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January 30, 2020

Athlete and staff roster set for 2020 Pan Am Cross Country Championships

INDIANAPOLIS -- Team USATF announced the roster for the 2020 Pan Am Cross Country Championships to be held on February 29, 2020 in Victoria, Canada. Furman University coach Rita Gary and Cuyamaca College’s Thom Hunt will coach the four squads.

Coming off a stellar performance to win the USATF Cross Country title, Anthony Rotich from U.S. Army’s WCAP highlights a youthful roster heading to Canada with NAU’s Corey Gorgas, the junior men’s champion leading the men’s junior team. On the women’s side, third place finisher from San Diego Carrie Verdon from the Boulder Track Club and junior champion Brooke Rauber will lead the senior and junior women’s teams, respectively.


*Monday, Feb. 4th - Lawi Lalang withdrew. Tai Dinger added.

2020 Pan Am Cross Country Championships Roster

Name

School

Hometown

Team

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Grace Graham-Zamudio

Loyola Marymount University

Newhall, CA

Senior Women

 

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Tansey Lystad

University of Portland  

Kirkland, WA

Senior Women

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Calene Morris

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Torrance, CA

Senior Women

   

Sarah Pease

Indiana University

Elizabeth, IN

Senior Women

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Danielle Shanahan

Loyola Marymount University

Torrance, CA

Senior Women

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Carrie Verdon

University of Colorado

Moraga, CA

Senior Women

 

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Tai Dinger

Stanford University

Washington, D.C.

Senior Men

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David Goodman

University of Southern Indiana

Valparaiso, IN

Senior Men

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Nick Hauger

University of Portland

Spokane, WA

Senior Men

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Michael Jordan

University of Southern Indiana

Gary, IN

Senior Men

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Dillon Maggard

Utah State University

Kirkland, WA

Senior Men

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Anthony Rotich

University of Texas at El Paso

Eldoret, Kenya

Senior Men

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Kalea Bartolotto

Northwestern University

Livermore, CA

U20 Women

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Bailey Brinkerhoff

Utah State University

St. George, UT

U20 Women

 

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Sophia McDonnell

Bradley University

Geneva, IL

U20 Women

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Abigail Osterlund

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

U20 Women

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Brooke Rauber

Tully High School

Homer, NY

U20 Women

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Rayna Stanziano

St. Mary’s College

Concord, CA

U20 Women

 

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Daniel Beam

Western New Mexico University

Rio Rancho, NM

U20 Men

 

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Evan Bishop

East Grand Rapids High School

Grand Rapids, MI

U20 Men

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Lucas Chung

St. Mary’s College

Windsor, CA

U20 Men

 

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Alex Comerford

Syracuse University

Kalamazoo, MI

U20 Men

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Corey Gorgas

Northern Arizona University

Saugatuck, MI

U20 Men

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Jacob Harris

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

U20 Men

 

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Rita Gary

Furman University

Saline, MI

Women's Coach

   

Thom Hunt

Cuyamaca College

San Diego, CA

Men's Coach

   

Scott Hudson

Indiana University

Carmel, IN

Head ATC

   

Sarah Bair

Louisiana State University

Sugar Land, TX

ATC

   
 

Rita Gary - Women’s Head Coach

Rita Gary is in her eighth season as an assistant coach of women’s cross country and track and field at Furman University. Named the 2018 USTFCCCA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year, she has coached 14 teams to a top-35 finish at the NCAA Championships, highlighted by seven top-15 team finishes.  She has coached teams to three region championships and 16 conference titles. During her career, Gary has coached 40 NCAA All-Americans, including 13 top-10 finishers, 32 Academic All-Americans, five team USATF Championship Qualifiers, and five Team USA Members. A native of Saline, Michigan, she is married to Furman head track and field and cross country coach and two-time Team USA Olympian, Robert Gary. They have one son, Percy.

 

Thom Hunt - Men’s Head Coach

Since 2015, Hunt has served as the head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Cuyamaca College. He has coached on several national teams with USATF most recently as the men’s coach for the 2015 World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China. Prior to Cuyamaca, Hunt coached at San Diego Mesa College. As an elite athlete he was a seven-time NCAA All-American at the University of Arizona from 1976-80, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials four times, and was the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Junior (U20) champion a year after finishing second in the event. Coach Hunt is married to Caroline Marshall, and they have three children; Marshall, Claire, and Chloe. He also plays drums for The Jackals, a no-frills rock n roll band.

 

Scott Hudson - Head ATC

 

Hudson is a certified athletic trainer and sports performance specialist for St. Vincent Sports Performance. Hudson graduated from Indiana University and holds certifications in athletic training, strength and conditioning and various forms of manual therapy. He has experience working with athletes from middle school to the Olympic level and has worked in Europe part-time the last six summers providing care to USATF athletes competing on the IAAF Diamond League Circuit. Following 15 years providing athletic care for tennis players on the USTA Circuit and five U.S. Opens, he has provided care at numerous USATF indoor and outdoor championships in addition to USATF high performance summits. His responsibilities include injury prevention, rehabilitation, and addressing the muscular imbalances of athletes.  

 

Sara Bair - ATC

Bair is a Certified Athletic Trainer who has dedicated her career to her passion for helping elite track & field athletes achieve their goals and dreams in the healthiest way possible. Sarah is currently the Athletic Trainer for the Brooks Beasts Track Club based in Seattle, Washington. She started her USATF journey when she joined the medical staff in Eugene, OR for the 2016 Olympic Trials. Four years later and many USATF events under her belt, she is honored and excited to be apart of the USATF Pan Am XC Team.

 

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