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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 Barron (Bethel Park, Pa.) 50 km Race Walk – John Nunn (San Diego, Calif.) Marathon – Meb Keflezighi (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Ryan Hall (Flagstaff, Ariz.; Big Bear H.S. ’01, Stanford Univ. ’06), Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.) 110m Hurdles – Aries Merritt (Bryan, Texas), Jason Richardson (Los Angeles, Calif.), Jeff Porter (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 400m Hurdles – Michael Tinsley (Round Rock, Texas), Angelo Taylor (Atlanta, Ga.), Kerron Clement (Los Angeles, Calif./Gainesville, Fla.) High Jump – Jamie Nieto (Chula Vista, Calif.; raised in Sacramento, attended Sacramento City College), Erik Kynard (Manhattan, Kan.), Jesse Williams (Eugene, Ore.; born: Modesto, Calif. 1983) Pole Vault – Brad Walker (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.; (trained with Tri-Valley Athletics in Stockton, Calif. in ‘08), Jeremy Scott (Brookland, Ark.), Derek Miles (Tea, S.D.; Sacramento native / Bella Vista HS, former Fair Oaks, Calif. resident) Long Jump – Marquise Goodwin (Austin, Texas), Will Claye (Imperial Beach, Calif.), George Kitchens Triple Jump – Christian Taylor (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Will Claye (Imperial Beach, Calif.) Shot Put – Reese Hoffa (Athens, Ga.), Ryan Whiting (Port Matilda, Pa.), Christian Cantwell (Columbia, Mo.) Discus Throw – Lance Brooks (Denver, Colo.), Jarred Rome (Chula Vista, Calif.), Jason Young (Lubbock, Texas) Hammer Throw – Kibwe Johnson (Kamloops, B.C.), A.G. Kruger (Ashland, Ohio) Javelin Throw – Craig Kinsley (Providence, R.I.), Sean Furey (San Diego, Calif), Cyrus Hostetler (Eugene, Ore.) Decathlon – Ashton Eaton (Eugene, Ore.), Trey Hardee (Austin, Texas) Relay Pool - Mike Rodgers (Round Rock, Texas), Darvis “Doc” Patton (Grand Prairie, Texas), Trell Kimmons (Round Rock, Texas), Ronell Mance (Los Angeles, Calif.), Manteo Mitchell (Cullowhee, N.C. ), Jeremy Wariner (Waco, Texas) WOMEN 100m – Carmelita Jeter (Gardena, Calif.), Tianna Madison (Los Angeles, Calif.), Allyson Felix (Santa Clarita, Calif.) 200m– Allyson Felix (Santa Clarita, Calif.), Carmelita Jeter (Gardena, Calif.), Sanya Richards-Ross (Austin, Texas) 400m – Sanya Richards-Ross (Austin, Texas), Francena McCorory (Hampton, Va.), DeeDee Trotter (Orlando, Fla.) 800m – Alysia Montano (Canyon Country, Calif.), Geena Gall (Eugene, Ore.), Alice Schmidt (Coronado, Calif.) 1500m – Morgan Uceny (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco, Calif.), Jenny Simpson (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 3000m Steeplechase – Emma Coburn (Crested Butte, Colo.), Bridget Franek (Eugene, Ore.), Shalaya Kipp (Salt Lake City, Utah) 5000m – Julie Culley (Clinton, N.J.), Molly Huddle (Providence, R.I.), Kim Conley (West Sacramento, Calif.) 10,000m – Amy Hastings (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Lisa Uhl (Portland, Ore.), Janet Bawcom (Rome, Ga.) 20 km Race Walk – Maria Michta (Nesconset, N.Y.) Marathon – Shalane Flanagan (Portland, Ore.), Desiree Davila (Rochester Hills, Mich.; born Chula Vista, Calif. Hilltop H.S. ’01), Kara Goucher (Portland, Ore.) 100m Hurdles – Dawn Harper (Los Angeles, Calif.), Kellie Wells (Orlando, Fla.), Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, La.) 400m Hurdles – Lashinda Demus (Palmdale, Calif.) , Georganne Moline (Tucson, Ariz.), T’erea Brown (Miami, Fla.) High Jump – Chaunte Lowe (Loganville, Ga.; J.W. North/Riverside, Calif. H.S. '02), Brigetta Barrett (Tucson, Ariz.), Amy Acuff (Isleton, Calif.) Pole Vault – Jenn Suhr (Churchville, N.Y.), Becky Holliday (Jonesboro, Ark.), Lacy Janson (Sarasota, Fla.) Long Jump – Brittney Reese (Gulfport, Miss.), Chelsea Hayes (Ruston, La.), Janay Deloach (Fort Collins, Colo.) Triple Jump – Amanda Smock (Minneapolis, Minn.) Shot Put – Jill Camarena-Williams (Tucson, Ariz.; Woodland H.S./Woodland, Calif., Stanford Univ. ’04), Michelle Carter (Ovilla, Texas; born in San Jose), Tia Brooks (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Discus Throw – Stephanie Brown Trafton (Galt, Calif.), Aretha Thurmond (Opelika, Alabama), Gia Lewis-Smallwood (Champaign, Ill.) Hammer Throw – Amber Campbell (Myrtle Beach, Calif.), Amanda Bingson (Las Vegas, Nev.), Jessica Cosby (Mission Hills, Calif.) Javelin Throw – Brittany Borman (Norman, Okla.), Kara Patterson (Chula Vista, Calif.), Rachel Yurkovich (Eugene, Ore.) Heptathlon – Hyleas Fountain (Daytona Beach, Fla.; trained with Tri-Valley Athletics in Stockton, Calif. in ‘08), Sharon Day (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Chantae McMillan (Rolla, Mo.) Relay Pool - Jeneba Tarmoh (Los Angeles/San Jose, Calif.), Bianca Knight (Austin, Texas), Lauryn Williams (Miami, Fla.), Debbie Dunn (Norfolk, Va.), Diamond Dixon (Lawrence, Kan.), Keshia Baker (Los Angeles, Calif.) .