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & No. 9 in the
world by T&FN); 200m, 20.00 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 6 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA & No. 7 in the
world by T&FN)
2007: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.84 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & in the world
by T&FN); 200m, 19.62 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & in the world by T&FN)
USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & No. 2 in the world by T&FN); 200m, 19.68 (No. 3 in the USA,
No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & in the world by T&FN)
the USA, No. 21 in the world); 200m, 19.93 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA & in
the world by T&FN)
2004: Indoor bests - 60m, 6.57 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 17 in the world); 200m, 20.58 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 5 in
the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.06 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 14 in the world, ranked No. 9 in the USA by
T&FN); 200m, 20.07 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 6 in the world, ranked No. 8 in the USA by T&FN)
2003: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.01; 200m, 20.31
2002: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.27; 200m, 21.88
2001: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.46; 200m, 21.23
2000: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.56; 200m, 21.27
JUSTIN GAYMON
Event: 400m hurdles
Height: 5-9
Weight: 176
PR: 48.46 (2008)
Born: 12/13/1986
Current Residence: Athens, Ga.
Hometown: Phillisburg, Pa.
High School: Phillisburg (Pa.) H.S.'05
College: Georgia '09
Coach: Nat Page
Agent: Paul Doyle
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2008 NACAC U23 champion (49.50)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor bronze medalist – 2009 (49.02); 2007 (49.43)
Two-time SEC Outdoor champion - 2007 (49.25); 2008 (48.53)
2009 SEC Outdoor runner-up (48.86)
Awards and Honors
Three-time NCAA All-American
About Justin
In only his junior year of college, Gaymon agonizingly finished fourth at the Olympic Trials in 2008 where he
missed the Olympic Team by only four hundredths of a second. Since graduating from UGA as a three-time
All-American in 2009, Gaymon has been active on an international level with competitions in Europe and
Australia. Gaymon is an avid photographer and maintains a blog of his travels. Played football and basketball
in high school. Founded an online magazine “The Georgia Playbook” that includes in depth features on UGA
Athletics. Studied advertising at UGA and is interested in a career as an art director after competing. Collects
vinyl records.
Results
2012: 5th at U.S. Olympic Trials (49.41); 3rd at Oslo (48.97); 2nd at Shanghai (49.07); 3rd at Kingston
International Invite (49.08); 1st at Sydney Classic (49.77); 1st at Perth Classic (50.21)
2011: 5th at London (50.09); 1st at Bruselles (49.68); 3rd at Lausanne (49.21); 6th at USA Outdoor (49.39); 5th
at New York Grand Prix (49.24); 6th at Rome (49.31)
2010: 4th at Bruselles 949.30); 4th at London (49.10); 3rd at Monaco (48.65); 1st at Lignano (49.22); 4th at
USA Outdoors (48.85); 6th at Oslo (49.56)
2009: 7th at IAAF World Athletics Final (51.19); 6th at Rome (49.55); 4th at Lausanne (49.28); 6th at USA
Outdoor (49.31); 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (49.02); 2nd at SEC Outdoor (48.86); 5th at NCAA Indoor 400m
(46.89); 3rd at SEC Indoor 400m (47.11)
2008: 1st at NACAC U23 (49.50); 4th at Olympic Trials (48.86); DQ in NCAA Outdoor, 2nd in semifinal (49.57);
1st at SEC Outdoor (48.53); 1st at SEC Indoor 400m (45.94)
2007: 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (49.43); 1st at SEC Outdoor (49.25); 8th at SEC Indoor 60mH (8.20)
2006: 8th at SEC Outdoor 110mH (13.90)
2012: Outdoor bests - 48.97 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 19 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests – 48.58 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 11 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests – 48.86 (No 7 in the USA, No. 18 in the world)
ANDREA GEUBELLE
Event: Triple Jump, Long Jump
Height: 5-5
PR: Triple Jump - 13.84m/45-5 (2012);
Long Jump - 6.50m/21-4 (2012)
Born: 06/26/1991
Current Residence: Lawrence, Kan.
Hometown: University Place, Wash
High School: Curtis Senior High (University Place, Wash) '09
College: University of Kansas
Coach: Stanley Redwine
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USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials triple jump bronze medalist (13.79m/45-3)
2010 USA Junior triple jump champion (13.29m/43-7.25) and long jump runner-up (6.20m/20-4.25
2012 NACAC U23 triple jump champion (13.14m/43-1.5)
2012 NCAA Indoor triple jump champion (13.67m/44-10.25)
2012 NCAA Outdoor triple jump bronze medalist 3rd at NCAA Outdoors TJ (13.84m/45-5)
About Andrea
At only 20-years-old Geubelle finished third at the 2012 Olympic Trials. While she was a favorite to win the 2012
NCAA Outdoor Championships, a protest was filled and her best jump was ruled a foul, knocking her to third
place. Geubelle is studying community health and has plans to attend nursing school in the coming years.
Results
2012: 1st at NACAC U23 TJ (13.14m/43-1.5); 3rd at Olympic Trials TJ (13.79m/45-3), 11th in LJ (6.29m/207.75); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors TJ (13.84m/45-5), 6th in LJ (6.50m/21-4); 1st at Big 12 Outdoors TJ
(13.48m/44-2.75), 2nd in LJ (6.50m/21-4w); 1st at NCAA Indoors TJ (13.67m/44-10.25), 5th in LJ (6.33m/209.25); 1st at Big 12 Indoors TJ (13.59m/44-7), 2nd in LJ (6.18m/20-3.5)
2011: 11th at USA Outdoors TJ (12.88m/42-3.25); 8th at NCAA Outdoors TJ (13.06m/42-10.25), 21st in LJ
(5.99m/19-8); 3rd at Big 12 Outdoors LJ (6.44m/21-1.5), 5th in TJ (13.20m/43-3.75w), 6th in 4x100m (45.01);
8th at NCAA Indoors TJ (13.02m/42-8.75); 4th at Big 12 Indoors TJ (13.01m/42-8.25), 10th in LJ (5.84m/19-2)
2010: 9th at World Juniors TJ (12.87m/42-2.75), 7th in qualifying round LJ (12.87m/42-2.75); 1st at USA Juniors
TJ (13.29m/43-7.25), 2nd in LJ (6.20m/20-4.25); 4th at NCAA Outdoors LJ (6.24m/), 6th in TJ (12.98m/42-7);
2nd at Big 12 Outdoors TJ (12.93m/42-5.25), 2nd LJ (6.21m/20-4.5), 1st in 4x100m (46.49); NM at NCAA
Indoors TJ; 3rd at Big 12 Indoors TJ (12.91m/42-4.5), 5th LJ (6.19m/20-3.75)
2009: 1st at Junior Olympics TJ (12.45m/40-10.25), 3rd LJ (5.89m/19-4); 6th at USA Juniors TJ (12.51m/410.5), 7th in LJ (5.92m/19-5.25)
2012: Indoor bests - LJ, 6.37m/20-10.75 (No.15 in the USA); TJ, 13.67m/44-10.25 (No. 4 in the USA); Outdoor
bests - LJ, 6.50m/21-4(17th in the USA); TJ, 13.84m/45-5 (No. 4 in the USA)
2011: Indoor bests - LJ, 6.21m/20-4.50 (No. 12 in the USA); TJ, 13.20m/43-3.75 (No. 6 in the USA); Outdoor
bests - LJ, 6.30m/20-8; TJ, 13.06m/42-10.25
2010: Indoor bests - LJ, 6.19m/20-3.75; TJ, 12.91m/42-4.25; Outdoor bests - LJ, 6.37m/20-10.75; TJ,
13.29m/43-7.25
2009: Indoor bests - LJ, 6.04m/19-9.75; TJ, 12.63m/41-5.25; Outdoor bests - LJ, 6.11m/20-0.5; TJ,
13.06m/42-10.25
WHITNEY GIPSON
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-7
Weight: 140
PR: Long jump - 6.97m/22-10.5
Born: 09/20/1990
Current Residence: Fort Worth, Texas
Hometown: Newark, Texas
High School: Birdville H.S. (Richland Hills, Texas) '08
College: TCU '12
Coach: Shawn Jackson
Agent: Mark Pryor
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Two-time 2012 NCAA Champion - Indoor (6.91m/22-8); Outdoor (6.82m/22-4.50w)
2010 NCAA Indoor runner-up (6.40m/21-0)
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Awards and Honors
Seven-time All American
TCU school-record holder
About Whitney
Gipson was recruited to play basketball in college, but she wanted to stick to track and knew she had more
potential in the long jump. At TCU she quickly developed into one of the best collegiate long jumpers in the
nation and competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships all four years. Gipson became the first female to
win an NCAA track & field title for TCU with her indoor national title in 2012.
Results
2013: USA Indoor runner-up (6.65m/21-10.0)
2012: 7th at Zagreb (6.38m/20-11.25); 9th at Luzern (6.13m/20-1.50); 8th at Paris (6.28m/20-7.25); 4th at
Olympic Trials (6.97m/22-10.50); 1st at NCAA Outdoors (6.82m/22-4.50w); 1st at MWC Outdoors long jump
(6.20m/20-4.25), 1st in 4x100m (44.81), 8th in 200m (25.82); 1st at NCAA Indoors (6.91m/22-8); 1st at MWC
Indoors long jump (6.91m/22-8), 200m (24.25), 2nd in triple jump (11.77m/38-7.50)
2011: 6th at USA Outdoors (6.64m/); 4th at NCAA Outdoors (6.51m/21-4.25w); 1st at MWC Outdoors
(6.61m/21-8.25); 6th at NCAA Indoors (6.31m/20-8.50); 1st at MWC Indoors long jump (6.20m/20-4.25), 4th in
triple jump (12.17m/39-11.25)
2010: 5th at NCAA Outdoors (6.19m/20-3.75); 2nd at MWC Outdoors (6.60m/21-8), 3rd in 4x100m (44.93); 2nd
at NCAA Indoors (6.40m/21-0); 3rd at MWC Indoors (6.23m/20-5.25)
2009: 3rd at USA Juniors (6.15m/20-2.25); 13th at NCAA Outdoors (5.91m/19-4.75); 6th at MWC Outdoors
(5.93m/19-5.5); 3rd at MWC Indoors long jump (6.18m/20-3.50), 7th in triple jump (12.17m/39-11.25)
2008: 2nd at Texas 4A State Championship long jump (6.04m/19-9.75), 2nd in triple jump (12.19m/40-0)
2012: Indoor bests - 6.91m/22-8 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - 6.97m/22-5.75 (No. 4 in
2011: Indoor bests - 6.29m/20-7.75 (No. 8 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 6.63m/21-9 (No. 9 in the USA, ranked
2010: Indoor bests - 6.40m/21-0 (No. 11 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 6.60m/21-8 (No. 11 in the USA)
2009: Indoor bests - 6.18m/Outdoor bests - 6.27m/
MARQUISE GOODWIN
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-10
Weight: 175
PR: 8.33m/27-4 (2011, 2012)
Born: 11/19/1990
Hometown: Rowlett, Texas
High School: Rowlett High School (Rowlett, Texas)
College: University of Texas ‘13
Coach: Mario Sategna
Agent: Self
2008 World Junior champion (7.74m/25-4.75)
USA Championships
Two-time USA Junior champion – 2008 (7.62m/25-0); 2009 (7.9m/26-1.50)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion - 2010 (8.15m/26-9); 2012 (8.23m/27-0)
2012 NCAA Indoor runner-up (7.98m/26-2.25)
Three-time Big 12 Outdoor champion – 2010 (7.94m/26-0.75); 2011 (8.17m/26-09.75); 2012
(8.19m/26-10.5)
Two-time Big 12 Indoor champion - 2011 (8.10m/26-7); 2012 (7.74m/25-4.75)
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Awards and Honors
Seven-time All-Big 12 selection
Texas indoor school record holder (8.12m/26-8)
About Marquise
A jack-of-all-trades, Marquise Goodwin not only does it all, he does it all very well and has done so at a young
age. Goodwin qualified for the London Olympic Games following his junior season as both a track athlete and
wide receiver for the football team at the University of Texas. He qualified for the 2011 World Outdoor
Championships at just 20 years old. He made quick transitions following international competition back to the
football field the last two years. In three seasons with the Longhorns, Goodwin has made 16 starts along with
catching 91 passes for 975 yards and three touchdowns. Competing for Rowlett High School (Rowlett, Texas),
Goodwin twice was selected the Texas Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year while winning a total of seven
Texas 5A state championships (long jump (3), triple jump (2), 4x100m (2)). Goodwin participated in the 2013 NFL
Combine where he recorded the fastest 40-yard dash time of any player at 4.27 seconds, which was .03
seconds off Chris Johnson's all-time record of 4.24. Competing as a high school senior in the senior division at
2009 USA Outdoors, Goodwin set the national high school record in placing fifth (8.18m/26-10). Goodwin also
won both a USA Junior and World Junior title. Passing on his remaining jumps in prelims and the final, he took
just one jump to win the USA Junior Outdoor title in 2009.
Results
2012: 10th in Olympic Games final (7.80m/25-7.25); Olympic Trials champion (8.33m/27-4); NCAA Champion
(8.23m/27-0); 1st at Big 12 Championships (8.19m/26-10.5); 1st at Penn Relays (7.86/25-9.5); NCAA Indoor
runner-up (7.98m/26-2.25); Big 12 Indoor champion (7.74m/25-4.75); 1st at Razorback Invitational (8.10m/267);1st at Arkansas vs. Texas Dual Meet 60m (6.72); 1st at New Balance Collegiate Invitational 60m (6.70)
2011: 8th in qualifying at World Outdoors (8.02m/26-3.75); USA Outdoor champion (8.33m/27-4); Big 12 Indoor
(8.10m/26-7) and Outdoor champion (8.17m/26-09.75); 3rd at NCAA Indoors (8.00m/26-3); Penn Relays
champion (8.01m/26-3.5); 4th at NCAA Outdoors (8.16m/26-9.25); 3rd at Big 12 Indoors (7.85m/25-9.25); 10th
at NCAA Indoors (7.61m/24-11.75)
2010: NCAA Outdoor champion (8.15m/26-9); Big 12 Outdoor champion (7.94m/26-0.75)
2009: USA Junior champion (7.9m/26-1.50); 5th in senior division at USA Outdoors (8.18m/26-10)
2008: World Junior champion (7.74m/25-4.75); USA Junior champion (7.62m/25-0)
2012: Indoor best - long jump, 8.10m/26-7 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests - long jump,
8.33m/27-4 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA and No. 10 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – long jump, 8.14m/26-8.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – long
jump, 8.17m/26-09.75 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 26 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – long jump, 7.85m/25-9.25 (No. 11 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 8.15m, 26-9 (No. 4 in the
USA, No. 25 in the world)
2009: Indoor bests – long jump,7.65m/25-1.25; Outdoor bests – long jump, 8.18m/26-10 (No. 4 in the USA, No.
22 in the world)
2008: Indoor bests – long jump, 7.54m/24-9; Outdoor bests – long jump, 7.74m/25-4.75
SHEENA GORDON
Event: Triple Jump/High jump
Height: 5-11
PR: Triple Jump - 13.83m/45-4.5 (2012); High Jump 1.91m/6-3.25 (2005)
Born: 09/26/1983
Current Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Hometown: Erie, Pa.
High School: McDowell Senior H.S. (Erie, Pa.) ‘02
College: University of North Carolina
Coach: Nat Page
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials TJ runner-up (13.83m/45-4.5)
2002 USA Junior TJ bronze medalist (12.67m/41-7)
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2006 NCAA Indoor HJ champion (1.86m/6-1.25)
2006 NCAA Outdoor HJ runner-up (1.86m/6-1.25)
Awards and Honors
Seven-time All-Big 12 selection
Texas indoor school record holder (8.12m/26-8)
About Sheena
Gordon graduated from the Georgia State College of Law in 2012, but while most of her classmates were
preparing to take the bar exam in July, Gordon devoted all of her time to preparations for the Olympic Trials.
Gordon has enjoyed a lengthy career as a talented triple jumper and high jumper for nearly a decade. In recent
years, Gordon has trained under Nat Page in Atlanta while going to law school and balancing her training with
working at the State Court of Fulton County.
Results
2012: 2nd at Olympic Trials TJ (13.83m/45-4.5); 4th at USA Indoors TJ (13.57)
2011: 4th at USA Outdoors TJ (13.67m/44-10.25); 7th at New York HJ (1.77m/5-9.75)
2009: 5th at Drake Relays HJ (1.76m/5-9.75); 5th at Mt. SAC Relays HJ (1.85m/6-0.75)
2008: 5th at Olympic Trials HJ (1.89m/6-2.25), 6th in qualifying of TJ (13.42m/44-0.5w); 6th at Drake Relays HJ
(1.80m/5-10.75); 4th at USA Indoors TJ (13.29m/43-7.25)
2007: 5th at USA Outdoors HJ (1.83m/6-0), 5th in TJ (13.52m/44-4.25); 2nd at Pre Classic TJ (13.62m/44-8.25);
3rd at USA Indoors HJ (1.86m/6-1.25); 2nd at Millrose Games HJ (1.85m/6-0.75)
2006: 8th at USA Outdoors HJ (1.78m/5-10); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors HJ (1.86m/6-1.25); 3rd at AAC Outdoors
HJ (1.80m/5-10.75), 6th in TJ (12.68m/41-7.25); 1st at NCAA Indoors HJ (1.86m/6-1.25), 12th in TJ
(12.87m/42-2.75)
2005: 7th at USA Outdoors HJ (1.80m/5-10.75), 10th in TJ (13.18m/43-3); 7th at NCAA Outdoors HJ (1.83m/60), 9th in TJ (13.08m/42-11); 2nd at ACC Outdoors HJ (1.91m/6-3.25), 4th in TJ (13.12m/43-0.5); 4th at NCAA
Indoors HJ (1.86m/6-1.25); 2nd at AAC Indoors HJ (1.87m/6-1.50), 7th in TJ (12.60m/41-4.25)
2004: 8th at USA Outdoors HJ (1.84m/6-0.5); 4th at NCAA Outdoors HJ (1.87m/6-1.50)
2003: 14th at NCAA Outdoors HJ (1.75m/5-8.75), 16th in TJ (12.67m/41-7w); 2nd at PAC 10 Outdoors TJ
(12.81m/42-0.5), 3rd in HJ (1.78m/5-10)
2002: 7th in qualifying round of World Junior TJ (12.81m/42-0.5); 3rd at USA Juniors TJ (12.67m/41-7), 5th in
HJ (1.72m/); 1st at Pa. 3A State Champs TJ (13.06m/42-10.25), LJ (6.05m/19-10.25), HJ (1.80m/5-10.75), 2nd
in 100mH (14.11)
2012: Outdoor bests – TJ, 13.83m/45-4.5 (No. 5 in the USA, , ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN); HJ,
2011: Outdoor bests – TJ, 13.65m/44-9.5 (No 7 in the USA, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN); HJ,
1.80m/5-10.75
2009: Outdoor bests – HJ, 1.85m/6-0.75 (No. 15 in the USA)
2008: Outdoor bests – TJ, 13.76m/ 45-1.75 (No. 14 in the USA); HJ, 1.89m/6-2.25 (No. 8 in the USA)
2007: Outdoor bests – TJ, 13.61m/ 44-8.0 (No. 4 in the USA): HJ, 1.85m/6-0.75 (No. 12 in the USA)
2006: Outdoor bests – TJ, 12.91m/42-4.25; HJ, 1.86m/6-1.25 (No. 8 in the USA)
2005: Outdoor bests – TJ, 13.28m/43-7.0 (No. 14 in the USA); HJ, 1.91m/6-3.25 (No. 6 in the USA)
2004: Outdoor bests – TJ, 13.04m/42-9.5; HJ, 1.88m/6-2.0 (No. 10 in the USA)
2003: Outdoor bests – TJ, 12.81m/42-0.5; HJ, 1.79m/5-10.25
2002: Outdoor bests – TJ, 12.81m/42-0.5; HJ, 1.80m/5-10.75
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KARA GOUCHER
Event: Distance
Height: 5-7
Weight: 120
PR: 5,000m – 14:55.02 (2007); 10,000m – 30:55.16 (2008);
Half marathon – 1:06:57 (2007); marathon – 2:24:52 (2011)
Born: 07/09/1978
Hometown: Duluth, Minn.
High School: Duluth East H.S. (Minn) '96
College: Colorado '01
Agent: Dan Lilot
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2008 Olympic Trials 5,000m champion (15:01.02)
Three-time USA Outdoor 10,000m runner-up – 2007 (32:33.80); 2008 (31:37.72); 2011 (31:16.65)
2006 USA Outdoor 5,000m runner-up (15:14.13)
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon (2:26:06)
2007 World Outdoor 10,000m bronze medalist (32:02.05)
2000 NCAA Outdoor 3,000m (9:02.15) and 5000m (15:54.30) champion
2000 NCAA Cross Country champion
About Kara
Goucher has left her mark on U.S. distance running numerous times: for the first time in 24 years, Americans
appeared on both podiums at the 2009 Boston Marathon as Kara Goucher was third in the women's race
(2:32:25) and Ryan Hall third among the men. Goucher turned in a history-making American performance by
finishing third in the 2008 NYC Marathon. Crossing the line in 2:25:53, it was the fastest marathon debut ever by
an American woman, the fastest time ever by an American at the ING New York City Marathon and marked the
first time in 14 years that an American woman placed in the top three in New York. Goucher made history at the
2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships by winning the first American medal ever in the women's 10,000
meters. Formerly Kara Grgas-Wheeler, she started running in the seventh grade because she wanted to win an
award at her junior high school. To get the award, she needed academics, arts and athletics. She chose cross
country because they didn’t make cuts. She was a psychology major at Colorado. In 2001, she married fellow
Colorado alum, distance runner Adam Goucher. Gave birth to son Colt in September 2010.
Results
2012: 2nd at USA 10 Mile Championships (53:56); 11th in Olympic Games marathon (2:26:07); 1st at USA Half
Marathon Champs (1:09:46); 1st at Portland Half Marathon (1:13:05); 3rd at NYC Half Marathon (1:09:12); 3rd at
Olympic Team Trials Marathon (2:26:06)
2011: 13th at World Outdoors (32:29.58); 2nd at USA Outdoors in 10,000m (31:16.65); 5th at Boston Marathon
(2:24:52); 1st at Seattle Invitational indoor 5,000m (16:11.50); 9th at Prefontaine Classic 5,000m (15:11.47); 3rdat
New York City Half Marathon (1:09:03)
2010: did not compete due to maternity
2009: 10th at World Outdoors (2:27:48); 3rd at Boston Marathon (2:32:25); 1st at Millrose Games mile (4:33.19);
1st in 3,000m at Reebok Boston Indoor Games (8:46.65).
2008: 9th in 5,000m (15:49.39) and 10th in 10,000m (30:55.16) at Olympic Games; Olympic Trials champion in
5,000m (15:01.02) and 2nd in 10,000m (31:37.72); 3rd in 5,000m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (14:58.10); 4th at
adidas Track Classic (9:00.53); 3rd at NYC marathon (2:25:53)
2007: USA Outdoor 10,000m runner-up (32:33.80); 3rd in 10,000m at World Outdoors (32:02.05); 8th in 1,500m
at Pre Classic (4:10.29); 3rd in 3,000m at Rieti (8:34.99); 3rd in 5,000m at Berlin (14:55.02).
2006: USA Outdoor 5,000m runner-up (15:14.13); 11th in 1,500m at Rieti (4:05.14); 1st in 1,500m at Eugene
(4:14.23); 3rd in 3,000m at World Cup (8:41.42); 2nd in 3,000m at adidas Track Classic (8:55.05); 5th in 5,000m
at Naimette-Xhovemont (15:08.13); 3rd in 10,000m at Helsinki (31:17.12).
2005: 4th at St. Paul Distance Invitational 1,500m (4:19.94); 4th at Lignano 5,000m (4:12.31); 5th at Eugene
Invitational 5,000m (16:23.96); 9th in Berlin 5,000m (15:24.59)
2004: 1st at Modesto Relays 1,500m (4:22.44); 13th at Prefontaine Classic 1,500m (4:16.48); 5th at Oregon
Track Classic 3,000m (9:14.77)
2003: 1st at Tucson Elite 1,500m (4:25.34); 2nd at Victoria International Track Classic (16:00.25); 4th at Mt. SAC
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10,000m (33:44.86)
2002: did not compete.
2001: 7th in 5,000m at USA Outdoors; 7th in 5,000m at NCAA Outdoors.
2000: Won Big 12 XC Champs (19:38); Won 3000m (9:02.15) and 5000m (15:54.30) at NCAA Outdoor Champs;
8th at Olympic Trials 5000m (15:34.47); won NCAA XC.
1999: Won Big 12 XC Champs (16:48); 9th at NCAA XC Champs (16:58.40); runner-up at NCAA Outdoor 3000m (9:29.89);
4th at Big 12 Outdoor 5000 (16:57.31); 3rd at Big 12 Outdoor 3000 (9:41.38); 7th at Mt. SAC Relays (4:28.37).
1998: Won Big 12 3000m (9:32.55); 7th at NCAA 3000m (9:23.45).
1997: 3rd at Big 12 XC Champs (17:40); 9th at Big 12 3000m.
1996: 12th at Big 12 XC Champs (18:25)
2012: Outdoor bests - Half Marathon, 1:09:12 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 38 in the world); Marathon, 2:26:06 (No. 3
in the USA, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 5,000m, 16:11.50; Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 15:11.47 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 35 in the
world, ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN); 10,000m, 31:16.65 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 11 in the world, ranked No.
3 in the USA by T&FN); Half Marathon, 1:09:03 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 30 in the world); Marathon, 2:24:52
(ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: did not compete on maternity
2009: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 15:20.94 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 49 in the world, rankde No. 4 in the USA by T&FN); Half
Marathon, 1:08:05 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Marathon, 2:27:48 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 8:57.53 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 25 in the world); Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 14:58.10
(No. 2 in the USA, No. 20 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN); 10,000m, 30:55.16 (No. 2 in the USA
by T&FN), No. 10 in the world); Marathon, 2:25:53 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 27 in the world)
2007: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:10.29 (No. 15 in the USA); 3,000m 8:34.99 (ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN);
5,000m, 14:55.02 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 15 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA by T&FN); 10,000m, 32:02.05
(ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN); Half Marathon, 1:06:57
2006: Outdoor bests – 3,000m, 8:41.42 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 16 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA by
T&FN); 5,000m, 15:08.13 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 36 in the world); 10,000m, 31:17.12 (No. 1 in the USA
by T&FN, No. 12 in the world)
2005: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:12.31 (No. 14 in the USA); 5,000m, 15:17.55 (No. 6 in the USA)
2004: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:16.48; 3,000m, 9:14.77; 5,000m, 16:30.35.
2003: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:11.17; 5,000m, 15:42.97
ERIN GRAY
Event: Race Walk
Height: 5-5
Weight: 125
PR: 20 km - 1:35:40.05 (2012)
Born: 05/15/1987
Current Residence: Lebanon, Ore.
Hometown: Eugene, Ore.
High School: South Eugene H.S. '05
College: Arkansas '09
Coach: Robert Gray
Club: Bowerman Athletic Club
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials 20 km third place finisher (1:35:40.05)
Two-time USA Indoor 3,000m runner-up – 2012 (13:15.35); 2013 (13:17.90)
About Erin
After winning the Oregon state cross country meet as a sophomore, Gray went on to run cross country and
track at the University of Arkansas. After struggling with multiple stress fractures in college, her father convinced
her to try racewalking after graduation. Gray quickly excelled in the race walk and made her first international
team, the Pan American Race Walking Cup in 2011. Gray is currently in medical school at the College of
Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest. Gray had open heart surgery at the age of 12 and has wanted to
be a doctor ever since.
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Results
2013: 2nd at USA Indoors 3,000m (13:17.90)
2012: 3rd at Olympic Trials 20 km (1:35:40.05); 61st at World RW Cup 20 km (1:42:16); 2nd at World RW Cup
Trials 20 km (1:36:08); 2nd at USA Indoors 3,000m (13:15.35)
2011: DQ at USA Outdoors 20 km; 16th at Pan AM RW Cup 20 km (1:44:23)
2010: 4th at USA Outdoors 20 km (1:45:19.71); DQ at US 20 km Champs
2012: Outdoor bests - 20 km, 1:35:40.05 (No. 3 in the USA, ranked No. 3 in the USA By T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests - 20 km, 1:40:11 (No. 5 in the USA, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN))
2010: Outdoor bests - 20 km, 1:45:19.71
RYAN HALL
Event: Marathon
Height: 5-10
Weight: 130
PR: 5,000m - 13:16.03 (2005); half-marathon 59:43AR (2007); marathon - 2:04:58 (2011)
Born: 10/14/1982
Current Residence: Flagstaff, Ariz.
Hometown: Big Bear, Calif.
High School: Big Bear (Calif.) H.S. '01
College: Stanford University '06
Coach: Renato Canova
Agent: Ray Flynn
Sponsor: Asics
USA Championships
2008 Olympic Trials Marathon champion (2:09:02)
2007 USA Half Marathon champion (59:43)
2006 USA Cross Country champion – 12k (34:38)
2012 Olympic Team Trials Marathon runner-up (2:09:30)
2005 NCAA 5,000m champion (13:22.32)
2003 NCAA Cross Country runner-up
Awards and Honors
American half marathon (59:43) and 20 km (57:54) record holder
Three-time NCAA Cross Country All-American
Stanford 5,000m record holder (13:22.32)
About Ryan
Ryan Hall, the American half marathon record holder, has become one of the premier faces in American
distance running. He was forced to drop out of the first race of his career in 2012 during the Olympic marathon
due to a hamstring injury. He posted the second-fastest marathon time ever by an American of 2:06.17 with his
fifth place finish at the 2008 London Marathon. Hall ran 2:08:24 in his debut marathon in 2007. It was the fastest
ever debut marathon time by an American. He went from prodigy to American record holder in a span of a few
years. He became the first American to break the one-hour barrier in the half marathon and broke Mark Curp’s
record, which had stood for 21 years, by more than one minute. He ran the fastest time by an American at the
2006 World Cross Country Championships in Japan, placing 43rd. As a prep standout, Hall ran the third fastest
high school time ever in the 1,500 meters of 3:42.70. The California state champion, Hall held the second fastest
high school 1,600m time of 4:00.52 in the country. Wife Sara (Bei) Hall is also an elite distance runner, who won
the 2011 Pan Am Games steeplechase. Hall placed in the top four at the Boston Marathon for three straight
years from 2009 until 2011, which included his personal best 2:04:53 to place third in 2011. The Halls are active
with charitable groups such as Team World Vision. They worked on a campaign in 2008 entitled, “More Precious
than Gold,” that raised nearly a million dollars to help bring clean water wells and irrigation systems to poor
communities in Zambia
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Results
2012: Did not finish Olympic marathon; 2nd at San Diego Half Harathon (1:05:39); Olympic Trials Marathon
runner-up (2:09:30)
2011: 2nd at USA Half Marathon Champs (1:02:20); 4th at Boston Marathon (2:04:53); Fifth at Chicago
Marathon (2:08:04)
2010: 4th at Boston Marathon (2:08:41)
2009: 4th at New York City Marathon & 2nd at USA Men’s Championship (2:10:36); 3rd at Boston Marathon
(2:09:40)
2008: 5th at London Marathon (2:06:17); Olympic Trials Marathon champion (2:09:02); 10th at Olympic Games
marathon (2:12:33)
2007: 7th at London Marathon (2:08:24); 7th at USA Outdoor Championships 10,000m (28:51.77); 3rd at
Stanford 10,000m (28:07.93); 1st at USA Half-Marathon Championships (59:43AR)
2006: USA Cross Country Champs long course champ (34:38); 3rd at USA Cross Country Champs 4 km (10:57);
43rd at World XC Champs (37:29); 8th at USA Outdoor Championships 5,000m (13:40.55); ran 20 km AR (57:54)
in Debrecen, Hungary; 4th at adidas Classic (8:26.26); 10th at Heusden (13:38.89)
2005: 3rd at USA Outdoor Champs 5,000m (13:16.03); 16th at World Outdoor Championships 5,000m
(13:59.86); 1st at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (13:22.32); 6th at Mt. SAC Relays 5,000
(13:31.58); 2nd at PAC 10 Championships 5,000m (13:37.45)
2004: 1st at the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships; 2nd at PAC 10 Cross Country
Championships
2003: Runner-up finish led Stanford to team victory at the NCAA Cross Country Championships; 2nd at NCAA
West Cross Country Regional
2002: 37th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships; 1st at the Stanford Invitational 4,000 meter race (11:49)
and the Notre Dame Invitational Blue race (8000 meters, 24:10); 8th at Pac-10 Cross Country Championships;
9th at the NCAA West Cross Country Regional
2001: 1st at the Murray Keating XC Invitational
2000: 3rd at Foot Locker XC
2012: Outdoor bests - marathon, 2:09:30 (No. 3 in the USA)
2011: Outdoor bests – half marathon, 1:02.20 (No. 5 in the USA); marathon, 2:08:04 (No. 1 in the USA)
2010: Outdoor bests – marathon, 2:08:41 (No. 1 in the USA);
2009: Outdoor bests – 10km, 43:26 (No. 1 in the USA); half marathon, 1:01:52 (No. 3 in the USA); marathon,
2:09:40 (No. 2 in the USA)
2008: Outdoor bests – 30km, 1:28:38 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); marathon, 2:06:17 (No. 1 in the
2007: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 28:07.93 (No. 12 in the USA, ranked No. 8 in the USA by T&FN); half marathon,
59:43 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); marathon, 2:08:24 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 36 in the world, ranked
2006: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 13:28.89 (No. 8 in the USA); 15 km, 43:35 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 38 in the
world); 20 km, 57:54 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world)
2005: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:16.03 (No. 7 in the USA, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN)
2004: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:45.0
TREY HARDEE
Event: Decathlon
Height: 6-5
Weight: 210
PR: Decathlon - 8,790 (2009)
Born: 02/07/1984
Hometown: Vestavia Hills, Ala.
High School: Vestavia Hills High School '02
College: Mississippi State '04; University of Texas '06
Coach: Mario Satenga
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Nike
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USA Championships
2009 USA Outdoor champion (8,261)
Two-time Olympic Trials runner-up - 2008 (8,534); 2012 (8,383)
2012 Olympic silver medalist (8,671)
Two-time World Outdoor gold medalist - 2009 (8,790); 2011 (8,607)
2010 World Indoor heptathlon silver medalist (6,184)
Collegiate Championships/Honors
2005 NCAA Outdoor champion (7,881)
2004 NCAA Outdoor runner-up (8,041)
Awards and Honors
2006 NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
NCAA Division I record holder (8,465)
About Trey
Trey Hardee's 2012 season was one of overcoming true adversity as he was forced to make a comeback
following surgery in the offseason after injuring his elbow during the javelin at the 2011 World Outdoor
Championships and being forced to undergo Tommy John's surgery. He rebounded strong to win silver in
London. Combined with the gold medal from world record holder Ashton Eaton, it was the first time Americans
had finished 1-2 in the event at the Olympics since 1956. A two-time World Outdoor gold medalist, Trey
Hardee's personal best of 8,790, which he set in Berlin in 2009, currently ranks behind just Ashton Eaton, Dan
O' Brien and Bryan Clay in the event in American history. It was also the highest decathlon score at a World
Championships since 2001. Hardee joins O'Brien (1991, 1993, 1995), Tom Pappas (2003) and Clay (2005) as the
only Americans ever to win the world decathlon title. As a senior at the University of Texas, Hardee was ranked
second in the country after establishing a new NCAA record at the Texas Relays in 2006 of 8,465 points. Hardee
also held the NCAA Indoor heptathlon record of 6,136 before it was beaten by Ashton Eaton in 2010. Hardee
also owns the Mississippi State University school decathlon record of 8,041. In 2008 he fielded inquiries to try
out for the NY Jets saying, “I guess I am the mold for what they’re looking for – tall, fast and I can catch a ball.”
Results
2013: 7th at Millrose Games 60m hurdles (7.90); 3rd at USA Indoors 60m hurdles (7.74)
2012: Olympic silver medalist (8,671); Olympic Trials runner-up (8,383); 11th at USA Indoor Combined Events
Championships Heptahlon (5,020)
2011: World Outdoor gold medalist (8,607); 1st at Gotzis (8689)
2010: World Indoors heptathlon silver medalist (6,184 points)
2009: World Outdoor gold medalist (8,790); 2nd at Gotzis (8,516); USA Outdoor champion (8,261)
2008: Was in 4th place prior to dropping out of Olympic Games following no mark in pole vault; 1st at Texas
Relays (8,371); Olympic Trials runner-up (8,534)
2006: 9th at NCAA Outdoors (7,263); 1st at Texas Relays (8,465 CR); did not compete at AT&T USA Outdoor
Champs; 7th in long jump at NCAA Indoor champs (7.75m/25-5.25); 1st in heptathlon at New Mexico Multi
(6,208 CR)
2005: 1st at Texas Relays (7,839 pts); 5th in the 4x100m at the Penn Relays (40.23); 2nd in the heptathlon at the
Houston Indoor (5,633 pts); 2nd at the Big 12 Championships in the heptathlon (5,723 pts); 3rd at the NCAA
Championships in the heptathlon (5,859 pts)
2004: 1st at the SEC Championships (7,480 pts); 1st at NACAC U23 (7,218)
2003: 5th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (7,468); 3rd at the SEC Championship (7,544); 7th at the SEC
Indoor Championships in pole vault (16-8 3/4)
2012: Outdoor bests - decathlon, 8,671 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & in the
world by T&FN)
world by T&FN)
world by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests - decathlon, 8,534 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & No. 5
in the world by T&FN)
2006: Indoor bests - heptathlon, 6,208 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN);
Outdoor bests - decathlon, 8,465 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world)
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DAWN HARPER
Event: 100m Hurdles
Height: 5-6
Weight: 134
PR: 12.37 (2012)
Born: 05/13/1984
Hometown: East St. Louis, Ill.
High School: East St. Louis Senior (Ill.) H.S. '02
College: UCLA '06
Coach: Bobby Kersee
Agent: Emanuel Hudson
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2009 (12.36w); 2012 (12.73)
3rd twice at USA Outdoors – 2008 (12.62w); 2011 (12.65)
2003 USA Junior champion (13.28w)
2012 Olympic silver medalist (12.37)
2008 Olympic gold medalist (12.54)
2011 World Outdoor bronze medalist (12.47)
2006 NACAC U23 champion (13.06)
2003 Pan American Junior champion (13.42)
Awards and Honors
2009 Outdoor Visa champion
Two-time NCAA All-American
About Dawn
Dawn Harper was considered by many to have a possible shot at a medal in the 100m hurdles final at the 2008
Olympic Games, but no one expected gold. In the women's 100m hurdle final, with Lolo Jones hitting the ninth
hurdle, Harper moved up to claim the win in a personal best 12.54. Four years later, Harper again came home
with a medal as she set a personal best in the Olympic final to tie the best ever U.S. performance at the Olympic
Games with her 12.37 silver medal. She won her first national outdoor title and the women's Visa Championship
Series in 2009. The medal came after suffering a knee injury in 2010 after hitting a hurdle in practice. Since
graduating from UCLA in 2006, Harper has been training under Bob Kersee in Los Angeles. A 2002 graduate of
East St. Louis High School, she won six state titles there (three each in the 100m and 300m hurdles).
Results
2012: 1st at Lausanne (12.68); 1st at Stockholm (12.65); 2nd at Olympic Games (12.37); 1st at Olympic Trials
(12.73); 1st at Rome (12.66); 2nd at Manchester Games (12.86); 1st at Daegu (12.65); 1st at Guadeloupe (12.71);
2nd at USATF Classic (8.03); 5th at U.S. Open 50mH (6.96)
2011: World Outdoor bronze medalist (12.47); 3rd at USA Outdoors (12.65); 1st at Rome (12.70); 1st at Colorful
Daegu (12.73); 3rd at Monaco (12.79)
2010: 7th at Doha (12.77w)
2009: USA Outdoor champion (12.36w); 7th at World Outdoors (12.81); 1st in semifinal (12.48); 1st at adidas
Track Classic (12.78); 1st at Jamaica Invite (12.78); 1st at Rome (12.55); 1st at Paris (12.68); 2nd at World
Athletic Final (12.61)
2008: Olympic gold medalist (12.54); 3rd at Olympic Trials (12.62w), 3rd in semifinal (12.58); 6th at adidas Track
Classic (13.01); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (12.59w); 1st at Shanghai (12.56)
2007: 8th at USA Outdoors (13.07); 2nd at Belem (12.83w); 4th at Road to Eugene (12.97); 1st at Chambery
(12.73); 4th at Stockholm (12.85); 1st at Leverkusen (12.70); 1st at Wattenscheid (12.67); 3rd at Shanghai (13.03)
2006: 7th at USA Outdoors (13.02); 4th at NCAA Outdoors (12.92); NACAC U23 champion (13.06); 2nd at
NCAA West Regionals (12.80)
2005: 8th at USA Outdoors (13.23); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (12.91); 2nd at NCAA West Regionals (12.99); 2nd at
Pac 10 Champs (12.91)
2004: 6th in quarterfinals at Olympic Trials (13.30); 8th at NCAA Outdoors (13.41), 2nd on 4x100m (43.49)
2003: USA Junior champion (13.28w)
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2012: Indoor bests - 60m hurdles, 8.03 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 23 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m hurdles,
12.37 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world by T&FN, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Outdoor bests - 100m hurdles, 12.77w
12.48 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 2 in the world by T&FN)
12.54 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 9 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
2007: Outdoor bests - 100m hurdles, 12.67 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 10 in the world, ranked No. 6 in the USA by
T&FN)
12.80 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 22 in the world, ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN)
12.91 (No. 11 in the USA, No. 35 in the world, ranked No. 8 in the USA by T&FN)
2004: Indoor bests - 60m hurdles, 8.13 (No. 16 in the USA, No. 47 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m
hurdles, 13.16
QUEEN HARRISON
Event: 100m/400m Hurdles
Height: 5-7
Weight: 130
PR: 100mH -12.61 (2010); 400mH - 54.55 (2010)
Born: 09/10/1988
Current Residence: Clemson, S.C.
Hometown: Richmond. Va.
High School: Hermitage (Richmond, Va.) H.S. '06
College: Virginia Tech '10
Coach: Lawrence Johnson
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Saucony
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor 400mH runner-up – 2008 (54.60); 2011 (54.78)
2007 USA Junior 400mH champion (56.86) and 100mH runner-up (13.12)
Pan Am Junior champion 400mH (56.25) and 100mH runner-up (13.20)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion 2010 – 400mH (54.55) and 100mH (12.67)
2010 NCAA Indoor 60mH champion (7.95)
2008 NCAA Indoor 60mH bronze medalist (8.03)
Awards and Honors
2010 Bowerman Award winner
2008 ACC Women’s Performer of the year
About Queen
Queen Quedith Harrison grew up with a father who had her rise with her siblings before school to do jumping
jacks, pushup, sit-ups and run. Harrison has said of her name, “when your dad names you Queen, you’re kind of
expected to be great in whatever you put your mind to.” Harrison was indeed great as she qualified for the 2008
Olympics as the youngest member of the team at only 19-years-old. Harrison finished seventh in the semifinal of
the Olympic Games and became the first athlete from the Virginia Tech track and field program to compete in
the Olympics. Harrison also won the 2010 NCAA Outdoor 100m and 400m hurdles to become the first woman
to win both NCAA titles in the same year. After her standout year that also included winning the NCAA Indoor
60m hurdles as well, Harrison was named the recipient of the Bowerman award, which is given annually to the
top collegiate track and field athlete.
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Results
2013: 4th at USA Indoors 60mH (8.00); 4th at Millrose Games 60mH (8.03)
2012: 2nd at Zagreb (12.74); 2nd at Berlin (12.79); 2nd at Zurich (12.68); 2nd at Lausanne (12.62); 2nd at Linz
(12.77); 5th at Stockholm (12.89); 8th at Olympic Trials 400mH (57.95), 3rd in semi-final heat of 100mH (12.88);
3rd at New York (55.32); 6th at Rome (55.66); 3rd at Hengelo 100mH (12.98); 4th at Ostrava 100mH (12.96)
2011: 12th in semifinal of World Outdoors (55.44); 5th at London (55.51); 7th at Stockholm (56.99); 2nd at USA
Outdoors (54.78); 4th at Millrose Games (8.19); 5th at USA Indoors 60m hurdles (8.05)
2010: 4th at Brussels (12.69); 4th at London (12.69); 4th at Stockhom (12.78); NCAA Outdoor Champion in
100mH (12.67) and 400mH (54.55): 1st in 100/400mH at ACC Champs (12.44 and 54.66); NCAA Indoor
Champion in 60mH (7.95)
2009: 1st at ACC Outdoors 100/400mH (13.14 and 56.03); 1st at Texas Relays in 400mH (57.38)
2008: 7th in semifinal at Olympic Games (55.88); Olympic Trials runner-up (54.60); ACC champion (55.16); 3rd in
60mH at NCAA Indoors (8.03)
2007: Pan Am Junior champion (56.25) and 100mH runner-up (13.20); USA Junior champion (56.86), 100m
hurdles runner-up (13.12); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (55.81), 5th in 100mH (12.98); 2nd at ACC Champs (56.80)
2012: Indoor bests - 60mH, 8.05 (No. 17 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 100mH, 12.62 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 10
in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA & and ranked No. 7 in the world by T&FN); 400mH, 55.32 (No. 8 in the
2011: Indoor bests – 60mH, 7.99 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.88 (No. 14
in the USA, No. 25 in the world); 400mH, 54.78 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 12 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – 60mH, 7.94 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 12 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.61(No. 2
in the USA, No. 6 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA & ranked No. 7 in the world by T&FN); 400mH, 54.55
2009: Indoor bests – 60mH, 8.02 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 16 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 13.14;
400mH, 56.03 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 36 in the world)
2008: Indoor bests – 60mH, 8.03 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 24 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.70 (No. 7
in the USA, No. 16 in the world); 400mH, 54.60 (No. 5 in the world, No. 12 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA
by T&FN)
2007: Indoor bests – 60mH, 8.48; Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.98 (No. 15 in the USA, No. 39 in the world);
400mH, 55.81(No. 7 in the USA, No. 36 in the world, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN)
AMY HASTINGS
Event: Distance
Height: 5-4
Weight: 100
PR: 5,000m - 15:14.31 (2011); 10,000m 31:10.69 (2012); Marathon 2:27:03 (2011)
Born: 01/21/1984
Current Residence: Providence, R.I.
Hometown: Leavenworth, Kan.
High School: Leavenworth H.S. '01
College: Arizona State
Coach: Ray Treacy
Agent: Ray Flynn
Sponsor: Brooks
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials 10,000m champion (31:58.36)
2011 USA Outdoor 5,000m runner-up (15:14.31)
2003 USA Junior champion 5,000m (16:28.60)
Awards and Honors
10-time NCAA All-American
About Amy
After a heartbreaking 4th place finish at the U.S. marathon trials in January of 2012, Hastings set her focus on
qualifying in the 10,00m and was successful in winning the U.S. Trials to make her first Olympic team where she
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finished 11th. In her debut marathon in Los Angeles in 2011, Hastings finished second to become the eighthbest American marathoner of all-time. She was a college teammate of fellow 2012 Olympian Desiree Davila.
Results
2012: 11th at Olympic Games 10,000m (31:10.69); Olympic Trials 10,000m champion (31:58.36); 4th at Olympic
Trials Marathon (2:27:17); 2nd at Payton Jordan Invitational in 10k (31:19.87); 8th at Pre Classic in 3000m
(8:58.21)
2011: 2nd at USA Outdoors (15:14.31); 3rd at Lignano (15:29.84); 2nd at Los Angeles Marathon (2:27:03); 8th at
USA Half Marathon Champs (1:14:07).
2010: 3rd at Payton Jordan Invite (32:28.77); 5th at USA Outdoors (32:49.07); 25th at IAAF XC (26:20); 3rd at
Houston Half Marathon (1:11:19).
2009: 6th in 10,000m (32:56.20) at USA Outdoors and 10th in 5,000m (15:52.37); 1st at Flanders 3,000m
(9:11.10); 33rd at IAAF World Half Marathon Champs (1:13.20).
2008: 14th at Olympic Trials 916:07.03); 6th at USA Indoors (9:16.08); 62nd at IAAF World XC (28:18)
2006: 1st at NCAA Indoor 5,000m (15:51.63)
2003: 1st at USA Junior 5,000m (16:28.60)
2012: Outdoor bests - 10,000m, 31:10.69 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 14 in the World); Marathon, 2:27:17
(No. 4 in the USA, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 15:14.31 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 43 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA by
T&FN); 5 km, 16:34; 10km, 34:20; half marathon, 1:11:22 (No. 7 in the USA); marathon, 2:27:03 (ranked No. 3 in
the USA by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 8:58.45; Outdoor bests – 3,000m, 9:37.33; 5,000m, 16:39.85; 10,000m, 32:28.77
(No. 5 in the USA by T&FN, No. 42 in the world); 10km, 34:55; 15km, 51:55; 20km, 1:09:52; half marathon,
1:11:19 (No. 4 in the USA)
2009: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:15.77; 3,000m, 9:11.10; 5,000m, 15:43.99 (No. 19 in the USA); 10,000m,
32:56.20 (No. 8 in the USA by T&FN); 5km, 16:11; 10km, 34:40; 20km, 1:08:58; half marathon, 1:13:20
2008: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 9:16.08 (No. 17 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 3,000m, 9:27.43; 5,000m, 15:47.62;
10,000m, 32:18.72 (No. 8 in the USA); 10km, 34:57
2007: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 9:13.28; 5,000m, 15:52.10 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests
– 5,000m, 15:50.19; 10,000m, 32:30.37; 10km 33:54
2006: Indoor bests – 3,000m, 9:17.19; 5,000m, 15:51.63 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests –
mile, 4:47.29; 5,000m, 15:52.06; 10,000m, 33:17.89 (No. 14 in the USA); 10km road, 35:13
2005: Indoor bests – mile, 5:08.52; 3,000m, 9:25.72; 5,000m, 16:06.62 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 12 in the world);
Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:22.97; 5,000m, 16:11.28; 10,000m, 33:19.32 (No. 16 in the USA)
2004: Indoor bests – 5,000m, 16:06.91; Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:21.73; 5,000m, 16:02.53; 3,000m
steeplechase, 10:17.67
2003: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 4:36.76; 5,000m, 16:28.60
NATASHA HASTINGS
Event: 400m
Height: 5-8
Weight: 135
PR: 400m: 49.84 (2007); 200m: 22.62 (2007)
Born: 07/23/1986
Current Residence: Locust Grove, Ga.
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
High School: A. Philip Randolph Campus
(New York City, N.Y.) H.S. ‘04
College: University of South Carolina ‘08
Coach: Darryl Woodson
Agent: Tony Campbell
Sponsor: Under Armour
USA Championships
2012 World Indoor bronze medalist (51.82)
Two-time World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist – 2007; 2009
2010 World Indoor 4x400m gold medalist
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2012 World Indoor 4x400m bronze medalist
2008 Olympic 4x400m gold medalist
2006 NACAC U23 silver medalist (52.11)
2004 World Junior champion (52.04)
2004 World Junior 4x400m gold medalist (3:27.60)
2003 World Youth champion (53.41)
2007 NCAA Indoor (50.80) and Outdoor (50.15) champion
Awards and Honors
2007 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
About Natasha
Hastings has been a fixture of Team USA's 4x400m relay, with six international relay medals to her name. In
2012 she added an individual world medal to her trophy case with a bronze medal at the 2012 World Indoor
Championships. Hastings (52.57) had third-leg duty in the women’s 4x400m at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor
Championships where Team USA won their first-ever gold in the women's 4x400m relay at a World Indoor
Championships in American record fashion, finishing in 3:27.34. At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Hastings made
her first Olympic Team with her fifth 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
2012: 6th in Birmingham 400m (52.09); 2nd at Stockholm 400m (52.20); 4th at London 400m (51.43); 6th at
Paris 200m (23.01); 7th at Olympic Trials 400m (51.28), 4th in semifinal of 200m (22.93); 8th at Pre Classic
(51.78); 1st at Port-of-Spain Invite (51.71); 1st at Ponce Grand Prix (50.72); 3rd at World Indoors (51.82) and ran
on 2nd place 4x400m team at World Indoors (3:28.79); 2nd at USA Indoors (51.66); 2nd at Millrose Games
(51.85); 2nd at Glasgow (53.54)
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).
2010: Indoor bests – 400m, 51.67 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); Outdoor bests – 50.53 (No. 4 in the
2006: Indoor bests – 400m, 53.88; Outdoor bests – 400m, 51.45 (No. 7 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
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CHELSEA HAYES
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-5
Weight: 129
PR: 7.10m/23-3.5
Born: 02/09/1988
Current Residence: New Orleans, La.
Hometown: New Orleans, La.
High School: Marion Abramson H.S. ('06)
College: Louisiana Tech (’12); Butler County CC (‘10)
Coach: Shawn Jackson
Agent: Tonie Campbell
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials runner-up (7.10m/23-3.5)
2012 NCAA Indoor long jump runner-up (6.61m/21-8.25)
Third at 2012 NCAA Outdoors (6.58m/21-7.25)
Awards and Honors
14-time WAC champion
18-time All-WAC
Four-time WAC Athlete of the Year and High Point Scorer
About Chelsea
At the 2012 Olympic Trials, Hayes set a PR by nearly a foot and a half to finish as a surprising runner-up and
make her first Olympic team. Hayes's trip to the London Olympics was her first time out of the U.S. She
attended high school in several states as her family rebounded from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. After two
years of junior college in Kansas, she joined the Louisiana Tech track team for her final two season of eligibility
quickly becoming one of the finer track and field athletes the school has seen. Hayes is the first athlete from LA
Tech to compete for the U.S. in the Olympics.
Results
2013: 5th at USA Indoors (6.65m/21-10)
2012: 3rd at Zabreb long jump (6.64m/21-9.5), 6th in 100m (11.60); 1st at Linz (6.81m/22-4.25); 11th at
Stockholm (6.15m/20-2.25); 8th in qualifying round of Olympic Games (6.37m/20-10.75); 2nd at Olympic Trials
long jump (7.10m/23-3.5) and 6th in semifinal heat of 100m (11.59); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors long jump
(6.58m/21-7.25) and 7th in 100m (11.58); 1st at WAC Outdoors 100m (11.15), 200m (23.22) and long jump
(6.18m/20-3.5); runner-up at NCAA Indoor long jump (6.61m/21-8.25) and 5th in heat of 60m (7.43); 1st at WAC
Indoors long jump (6.45m/21-2), 60m (7.31) and 200m (23.63)
2011: 9th at USA Outdoors long jump (6.53m/21-5.25) and 8th in heat of 100m (11.40); 10th at NCAA Outdoors
long jump (6.36m/20-10.5); 1st at WAC Outdoors long jump (6.35m/), 100m (11.39), 200m (23.55), 3rd at Drake
Relays 100m (11.38); 8th at NCAA Indoors long jump (6.7m/21-11.75); 1st at WAC Indoors 60m (7.34), 200m
(24.47) and long jump (6.34m/20-9.75)
2010: 2nd at WAC Outdoors long jump (6.17m/20-3) and 4th in 100m (11.70)
2009: 4th at NJCAA Indoors long jump (5.98m/19-7.5) and 5th in 55m (6.98)
2008: 2nd at NJCAA Outdoors long jump (5.93m/19-5.5), 8th in 200m (24.48) and 6th in 100m (11.80)
2012: Indoor bests - long jump 6.61m/21-8.25 (No. 5 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 7.10m/23-3.5 (No. 2 in the
2011: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.34; long jump, 6.34m/20-9.75 ; Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.34; long jump,
7.10m/23-3.5 (No. 14 in the USA)
2010: Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.70; long jump 6.50m/21-4
2009: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.52; long jump, 6.34m/20-9.75; Outdoor bests – long jump 6.17m/20-3
2008: Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.78; long jump 5.93m/19-5.5
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REESE HOFFA
Event: Shot Put
Height: 5-11
Weight: 315
PR: 22.43m/73-7.25 (2007)
Born: 10/02/1977
Current Residence: Athens, Ga.
Hometown: Augusta, Ga.
High School: Lakeside Evans High School (Augusta, Ga.) '97
College: University of Georgia '01
Coach: Don Babbitt
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2007 (21.47m/70-5.25); 2008 (22.10m/72-06.25); 2012 (22.0m/722.25)
Two-time USA Indoor champion - 2006 (21.61m/70-10.75); 2012 (21.75m/71-4.25)
Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2004 (21.14m/69-4.25); 2006 (21.96m/72-0.75); 2010 (21.33m/6911.75)
Four-time USA Indoor runner-up - 2004 (20.97m/68-9.75); 2005 (21.74m/71-4); 2007 (21.21m/69-7);
2008 (21.40m/70-2.50)
Third three times at USA Outdoors - 2003 (20.64m/67-8.75); 2009 (21.10m/69-2.75); 2011 (21.86m/718.75)
2012 Olympic Games bronze medalist (21.23m/69-8)
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 shot put record holder (20.95m/68-8.75)
2012 Diamond League champion
About Reese
Reese Hoffa may have had his best year yet in 2012 by winning bronze in London and winning the 2012
Diamond League title. 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 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
2012: Olympic Games bronze medalist (21.23m/69-8); Olympic Trials champion (22.0m/72-2.25); 1st at
Stockholm (21.24m/69-8.25); 1st at Warsaw (21.72m/71-3.25); 1st at Zurich (21.64m/71-0); 1st at Berlin
(21.37m/70-1.5); 1st at Zagreb (21.80m/71-6.25)1st at Pre Classic (21.81m/71-6.75); 1st at Shanghai
(20.98m/68-10); 1st at Kingston International Invite (20.71m/ 67-11.5); 1st at Kansas Relays (21.73m/71-3.5);
USA Indoor champion (21.75m/71-4.25); 4th at World Indoor Championships (21.55m/70-8.5)
2011: Fifth at World Outdoors (20.99m/68-10.5); 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
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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); USA Indoor runner-up (21.40m/702.50); 1st at Doha (21.48m/70-5.75)
2007: World Outdoor champion (22.04m/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/71-1.25); 1st at Santiago SP (20.99m/6810.5); 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 (20.65m/67-9)
2002: 6th at USA Indoors (18.82m/61-9); 6th at USA Outdoors (20.47m/67-2)
2001: 6th at USA Outdoors (19.95m/65-5.5); 3rd at NCAA Outdoors (19.93m/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: SEC Outdoor runner-up (18.59m/61-0); 11th at NCAA Outdoors (18.57m/60-11.25); 8th at USA Outdoors
(18.75m/61-6.25)
1998: 3rd at SEC Outdoors (19.03m/62-5.25); 11th at NCAA Outdoors (17.80m/58-4.75)
1997: 5th at National Scholastics
2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & world by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests - 21.06m/69-1.25 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); Outdoor bests - 21.89m/71-10 (No.
2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA and ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
(No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
(No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & world by T&FN)
3 in the USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & world by T&FN)
2005: Indoor bests - 21.74m/71-4 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - 21.29m/69-10.25 (No.
4 in the USA, No. 7 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA & ranked No. 4 in the world by T&FN)
4 in the USA, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA & ranked No. 6 in the world by T&FN)
2002: Indoor bests - 19.62m/64-4.5 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 31 in the world); Outdoor bests - 20.47m/67-2 (No. 7
in the USA, No. 24 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the USA by T&FN)
2001: Indoor bests - 19.52m/64-0.5 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 30 in the world, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN)
BECKY HOLLIDAY
Event: Pole Vault
Height: 5-3
PR: 4.62m/15-1.75 (2010)
Born: 03/12/1980
Current Residence: Jonesboro, Ark.
Hometown: Penryn, Calif.
High School: Reed High School (Sparks, Nev.) ‘98
College: University of Oregon '03
Coach: Earl Bell
Agent: Chris Layne
Sponsor: Asics
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USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2012 (4.55m/14-11); 2010 (4.60m/15-1)
2010 USA Indoor bronze medalist (4.55m/14-11)
Tied for third at 2003 USA outdoors (4.35m/14-3.25)
3rd at 2011 Pan-Am Outdoors (4.30m/14-1.75)
1st at 2007 NACAC Outdoors (4.15m/13-7.25)
About Becky
After nearly a decade of competition as a post-collegiate professional, Holliday secured her first Olympic team
berth with her second place finish at the 2012 Olympic Trials. Holliday did not pick up pole vault until the age of
16 after a completing a distinguished career in gymnastics, where she was a four-time state champion in the allaround category in 12-16 age group and a three-time regional champion. It did not take her long to establish
herself as a national-caliber pole vaulter. She was ranked #7 in the U.S. at the end of the 2001 season, in which
she placed 5th at USA Outdoors and 8th at the World University Games. She won the Nevada state prep title as
a senior in 1998 and took fourth as a junior. Attended Clackamus Community College before transferring to
Oregon, where she was a psychology major. She has held numerous jobs while training and pursuing her dream
including everything from waitressing to baggage handling. Splits her time training in Chula Vista, Calif. and
Jonesboro, Ark.
Results
2013: 5th at USA Indoors (4.50m/14-9)
2012: 9th at Olympic Games (4.45m/14-7.25); Olympic Trials runner-up (4.55m/14-11); 7th at Drake Relays
(4.15m/13-7.25); 5th at USA Indoors (4.47m/14-8); 3rd at U.S. Open (4.42m/14-6); 1st at Reno PV Summit
(4.42m/14-6)
2011: 3rd at Pan-Am Games (4.30m/14-1.25); 1st at Lignano (4.40m/14-5.25); 1st at Gill Factory Vault
(4.62m/15-1.75); 7th at USA Outdoors (4.30m/14-1.25); 7th at Pre Classic (4.28m/14-0.5); 2nd at USA Indoors
(4.55m/14-11)
2010: 5th at Continental Cup (4.35m/14-3.25); 2nd at Luzern (4.25m/13-11.25); 2nd at USA Outdoors
(4.60m/15-1); 3rd at USA Indoors (4.55m/14-11); 2nd at Reebok Indoor Games (4.45m/14-7.25); 2nd at Millrose
Games (4.41m/14-5.5)
2009: 1st at Gill Factory Vault (4.40m/14-5.25); 11th at USA Outdoors (4.20m/13-9.25); 4th at Reno PV Summit
(4.25m/13-11.25)
2008: 6th at Olympic Trials (4.50m/14-9); 1st at Mt. SAC (4.47m/14-8); 6th at USA Indoors (4.40m/14-5.25); 3rd
at Reno PV Summit (4.30m/14-1.25)
2007: 1st at NACAC Outdoors (4.15m/13-7.25); 7th at USA Outdoors (4.35m/14-3.25); 7th at USA Indoors
(4.20m/13-9.25); 1st at Tyson Invite (4.40m/14-5.25); 3rd at Reno PV Summit (4.40m/14-5.25)
2006: 3rd at USA Outdoors (4.45m/14-7.25); 6th at USA Indoors (4.40m/14-5.25); 4th at adidas Track Classic
(4.26m/13-11.75); 1st at Clovis NAPVA Champs (4.42m/14-6); 2nd in Seattle (4.41m/14-5.5)
2005: 4th at USA Outdoors (4.30m/14-1.25); USA Indoor runner-up (4.30m/14-1.25); 1st at Eugene (4.30m/141.25); 2nd in Seattle (4.36m/14-3.5i)
2004: no height at the Olympic trials
2003: NCAA Outdoor champion (4.41m/14-5.5); tied for 3rd at USA Outdoors (4.35m/14-03.25); 11th in
qualifying heat at World Outdoors (4.15m/13-7.25); 2nd at NCAA Indoors (4.35m/14-3.25); broke collegiate
record with 4.47m/14-8 at NCAA West Regional at Stanford May 30; 2nd at Mt. SAC (4.40m/14-5.25)
2002: Set school record from Mt. Sac Relays (14-1.25); tied for 5th at USA Outdoors (4.20m/13-09.25)
2001: 7th at NCAA Indoors (13-7.25); Texas Relays champion (4.15m/13-7.25); 4th at Mt. SAC Relays (14-1.25);
Jumped 14-4 in NWAACC Championships; 2nd at PAC-10s (4.21m/13-9.75); 5th at U.S. Outdoors (4.30m/141.25); 8th in World University Games (13-0)
2000: NWAACC conference champion best of 12-0
1998: Nevada state pole vault champion (12-3)
1997: 4th at Nevada state meet (11-6)
2012: Indoor bests - 4.47m/14-8 (No. 5 in the USA); Outdoor bests - 4.55m/14-11(No. 4 in the USA, No. 19 in
the World, ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests- 4.55m/14-11 (2nd in the US, 18th in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.62m/15-1.75 (4th in the
US by T&FN, 15th in the World)
2010: Indoor bests- 4.55m/14-11 (3rd in the US, 16th in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.60m/15-1 (3rd in the US,
11th in the World, ranked No. 4 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests- 4.25m13-11.25 (12th in the US, 43rd in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.56m14-11.5 (3rd in the
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US,16th in the World, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests- 4.40m/14-5.25 (8th in the US, 26th in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.55m/14-11 (8th in the
US,18th in the World)
2007: Indoor bests- 4.52m/14-10 (4th in the US, 18th in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.45m/14-7.25 (8th in the
US,32nd in the World)
2006: Indoor bests- 4.41m/14-5.5 (8th in the US, 20th in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.45m/14-7.25 (8th in the
US, 29th in the World)
2005: Indoor bests- 4.36m/14-3.5 (3rd in the US, 22nd in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.30m/14-1.25 (9th in the
US, 40th in the World)
2004: Outdoor bests- 4.41m/14-5.5 (10th in the US, 28th in the World)
2003: Indoor bests- 4.35m/14-3.25 (7th in the US, 26th in the World) Outdoor bests- 4.47m/14-8 (4th in the US,
14th in the World)
CYRUS HOSTETLER
Event: Javelin
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215
PR: 83.16m/272-10 (2012)
Born: 08/08/1986
Hometown: Newberg, Ore.
High School: Newberg (Ore.) High School
College: University of Oregon '10
Coach: Christina Scherwin
USA Championships
Third at 2011 USA Outdoors (77.84m/255-4)
2011 Pan Am Games runner-up (82.24m/269-9)
Two-time Pac-10 champion – 2009 (76.32m/250-4); 2010 (77.21m/253-3)
Awards and Honors
Two-time NCAA All-American
Pac-10/Oregon Record Holder
About Cyrus
Cyrus Hostetler made his first Olympic team after finishing fifth place in the Olympic Trials. He was one of three
javelin throwers who had the Olympic ‘A’ standard. When not throwing the javelin, Cyrus works as a
website/graphic designer. He worked for the project management team for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials-Track &
Field, where he did front end web design and a good amount of graphic design. Training four to six hours a day,
Hostetler is thankful he has flexibility in his schedule to work everything in. Some of his other hobbies include
cooking, baking, watching movies and being outdoors. He has an older sister, Fayth, and an older brother,
David. In high school, he was an all-around athlete as he took part in football, basketball, baseball and track.
Didn’t begin throwing the javelin until his senior year of high school in 2005.
Results
2012: 17th in qualification at Olympic Games (75.76m/248-6); 5th at Olympic Trials (77.63m/254-8); 4th at Pre
Classic (81.02m/265-9); 2nd at Tucson Elite Classic (80.37m/263-8).
2011: 3rd at USA Outdoors (77.84m/255-4); 1st at Portland (80.86m/265-3); 2nd at Pan American Games
(82.24m/269-9).
2010: 1st at Eugene Relays (78.19m/256-6); 1st at Pac-10 Championships (77.21m/253-3); 9th at USA
Outdoors (70.23m/230-5).
2009: 1st at Eugene Preview (66.74m/218-11); 1st at Stanford Invite (74.76m/245-3); 1st at Eugene Invite
(83.16m/272-10); 1st at Oregon vs. UCLA (78.38m/257-2); 1st at Eugene Relays (79.83m/261-11); 1st at Pac-10
Championships (76.32m/250-4); 1st at NCAA West Regional (73.06m/239-8); 4th at NCAA Outdoors
(72.71m/238-6); 4th at USA Outdoors (75.78m/248-7).
2008: 1st at Salem Invite (66.29m/217-6); 1st at Eugene Relays (67.30m/220-9); 8th at US Olympic Team Trials
(66.84m/219-3).
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2012: Outdoor bests - 81.02m/265-9 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 49 in the world)
2008: Outdoor bests – 77.19m/253-3
MOLLY HUDDLE
Event: 5,000m
Height: 5-4
Weight: 110
PR: 5,000 M, 14:44.76AR (2010)
Born: 08/31/1984
Current Residence: Providence, R.I.
Hometown: Elmira, N.Y.
High School: Notre Dame H.S. (Elmira, N.Y.) ('02)
College: Notre Dame ('06)
Coach: Ray Treacy
Agent: Ray Flynn
Sponsor: Saucony
USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor 5,000m champion (15:10.01)
Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up - 2012 (15:14.40); 2010 (15:30.89)
Two-time USA XC runner-up – 2011 (26:31); 2010 (26:01)
Seven-time USA Road Champion (5 km, 10 km, 10 mile and 7 mile distances)
2011 NCAA Outdoor 5,000m runner-up (16:05)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor bronze medalist - 2007 (15:37.65); 2004 (16:25.44)
Awards and Honors
American Record holder 5,000m (14:44.76)
Notre-Dame record of nine All-America Honors (tied with the late Ryan Shay)
About Molly
Huddle’s most outstanding season came in 2010, where she progressed from breaking 15 minutes in the
5,000m for the first time to going on to run 14:44.76 to set an American Record. While in college she tied the
late Ryan Shay for a Notre Dame record for a career total of nine career All-America honors. Huddle has been
turning heads in the distance running world since her days as a high school standout winning national meets
and even setting a national high school two mile record of 10:01. She did not run cross country until her senior
year of high school. Her school did not have a cross country team, so she ran as a one-runner team coached by
her father. She was undefeated during the regular season, set 12 course records and finished fourth at the 2001
Foot Locker Nationals. Is a huge Oprah fan and rarely missed an episode prior to the show going off the air.
Paints her fingernails a different color the night before each race. Married to Canadian middle-distance runner
and former Notre Dame teammate Kurt Benniger.
Results
2012: 1st at USA 5 km Championships (15:30); 10th at Brussels (15:01.32); 11th at Olympic Games (15:20.29);
2nd at Olympic Trials 5,000m (15:14.40); 7th at Pre Classic in 3,000m (8:57.86); 1st at Mt. Sac Relays 5,000m
(15:15.91); 2nd at USA 15 km Road (49:57)
2011: 10th in 2nd heat at World Outdoors (15:42.00); 1st USA Outdoor 5,000m (15:10.01); 10th at New York
Grand Prix 1500m (4:12.03); 1st at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite 10,000m (31:28.66); 1st at Mt. SAC relays
5,000m (15:10.63); 17th at World XC 8 km (26:26); 2nd at USA XC 8 km (26:31)
2010: 1st at USA 5 km road (32:00) 3rd at Continental Cup (16:08.60); 10th in Brussels (14:44.76AR); 9th at
London (14:57.93); 2nd at USA Outdoor (15:30.89); USA Women’s 10 km champion (32:00); USA 5 km
champion (15:48); 1st in Saint-Denis (14:51.84): 2nd at Mt. SAC relays (15:05.71); 1st at Payton Jordan Invite
10,000m (31:48.59): 19th at World XC (25:59); USA XC runner-up (26:01)
2009: 5th at USA 10 mile road (54:01); 5th at USA Outdoor Championships (32:43.11); 1st at USA 10km road
(32:07); 1st at USA 7 mile road (37:39)
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2008: 1st at USA 10 km road (32:52); 5th at USA 5 km road (15:56); 9th at Olympic Trials 10,000m (33:17.73)
10th in 5,000m (15:42.19); 23rd at World XC 8 km (26:40)
2007: 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (15:37.65); 1st at Big East Outdoors (15:59.89; 2nd at Big East Indoor (16:25.90)
2006: 9th at USA Outdoor (15:44.66); 2nd at NCAA Outdoor (16:05.93); 1st at Big East Outdoor (16:31.34)
2005: 2nd at Big East Indoor (16:12.17); did not compete outdoor season due to injury
2004: 7th at Olympic Trials (15:37.92); 1st at USA Junior 3,000m (9:19.52); 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (16:25.44); 1st
at Big East Outdoor (16:21.20); 1st at Big East Indoor (15:57.22)
2012: Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 15:01.32 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 19 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 15:10.01 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 31 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the
USA by T&FN)
2010: Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 14:44.76 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 14 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 15:53.91
2008: Outdoor bests - 5,000m, 15:25.47 (No. 8 in the USA)
SAM HUMPHREYS
Event: Javelin
Height: 6-7
Weight: 265
PR: 81.86m/268-7 (2012)
Born: 09/12/1990
Current Residence: College Station, Texas
Hometown: Laredo, Texas
High School: J.B. Alexander (Laredo, Texas) H.S. '09
College: Texas A&M '13
Coach: Pat Henry
Agent: Self
USA Championships
2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion (81.86m/268-7)
2012 NACAC U23 runner-up (77.04m/252-9)
NCAA Outdoor runner-up (79.62m/261-2)
Three-time Big 12 Outdoor champion – 2010 (74.31m/243-9); 2011 (72.63m/238-3); 2012
(78.98m/259-1)
2011 NCAA West Regional runner-up (75.50m/247-8)
3rd at 2011 NCAA Outdoors (75.05m/246-2)
Awards and Honors
Texas A&M school record holder (81.86m/268-7)
About Sam
As just a 22-year-old junior at Texas A&M, Sam Humphreys had a season in the javelin that saw him finish first or
second in every event he entered. He totaled four wins on the year that were highlighted by a victory at the U.S.
Olympic Team Trials and a Big 12 Outdoor title. He recorded a big personal best in the javelin of 81.86m/268-7
to win the Olympic Trials, but failed to achieve the Olympic “A” standard to secure his spot at the London
Games. All the success equaled a No. 1 national ranking in 2012 from Track & Field News. In just three seasons
competing with the Aggies, Humphreys has picked up a total of 13 wins, which includes three straight Big 12
Outdoor titles. Humphreys holds school records in both the javelin and discus for Laredo High School. Growing
up he competed for seven years with Club Olympia being coached by Alex De Luna and set the AAU young
men’s javelin record at 225-7.
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Results
2012: U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion (81.86m/268-7); NACAC U23 runner-up (77.04m/252-9); NCAA
Outdoor runner-up (79.62m/261-2); Big 12 Outdoor champion (78.98m/259-1); 1st at Tempe Baldy Castillo
Invitational (78.19m/256-6); 1st at Coral Gables UM Alumni Invite (68.76m/225-7)
2011: Big 12 Outdoor champion (72.63m/238-3); NCAA West Regional runner-up (75.50m/247-8); 3rd at NCAA
Outdoors (75.05m/246-2); 13th at USA Outdoors (69.84m/229-1); 1st at San Diego Aztec Invitational
(74.73m/245-2); 2nd at Baton Rouge LSU Invitational (74.32m/243-10); 1st at Austin Texas Relays (76.73m/2519); 1st at Gainesville Tom Jones Invitational (76.70m/251-7)
2010: Big 12 Outdoor champion (74.31m/243-9); 4th at NCAA Outdoors (70.32m/230-8); 1st at Carolina Spring
Classic (73.23m/230-8); 1st at Tempe ASU Invitational (75.28m/246-11); 1st at Texas Relays (74.90m/245-9); 1st
at Eugene Pepsi Invitational (76.71m/251-8); 8th at NCAA West Regional (67.95m/222-11)
2009: 4th at USA Junior Outdoors (64.66m/212-1)
BERSHAWN JACKSON
Event: 400m Hurdles
Height: 5-8
Weight: 158
PR: 400m Hurdles - 47.30 (2005)
Born: 05/08/1983
Current Residence: Raleigh, N.C.
Hometown: Miami, Fla.
High School: Miami Central (Miami, Fla.) '02
College: St. Augustine College '06
Coach: George Williams
Agent: Sharon Richards
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Four-time USA Outdoor champion - 2003 (49.01); 2008 (48.17); 2009 (48.03); 2010 (47.32)
Two-time USA Indoor 400m champion - 2005 (46.05); 2010 (45.41)
2005 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (47.30)
2011 World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (2:59.31)
2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist (48.06)
2009 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (48.23)
2010 World Indoor Championships 4x400m relay gold medalist (3:03.40)
2002 World Junior 400m hurdles bronze medalist (50.00) and 4x400m gold medalist
Awards and honors
2010 IAAF Diamond League champion
2010 Visa Outdoor champion
About Bershawn
Nicknamed "Batman," Bershawn Jackson fell victim in 2012 to a loaded American 400m hurdles field that
included four of the top eight men in the world in missing the London Olympic Games. The 2008 Olympic
bronze medalist, Jackson has been among the top three in the world on the IAAF performance list six of the last
eight seasons. In 2010 Jackson turned in one of his better seasons as a professional, winning the inaugural IAAF
Diamond League championship, the Visa Outdoor championship and recorded the fastest time in the world.
After missing the Olympic Games in 2004, Jackson went on to Beijing where he won the bronze medal,
completing an American sweep of the event with teammates Angelo Taylor and Kerron Clement. He has been
ranked among the top 10 in the world in the men’s 400m hurdles by Track & Field News each year since 2003.
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Jackson's victory at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships was the first for an American in the 400m hurdles
at a World Outdoor Championships since Derrick Adkins mined gold at Gothenburg in 1995 (47.98). With fellow
American James Carter finishing second, it marked the first time Americans had finished 1-2 in the men’s 400m
hurdles since Rome in 1987 when National Track & Field Hall of Famer Edwin Moses won the gold and Danny
Harris brought home the silver medal. His 12 worldwide wins in 2005 made him an easy choice for the coveted
400m hurdles world #1 ranking that year from Track & Field News. The 2002 USA Junior champion and World
Junior bronze medalist, Jackson planned to be part of the University of South Carolina track powerhouse, but
he instead competed on the circuit. In 2004 he joined the St. Augustine’s College track and field roster. While it
took him a while to receive his diploma, on May 8, 2010, Jackson became the first in his family to receive a
college deree. He has two daughters, Shawnte, who was born May 2, 2005, and Shari, who was born
August 3, 2009.
Results
2013: 3rd at Penn State Invitational indoor (46.86); 1st at Blacksburg Virginia Tech Challenge indoor (46.95)
2012: Fourth at USA Outdoors (48.94); Fourth in Paris (48.67); 2nd at Rome (48.25); 3rd at Ponce (48.96); 1st at
Kingston (48.73); 1st at Kansas Relays (48.20); 2nd at U.S. Open indoor 600-yard (1:11.31); 1st at Florida Relays
in 400mH (48.49).
2011: World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (2:59.31) and Sixth in 400m hurdles (49.24); USA Outdoor
runner-up (47.93); 2nd at adidas Grand Prix (48.55); 3rd at Doha (48.44); 2nd at Birmingham (48.22); 2nd at
Monaco (48.22)
2010: USA Outdoor champion (47.32); USA Indoor 400m champion (45.41); World Indoor 4x400m relay gold
medalist (3:03.40); 1st at Lausanne (47.62); 5th at World Indoors 400m (46.84); 1st at IFF Games (48.36); 2nd in
Oslo (48.25); 2nd at NY GP (47.94); 1st in Doha (48.66); 1st in 600 yd at Millrose Games (1:11.26i); 1st at Reebok
Boston Indoor Games in 400m (46.86); 1st at Monaco (47.78); 1st at Stockholm (47.65)
2009: World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (48.23); USA Outdoor champion (48.03); 1st at Nike
Prefontaine Classic (48.38); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (48.52); 2nd at Monaco (47.98)
2008: Olympic Games bronze medalist (48.06); USA Outdoor champion (48.17); 1st at Bislett Games Oslo
(48.15); 1st at DKB-ISTAF Berlin (48.73); 1st at adidas Track Classic (48.94); 1st at Kansas Relays (48.32); 2nd in
semifinal #1 at Olympic Games (48.02)
2007: 5th in 400m at USA Outdoor Championships (45.55); 45.06 in 400m semifinal at USA Outdoors; 3rd in
semi's at World Outdoors (48.95); 1st in 600m at Millrose Games (1:11.48); 8thin 400m at Prefontaine Classic
(46.38); 1st at Osaka GP (48.13); 1st at Athens (48.15)
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (47.48); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (48.22); 1st at Rome (47.86); 1st at Athens
(48.00); 1st at Lausanne (47.77)
2005: World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (47.30); USA Indoor champion (46.05); 1st at Nike
Prefontaine Classic (47.91); 1st in 400mH at adidas Track Classic (47.62)
2004: 4th at Olympic Trials (48.11); 1st at Texas Relays 400mH (48.74); 1st in Monaco (47.86); 2nd at Zurich
(48.08); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (48.79)
2003: USA Outdoor champion (49.01); disqualified in opening round at World Outdoors; 1st at Madrid (48.23)
and Atlanta (48.51)
2002: World Junior 400m hurdles bronze medalist (50.00) and 4x400m gold medalist; USA Junior champion
(50.33); 3rd at Golden West Invitational 110H; 4th at National Scholastic 100H; 1st at Golden West Invitational
400H; 1st at National Scholastic 400H
2001: 1st at Junior Olympics (50.86); 1st at Golden West Invitational 400H; 4th at Golden West Invitational 110H
2012: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 48.20 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA &
2009: Outdoor bests - 400m Hurdles, 47.98 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the
world by T&FN)
(No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world by T&FN, ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
(No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world by T&FN, ranked No. 1 in the USA)
2002: Outdoor bests - 110m hurdles, 13.90; 300m hurdles, 35.39; 400m hurdles, 50.00 (No. 20 in the USA)
2001: Outdoor bests - 110m hurdles, 13.97; 300m hurdles, 35.79; 400m hurdles, 50.86
2000: Outdoor bests - 300m hurdles, 36.45; 400m hurdles, 52.17
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EVAN JAGER
Event: Steeplechase
Height: 6-2
Weight: 142
PR: 3,000m SC - 8:06.81 (2012 AR)
Born: 03/08/1989
Hometown: Algonquin, Ill.
High School: Jacobs (Algonquin, Ill.) H.S.
College: Wisconsin
Agent: Tom Ratcliffe
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials champion (8:17.40)
Third at 2009 USA Outdoors 5,000m (13:22.18)
Awards and Honors
3,000m steeplechase American record holder (8:06.81)
About Evan
Evan Jager burst onto the scene in the men's steeplechase in 2012 when he set the American record at 8:06.81
in just his fifth time racing the event. He made another international team at the London Olympic Games after
also qualifying for Team USA for the World Outdoor Championships in 2009 and the World Junior
Championships in 2008. A member of the Oregon Track Club Elite, Jager, who attended college at the University
of Wisconsin, is still coached by his college coach Jerry Schumacher. Jager left Wisconsin a year early to sign
with Nike and follow Schumacher to Portland. He then enrolled at Portland State University. With his time
previously being split between 1,500m and 5,000m, Jager made his debut in the steeplechase earlier in 2012
and still took him the Olympic Trials title after only a handful of career races.
Results
2013: 2nd at Seattle Husky Classic indoor mile (3:56.14); 5th at New York Columbia Qualifier indoor 5,000m
(13:33.37); 4th in Millrose Games two-mile (8:14.95)
2012: 6th in Olympic Games final (8:23.87); 3rd at Monaco (8:06.81 AR); Olympic Trials champion (8:17.40); 1st
at Mt. SAC (8:26.14)
2011: 12th at USA Outdoors 1,500m (3:50.11)
2010: 1st at Seattle UW Invitational indoor 800m (1:50.10)
2009: 3rd at USA Outdoors 5,000m (13:22.18); Ran 13:39.80 in heats at World Outdoor Championships; 2nd at
Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 5,000m (13:29.65)
2008: 8th at World Junior Championships 1,500m (3:49.59)
2012: Outdoor bests - 3,000m Steeplechase, 8:17.40 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 19 in the world, ranked
2011: Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:38.80
2010: Outdoor bests - 1,500m, 3:38.53
2009: Outdoor bests - 1,500m (3:38.33) (ranked No. 7 in the USA by T&FN); 5,000m, 13:22.18 (ranked No. 5 in
the USA by T&FN)
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LACY JANSON
Event: Pole Vault
Height: 5-10
Weight: 145
PR: 4.66m/15-3i (2010)
Born: 02/20/1983
Current Residence: Tallahassee, Fla.
Hometown: Sarasota, Fla.
High School: Cardinal Mooney (Fla.) H.S. '01
College: Florida State '06
Coach: Dennis Nobles
Agent: Chris Layne
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2010 USA Indoor champion (4.65m/15-3)
3rd twice at USA Outdoors – 2007 (4.35m/14-3.25); 2011 (4.50m/14-9)
2002 USA Junior champion (4.05m/13-3.5)
2003 NCAA Indoor champion (4.45m/14-7.25)
Awards and Honors
Florida State indoor (4.45m/14-7.25) and outdoor (4.36m/14-4) school record holder
Former collegiate record holder (4.58m/15-0)
About Lacy
A veteran of World Championships competition, Janson has established herself as one of the top three vaulters
in the U.S. After finishing 10th at the 2008 U.S. Trials, Janson made the podium in 2012 to secure her first trip to
the Olympic Games. She had an outstanding year in 2010 that produced three marks over her previous PR set
in 2008 and ended with a #1 U.S. ranking from T&FN. Janson upped her personal best by almost a foot from
2005 to 2006. Janson is the second woman in FSU school history to win an NCAA national title twice in the
same event.
Results
2012: 8th in qualifying group at Olympic Games (4.40m/14-5.25); 3rd at U.S. Trials (4.60m/15-1); 6th at adidas
Grand Prix (4.37m/14-4); 3rd at Pre Classic (4.38m/14-4.5); 2nd at Daegu (4.50m/14-9); 6th at Doha (4.40m/145.25); 5th at World Indoors (4.65m/15-3.00); 3rd at USA Indoors (4.62m/15-1.75); 2nd at Millrose Games
(4.52m/14-10.00); 2nd at Boston Grand Prix (4.40m/); 4th at U.S. Open (4.22m/14-5.25)
2011: 11th in Group “B” at World Outdoors (4.40m/14-05.25); 3rd at USA Outdoors (4.50m/14-9); 1st at adidas
Grand Prix (4.27/14-0); 4th at USA Indoors (4.55m/14-11)
2010: USA Indoor champion (4.65m/15-3); 4th at USA Outdoor (4.40m/14-05.25); 4th at Pre Classic (4.48m/148.25); 1st at Tyson Invite (4.66m/15-3.5); 5th at Doha (4.55m/14-11); 3rd at Daegu (4.5m/14-9); 3rd at Monaco
(4.60m/15-1); 10th at Stockholm (4.41m/14-5.5)
2009: 8th at USA Outdoors (4.35m/14-3.25); 3rd in Madrid (4.46m/14-7.5); 5th at Reebok GP (4.27m/14-0)
2008: 10th Olympic Trials (4.40m/14-05.25); 2nd at Reebok GP (4.55m/14-11); 5th at adidas Track Classic
(4.32m/14-2); 4th at USA Indoors (4.45m/14-7.25); 2nd at Tyson Invitational (4.64m/15-2.75i)
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoors (4.35m/14-3.25); 2nd at USA Indoors (4.60m/15-1); 1st at Fortaleza (4.50m/14-9);
1st at Albuquerque (4.60m/15-1i)
2006: NCAA Outdoor champion (4.25m/13-11.25); ACC champion (4.58m/15-0.25); 2nd at NCAA Indoors
(4.50/14-9)
2005: 14th at NCAA Indoors (4.00m/13-1.5); 1st at Tallahassee (4.11m/13-5.75); 1st at Gainesville (4.30m/141.25i)
2004: 5th at NCAA East Regionals (4.11m/13-5.75); NH at NCAA Outdoors; ACC champion (4.15m/13-7.25);
1st at Texas Relays (4.25m/13-11.25)
2003: NCAA Indoor champion (4.45m/14-7.25); 8th at NCAA Outdoors (4.10m/-13-5.25); NCAA East Regional
champion (4.02m/13-2.25); 1st at Florida Relays (4.37m/14-4)
2002: USA Junior champion (4.05m/13-3.5); 8th at USA Outdoors (4.20m/13-9.25); NH at World Juniors; 9th at
NCAA Outdoors (3.90m/12-9.5); 1st at ACC Champs (4.27m/14-0); 6th at NCAA Indoors (4.15m/13-7.25)
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2012: Indoor bests - 4.65m/15-3.00 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); Outdoor bests - 4.65m/15-3 (No. 6 in
2011: Indoor bests – 4.55m/14-11 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 19 in the world); Outdoor bests – 4.50m/14-9 (No. 5 in
2010: Indoor bests – 4.66m/15-3.5 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests – 4.60m/15-1 (No. 2 in
the USA, No. 12 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA & ranked No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests – 4.50m/14-9 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 16 in the world); Outdoor bests – 4.46m/14-7.5 (No. 6 in
2008: Indoor bests – 4.64m/15-2.75 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); Outdoor bests – 4.55m/14-11 (No. 6 in
the USA by T&FN, No. 18 in the world)
2007: Indoor bests – 4.60m/15-1 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); Outdoor bests – 4.50m/14-9 (No. 5 in
2006: Indoor bests – 4.50m/14-9 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 17 in the world); Outdoor bests – 4.58m/15-0.25 (No. 4 in
2005: Indoor bests – 4.30m/14-1.25 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 32 in the world); Outdoor bests – 4.11m/13-5.75
2004: Outdoor bests – 4.25m/13-11.25
2003: Outdoor bests – 4.25m/13-11.25
2002: Outdoor bests – 4.27m/14-0 (ranked No. 10 in the USA by T&FN)
CARMELITA JETER
Event: Sprints
Height: 5-4
Weight: 135
PR: 100m - 10.64 (2009); 200m - 22.11 (2012)
Born: 11/24/1979
Current Residence: Gardena, Calif.
Hometown: Torrance, Calif.
High School: Bishop Montgomery H.S.
College: Cal State Dominguez
Coach: John Smith
Agent: Chris Layne
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials 100m champion (10.92) and 200m runner-up (22.11)
2-time USA Outdoor 100m champion: 2009 (10.78w); 2011 (10.74)
2011 USA Outdoor 200m runner-up (22.23)
2007 USA Outdoor 100m bronze medalist (11.17)
2007 USA Indoor 60m runner-up (7.17)
Three-time 2012 Olympic medalist - 2nd in 100m (10.78), 3rd in 200m (22.14), 1st in 4x100m (40.82WR)
2011 World Outdoor 100m (10.90) and 4x100m (41.56) gold medalist
2011 World Outdoor 200m silver medalist ( 22.37)
Two-time World Outdoor 100m bronze medalist - 2007 (11.02); 2009 (10.90)
2009 World Indoor 60m bronze medalist (7.05)
2003 NCAA D-II runner-up at 100m (11.79)
2003 NCAA D-II bronze medalist at 200m (23.67)
Awards and Honors
2011 Jesse Owens Award winner
2011 Diamond League Champion at 100m and 200m
2010 Diamond League Champion at 100m
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About Carmelita
In 2012, Jeter won three Olympic medals and found herself in one of the most memorable images of the 2012
games as she pointed to the clock while crossing the finishline of the world record setting 4x100m relay. After
winning her first World Championships medal in 2007 (bronze), Jeter said she looked at it every morning and night
to help give her motivation. Apparently it worked – Jeter came home from the 2011 World Championships with
three medals. Jeter defended her 2010 100m Diamond League title in 2011 and added another by doubling in the
200m. Jeter came onto the scene in 2007 setting a then personal record in the 100m of 11.05 at the adidas Track
Classic and then went on to qualify for her first World Outdoor Championships roster for Team USA. She has since
gone on to become the second-fastest woman in history, behind only Florence Griffith-Joyner. Prior to 2007, Jeter
was plagued with injuries from 2003-2005. Jeter is the first-ever U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier and Olympian to
come from Cal State Dominguez Hills.
Results
2012: 2nd at Olympic Games 100m (10.78), 3rd in 200m (22.14), 1st in 4x100m (40.82WR); 2nd at London 100m
(11.03); 1st at U.S. Trials 100m(10.92) and 2nd 100m (22.11) ; 3rd at Adidas Grand Prix (11.05); 5th at Pre Classic
(22.78); 2nd at Shanghai (22.62); 1st at Daegu (11.11); 1st at Cayman Invitational (11.04); 1st at Kingston (10.81);
1st at LA Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational (22.31).
2011: World Outdoor 100m champion (10.90) and 200m silver medalist (22.37); Anchored winning 4x100m relay
at World Championships (41.56); USA Outdoor 100m champion (10.74); 2nd at USA Outdoors in the 200m (22.23)
1st at Brussels (10.78); 1st at Stockholm (11.15); 1st at London (10.93); 1st at Pre Classic (10.70); 1st at Monaco
in 200m (22.20); 2nd at Doha (10.95); 1st at Zurich (22.27); 1st at Monaco (22.20)
2010: 3rd at World Indoors (7.05); USA Indoor champion (7.02); 3rd at Pre Classic (10.83); 1st at Lausanne (10.99);
1st at Gateshead (10.95); 1st at Kingston (10.94); 1st at Daegu (11.00); 1st at Shanghai (11.09); 1st at Monaco
(10.82); 1st at Oslo at the 200m (22.54)
2009: 3rd at World Champs (10.90); USA Outdoor champion (10.78w); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (10.85w);
1st at adidas Track Classic (11.09); 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (10.85w); 1st at Mt. SAC (10.96); 1st at Brussels
(10.88); 1st at World Athletic Final (10.67); 1st at Shanghai (10.64); 1st at Daegu (10.83)
2008: 6th at Olympic Trials in 200m (22.35); 9th in Olympic Trials semi-finals in 100m (11.05); 5th in 100m at Nike
Prefontaine Classic (11.07); 2nd in 200m (22.65) and 6th in 100m (11.16) at Reebok Grand prix; 2nd in 200m
(22.47) and 5th in 100m (11.26) at adidas Track Classic
2007: 3rd at World Outdoors (11.02); 3rd in 100m at USA Outdoors (11.17); USA Indoor 60m runner-up (7.17); 4th
in 100m at adidas Track Classic (11.05); 1st in 100m at Mt. SAC Relays (11.16); 1st in 100m and 200m at Oxy
Invitational (11.22, 22.82); 2nd in 100m at Monaco (11.11); 2nd in 100m at Heusden (11.05w); 1st in 60m at Azusa
Pacific Qualifier (7.16)
2006: USATF National Club championships 100m runner-up (11.49), 200m champion (23.67); 8th in 100m at
adidas Track Classic (11.59); 2nd in 100m at Oxy Invitational (11.48); 3rd in 100m at Steve Scott Invitational
(11.65); 3rd in 100m at Mt. SAC Relays (11.60); Claremont Classic 100m runner-up (11.65), 200m champion
(23.81)
2005: Did not compete (Injured)
2004: Claremont Classic 100m runner-up (11.80), 200m runner-up (24.33); Southern California Association AgeGroup champs 100m champion (11.74), 200m champion (24.02)
2003: NCAA Div. II 100m runner-up (11.79), 3rd in 200m (23.67)
2012: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.78 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world by T&FN); 200m, 22.11 (No. 3 in the
USA, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.13 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.70 (No. 1 in the
USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN); 200m, 22.20 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world by T&FN, ranked No. 1 in the
USA by T&FN)
USA, No. 3 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the world by T&FN); 200m, 22.54 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 12 in the world)
USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN); 200m, 22.59 (No. 11 in the USA, No. 20 in the world)
2008: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.21 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor best – 100m, 10.97 (No. 6 in the
USA, No. 11 in the world); 200m, 22.47 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 11 in the world)
USA, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN); 200m, 22.82 (No. 17 in
2006: Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.48
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FUNMI JIMOH
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-8
Weight: 130
PR: 6.96m/22-10 (2009)
Born: 05/29/1984
Current Residence: Houston, Texas
Hometown: Missouri City, Texas
High School: Dulles (Texas) H.S. '02
College: Rice '07
Coach: Jim Bevan
Agent: Robert Wagner
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor bronze medalist - 2011(6.88m/22-7.00); 2009 (6.77m/22-02.50);
2008 (6.72m/22-0.75)
Three-time USA Indoor bronze medalist - 2012 (6.81m/22-4.25); 2011 (6.66m/21-10.25);
2008 (6.33m/20-9.25)
About Funmi
Jimoh made her first Olympic team one year after she finished a decorated career at Rice University. Jimoh
regularly competed for Rice in the 100m hurdles, high jump, 4x100m relay and even competed in the
heptathlon. After her redshirt senior year, her talent in the long jump became obvious as she began competing
on the national level in her fifth year senior season in 2007. In only one year she went from finishing 9th at USA
Outdoors in 2007 to finishing 12th at the Olympic Games in 2008. Lists WNBA star Lisa Leslie as one of her
early inspirations as well as Florence Griffith-Joyner for her sense of style and beauty while competing. Has
volunteered with Athletes for Hope including building a house with Habitat for Humanity. Jimoh was an English
and philosophy major while at Rice. Jimoh’s full name is Oluwafunmilayo Kemi Jimoh, with her first name being
Yoruba for “the lord brought me joy."
Results
2012: (10.75); 8th at Pre Classic (6.25m/20-6.25); 1st at OTC Pre-Olympic Series (6.82m/22-4.5); 3rd at
Shanghai (6.53m/21-5.25); 4th at Daegu (6.42m/21-.75); 1st at LA Oxy Invite (6.80m/22-3.75); 3rd at USA
Indoors (6.81m/22-4.25); 4th at USATF Classic (6.58/21-7.25); 5th at Glasgow (6.24m/20-5.75);
2011: did not record a mark in finals of World Outdoors after having the 6th best jump out of prelims (6.68m/2111.00); 6th at Monaco (6.65m/21-10.00); 2nd at Rome (6.87m/22-06.5); 3rd at USA Outdoors (6.88m/22-07.00);
1st at adidas Grand Prix (6.48m/21-03.25); 1st at Doha (6.88m/22-7); 3rd at USA Indoors (6.66m/21-10.25)
2010: 4th at USA Indoors (6.58m/21-07.25); 12th at USA Outdoors (6.39m/20-11.75w); 10th at Oslo (6.20m/ 2004.25); 1st at Dakar (6.87m/22-6.50w); 1st at Ponce (6.77m/22-02.50); 1st at Daegu (6.68m/21-11); 7th at Paris
(6.56m/21-06.25)
2009: 21st in qualifying at World Outdoors (6.34m/20-09.75); 4th at Stockholm (6.74m/22-01.50); 4th at London
(6.80m/22-03.75); 1st at Lignano (6.61m/21-08.25); 3rd at USA Outdoors (6.77m/22-02.50); 1st at Nike Pre
Classic (6.69m/21-11.5); 2nd at Doha (6.96m/22-10.00); 5th at USA Indoor (6.39m/20-11.75)
2008: 12th at Olympic Games (6.29m/20-7.75); 7th at Stockhom (6.21m/20-04.50); 3rd at Olympic Trials
(6.72m/22-0.75); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (6.85m/22-5.75); 6th at Doha (6.48m/21-3.25w); 3rd at USA
Indoors (6.33m/20-9.25)
2007: 9th at USA Outdoors (6.38m/20-11.25); 5th at NCAA Outdoors (6.43m/21-1.25); 2nd at Conference USA
(6.31m/20-08.50)
2006: 12th at USA Outdoors (6.24m/20-5.75); 4th at USA Combined Event Indoor (3,873 points)
7 in the USA, No. 21 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests – 6.52m/21-04.75 (No. 17 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 6.91m/22-08.00 (No. 2 in the USA,
No. 7 in the world)
2007: Indoor bests – 6.33m/20-09.25; Outdoor bests – 6.46m/21-02.50 (No. 15 in the USA)
2006: Indoor bests – 6.17m/20-03.00; Outdoor bests – 6.36m/20-10.50 (No. 15 in the USA)
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KIBWÉ JOHNSON
Event: Hammer Throw
Height: 6-2
Weight: 238
PR: HT - 80.31m/266-9 (2011); DT - 65.11m/213-7 (2005)
Born: 07/17/1981
Current Residence: Kamloops, B.C., Canada
Hometown: Suwanee, Ga.
High School: North Gwinnett H.S. (Suwanee, Ga) '98
College: Georgia '01, Ashland '08
Coach: Anatoly Bondarchuck
Agent: Valentina Fedjuschina
Sponsor: Nike
USA Championships
2008 USA Indoor champion (25.12m/82-5)
2007 USA Outdoor runner-up (75.12m/246-5)
2006 USA Indoor runner-up (23.72m/77-10)
2011 Pan Am Games gold medalist (89.63m/261-3)
2007 Pan-Am Games runner-up (73.23m/240-3)
Awards and Honors
Pan Am Games record holder (89.63m/261-3)
About Kibwé
Kibwe Johnson has established himself as one of the nation's top hammer throwers after recording one of the
top two throws in the country in six of the last seven years and has won two consecutive USA Outdoor titles and
two consecutive spots on world championship and Olympic teams. His winning toss of 80.31m/266-9 at the
2011 USA Outdoor Championships was the best mark by an American hammer thrower since 2000. Former
Soviet Olympic champion Anatoliy Bondarchuk coaches Kibwe and his wife, Crystal Smith-Johnson, who is also
a thrower. His college career started at the University of Georgia where he began as a discus thrower. During his
time in Athens, he began to shift his focus from discus to the hammer throw. He left Georgia to continue his
academic and track careers at Ashland University. Johnson and his wife have one daughter, who was born in
April of 2012.
Results
2012: 9th in Olympic Games final (74.95m/245-10); USA Outdoor champion (74.97m/245-11); 1st at Edmonton
Donovan Bailey Invitational (74.75m/245-3); 7th at Kawasaki Grand Prix (71.91m/235-11); Third at DecaNation
(72.61m/238-2)
2011: 8th in group A of World Outdoors (75.06m/246-03); USA Outdoor champion (80.31m/266-9); Pan Am
Games gold medalist (89.63m/261-3); 1st at Jesse Owens Track Classic (75.74m/248-6); 6th at Rieti
(75.86m/248-10)
2010: Runner-up at USA Outdoors (76.31m/250-4); 1st at Ashland Summer Series (77.07m/252-10); 2nd at Mt.
SAC (75.70m/248-4); 2nd at Tucson Elite (74.74m/245-2)
2008: Olympic Trials finalist (no mark); USA Indoor champion (25.12m/82-5).
2007: USA Outdoor runner-up (75.12m/246-5); no mark at World Outdoor Champs; Pan Am Games runner-up
(73.23m/240-3); 1st in DT at Mt. SAC Relays (60.57m/198-9); 1st at Lake Erie Association Championships
(75.95m/249-2).
2006: USA Indoor WT runner-up (23.72m/77-10); 4th at AT&T USA Outdoors (75.32m/247-1); 1st at Findlay
(24.54m/80-6.25i); 2nd at Columbus (75.32m/247-1).
2005: 3rd in WT at USA Indoor Championships (22.27m/73-0.75); no mark at USA Outdoor Championships; 1st
at Tempe (72.70m/238-6); 1st at Claremont (73.42m/240-10); 2nd at Mt SAC Relays (72.24m/237-0); 1st at
Hillsdale (78.25m/256-8); 1st at NY Reebok GP (74.01m/242-9); 1st in DT at Berea (65.11m/213-7PR); 1st in WT
at Marietta (23.99m/78-8.5i); 1st at Findlay (23.62m/77-6i); 1st at Findlay (23.43m/76-10.5i); 1st at Kent
(23.11m/75-10i); 1st at Oiler Open (25.54m/80-6).
2004: 8th in DT and 19th in HT at Olympic Trials (58.57m/192-2, 65.39m/214-6); 1st in DT at Akron
(61.00m/200-1); 5th in HT at Columbus (67.99m/223-0).
2003: 16th in HT at USA Outdoor Championships (62.35m/204-07); 7th in DT at Salinas (59.34m/194-8); 1st in
HT at Northridge (69.11m/226-9).
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2012: Outdoor bests - 77.17m/253-2 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 34 in the world, ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2004: Outdoor bests – 67.99m/223-0; discus throw, 61.00m/200-1 (No. 15 in the USA)
2003: Outdoor bests – 69.11m/226-9; discus throw, 59.38m/194-8
2002: Outdoor bests – 64.26m/210-10; discus throw, 56.38m/185-0
2001: Did not compete.
2000: Outdoor bests – 56.41m/185-1
LOLO JONES
Event: 100m Hurdles
Height: 5-9
Weight: 135
PR: 12.43 (2008); 60mH - 7.72AR (2010)
Born: 08/05/1982
Current Residence: Baton Rouge, La.
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
High School: Theodore Roosevelt (Des Moines, Iowa) H.S.
College: LSU '04
Coach: Dennis Shaver
Agent: Angie Jefferson
Sponsor: Asics
USA Championships
2008 Olympic Trials champion (12.29)
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials (12.86)
Three-time USA Indoor champion – 2007 (7.88); 2008 (7.88); 2009 (7.84)
Two-time World Indoor champion – 2008 (7.80); 2010 (7.72)
2004 NCAA Indoor 60mH (8.00) and 60m (7.38) runner-up
NCAA 4x100m champion – 2003; 2004
2003 NCAA Indoor 60mH champion (8.00)
2002 NCAA Outdoor 100mH (13.02) and 4x100m runner-up
Awards and Honors
Indoor 60m American record holder (7.72)
Two-time Indoor Visa champion – 2008; 2009
2008 VISA Humanitarian Athlete of the Year
11-time NCAA All-American
About Lolo
Jones had spinal surgery in 2011 exactly one year out from the 2012 Olympic final where she finished fourth to
correct a tethered spine. The spinal condition is believed to have been a factor in her string of recent injuries. She
was the first woman ever to claim back-to-back World Indoor titles in the 60m hurdles while setting an American
record in the process. Jones finished her career at LSU as a three-time national champion and 11-time AllAmerican, where she ranks among the top-three all-time at LSU in both the 60m and 100m hurdles. Following the
2012 Olympics, Jones tried out and made the USA Bobsled team as a push athlete. Jones was named Gatorade
Midwest Athlete of the year and holds the 100mH record for the state of Iowa (13.40). She is of French, AfricanAmerican, Native American and Norwegian descent. Her given name is Lori. She considers speed off the final hurdle
one of her greatest strengths. She was named 2008 Visa Humanitarian Athlete of the Year after donating her $4,000
in prize money from the Olympic Trials to a fund assisting Renee Trout, a single mother from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
who was a victim of the Iowa floods. Jones' sponsors each matched Jones' $4,000 prize, bringing the total donation
to $12,000. She also gave each girl on Theodore Roosevelt High School track team a pair of spikes and made a
$3,000 donation to the school to repair the track and buy hurdles while in town for the Drake Relays. She is the
most followed U.S. track & field athlete on Twitter.
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Results
2012: 4th at Olympic Games (12.58); 1st at Lignano (12.85); 3rd at Olympic Trials (12.86); 1st at Torino (12.97);
5th at Oslo (12.75); 2nd at Hengelo (12.90); 3rd at Ostrava (12.94); 1st at Dusseldorf (7.94); 1st at Moskva (7.89);
1st at U.S. Open 50mH (6.78)
2011: 3rd at Doha (12.67); 3rd at Stuttgart, 60mH (7.94); 1st at Baton Rouge, 100mH (12.74); 1st at Kawasaki
Super Meet, 100mH (12.92); 2nd at Baton Rouge, 4x100m (44.12)
2010: World Indoor champion (7.72AR); USA Outdoor champion (12.69); USA Indoor runner-up (7.89); 1st at
adidas Grand Prix (12.55); 1st at Oslo (12.66); 1st at Doha (12.63); 4th at Ostrava (12.85); 1st at Gateshead
(12.79); 1st at Monaco (12.63); 3rd at Stockholm (12.70).
2009: USA Indoor champion (7.84); DNF in semifinal at USA Outdoors; 1st at Rethymno (12.47); 3rd at Monaco
(12.61); 1st at Karlsruhe (7.82i); 1st at Birmingham (7.82i).
2008: 7th at Olympics (12.72), 1st in semifinal (12.43PR); Olympic Trials champion (12.29w), 1st in semifinal
(12.45PR); 2nd at Bislett Games Oslo (12.66); 3rd at DKB-ISTAF Berlin (12.57); 2nd at Doha (12.65); World
Indoor champ (7.80); USA Indoor champ (7.88); Visa Indoor champion
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoors (12.79); 6th at World Outdoors (12.62); USA Indoor champion (7.88); 2nd at Reebok
Grand Prix (12.75); 3rd at adidas Track Classic (12.61); 2nd at Doha (12.78); 3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic
(12.80); 3rd at Paris (12.71); 4th at Rome (12.84); 2nd at Sheffield (12.89); 1st at Rethimno (12.57); 2nd at
Monaco (12.78); 1st at Heusden (12.74); 3rd at Stockholm (12.81).
2006: 5th at USA Outdoors (12.76); 1st at Heusden (12.56); 6th at World Athletics Final (12.76); 8th at Meeting
Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis (12.87); 4th at Golden Gala (12.70); 4th in 100m (11.36) and 3rd in 100mh at
Athens Super Grand Prix (12.83); 5th at Athletissima (12.68); 3rd at DN Galan (12.74); 1st at Ostrava (12.72).
2005: 4th at USA Outdoors (12.90); 5th in semifinals at USA Outdoors (12.76PR); 1st at Torino Memorial (12.83);
4th at Zagreb (12.87); 4th at adidas Track Classic (12.86); 3rd at Norwich Union (8.00i); 5th at Athens (8.06i).
2004: NCAA 4x100m champion; 4th in 100mH at NCAA Outdoors (12.77); NCAA Mideast Region Champion
(12.83); SEC champion (12.83); Penn Relays champion (13.04); NCAA Indoor 60mH and 60m runner-up (8.00,
7.38); SEC Indoor 60mH champion (8.08); 1st at LSU Twilight in 60mH (8.10).
2003: NCAA 4x100m champion; 5th at NCAA Outdoors in 100mH (13.04); NCAA Indoor 60mH champion (8.00);
SEC 100mH champion (13.05); SEC 4x100m champion1st at Texas Relays (12.90); 6th at NCAA Indoor
championships in 60m (7.30); SEC Indoor 55mH champion (7.57); 5th at SEC championships in 60m (7.37).
2002: NCAA Outdoor 100mH (13.02) and 4x100m runner-up; SEC 100mH (13.01) and 4x100m champion; 4th in
60mH at NCAA Indoors (8.05); SEC indoor 60mH champion (8.21).
2001: 5th in semifinals at NCAA Outdoors; 2nd at SEC Outdoors; 1st at Longhorn Invitational (13.17); 7th in
60mH at NCAA Indoors; 3rd at SEC Indoors (8.25).
2012: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.89 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100mH, 12.58 (No. 4 in
the USA by T&FN, No. 7 in the world, No. 5 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 60mH, 7.94 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.67 (No. 4 in
2010: Indoor bests – 60mH, 7.72 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests – 12.55 (No. 1 in the USA
by T&FN, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.37; 60mH, 7.82 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m,
11.49; 100mH, 12.47 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA & ranked No. 10 in the
world by T&FN)
the USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2006: Indoor bests – 60mH, 7.89 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 11 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.24 (No. 19
in the USA, No. 38 in the world); 100mH, 12.56 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 6 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the world
by T&FN)
2005: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.30 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 48 in the world); 60mH, 7.95 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 7 in
the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.39; 100mH, 12.76 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 18 in the world, ranked No. 5 in
the USA by T&FN)
2004: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.38; 60mH, 8.00 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 21 in the world); Outdoor bests – 200m,
23.76; 100mH, 12.77 (No. 10 in the USA by T&FN, No. 26 in the world)
2003: Indoor bests – 55m, 6.87; 60m, 7.29 (No. 10 in the USA); 200m, 25.83; 55mH, 7.57; 60mH, 8.00 (No. 5 in
the USA, No. 14 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.53; 200m, 23.50; 100mH, 12.90 (No. 9 in the USA, No.
29 in the world)
2002: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.37 (No. 16 in the USA); 60mH, 8.05 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 24 in the world);
Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.54; 200m, 24.04; 100mH, 12.84 (No. 8 in the USA by T&FN, No. 17 in the world)
2001: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.57; 200m, 24.87; 55mH, 7.78; 60mH, 8.25 (No. 20 in the USA); Outdoor bests –
100m, 11.51; 100mH, 12.70
2000: Outdoor bests – 100mH, 14.19; 400mH, 59.95
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MEB KEFLEZIGHI
Event: Distance
Height: 5-5
Weight: 125
PR: Half Marathon 1:01:00 (2009); Marathon 2:09:08 (2012)
Born: 05/05/1975
Current Residence: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
High School: San Diego (Calif.) ‘94
College: UCLA ‘98
Coach: Bob Larsen
Agent: Merhawi Keflezighi
Sponsor: SKECHERS USA
USA Championships
2012 Olympic Trials Marathon champion (2:09:08)
2009 USA Marathon and NYC Marathon champion (2:09:29)
2009 USA Half-Marathon champion (1:01:25)
Two-time Olympic Trials 10,000m champion – 2000 (28:08.32); 2004 (27:36.49)
Three-time USA 12 km cross country champion – 2001; 2002 (35:45); 2009 (36:06)
Six-time USA 15 km champion
2004 Olympic Games marathon silver medalist (2:11:29)
1997 NCAA Outdoor 5,000m and 10,000m champion
1997 NCAA Indoor 5,000m champion
1997 NCAA cross country champion
Awards and Honors
American 20 km record holder
About Meb
Meb Keflezighi proved his longevity in American distance running with his fourth place finish in the Olympic
marathon in London. It came eight years after his Olympic silver medal in 2004. He has become a premier
international name in American distance running. In addition to the records and Olympic medal, Keflezighi made
history in 2009 by winning the ING New York City Marathon in 2:09:15. The win gave Keflezighi the USA
Marathon Championship and his fourth national title of 2009, and he became the first American man to win in
New York since Alberto Salazar's 1982 victory in 2:09:29. He earned a total prize-money payday of $200,000. He
also finished atop the USA Running Circuit rankings for 2009. It was his first victory in that event since 2002. His
20 km split of 57:52 became the new American record for that event, bettering Ryan Hall’s 57:54 set in 2006. At
the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Keflezighi became the first American man since 1976 to win an Olympic
medal in the men’s marathon, taking the silver at Panathenaiko Stadium crossing the finish line under a full
moon. His medal at Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremonies gave Team USA its 25th medal of the
Athens Olympics - at the time the most successful Olympics for Team USA track & field since 1992. His time of
2:09:53 in the 2004 New York City Marathon gave the U.S. its best men’s finish in New York since Bob
Kempainen placed second in 1993. Born in Eritrea, Keflezighi (pronounced Ka-FLEZ-gee) and his family moved
to San Diego in 1987. He is one of 11 children and applied for U.S. citizenship in 1997 not knowing if his native
country of Eritrea would participate in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He lived in a village in Eritrea with no
electricity, where his brothers hid in the bushes so they would not be forced to join the military to fight against
Ethiopia. He became a U.S. citizen on July 2, 1998. He trains at altitude (7,000 feet) at Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
He was an honorary team captain for the Houston Rockets at a home game on February 14, 2003, while in town
for the USA Cross Country Championships. His wife, Yordanis, whom he met at an Eritrean-American soccer
tournament in 2004, gave birth to the couple’s first child, Sara, on March 8, 2006. He operates the Meb
Foundation, which was built to inspire youth and their families to lead healthy, active and balanced lives and
released his book "Run to Overcome." More information on each can be found at marathonmeb.com.
Results
2012: 4th in Olympic marathon (2:11:06); 1st at San Diego Half Marathon (1:03:11); Olympic Trials Marathon
champion (2:09:08); 13th in New York City Half-Marathon (1:01:41)
2011: 15th at New York City Half Marathon (1:02:52); 3rd at Madrid 10km (29:26); 1st at San Diego Rock 'n' Roll
Half Marathon (1:02:40); 1st at San Jose Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon (1:02:17); 6th at New York City Marathon
(2:09:13).
2010: 5th at Boston Marathon (2:09:26); 6th at ING New York City Marathon (2:11:38)
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2009: New York City Marathon & USA Marathon champ (2:09:29); U.S. Half Marathon champ (1:01:25); USA 20
km record holder (57:52); USA Cross Country champion (36:06)
2009: New York City Marathon & USA Marathon champ (2:09:29); U.S. Half Marathon champ (1:01:25); USA
Cross Country champ (36:06)
2008: 13th at Olympic Trials in 10,000m (28:39.02); 16th at Brussels GP (28:28.44)
2007: USA 15 km champion (43:40); 8th at Olympic Trials – Men’s Marathon (2:15:09)
2006: USA Outdoor 10,000m runner-up (28:18.74); 3rd at Boston Marathon (2:09:56); 21st at NYC Marathon
(2:22:02)
2005: 2nd in 10,000m at USA Outdoors (28:10.57); 3rd at New York City Marathon (2:09:56); dropped out of
World Outdoor Championships 10,000m due to sore right quadriceps
2004: Olympic marathon silver medalist (2:11:29); 1st at Olympic Trials 10,000m (27:36.49); runner-up at
Marathon Olympic Trials (2:11:47); 2nd at New York City Marathon (2:09:53); 1st at USA 15 km championships
(43:18); 1st at USA 8 km championships (22:16)
2003: Runner-up at USA Outdoor 10,000m (27:57.59); 16th at World Outdoors 10,000m (28:35.08); U.S. 15 km
champion; 2nd at USA XC Champs 12 km (38:34); 11th at World XC Champs 12km (37:16); 12th in Stockholm
5000m (13:20.50)
2002: USA Outdoor 10,000m champ; ran 27:20.15 10km at Stanford; U.S. 12 km Cross Country champion
(35:45); U.S. 15 km champion (42:49); 14th at World Cross Country Championships 12km (36:09); 9th at New
York City Marathon (2:12:35)
2001: Set former American 10,000m record of 27:13.98 at Cardinal Invitational; USA 12km XC Winter Nationals
champion; 23rd at IAAF World Championships 10,000m (28:44.48); 13th in 12km at World XC Champs (40:46);
U.S. 15km champion
2000: Olympic Trials 10,000m champion (28:03.32); 12th in Olympic 10,000m (27:53.63); top U.S. finisher in
men’s long race at World Cross Country Championships, 26th in 36:46
1999: 4th at USA Outdoors 10,000m; 5th at Pan American Games 10 km
1998: 4th at NCAA 5,000m; 2nd at Pac-10, 4th at NCAA and 4th at USA Championships
1997: Won NCAA Outdoor 5,000m and 10,000m; Indoor 5,000m and men’s cross country champion
1996: 9th in NCAA 5,000m
1995: 5th in NCAA 5,000m
2012: Outdoor bests – marathon, 2:09:08 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2011: Outdoor bests – 30 km, 1:29:47 (No. 2 in the USA); marathon, 2:09:13 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Outdoor bests – half marathon, 1:01:45 (No. 2 in the USA); marathon, 2:11:38 (No. 3 in the USA, ranked
No. 2 in the USA & by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests – 20 km, 57:52 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); half marathon, 1:01:00 (No. 2 in the
USA); marathon, 2:09:15 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2008: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 28:28.44
2007: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 27:41.26 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 43 in the world); 10 km, 27:58 (No. 1 in the
USA, No. 25 in the world); half marathon, 1:02:22 (No. 3 in the USA); marathon , 2:15:09 (No. 8 in the USA,
ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN)
2006: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 28:18:74 (No. 10 in the USA, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN); 15 km, 43:43
(No. 2 in the USA)
2005: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:20.71 (No. 9 in the USA); 10,000m, 28:10.57 (No. 4 in the USA, ranked No. 2
in the USA by T&FN); marathon, 2:09.56 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2004: Outdoor bests – 10,000m, 27:24.10 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 17 in the world); 15 km, 43:19 (No. 1 in the
USA, No. 5 in the world); marathon, 2:09:53 (No. 2 in the USA)
2003: Outdoor bests – 3,000m, 7:48.81 (No. 4 in the USA); 5,000m, 13:20.50 (No. 1 in the USA, ranked No. 2 in
the USA by T&FN); 10,000m, 27:57.59 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 43 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA in the
world by T&FN); 15 km, 43:31 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); 20 km, 58:57 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 24 in
the world); marathon, 2:10:03 (No. 1 in the USA)
2002: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:21.87 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, ranked No. 9 in the world by T&FN);
10,000m, 27:20.15 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 9 in the world by T&FN); 15 km,
42:48 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 3 in the world); marathon, 2:12:35 (No. 4 in the USA)
2001: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:23.16; 10,000m, 27:13.98 (ranked No. 2 in the USA by T&FN)
2000: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:11.77 (ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN); 10,000m, 27:53.63 (ranked No. 1
in the USA by T&FN)
1999: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:40.86; 10,000m, 28:29.27
1998: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:42.29; mile, 4:02.86; 5,000m, 13:26.85; 10,000m, 28:16.79
1997: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:43.95; 5,000m, 13:33.97; 10,000m, 28:26.55
1996: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:37.0; 10,000m, 29:55.75
1995: Outdoor bests – 5,000m, 13:52.06
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TRELL KIMMONS
Event: 100m
Height: 5-8
Weight: 175
PR: 60m - 6.45i (2012); 100m - 9.95 (2010)
Born: 07/13/1985
Current Residence: Hernando, Miss.
Hometown: Coldwater, Miss.
High School: Coldwater (Miss.) H.S. '04
College: Hinds Community College
Coach: Reggie Dillon
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Sponsor: adidas
USA Championships
Two-time National Junior College 60m champion – 2005 (6.58); 2006 (6.55)
2006 National Junior College 200m indoor champion (20.89)
2005 National Junior College 200m outdoor champion (20.32w)
Awards and Honors
Five-time All-American
4x100m American record holder (37.04)
About Trell
Few people in the sport of track and field have a better start than Trell Kimmons and it paid off big for the
sprinter in 2012. Along with leading off the American record setting 4x100m relay that took silver in the London
Olympic Games, Kimmons recorded the fastest indoor 60m time in the world in 2012.He was also a member of
Team USA in the 100m at the 2011 World Outdoor Championships. He also displayed raw speed and en
efficient start at an early age when he ran the fifth fastest 60m time in the world in 2006 when he was just 20
years old. Also a standout football player in high school, Kimmons caught 13 touchdown passes in his senior
year and was recruited to play at Alabama.
Results
2012: Olympic 4x100m silver medalist (37.04 AR); 6th at Olympic Trials (10.02); 5th at adidas Grand Prix (10.15);
3rd at Pre Classic (10.04); 3rd at Ponce (10.18); 4th at World Indoor Championships 60m (6.60); USA Indoor
60m champion (6.45); 3rd at U.S. Open indoor 50m (5.68); 1st at Houston Leonard Hilton Invitational 60m (6.62);
3rd at USATF Classic 60m (6.57)
2011: 4th in semi-final heats at World Outdoors (10.32); Ran leadoff leg on 4x100m at World Outdoors (DNF);
1st at Nuoro (9.97); 4th at USA Outdoor (10.04); member of the winning 4x100m team at the Texas Relays
(38.41)
2010: 4th at World Indoors (6.59); 4th at the adidas Grand Prix (9.92w); USA Outdoor runner-up (10.27); USA
Indoor runner-up (6.56); 1st at UKA Super 8 (10.22); 1st in Zurich (9.95)
2009: 2nd at Nuoro (10.18); 2nd at Houston Leonard Hilton Memorial 60m (6.64); 1st at Austin Texas Invitational
(10.17); 1st at Jim Bush (10.26); 1st at Orlando UCF Fast Times (10.32
2008: 3rd at Ole Miss Invitational (10.44); 2nd at Lignano (10.53)
2007: 1st at Razorback Invitational 60m (6.60i); 2nd at Warhawk Classic (10.33); 8th at Prefontaine Classic
(10.60).
2006: National Junior College 60m (6.55) and 200m (20.89) indoor champion; 1st at the Georgia Invitational
(10.43); 1st at Lignano (10.23)
2005: 1st at the Mississippi Invitational (10.27); 1st at the Martin Epps Invitational (10.42); 1st at JUCO Outdoor
Championships 20m (20.32w) and 2nd in 100m (10.17w); JUCO Indoor 60m champion (6.58)
2004: 2nd at Raleigh U.S. High School Championships (10.46)
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2008: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.34
2006: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.53 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.23
2005: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.18
2004: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.34
CRAIG KINSLEY
Event: Javelin
Height: 6-1.5
Weight: 195
PR: 82.31m/270-0
Born: 01/19/1989
Current Residence: Chula Vista, Calif.
Hometown: Fairfield, Conn.
High School: Fairfield (Conn.) Prep H.S.
College: Brown University
Coach: Michelle Eisenreich
Agent: Self
USA Championships
2010 NCAA Outdoor champion (76.29m/250-3)
Four-time Ivy League champion
Awards and Honors
Three-time NCAA All-American
About Craig
Kinsley competed in both the javelin and the high jump during his time at Brown University. Kinsley uncorked a
personal best throw of 82.31m/270-0 in 2012, which was the second best throw in the country through the
Olympic Trials. That marks was good enough for the Olympic “A” standard and helped to punch his Olympic
ticket to his first Olympic Games. Studying geology and economics at the Ivy League school, Kinsley was
named an Academic All-American by the USATFCCCA and was also named the Northeast Region Field Athlete
of the Year in 2010 by the same organization. A capable javelin thrower, he won the 2010 NCAA title by more
than eight feet. At Fairfield Prep H.S. he was named all-state in the high jump, javelin and decathlon.
Results
2012: 10th in Group "B" at Olympic Games (78.18m/256-6); 3rd at Olympic Trials (79.92m/262-2); 1st at NY
Road to London Series (73.38m/240-9); 1st at Tucson Elite Classic (77.58m/254-6).
2011: 8th at US Outdoor Championships (72.00m/236-2); 12th at NCAA Outdoor Championships (70.03m/2299); Ivy League Champion (69.24m/227-2).
2010: 3rd at US Outdoor Championships (78.10m/256-2); NCAA Outdoor champion (76.29m/250-3); Ivy League
Champion (70.06m/229-10)
2009: 3rd at NCAA Outdoor Championships (73.31m/240-6); Ivy League champion (69.43m/227-9)
2012: Outdoor Best - 82.31m/270-0 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 30 in the world; 2nd in US by T&FN; 44th in the
world)
2011: Outdoor Best - 76.33m/250-5
2010: Outdoor Best - 78.10m/256-2 (ranked No. 3 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor Best - 73.62m/241-6 (ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN)
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SHALAYA KIPP
Event: Steeplechase
Height: 5-7
Weight: 128
PR: 9:35.73 (2012)
Born: 08/19/1990
Current Residence: Boulder, Colo.
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
High School: Skyline H.S. '09
College: Colorado '13
Coach: Heather Buroughs
USA Championships
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials (9:35.73)
2012 NCAA Outdoor Champion (9:49.02)
2011 NCAA Outdoor 3rd place finisher (9:56.37)
Awards and Honors
2005-2006 Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year
About Shalaya
during her freshman year. She has a background of alpine ski racing for 10 years that she contributes to her
overall athleticism and fearlessness over the barriers. She becomes the third Colorado Buff to compete in the
Olympic steeplechase while still in college, following her teammate Jenny Simpson in 2008 and joining her 2012
Olympic teammate Emma Coburn. Kipp was already enrolled in summer classes in July of 2012, but upon
making the Olympic team she joked that she would need to rearrange her schedule. She is majoring in
integrated physiology and psychology at Colorado.
Results
2012: 18th at NCAA XC Championship (20:02.4); 2nd at Mountain region XC Championship (20:18.4); 12th in
heats at Olympic Games (8:48.33); 3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials (9:35.73); 1st at NCAA Outdoor (9:49.02); 1st at
Pac-12 Outdoor steeplechase (9:57.39), 5th in 5,000m (16:23.32)
2011: 3rd at NCAA Outdoor (9:56.37); 5th at Big 12 Outdoor 5,000m (16:23.01); 1st at Mt. SAC 5,000m B race
(16:01.26); 6th at Big 12 Indoor 5,000m (16:33.09)
2010: 5th at NCAA Outdoor (9:59.37); 4th at Big 12 Outdoor (10:10.48); 1st at Mt. SAC 5,000m (16:29.38)
2009: 1st at Utah 5A State Championships 1,600m and 3,200m
2008: 28th at Foot Locker nationals
2006: 1st at Utah 5A State Championships
2011: Outdoor bests – 9:56.37 (No. 12 in the USA, ranked No. 9 in the USA by T&FN)
2010: Outdoor bests – 9:59.37 (No. 10 in the USA by T&FN)
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GEORGE KITCHENS
Event: Long Jump
Height: 5-10
Weight: 160
PR: 8.21m/26-11.25
Born: 01/30/1983
Current Residence: Hephzibah, Ga.
Hometown: Agusta, Ga.
High School: Glenn Hills (Augusta, Ga.) H.S.
College: Clemson
Coach: Kirk Kareem Streete-Thompson
Agent: Andy Stubbs
USA Championships
3rd at 2012 Olympic Trials Long Jump (8.21m/26-11)
2009 USA Outdoor Champion (8.23m/27-0)
Three-time ACC Champion- 2004 Outdoor (7.47m/24-6.25); 2005 Outdoor
(7.68m/25-2.5) and Indoor (7.60m/24-11.25)
2004 ACC Indoor Runner-Up (7.38m/24-2.5)
Awards and Honors
Three-time NCAA Division I All-American
About George
Sitting in third place Kitchens knew his jump would have to be an Olympic ‘A’ standard in order to earn his spot
on the US Olympic Team. In the third round at the Olympic Trials, Kitchens jumped 8.21m/26-11 to hit the
Olympic ‘A’ standard and call himself an Olympian. Kitchens attended Clemson University from 2001-2005
where he was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American and a three-time ACC Champion. At the age of 12,
Kitchens was shot multiple times at his home in Augusta, Ga. He still has the scars and it was a true story of
redemption when Kitchens made the London Olympic team. When Kitchens is not training, he is working as a
personal trainer in his hometown and helps younger, local long jumpers improve.
Results
2012: USA Olympic Trials 3rd place (8.21m/26-11.25); 3rd place at adidas Grand Prix (7.88m/25-10.25); 3rd at
Daegu (7.92m/26-0); 1st at Georgia Relays (8.27m/27-1.75).
2011: 1st at Bob Pollock Invite (7.87im/25-10).
2010: 6th at Ponce Grand Prix (7.32m/24-0.25); 11th at USA Outdoor Championships (7.64m/25-0.75)
2009: 6th at Gateshead British Grand Prix (7.78m/25-6.25); 1st at Velletri International (7.80m/25-7.25); 1st at
Lignano International (7.90m/25-11); 1st at USA Outdoor Championships (8.23m/27-0); 4th at USA Indoor
Championships (7.56m/24-9.75)
2008: 2nd at Georgia Tech Invite (7.83m/25-8.25)
2007: 14th at USA Outdoor Championships (7.46m/24-5.75); 1st at Clemson Classic (7.55m/24-9.25).
2006: 8th at USA Outdoor Championships (7.69m/25-2.75); 1st at Clemson Classic (7.93m/26-0.25); 9th at USA
Indoor Championships (7.44m/24-5); 1st at Tiger Invitational (7.69m/25-2.75).
2005: NCAA Outdoor Qualifier; ACC Outdoor Champion (7.68m/25-2.5); 1st at Clemson Invite (7.47m/24-6.25);
7th at NCAA Indoor Championships (7.71m/25-3.5); ACC Indoor Champion (7.60m/24-11.25);
2004: 8th at NCAA Outdoor Championships (7.73m/25-4.5); ACC Outdoor Champion (7.47m/24-6.25); 7th at
NCAA Indoor Championships (7.72m/25-4); ACC Indoor Runner-Up (7.38m/24-2.5).
2003: 14th at USA Outdoor Championships (7.49m/24-7); 10th at NCAA Outdoor Championships (7.56m/249.75);1st at Georgia Tech (7.89m/25-10.75); 4th at ACC Outdoor Championships (7.34m/24-1); 4th at ACC
Indoor Championships (7.18m/23-6.75).
2002: 5th at USA Junior Outdoor Championships (7.19m/23-7.25); ACC Outdoor Runner-Up (7.51m/24-7.75);
5th at ACC Indoor Championships (7.12m/23-4.5)
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2012: Outdoor bests - 8.21m/26-11.25 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 18 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests - 7.64m/25-0.75
2010: Outdoor bests - 7.64m/25-0.75
2009: Outdoor bests - 7.98m/26-2.25
2008: Outdoor bests - 7.83m/25-8.25
2007: Outdoor bests - 7.55m/24-9.25
2006: Outdoor bests - 7.69m/25-2.75
2005: Outdoor bests - 7.68m/25-2.5
2004: Outdoor bests - 7.72m/25-4
2003: Outdoor bests - 7.89m/25-10.75
2002: Outdoor bests - 7.51m/24-7.75
BIANCA KNIGHT
Event: Sprints
Height: 5-3
Weight: 134
PR: 100m- 11.07 (2008); 200m – 22.25 (2008)
Born: 01/02/1989
Hometown: Ridgeland, Miss.
High School: Ridgeland (Miss.) H.S. '07
College: University of Texas '11
Coach: Darryl Woodson
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Sponsor: adidas
USA Championships
2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals 200m champ (23.06)
2006 USA Junior 200m runner-up (22.94)
2012 Olympic Games 4x100m gold medalist (40.82WR)
2011 World Outdoor 4x100m gold medalist (41.56)
2007 Pan Am Junior 200m gold medalist (23.17)
2005 World Youth 100m gold medalist and 200m silver medalist
2008 NCAA Indoor 200m champion
Awards and Honors
2005-2006 Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year
About Bianca
Knight proved her foot speed at an early age in setting the collegiate indoor 200m record and running the
fastest time ever by a junior athlete and placed her as the eighth best performer on the All-time list with her
22.40. Shortly after the Indoor Championships in 2008, Knight announced her decision to turn professional and
leave the University of Texas. Knight proved to be a key member of Team USA's 4x100m teams at the 2011
World Outdoor and 2012 Olympics as both teams won gold and the Olympic team smashed the world record.
By the time Knight graduated from Ridgeland H.S. in 2007, she had won 15 individual state titles at 100m, 200m
and 400m among her 23 overall including relays. She also owns state high school records at 100m and 200m,
and was the first Mississippian to be named Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
Results
2012: 5th at Brussels 200m (22.86); 2nd at Stockholm (22.86); 1st at Olympic Games 4x100m (40.82WR); 3rd at
London 200m (23.00); 2nd at Paris 200m (22.64); 5th at Olympic Trials 100m (11.14) and 7th in 200m (22.60);
2nd at Adidas Grand Prix 200m (22.46) and 8th 100m (11.29); 4th at Pre Classic (22.64); 2nd at Ostrava (22.85);
2nd at Ponce Grand Prix (11.25); 1st at Kingston Invitational (22.49); 2nd at Boston Grand Prix 300m (37.12); 1st
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at Millrose Games (7.25); DQ in final of USA Indoor, 3rd in semifinal (7.18).
2011: Ran leadoff leg for World Outdoor gold medal 4x100m (41.56); 4th at USA Outdoors (22.35); 1st at
Birmingham (22.59); 1st at London (22.69); 1st at Rome (22.64); 2nd at adidas Grand Prix (22.96)
2010: 5th at USA Outdoors in the 100m (11.44); 3rd at Kingston in 200m (22.77); 3rd at adidas Grand Prix
(22.59); 1st at Daegu in 200m (22.92); 3rd at Lausanne in 200m (23.10); 1st at Gateshead in 200m (22.71); 3rdat
Stockholm (22.59)
2009: 5th at USA Outdoors (22.54); 3rd at Lausanne(23.10); 1st at Gateshead in 200m (22.71).
2008: 5th in 200m at Olympic Trials (22.25w), 5th in 100m semifinals (11.09); NCAA Indoor champion (22.40);
1st at Reebok Grand Prix (22.43); 1st at Oslo (22.56); 3rd in 100m at Jamaican Invite (11.11)
2007: Pan Am Junior champion (23.17); USA Junior champion (23.35); State 100m (11.28), 200m (23.26) and
400m (56.65) champion
2006: 2nd in 200m (22.94) and 4th in 100m (11.26) at USA Juniors; Nike Outdoor Nationals 200m champ (23.06)
and 2nd in 100m (11.63); 1st at Golden West in 100m (11.50) and 200m (23.30)
2005: World Youth 100m (11.38) champion and 2nd in 200m (23.33); 6th in 100m (11.92) and 7th in 200m
(23.65) at USA Juniors; 4th at Nike Outdoor Nationals (23.41)
the USA, No. 32 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the USA by T&FN); 200m, 22.46 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 14 in the
world, ranked No. 7 in the USA & ranked No. 10 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.29; 200m, 22.89 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m,
11.22; 200m, 22.35 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 7 in the world, ranked No. 4 in the USA & ranked No. 5 in the world
by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.32 (No. 23 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.40; 200m, 22.59 (No. 7 in the
USA, No. 15 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the USA & ranked No. 6 in the world by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.22 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 19 in the world); 200m, 22.88 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 3
in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.17 (No. 16 in the USA, No. 30 in the world); 200m, 22.50 (No. 7 in the
2008: Indoor bests – 60m, 7.16 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 9 in the world); 200m, 22.40 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in
the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.07 (No. 11 in the USA, No. 21 in the world, ranked No. 8 in the USA by
T&FN); 200m, 22.43 (No. 5 in the USA by T&FN, No. 10 in the world, ranked No. 8 in the world by T&FN)
in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.36; 200m, 23.17
in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.26 (No. 20 in the USA, No. 49 in the world); 200m, 22.94 (No. 21 in the
2005: Outdoor bests – 100m, 11.38 (No. 24 in the USA); 200m, 23.33
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