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2007 TEAM USA MEDIA KIT Saturday, August 25, 2007 Monday, August 27, 2007 Morning Session Morning Session 7:00 Marathon M final 10:00 Discus Throw W qualification A 10:00 Shot Put M qualification A 10:10 100m Hurdles W first round 10:00 Shot Put M qualification B 10:30 Long Jump W qualification A 10:00 100m Hurdles W Heptathlon 10:30 Long Jump W qualification B 10:40 3000m SC W first round 10:40 High Jump M qualification A 11:20 High Jump A W Heptathlon 10:40 High Jump M qualification B 11:20 High Jump B W Heptathlon 10:50 400m Hurdles W first round 11:25 1500m M first round 11:30 Discus Throw W qualification B Afternoon Session Afternoon Session 12:10 100m M first round 7:30 Hammer Throw M final 5:00 Opening Ceremony 8:00 100m W semifinal 7:10 Shot Put A W Heptathlon 8:20 3000m SC W final 7:10 Shot Put B W Heptathlon 8:30 Triple Jump M final 7:30 800m W first round 8:40 1500m M semifinal 7:30 Hammer Throw M qualification A 9:10 400m W semifinal 8:15 100m M second round 9:40 10,000m M final 8:20 Shot Put M final 10:20 100m W final 8:30 Triple Jump M qualification A 8:30 Triple Jump M qualification B Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:45 400m Hurdles M first round Morning Session 9:00 Hammer Throw M qualification B 10:00 Hammer Throw W qualification A 9:30 200m W Heptathlon 10:10 400m M first round 9:50 10,000m W final 11:10 200m M first round 11:25 Hammer Throw W qualification B Sunday, August 26, 2007 Afternoon Session Morning Session 7:30 Pole Vault W final 8:00 20 km Race Walk M final 7:30 Discus Throw M final 9:30 Discus Throw M qualification A 7:35 100m Hurdles W semifinal 10:00 3000m SC M first round 8:10 200m M second round 10:30 Shot Put W qualification A 8:50 Long Jump W final 10:30 Shot Put W qualification B 8:55 3000m SC M final 10:50 400m W first round 9:20 800m W final 11:10 Discus Throw M qualification B 9:40 400m Hurdles W semifinal 11:40 100m W first round 10:20 400m Hurdles M final Afternoon Session 5:15 Long Jump A W Heptathlon Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:15 Long Jump B W Heptathlon Morning Session 6:45 Javelin A W Heptathlon 10:00 1500m W first round 7:35 800m W semifinal 10:00 Javelin Throw W qualification A 7:45 Shot Put W final 10:20 Long Jump M qualification A 7:50 Javelin B W Heptathlon 10:20 Long Jump M qualification B 8:00 Pole Vault W qualification A 10:40 200m W first round 8:00 Pole Vault W qualification B 11:25 Javelin Throw W qualification B 8:10 100m M semifinal 11:40 110m Hurdles M first round 8:35 100m W second round Afternoon Session 9:15 800m W Heptathlon 7:30 Triple Jump W qualification A 9:45 400m Hurdles M semifinal 7:30 Triple Jump W qualification B 10:20 100m M final 7:40 200m W second round 7:45 Discus Throw W final 8:00 High Jump M final 8:05 5000m W first round 9:05 100m Hurdles W final 9:25 400m M semifinal 9:50 400m W final 10:05 1500m M final 10:20 200m M semifinal 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Athletics August 25-September 2, 2007, Osaka, Japan MEDIA KIT CONTENTS Team USA roster announcement...............................................1 Team USA Rosters ....................................................................5 All-Time Team USA World Championships medal tables .........15 Team USA Key Athletes by the Numbers.................................19 Bryan Clay, Tyson Gay, Torri Edwards, Allyson Felix, Michelle Perry, Sanya Richards Wallace Spearmon, Jenn Stuczynski, Terrence Trammell, Jeremy Wariner, Alan Webb, Lauryn Williams Team USA World Championships medal breakdown................21 Staff biographies ....................................................................25 Athlete biographies.................................................................31 2007 USA Outdoor Championships results............................213 American records..................................................................221 World records .......................................................................223 USATF Communications Department in Osaka: Jill Geer, USATF Director of Communications: calling from Osaka: 0803.217.2661; from the U.S.: 011.81.803.217.2661 Tom Surber, USATF Media Information Manager: calling from Osaka: 0803217.2662; from the U.S.: 011.81.803.217.2662 The 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships Media Kit is an official publication of USA Track & Field, One RCA Dome, Suite 140, Indianapolis, IN USA 46225. Web site: www.usatf.org. USA Track & Field is the National Governing Body for Track & Field, Long Distance Running and Race Walking, and is a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations. Printed on XEROX Docutech. Copyright 2007 USATF. 14 Olympic medalists, 22 World Outdoor medalists lead Team USA to World Champs INDIANAPOLIS – Led by superstars Jeremy Wariner, Allyson Felix, Tyson Gay, Sanya Richards, Adam Nelson and Michelle Perry, Team USA will look to continue its role as the world’s #1 track and field team at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships. USA Track & Field on Monday announced the Team USA roster for the 11th edition of the Championships, which will be held August 25-September 2, in Osaka, Japan. Team USA set an all-time record in winning 14 gold medals at the most recent World Outdoor Championships held in 2005 in Helsinki, Finland. The Americans added eight silver medals and three bronze medals to win 25 overall, matching the Team USA medal tally at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Experience leads the way On the Team USA roster are 14 Olympic medalists – including 2004 individual or relay gold medalists Jeremy Wariner, Sanya Richards, Darold Williamson, Dee Dee Trotter and Dwight Phillips. Other Olympic medalists include Angelo Taylor, Terrence Trammell, Bernard Lagat, Bryan Clay, Adam Nelson, Lauryn Williams, Torri Edwards, Allyson Felix, and Deena Kastor. Team USA will feature 22 previous World Championships medalists, including reigning individual world champions Allyson Felix, Lauryn Williams, Michelle Perry, Tianna Madison, Sanya Richards, Bershawn Jackson, Dwight Phillips, Adam Nelson, Walter Davis and Bryan Clay. Relay gold medalists include Darold Williamson and LaShawn Merrit. Other previous World Championships medalists on the roster include Wallace Spearmon, Angelo Taylor, Bernard Lagat, Terrence Trammell, James Carter, Tom Pappas, Brad Walker and Torri Edwards. The roster also is peppered with no fewer than 10 individual American record holders. Suzy Powell, Matt Tegenkamp, Jenn Stuczynski, Breaux Greer, Shalane Flanagan and Alan Webb all have set ARs in 2007, while Sanya Richards, Deena Kastor, Bernard Lagat, Dominique Arnold, Tim Seaman and Teresa Vaill all previously broke, and still hold, American records. World leaders As of August 13, 11 athletes on the Team USA roster had combined for 13 world world-leading marks in their events thus far in 2007. Men’s world leaders are Tyson Gay (100m, 9.84 & 200m, 19.62), Jeremy Wariner (400m, 43.50), Alan Webb (1,500m, 3:30.54 & Mile, 3:46.91), James Carter (400m Hurdles, 47.72), Brad Walker (Pole Vault, 5.95 meters/19-6.25) Reese Hoffa (Shot Put, 22.43m/73 feet 7.25 inches) and Breaux Greer (Javelin, 91.29 meters/299 feet 6 inches) Women’s world leaders are Allyson Felix (200m, 22.18), Sanya Richards (400m, 49.52), Michelle Perry (100m Hurdles, 12.44) and Tiffany Williams (400m Hurdles, 53.28). 1 NBC, Versus to broadcast meet The 2007 World Championships will be broadcast in the United Stated daily on NBC and Versus. The broadcast schedule is as follows. All times Eastern; subject to change; check local listings. August 25: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Versus August 26: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. on NBC 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Versus August 27: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Versus August 28: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Versus August 29: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Versus August 30: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Versus August 31: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Versus September 1: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. on NBC 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. on Versus September 2: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. on NBC 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Versus The full Team USA roster by event is listed below. Team roster notes and additional rosters – sorted alphabetically, by age and by residence – also are forthcoming and are posted on the USATF Web site, at: Team USA Roster Men’s Roster by event – As of 8/10 100 meters: Tyson Gay (Fayetteville, AR), Mark Jelks (Kansas City, KS), J-Mee Samuels (Fayetteville, AR) 200 meters: Tyson Gay (Fayetteville, AR), Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville, AR), Rodney Martin (Los Angeles, CA) 400 meters: Jeremy Wariner (Waco TX)*, Angelo Taylor (Decatur, GA), LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, VA), Lionel Larry (Los Angeles, CA) 800 meters: Khadevis Robinson (Santa Monica, CA), Nicholas Symmonds (Springfield, OR), Duane Solomon (Los Angeles, CA) 1,500 meters: Alan Webb (Reston, VA), Leonel Manzano (Austin, TX), Bernard Lagat (Tucson, AZ) 3,000-meter steeplechase: Joshua McAdams (Provo, UT), Aaron Aguayo (Phoenix, AZ), Thomas Brooks (Eugene, OR) 5,000 meters: Bernard Lagat (Tucson, AZ), Matt Tegenkamp (Madison, WI), Adam Goucher (Portland, OR) 10,000 meters: Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, AZ), Galen Rupp (Portland, OR), Dathan Ritzenhein (Boulder, CO) Marathon: Mbarak Hussein (Albuquerque, NM), Simeon Sawe (Santa Fe, NM), Fernando Cabada (Bloomington, IN), Mike Morgan (Rochester Hills, MI), Kyle O’Brien (Shelby Township, MI) 20-kilometer race walk: Kevin Eastler (Aurora, CO), Tim Seaman (Chula Vista, CA) 50-kilometer race walk: Kevin Eastler (Aurora, CO) 110-meter hurdles: Terrence Trammell (Ellenwood, GA), Dominique Arnold (Irvine, CA), David Oliver (Orlando, FL) 400-meter hurdles: Bershawn Jackson (Raleigh, N.C.)*, James