Posted: July 21, 2006

Athletics: Team USA roster announced for the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships

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 - n/a (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 USATF.org.

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