Women's Team USA Track & Field: a Backgrounder
100, 200 meters | Allyson Felix
A Two-time world champion in the outdoors for the 200 meter-dash.
She had the biggest margin of victory ever in World Championships 200-meter final (2007).
She was the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 meters.
Has run a 10.93second 100m. this season.
400 meters | Sanya Richards
She is the 2006 IAAF world athlete of the year
A three-time U.S. champion outdoors
A 2004 Olympic gold medalist on the 4x400 relay team.
She competed at University of Texas.
800 meters | Alysia Johnson
She just completed her college eligibility for California at the NCAA championships
She is the reigning U.S. outdoor champion.
Her winning time of 1:59.29 at the 2007 NCAA meet is the 3rd fastest in college history.
1,500 meters | Treniere Clement
Has won three successive U.S. outdoor championships in the 1,500
She was the 2006 U.S. indoor 1,500 champion
A sub-2-minute 800 runner.
She competed for Georgetown.
5,000 meters | Lauren Fleshman
The 2006 U.S. Championship
A three-time NCAA champion for Stanford.
She is trained by Oregon Coach Vin Lananna.
10,000 meters | Kara Goucher
Became the first U.S. woman to medal at the World Championships in the 10,000 by taking the bronze in 2007.
Was second in the 5,000 at the 2006 nationals
Second Placer in the 10,000 at last year's U.S. championships.
She is trained by Coach Alberto Salazar
Steeplechase | Jennifer Barringer
The reigning U.S. champion after winning last season in 9:34.64, then the second-fastest time by a U.S. woman.
2008 NCAA champion for University of Colorado.
100 hurdles | Lolo Jones
A two-time reigning U.S. indoor 60-meter champion and 2008 world indoor champion.
She placed third in the 2007 U.S. championships outdoors
She placed sixth at last year's World Championships outdoors.
Was a three-time national champion
Was an 11-time All-American for Louisiana State.
400 hurdles | Tiffany Ross-Williams
The reigning U.S. Champion
Winner of the 2007 Visa Championship Series.
Ranked sixth in the world in 2007 by Track & Field News.
High jump | Amy Acuff
Won her first U.S. championship in 1995 and still is among the best in the world. A three-time Olympian and the reigning U.S. champion, she finished fourth in the 2004 Athens Games. Competed for UCLA.
Long jump | Brittney Reese
NCAA champion in 2008
NCAA champion in 2007
Named Southeastern Conference women's field athlete of the year.
Second at the 2007 U.S. Championships
Ranked eighth at the World Championships.
Triple jump | Erica McClain
She has won seven Pacific-10 Conference titles in either the long or triple jumps, including both events at the 2008 Pac-10 meet.
She has won the 2005 U.S. triple jump championship as a Stanford freshman.
Third at the U.S. championships outdoors last season.
Pole vault | Jenn Stuczynski
A U.S. Record-holder
She reset her own record last month at 16- 3/4.
She has won three consecutive U.S. outdoor championships
She has won three of the last four national championships indoors.
Shot | Kristin Heaston
Three-time U.S. champion outdoors and 2004 Olympian.
She was the first thrower in the qualifying round in the 2004 Games at Ancient Olympia
The first woman to compete there in an Olympiad
Discus | Suzy Powell-Roos
U.S. Record-holder
She broke a mark that had stood for 21 years by throwing 222-0 last year.
The reigning U.S. Champion
A two-time Olympian.
She finished eighth at last year's World Championships
Hammer | Brittany Riley
Reigning U.S. Champion
The 2007 runner-up at the NCAA championships
She was the 2005 U.S. junior champion.
Javelin | Dana Pounds
Beat U.S. record-holder Kim Kreiner to win the 2007 U.S. Championship
She was a runner-up in 2006
She was a runner-up in 2005
She won back-to-back NCAA titles for the Air Force Academy in 2006
She won back-to-back NCAA titles for the Air Force Academy in 2005
Sixth at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Heptathlon | Jacquelyn Johnson
She won her fourth consecutive Pac-10 heptathlon championship last month for Arizona State, scoring meet-record 6,307 points.
She was fifth at the 2007 U.S. championships while a college junior.
