126 strong USA team announced for Beijing

An experienced American team featuring 15 Olympic medallists, 31 outdoor World Championships medallists and 10 individual outdoor American record holders will represent the United States in track & field competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

USA Track & Field and the U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday announced a 126-athlete track & field squad that will be led by multi-time medalists Allyson Felix, Lauryn Williams, Sanya Richards, Bernard Lagat, Tyson Gay, Adam Nelson, Bryan Clay and Jeremy Wariner.

Defending individual Olympic medallists include: 2004 gold medallists Shawn Crawford (M200) and Jeremy Wariner (M400) and silver medalists Lauryn Williams (W100), Allyson Felix (W200m), Bryan Clay (MDecathlon), Adam Nelson (MSP), Terrence Trammell (M110mH) and Bernard Lagat (M1,500 while competing for Kenya).

Team USA won a total of 25 medals, eight of them gold, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. It was the highest U.S. medal tally at an Olympics since the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

Team USA Track & Field Olympic Roster - Women

100m: Muna Lee (Santa Rosa, Calif.); Torri Edwards (Irvine, Calif.); Lauryn Williams (Miami, Fla.)

200m: Allyson Felix (Los Angeles); Muna Lee (Santa Rosa, Calif.); Marshevet Hooker (Pfugerville, Texas)

400m: Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas); Mary Wineberg (Cincinnati, Ohio); Dee Dee Trotter (Knoxville, Tenn.)

800m: Hazel Clark (Knoxville, Tenn.); Alice Schmidt (Chula Vista, Calif.); Nicole Teter (Eugene, Ore.)

1500m: Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco); Erin Donahue (Haddonfield, N.J.); Christin Wurth-Thomas (Springdale, Ark.)

5000m: Kara Goucher (Portland, Ore.); Jennifer Rhines (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.); Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.)

10,000m: Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.); Kara Goucher (Portland, Ore.); Amy Begley (Beaverton, Ore.)

Marathon: Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.); Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.); Blake Russell (Pacific Grove, Calif.)

3000m Steeplechase: Anna Willard (Ann Arbor, Mich.); Lindsey Anderson (Ogden, Utah); Jennifer Barringer (Boulder, Colo.)

110m Hurdles: Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, La.); Damu Cherry (Winter Garden, Fla.); Dawn Harper (Los Angeles)

400m Hurdles: Tiffany Ross-Williams (Kissimmee, Fla.); Queen Harrison (Mechanicsville, Va.); Sheena Tosta (Chula Vista, Calif.)

20 km Race Walk: Joanne Dow (Manchester, N.H.)

Heptathlon: Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, Ohio); Jacquelyn Johnson (Tempe, Ariz.); Diana Pickler (Sachse, Texas)

High Jump: Chaunte Howard (Snellville, Ga.); Amy Acuff (Isleton, Calif.); Sharon Day (Costa Mesa, Calif.)

Pole Vault: Jennifer Stuczynski (Churchville, N.Y.); April Steiner (Springdale, Ark.); Erica Bartolina (Hammond, La.)

Long Jump: Brittney Reese (University, Miss.); Grace Upshaw (Los Altos Hills, Calif.); Funmi Jimoh (Stafford, Texas)

Triple Jump: Shani Marks (Brooklyn Park, Minn.); Erica McLain (Plano, Texas)
Shot Put: Michelle Carter (Ovilla, Texas); Kristin Heaston (Opelika, Ala.); Jillian Camarena (Tucson, Ariz.)

Discus: Aretha Thurmond (Federal Way, Wash.) Suzy Powell-Roos (Modesto, Calif.); Stephanie Trafton Brown (Galt, Calif.)

Hammer Throw: Jessica Cosby (Mission Hills, Calif.); Amber Campbell (Myrtle Beach, S.C.); Loree Smith (Eugene, Ore.)

Javelin Throw: Kara Patterson (West Lafayette, Ind.); Kim Kreiner (Fresno, Calif.)

4x100m relay pool: Muna Lee (Santa Rosa, Calif.); Torri Edwards (Irvine, Calif.); Lauryn Williams (Miami, Fla.); Angela Williams (Ontario, Calif.); Mechelle Lewis (Cary, N.C.); LaShaunte'a Moore (Fayetteville, Ark.); plus anyone already on the roster in an individual event

4x400m relay pool: Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas); Mary Wineberg (Cincinnati, Ohio); Dee Dee Trotter (Knoxville, Tenn.); Monique Henderson (Chula Vista, Calif.); Natasha Hastings (Clermont, Fla.); Ebonie Floyd (Fresno, Texas); anyone already on the roster in an individual event

Team USA Track & Field Olympic Roster - Men

100m: Tyson Gay (Clermont, Fla.); Walter Dix (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Darvis Patton (Ft. Worth, Texas)

200m: Walter Dix (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.); Shawn Crawford (Los Angeles); Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville, Ark.)
400m: LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, Va.); Jeremy Wariner (Waco, Texas); David Neville (Valencia, Calif.)

800m: Nick Symmonds (Springfield, Ore.); Andrew Wheating (Eugene, Ore.); Christian Smith (Eugene, Ore.)

1500m: Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.); Lopez Lomong (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Leonel Manzano (Austin, Texas)

5000m: Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.); Matt Tegenkamp (Madison, Wis.); Ian Dobson (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.)

10,000m: Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.); Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.); Jorge Torres (Boulder, Colo.)

Marathon: Ryan Hall (Palo Alto, Calif.); Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.); Brian Sell (Rochester Hills, Mich.

3000m Steeplechase: Anthony Famiglietti (Knoxville, Tenn.); William Nelson (Longmont, Colo.); Joshua McAdams (Orem, Utah)

110m Hurdles: David Oliver (Kissimmee, Fla.); Terrence Trammell (Atlanta, Ga.); David Payne (Hampton, Va.)

400m Hurdles: Bershawn Jackson (Raleigh, N.C.); Kerron Clement (Gainesville, Fla.); Angelo Taylor (Decatur, Ga.)

20 km Race walk: Kevin Eastler (Aurora, Colo.)

50 km Race walk: Philip Dunn (San Diego, Calif.)

Decathlon: Bryan Clay (Glendora Calif.); Trey Hardee (Austin, Texas); Tom Pappas (Manhattan, Kan.)

High Jump: Jesse Williams (Eugene, Ore.); Andra Manson (Austin, Texas); Dustin Jonas (Lincoln, Neb.)

Pole Vault: Derek Miles (Tea, S.D.); Jeff Hartwig (Jonesboro, Ark.); Brad Walker (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.)

Long Jump: Trevell Quinley (Chula Vista, Calif.); Brian Johnson (Baton Rouge, La.); Miguel Pate (St. Francisville, La.)

Triple Jump: Aarik Wilson (Lawrence, Kan.); Kenta Bell (Decatur, Ga.); Rafeeq Curry (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Shot Put: Reese Hoffa (Athens, Ga.); Christian Cantwell (Columbia, Mo.); Adam Nelson (Charlottesville, Va.)

Discus: IanWaltz (Chula Vista, Calif.); Michael Robertson (Beebe, Ark.); Casey Malone (Fort Collins, Colo.)

Hammer Throw: A.G. Kruger (Ashland, Ohio)

Javelin Throw: Leigh Smith (Destrehan, La.); Mike Hazle (Chula Vista, Calif.); Breaux Greer* (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

4x100m relay pool: Tyson Gay (Clermont, Fla.); Walter Dix (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Darvis Patton (Ft. Worth, Texas), Travis Padgett (Shelby, N.C.); Rodney Martin (Raleigh, N.C.); Leroy Dixon (Los Angeles); plus anyone already on the roster in an individual event

4x400m relay pool: LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, Va.); Jeremy Wariner (Waco, Texas); David Neville (Valencia, Calif.); Reggie Witherspoon (Baltimore, Md.); Calvin Smith (Gainesville, Fla.); Darold Williamson (Waco, Texas); plus anyone already on the roster in an individual event

* USATF rules enable the track & field chair to allow the selection of an injured athlete who competed in the Olympic Trials but did not final, and who has reached the A standard, as long as another athlete is not displaced from the team.