Team Usa's Women's Track and Field for 2008 Olympics: a Backgrounder

ÂWon her first U.S. championship in 1995 and still is
100, 200 meters | Allyson Felixamong the best in the world. A three-time
A Two-time world champion in the outdoors forOlympian and the reigning U.S. champion, she
the 200 meter-dash.finished fourth in the 2004 Athens Games.
She had the biggest margin of victory ever inCompeted for UCLA.
World Championships 200-meter final (2007).Â
She was the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in theÂ
200 meters.Long jump | Brittney Reese
Has run a 10.93second 100m. this season.NCAA champion in 2008
ÂNCAA champion in 2007
ÂNamed Southeastern Conference women's field
400 meters | Sanya Richardsathlete of the year.
She is the 2006 IAAF world athlete of the yearSecond at the 2007 U.S. Championships
A three-time U.S. champion outdoorsRanked eighth at the World Championships.
A 2004 Olympic gold medalist on the 4x400 relayÂ
team.Â
She competed at University of Texas.Triple jump | Erica McClain
ÂShe has won seven Pacific-10 Conference titles in
Âeither the long or triple jumps, including both
800 meters | Alysia Johnsonevents at the 2008 Pac-10 meet.
She just completed her college eligibility forShe has won the 2005 U.S. triple jump
California at the NCAA championshipschampionship as a Stanford freshman.
She is the reigning U.S. outdoor champion.Third at the U.S. championships outdoors last
Her winning time of 1:59.29 at the 2007 NCAAseason.
meet is the 3rd fastest in college history.Â
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ÂPole vault | Jenn Stuczynski
1,500 meters | Treniere ClementA U.S. Record-holder
Has won three successive U.S. outdoorShe reset her own record last month at 16- 3/4.
championships in the 1,500She has won three consecutive U.S. outdoor
She was the 2006 U.S. indoor 1,500 championchampionships
A sub-2-minute 800 runner.She has won three of the last four national
She competed for Georgetown.championships indoors.
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5,000 meters | Lauren FleshmanShot | Kristin Heaston
The 2006 U.S. ChampionshipThree-time U.S. champion outdoors and 2004
A three-time NCAA champion for Stanford.Olympian.
She is trained by Oregon Coach Vin Lananna.She was the first thrower in the qualifying round
Âin the 2004 Games at Ancient Olympia
ÂThe first woman to compete there in an
10,000 meters | Kara GoucherOlympiad
Became the first U.S. woman to medal at theÂ
World Championships in the 10,000 by taking theÂ
bronze in 2007.Discus | Suzy Powell-Roos
Was second in the 5,000 at the 2006 nationalsU.S. Record-holder
Second Placer in the 10,000 at last year's U.S.She broke a mark that had stood for 21 years
championships.by throwing 222-0 last year.
She is trained by Coach Alberto SalazarThe reigning U.S. Champion
ÂA two-time Olympian.
ÂShe finished eighth at last year's World
Steeplechase | Jennifer BarringerChampionships
The reigning U.S. champion after winning lastÂ
season in 9:34.64, then the second-fastest timeÂ
by a U.S. woman.Hammer | Brittany Riley
2008 NCAA champion for University of Colorado.Reigning U.S. Champion
ÂThe 2007 runner-up at the NCAA championships
ÂShe was the 2005 U.S. junior champion.
100 hurdles | Lolo JonesÂ
A two-time reigning U.S. indoor 60-meterÂ
champion and 2008 world indoor champion.Javelin | Dana Pounds
She placed third in the 2007 U.S. championshipsBeat U.S. record-holder Kim Kreiner to win the
outdoors2007 U.S. Championship
She placed sixth at last year's WorldShe was a runner-up in 2006
Championships outdoors.She was a runner-up in 2005
Was a three-time national championShe won back-to-back NCAA titles for the Air
Was an 11-time All-American for Louisiana State.Force Academy in 2006
ÂShe won back-to-back NCAA titles for the Air
ÂForce Academy in 2005
ÂSixth at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.
400 hurdles | Tiffany Ross-WilliamsÂ
The reigning U.S. ChampionÂ
Winner of the 2007 Visa Championship Series.Heptathlon | Jacquelyn Johnson
Ranked sixth in the world in 2007 by Track &She won her fourth consecutive Pac-10
Field News.heptathlon championship last month for Arizona
ÂState, scoring meet-record 6,307 points.
ÂShe was fifth at the 2007 U.S. championships
High jump | Amy Acuffwhile a college junior.