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July 31, 2022

Team USATF set for World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia

INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time since 2018, Team USATF will send a full-strength squad to the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, scheduled for August 1-6 at Pascal Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. More than 1,500 athletes from 145 nations will compete in the world's top age-group championship, including several who took part in the recently completed World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Athletes competing in the World U20 Championships must be born between 2003-2007.
 
The United States last competed in the World U20 Championships in 2018 when the event was held in Tampere, Finland, coming home with 18 medals, three of them gold, and winning the team scoring with 155 points, 43 ahead of the next highest nation. 
 
Among the athletes who represented Team USATF at that meet were 2022 World Championships gold medalists TeeTee Terry (women's 4x100m relay) and Elija Godwin (men's 4x400m relay), and team members Tamara Clark (women's 200m), Kyle Garland (men's decathlon), JuVaughn Harrison (men's high jump) and Tripp Piperi (men's shot put).
 
This year's team includes 44 women and 33 men and features the top entrants in four events. Cincinnati's Steven McElroy leads the men's 400m list at 44.93, making him the ninth-fastest U.S. U20 performer ever, and he will be joined by Texas A&M's Ashton Schwartzman, who is ranked second coming in at 45.16.
 
In the women's pole vault, the top two entrants are the Moll sisters from Washington. Amanda and Hana Moll attend Olympia High School and Amanda has a best of 4.51m/14-9.5, tying her for No. 11 on the world all-time U20 performer list and putting her atop the U.S. high school all-time list.
 
Juliette Whittaker, who recently graduated from Mount de Sales High School in Catonsville, Maryland, smashed the U.S. high school record in the women's 800m at the USATF U20 Championships, winning in 1:59.04. A Stanford signee, Whittaker took almost a half second off the previous prep national record.
 
USC's Johnny Brackins, a transfer from Baylor, heads the men's long jump entrants with a best of 8.06m/26-5.5 that he set in winning the Big 12 Championships for the Bears. Brackins was seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships and also placed third in the 110m hurdles at the Big 12 outdoor meet.
 

TEAM USATF ROSTER - WOMEN

 
ATHLETE EVENT(S) RESIDENCE/USATF ASSOCIATION
Zaya Akins 400 Kansas City, MO/USATF Missouri Valley
India Alix Long Jump Houston, TX/USATF Gulf
Elizabeth Bailey Javelin Wildwood, MO/USATF Ozark
Karrilynn Baloga 3,000 Steeplechase New Windsor, NY/USATF New York
Alyssa Banales Long Jump McKinney, TX/USATF Southwestern
Mia Barnett 1,500 La Crescenta, CA/USATF Southern California
Victoria Bossong 4x400 relay pool Boston, MA/USATF New England
Mia Brahe-Pedersen 100/200 Lake Oswego, OR/USATF Oregon
Kaylyn Brown 4x400 relay pool Gastonia, NC/USATF North Carolina
Ames Burton Discus Manhattan, KS/USATF Missouri Valley
Alyssa Colbert 4x100 relay pool Gilbert, AZ/USATF Arizona
Bryanna Craig Heptathlon Ruston, LA/USATF Southern
Agur Dwol Triple Jump Littleton, CO/USATF Colorado
Emily Fink Hammer West Point, NY/USATF New York
Amelia Flynt Shot Put Katy, TX/USATF Gulf
Eddiyah Frye 100 Hurdles Miami Gardens, FL/USATF Florida
Akala Garrett 400 Hurdles Charlotte, NC/USATF North Carolina
Emma Gates High Jump Turner, OR/USATF Oregon
JaiCieonna Gero-Holt Heptathlon Puyallup, WA/USATF Pacific Northwest
Iyana Gray 4x100 relay pool Arlington, TX/USATF Southwestern
Talia Green 10km Race Walk Oakland, CA/USATF Pacific
Angelica Harris 10km Race Walk Bartlett, IL/USATF Illinois
Chrystal Herpin Shot Put Houston, TX/USATF Gulf
Siniru Iheoma Discus Southampton, PA/USATF Mid-Atlantic
Shawnti Jackson 100 Wake Forest, NC/USATF North Carolina
Jayla Jamsion 200 Gaston, SC/USATF South Carolina
Lily Jones 4x100 relay pool Portland, OR/USATF Oregon
Mekenze Kelley 400 Stone Mountain, GA/USATF Georgia
Harper McClain 3,000 Steeplechase Saint Helena, CA/USATF Pacific
Amanda Moll Pole Vault Olympia, WA/USATF Pacific Northwest
Hana Moll Pole Vault Olympia, WA/USATF Pacific Northwest
Heidi Nielson 3,000/5,000 Katy, TX/USATF Gulf
Suzan Ogunleye Triple Jump Round Rock, TX/USATF Texas Southern
Kate Peters 3,000 Portland, OR/USATF Oregon
Michaela Rose 400 Hurdles Suffolk, VA/USATF Virginia
Jalaysiya Smith 100 Hurdles Glenn Heights, TX/USATF Southwestern
Kali Terza Hammer Woodstock, GA/USATF Georgia
Kennedy Wade 4x400 relay pool Seabrook, TX/USATF Gulf
Analee Weaver 5,000 North Logan, UT/USATF Utah
Juliette Whittaker 800 Laurel, MD/USATF Potomac Valley
Madison Whyte 4x400 relay pool Newport News, VA/USATF Virginia
Addison Wiley 1,500 Huntington, IN/USATF Indiana
Roisin Willis 800 Stevens Point, WI/USATF Wisconsin
Autumn Wilson 4x100 relay pool Liberty Hill, TX/USATF Texas Southern
 

TEAM USATF ROSTER - MEN

 
ATHLETE EVENT(S) RESIDENCE/USATF ASSOCIATION
Charlie Bartholomew 4x400 relay pool McKinney, TX/USATF Southwestern
Kody Blackwood 400 Hurdles McKinney, TX/USATF Southwestern
Johnny Brackins Long Jump Lee’s Summit, MO/USATF Missouri Valley
Garrett Brown Pole Vault Carlsbad, CA/USATF San Diego-Imperial
Miles Brown 800 Novi, MI/USATF Michigan
Collin Burkhart Hammer Nazareth, PA/USATF Mid-Atlantic
TJ Caldwell 110 Hurdles Pittsburg, KS/USATF Missouri Valley
Laurenz Colbert 100/200 Bowie, MD/USATF Potomac Valley
Desmond Coleman Discus Charlotte, NC/USATF North Carolina
David Foster 4x100 pool Katy, TX/USATF Gulf
Michael Gizzi 100 Covington, GA/USATF Georgia
Tyrone Gorze 5,000 Central Point, OR/USATF Oregon
Nathan Green 1,500 Boise, WA/USATF Snake River
Kevin Grubbs Discus Humble, TX/USATF Gulf
Lucas Guerra 3,000 Highland, IN/USATF Indiana
Bryce Lentz 3,000 Steeplechase Colorado Springs, CO/USATF Colorado
Steven McElroy 400 Pickerington, OH/USATF Ohio
Brandon Miller 200 Fenton, MI/USATF Michigan
Malik Mixon 110 Hurdles College Park, GA/USATF Georgia
Cade Moran Shot Put Murrieta, CA/USATF Southern California
Evan Niedrowski Javelin Wyomissing, PA/USATF Mid-Atlantic
Tarik O'Hagan Shot Put/Hammer Woonsocket, RI/USATF New England
Samuel Rodman 800 Bealeton, VA/USATF Virginia
Justin Rogers Pole Vault Hershey, PA/USATF Mid-Atlantic
Ashton Schwartzman 400 Wautoma, WI/USATF Wisconsin
Will Sumner 4x400 relay pool Canton, GA/USATF Georgia
Muluken Tewalt 1,500 Washington, DC/USATF Potomac Valley
Dylan Throop 5,000 Edinboro, PA/USATF Three Rivers
Peter Visser 3,000 Steeplechase Thayne, WY/USATF Snake River
Solomon Washington Triple Jump Round Rock, TX/USATF Texas Southern
Floyd Whitaker Triple Jump Clementon, NJ/USATF New Jersey
Curtis Williams Long Jump Tallahassee, FL/USATF Florida
Grant Williams 400 Hurdles Celina, TX/USATF Southwestern
 

TEAM USATF STAFF ROSTER

 
Joy Upshaw Women's Head Coach (Jumps) Lafayette, CA/USATF Pacific
Carmelita Jeter Women's Assistant Coach (Sprints/Hurdles) Los Angeles, CA/USATF Southern California
Lisa Morgan-Richman Women's Assistant Coach (Distance) Orange, NJ/USATF New Jersey
Richie Mercado Women's Assistant Coach (Throws/Multis) Houston, TX/USATF Gulf
Lauryn Williams Women's Head Manager Dallas, TX/USATF Florida
John Hayes Men's Assistant Coach (Distance) Pfafftown, NC/USATF North Carolina
Brian Yokoyama Men's Assistant Coach (Jumps) Pomona, CA/USATF Southern California
Kibwé Johnson Men's Assistant Coach (Throws) Geneva, OH/USATF Lake Erie
Byron Turner Men's Head Manager Denham Springs, LA/USATF Southern
Jessica Riden Event Manager Carrboro, NC/USATF North Carolina
Richard Robert Event Manager Irvine, CA/USATF Southern California
Bronson Sagon Head ATC Fort Worth, TX/USATF Southwestern
Honame Abe-Kaieda ATC Richardson, TX/USATF Southwestern
Kurt Ray LMT Dallas, TX/USATF Southwestern
CJ Walker ATC Athens, GA/USATF Georgia
Brittany Garcia ATC Scottsdale, AZ/USATF Arizona
Alexis Tingan MD Philadelphia, PA/USATF Mid-Atlantic
Jennifer McCleary DC St. Louis, MO/USATF Ozark
Chris Stanley Sport Psychologist Tallahassee, FL/USATF Florida
Michael Marsh Head Men's Relay Coach Houston, TX/USATF Gulf
Mechelle Freeman Head Women's Relay Coach Frisco, TX/USATF Southwestern

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