Oly Roster CA-PA
2012 Team USA Olympic Roster (including Californians and Pacific Association/USATF athletes) (Compiled by Mark Winitz) Key Blue type indicates California residents, or athletes with strong California ties Green type indicates Californians who are Pacific Association/USATF members, or athletes with strong Pacific Association ties Bold type indicates past World Outdoor or Olympic individual medalist * Relay pools are composed of the 100m and 400m rosters, the athletes listed in each pool, plus any athlete already on the roster in any other event * All nominations are pending approval by the USOC board of directors. MEN 100m – Justin Gatlin (Orlando, Fla.), Tyson Gay (Clermont, Fla.), Ryan Bailey (Salem, Ore.) 200m – Wallace Spearmon (Dallas, Texas), Maurice Mitchell (Tallahassee, Fla.), Isiah Young (Lafayette, Miss.) 400m – LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, Va.), Tony McQuay (Gainesville, Fla.), Bryshon Nellum (Los Angeles, Calif.) 800m – Nick Symmonds (Springfield, Ore.), Khadevis Robinson (Las Vegas, Nev.; former longtime Los Angeles-area resident), Duane Solomon (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1500 m– Leonel Manzano (Austin, Texas), Matthew Centrowitz (Eugene, Ore.), Andrew Whetting (Eugene, Ore.) 3000m Steeplechase – Evan Jager (Portland, Ore.), Donn Cabral (Conn.), Kyle Alcorn (Mesa, Ariz.; Buchanan H.S. /Clovis, Calif. '03) 5000m – Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.), Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.), Lopez Lomong (Beaverton, Ore.) 10,000m – Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.), Matt Tegenkamp (Portland, Ore.), Dathan Ritzenhein (Portland, Ore.) 20 km Race Walk – Trevor
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