Team USA roster announced for the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships
Posted Sunday, 23 July, 2006
Contact:
Vicky Oddi
Communications Coordinator
USA Track & Field
317-713-4670
INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field announced the Team USA roster for the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships, held August 15-20, in Beijing, China. The Team will also culminate their training camp by competing alongside some of the nation's top elite athletes at the Road to Eugene '08 on August 8 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
A total of 82 athletes - 43 men and 39 women - will be part of the U.S. delegation for the World Junior Championships. The U.S. roster was determined at the 2006 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships, June 21-25, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Morocco medalists lead the way
2005 World Youth 400-meter hurdle champion and USATF Youth Athlete of the Year Ebony Collins will try to match her record-setting performance from last year but will face stiff competition from teammate and 2006 USA Junior champion Nicole Leach.
Other athletes to watch include2005 World Youth and 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals and USA Junior 110-meter hurdle champion Cordera Jenkins; 2005 World Youth pole vault silver medalist Scott Roth; 2005 World Youth 100m champion and 200m silver medalist Bianca Knight; and 2005 World Youth discus bronze medalist Kamorean Hayes.
Nation's junior elite headline roster
2006 NCAA and 2005 Pan Am Junior champion Rebekah Noble will face the world's best junior women in the 800 meters. Noble is the first freshman ever to win an NCAA title.
Also look for BYU freshman Chris Carter, who took 3rd in the 400-meter hurdles as the NCAA Champs; 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals 2,000m steeplechase champion Marie Lawrence; 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals 100m champion Gabrielle Mayo; 2006 USA Junior Outdoor 100m and 200m champion Willie Perry, who took fifth in the 200m at NCAA Champs; 2005 Foot Locker XC and Nike Outdoor National 2-mile champion AJ Acosta in the 1,500m; and 2006 Nike Outdoor National champion Walter Henning, who set an American junior record in the hammer throw at the 2006 Finish Line USA Junior Championships.
Robert Weir, the Head Track and Field Coach at Stanford and the men's throws coach for the U.S. team at the 2005 IAAF World Championships, will lead the men's team in Beijing, while University of Texas at San Antonio distance coach Rose Monday will head the women's team.
Team USA Roster - 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships
(As of July 21 - Subject to change)
Athlete - Team/Affiliation (hometown)
Men
100m
Gordon McKenzie - Univ. of Kentucky (Queens, N.Y.)
Willie Perry - Univ. of Florida (Lenoir, N.C.)
200m
Willie Perry - Univ. of Florida (Lenoir, N.C.)
Christopher Dykes - Texas A&M (Houston, Texas)
400m
Quentin Iglehart-Summers - Baylor (San Antonio, Texas)
Justin Oliver - Texas A&M (Stone Mountain, Ga.)
800m
Brandon Jones - N.C. Central (Charlotte, N.C.)
Karjuan Williams - New Bern HS (New Bern, N.C.)
1,500m
Andrew (AJ) Acosta - El Camino HS (Oceanside, Calif.)
Andrew Bumbalough - Georgetown (Brentwood, Tenn.)
5,000m
Andrew Bumbalough - Georgetown (Brentwood, Tenn.)
10,000m
Brian Medigovich - Adams State (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Jake Schmitt - Univ. of California (Kentfield, Calif.)
110m Hurdles
Cordera Jenkins - Dickinson HS (Dickinson, Texas)
Dennis Martin - Univ. of Florida (Anderson, S.C.)
400m Hurdles
Christopher Carter - Brigham Young (Ogden, Utah)
Joe Greene - Univ. of Albany (Geneva, N.Y.)
3,000m Steeplechase
Alexander Mason - Georgetown (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Cory Thorne - Univ. of Louisville (Portsmouth, N.H.)
4x100m Relay pool
Odell Harris, Jr. - Barton CC (Wichita, Kan.)
Trey Harts - Barbe HS (Lake Charles, La.)
Brandon Myers -Eisenhower HS(Houston, Texas)
Evander Wells - Stone Mountain HS (Stone Mountain, Ga.)
Arthur Wims - Fort Wayne Northrop HS (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
4x400m Relay pool
Rodney Lockhart - Univ. of Mississippi (Vaden, Miss.)
Bryshon Nellum - Long Beach Poly HS (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Jacob Scheuerman - Littleton HS (Littleton, Colo.)
Calvin Smith - Freedom HS (Tampa, Fla.)
High Jump
Ryan Fritz - Penn State (Parkesburg, Pa.)
Joe Kindred - St. Augustine's
Pole Vault
Phillip Hanson - Pontiac Township HS (Pontiac, Ill.)
Scott Roth - Granite Bay HS (Granite Bay, Calif.)
Long Jump
Antone Belt - Univ. of Louisville (Berkeley Springs, W.V.)
Aaron Smith - South Plains College (Seagraves, Texas)
Triple Jump
Andre Black - Univ. of Louisville (Mobile, Ala.)
Kali Jackson - Cahokia H.S. (Chicago, Ill.)
Shot Put
John Hickey - Univ. of Iowa (Piermont, N.Y.)
Eric Werskey - Seymour HS (Seymour, Ind.)
Discus Throw
Nicholas Robinson - El Toro HS (El Toro, Calif.)
Robert Taylor - Newport Harbor HS (Newport Harbor, Calif.)
Hammer Throw
Walter Henning - St. Anthony's HS (South Huntington, N.Y.)
Javelin Throw
Matthew Maloney - Univ. of Oregon (Barrington, R.I.)
Adam Montague - UNC (Raleigh, N.C.)
Decathlon
Matthew Clark - Univ. of Northern Iowa (Ames, Iowa)
Shawn Schmidt - St. Mark's HS (Plano, Texas)
Women
100m
Alexandria Anderson - University of Texas (Chicago, Ill.)
Gabrielle Mayo - Southeast HS (Raleigh, N.C.)
200m
Gabrielle Mayo - Southeast HS (New Bern, N.C.)
Bianca Knight - Ridgeland HS (Ridgeland, Miss.)
400m
Jessica Beard - Euclid HS (Euclid, Ohio)
Brandi Cross - Fort Bend Marshall HS (Missouri City, Texas)
800m
Rebekah Noble - University of Oregon (Spokane, Wash.)
Shannon Leinert - Univ. of Florida (Gainesville, Fla.)
1,500m
Danielle Tauro - Manahawkin School (Ocean County, N.J.)
Erin Bedell - Baylor University (Plano, Texas)
5,000m
Natasha LaBeaud - Georgetown (Folsom, Calif.)
100m Hurdles
Tiffany Ofili - Univ. of Michigan (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
Shalina Clarke - Evanston Township HS (Round Lake, Ill.)
400m Hurdles
Ebony Collins - Long Beach Wilson HS (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nicole Leach - UCLA (West Philadelphia, Pa.)
3,000m Steeplechase
Marie Lawrence - Reno HS (Reno, Nev.)
Amy Fowler - Brigham Young University (Fairfield, Texas)
10,000m Race Walk
Catherine Hayes - Lake Country Racewalkers (Oconomowoc, Wisc.)
4x100m Relay pool
Alexandria Anderson - University of Texas at Austin (Chicago, Ill.)
Gabrielle Mayo - Southeast HS (Raleigh, N.C.)
Bianca Knight - Ridgeland HS (Ridgeland, Miss.)
Jeneba Tarmoh - Mt Pleasant HS (San Jose, Calif.)
Elizabeth Olear - Louisville HS (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Kenyanna Wilson - Peoria HS (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Erica Alexander - Clearbrook HS (Friendswood, Texas)
Porscha Lucas - Plano HS (Dallas, Texas)
4x400m Relay pool
Jessica Beard - Euclid HS (Euclid, Ohio)
Brandi Cross - Fort Bend Marshall HS (Missouri City, Texas)
Nicole Leach - UCLA (West Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jessica Young - University of Richmond (Columbia, S.C.)
Elan Hilaire - Eleanor Roosevelt (Owings Mills, Md.)
Erin Humphrey - Ypsilanti Lincoln HS (Detroit, Mich.)
Sa'de Williams - Rancho Cucamonga HS (Los Angeles, Calif.)
High Jump
Patience Coleman - Southern Durham HS (Durham, N.C.)
Pole Vault
Tori Anthony - Castilleja HS (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Britany Parker - McKinney HS (McKinney, Texas)
Long Jump
Shana Watson - San Diego State Univ. (Oakland, Calif.)
Natasha Harvey - Jacksonville University (West Haven, Conn.)
Triple Jump
Ke'Nyia Richardson - E.O.Y.D.C. (Oakland, Calif.)
Shot Put
Kamorean Hayes - Holy Names HS (Charlotte, N.C.)
Jere Summers - CA State University Northridge (Oakland, Calif.)
Discus Throw
Emily Pendleton - Woodmore HS (Elmore, Ohio)
Jere Summers - Cal State, Northridge (Oakland, Calif.)
Javelin Throw
Rebekah Stoltz - Kent State University (Saugerties, N.Y.)
Heptathlon
Shana Woods - Long Beach Poly HS (Long Beach, Calif.)
Shevell Quinley - University of Arizona (Tracy, Calif.)
For complete Team USA roster and staff listings, and more information on the 2006 World Junior Championships, including results and complete coverage of this year's event, please visit the USATF website at www.usatf.org.
Facebook 
Twitter
i