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USA Sets Pan Am Games Team

Posted July 2nd, 2007 at 2:30 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

USA Track & Field released their athlete roster for the Pan Am Games scheduled for Rio de Janeiro later this month. A team of 48 men and 46 women will compete from July 22 - 29. They qualified by virtue of their rank-order of finish at the recent AT&T USA Outdoor Championships.

In the middle and long distance events, the athletes best-positioned to win a medal are the recently crowned U.S. 800m champions, Khadevis Robinson (1:43.68 PB) and Alysia Johnson (1:59.29 PB).

The complete middle & long distance roster is below.

MEN -
800m:
Khadevis Robinson (Dallas, Texas)
Duane Solomon (Lompoc, Calif.)

1500m:
Andrew McClary (Shelton, Wash.)
Said Ahmed (Jamaica Plain, Mass.)

3000m S/C:
Joshua McAdams (Broadview Heights, Ohio)
Thomas Brooks (Glenview, Ill.)

5000m:
Ed Moran (Dayton, N.J.)
Bolota Asmerom (San Francisco, Calif.)

10,000m:
Jorge Torres (Wheeling, Ill.)
Jason Hartmann (Boulder, Colo.)

Marathon:
Christopher Lundstrom (Northfield, Minn.)
Jacob Frey (Oakton, Va.)

WOMEN -
800m:
Alysia Johnson (Canyon County, Calif.)
Morgan Uceny (Plymouth, Ind.)

1500m:
Mary Jane Harrelson (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Lindsay Gallo (Freehold, N.J.)

3000m S/C:
Lisa Galaviz (Gilbert, Ariz.)
Desiraye Osburn (Kechi, Kan.)

5000m:
Cack Ferrell (Eugene, Ore.)
Mandi Zemba (Menominee, Mich.)

10,000m:
Alicia Craig (Gilette, Wy.)
Emily McCabe (Queensbury, N.Y.)

Marathon:
Emily Mortensen (Alamosa, Colo.)
Christine Lundy (Bangor, Maine)