WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, August 15, 2009 Wednesday, August 19, 2009, cont’d 10:05 a.m. Shot Put M Qualification A & B 6:15 400m M Semi-Final 10:10 100m Hurdles W Heptathlon 6:45 100m Hurdles W Semi-Final 10:50 3000m Steeple W Round 1 7:25 200m M Semi-Final 11:00 Triple Jump W Qualification A & B 7:45 200m W Round 2 11:20 High Jump W Heptathlon A & B 8:10 Discus Throw M Final 11:40 100m M Round 1 8:25 1500m M Final 12:00 p.m. Hammer Throw M Qualification A 8:45 400m M Decathlon 12:50 400m W Round 1 9:15 100m Hurdles W Final 1:00 20km Race Walk M Final 9:35 800m W Final 1:20 Hammer Throw M Qualification B 5:00 Opening Ceremony Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:15 1500m M Round 1 10:05 a.m. 110m Hurdles M Decathlon 6:20 Shot Put W Heptathlon A & B 10:10 Pole Vault M Qualification A & B 6:50 100m M Round 2 11:10 Discus Throw M Decathlon A 7:00 Pole Vault W Qualification A & B 11:45 800m M Round 1 7:25 10000m W Final 12:30 p.m. Discus Throw M Decathlon B 8:15 Shot Put M Final 1:45 Hammer Throw W Qualification A 8:20 400m Hurdles M Round 1 2:25 Pole Vault M Decathlon A & B 9:10 200m W Heptathlon A & B 3:20 Hammer Throw W Qualification B 6:05 Javelin Throw M Decathlon A Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:10 Long Jump M Qualification A & B 10:05 a.m. Shot Put W Qualification A & B 6:15 110m Hurdles M Semi-Final 10:10 800m W Round 1 6:55 5000m M Round 1 10:45 Javelin Throw W Qualification A 7:10 High Jump W Final 11:00 3000m Steeple M Round 1 7:30 Javelin Throw M Decathlon B 11:35 Long Jump W Heptathlon A & B 7:50 200m W Semi-Final 11:55 100m W Round 1 8:15 400m Hurdles W Final 12:00 p.m. 20km Race Walk W Final 8:35 200m M Final 12:15 Javelin Throw W Qualification B 8:55 110m Hurdles M Final 6:05 Javelin Throw W Heptathlon A 9:15 1500m M Decathlon 6:35 100m W Round 2 7:00 Triple Jump M Qualification A & B Friday, August 21, 2009 7:10 100m M Semi-Final 9:10 a.m. 50km Race Walk M Final 7:25 Javelin Throw W Heptathlon B 5:05 p.m. Javelin Throw M Qualification A 7:40 400m W Semi-Final 5:30 200m M Disabled 8:15 400m Hurdles M Semi-Final 5:40 200m W Disabled 8:20 Shot Put W Final 6:00 Long Jump W Qualification A & B 8:50 800m W Heptathlon 6:30 Javelin Throw M Qualification B 9:35 100m M Final 7:15 High Jump M Final 7:30 4 x 100m M Semi-Final Monday, August 17, 2009 8:00 1500m W Semi-Final 6:05 p.m. Hammer Throw M Final 8:20 Discus Throw W Final 6:15 400m Hurdles W Round 1 8:30 800m M Semi-Final 6:45 Pole Vault W Final 9:00 200m W Final 7:05 100m W Semi-Final 9:20 400m M Final 7:30 800m W Semi-Final 8:00 Triple Jump W Final Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:10 1500m M Semi-Final 11:45 a.m. Marathon M Final 8:30 3000m Steeple W Final 6:05 p.m. Long Jump M Final 8:50 10000m M Final 6:10 4 x 100m W Semi-Final 9:35 100m W Final 6:15 Pole Vault M Final 6:55 4 x 400m M Semi-Final Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:30 Hammer Throw W Final 10:05 a.m. 200m M Round 1 7:35 5000m W Final 10:05 Discus Throw M Qualification A 8:00 4 x 100m W Final 10:20 High Jump W Qualification A & B 8:15 4 x 400m W Semi-Final 11:05 400m M Round 1 8:50 4 x 100m M Final 11:35 Discus Throw M Qualification B 12:05 p.m. 1500m W Round 1 Sunday, August 23, 2008 6:05 Triple Jump M Final 11:15 a.m. Marathon W Final 6:10 100m Hurdles W Round 1 4:15 p.m. Long Jump W Final 6:55 200m M Round 2 4:20 Javelin Throw M Final 7:25 Javelin Throw W Final 4:25 5000m M Final 7:35 400m W Final 5:00 1500m W Final 7:50 3000m Steeple M Final 5:25 800m M Final 8:15 400m Hurdles W Semi-Final 5:50 4 x 400m W Final 8:50 400m Hurdles M Final 6:15 4 x 400m M Final 6:35 Closing Ceremony Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:05 a.m. 100m M Decathlon 10:10 Discus Throw W Qualification A 10:45 5000m W Round 1 11:00 High Jump M Qualification A & B 11:15 Long Jump M Decathlon A & B 11:35 110m Hurdles M Round 1 11:40 Discus Throw W Qualification B 12:10 p.m. 200m W Round 1 1:00 Shot Put M Decathlon A & B 6:05 High Jump M Decathlon A & B 2 2009 IAAF World Championships Team USA Media Kit – Track & Field TABLE OF CONTENTS Team USA ready to compete at World Championships in Berlin ........................................................................... 2 Roster - Alphabetical ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Roster - Event ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Roster - State ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Roster - Age .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Key Athletes by the Numbers ................................................................................................................................ 18 Families of Jesse Owens, Luz Long to unite at World Championships ................................................................ 20 Medal Table ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 Team USA at the IAAF World Championships ..................................................................................................... 22 2009 World Outdoor Track & Field Championships Team Staff ........................................................................... 25 Athlete Bios ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 American Records ............................................................................................................................................... 208 Team USA Best Marks at IAAF World Championships ...................................................................................... 210 World Records ..................................................................................................................................................... 211 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Results .................................................................................. 213 2009 Authorized Athlete Representatives Contact Info ...................................................................................... 219 World Championship Schedule of Events ........................................................................................................... 224 USATF Communications Department in Berlin: Tom Surber, USATF Media Information Manager: calling from Berlin: 0803.217.2662; from the U.S.: 011.81.803.217.2662 Vicky Oddi, USATF Communications Coordinator: calling from Berlin: 0803.217.2661; from the U.S.: 011.81.803.217.2661 1 2009 IAAF World Championships Team USA Media Kit – Track & Field TEAM USA READY TO COMPETE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BERLIN INDIANAPOLIS - Reigning world champions Tyson Gay, Bernard Lagat, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Michelle Perry, Reese Hoffa and Brad Walker will lead a potent Team USA roster at the 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships. USA Track & Field on Tuesday announced the Team USA roster for the 12th edition of the Championships, which will be held August 15-23 in Berlin, Germany. This will be the first time Team USA has returned to Berlin for a major international championship competition since the 1936 Olympic Games, where National Track & Field Hall of Famer Jesse Owens won gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump. "These World Championships are special to us for many reasons," said USATF CEO Doug Logan. "It is Team USA's chance to come back strong in the post-Olympic year, and it is an opportunity to honor the incredible legacy of the great Jesse Owens. We feel our team roster will represent the United States well on both counts." At the most recent World Outdoor Championships in 2007 in Osaka, Japan, Team USA tied the all-time World Championships record for gold medals with 14, matching its feat from 2005, and tied the American all-time medal tally at a World Outdoor Championships with 26. In Osaka, Team USA led a medal table in which a record 46 countries won medals. When Team USA last won 26 medals at a World Outdoor Championships in 1991, just 29 countries appeared on the medal table. Team USA has dominated the 11 previous World Outdoor Championships with its overall total of 228 medals (110 gold, 60 silver, 38 bronze). Russia is in second place on the all-time medal table with 122 medals (33 gold, 51 silver, 38 bronze). The highly accomplished 2009 Team USA squad consists of 20 Olympic medalists, 28 World Outdoor Championships medalists and 10 American record holders. Reigning world champions include Tyson Gay, who will look to defend his world 100m and 200m titles from the 2007 Championships in Osaka, Japan. Gay won the 100m gold medal in 9.85 seconds and captured the world crown in the 200m by running 19.76. Gay's 200m performance bettered National Track & Field Hall of Famer Michael Johnson's World Outdoor Championships record of 19.79 set in 1995. Gay posted the fastest 100m time in the world this year of 9.77 seconds with his win in Rome on July 10, and he also tops the world list in the 200m with his 19.58 clocking at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York on May 30, which is the third-fastest 200m in history. Also looking to defend two world titles in Berlin will be two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat, who became the first man ever to achieve the 1,500m/5,000m double at a World Outdoor Championships in Osaka. Lagat won the 1,500m in 3 minutes 34.77 seconds, and the 5,000m in 13:45.87.