Posted: August 7, 2004

Athletics: Team USA to compete in Munich

INDIANAPOLIS – A star-studded lineup featuring many of America’s finest athletes will take on teams representing Germany and France at the 2004 Team Athletics Challenge August 8 in Munich, Germany.

Team USA will be led by 2004 Olympic Trials winners Dwight Phillips (men’s long jump), Jonathon Johnson (men’s 800m), Jarred Rome (men’s discus), and Erin Gilreath (women’s hammer).

Other 2004 Olympic men’s team members competing in Munich include Coby Miller & John Capel (100m), Khadevis Robinson (800m), Charlie Gruber (1,500m), Reese Hoffa (shot put) and Ian Waltz (discus). 2004 women’s Olympic team members competing Sunday include Angela Williams (4x100m relay pool), Hazel Clark (800m), Joanna Hayes & Melissa Morrison (100m hurdles), Amy Acuff & Chaunte Howard (high jump), Jillian Schwartz & Kellie Suttle (pole vault), Grace Upshaw (long jump), Kristin Heaston (shot put) and Anna Mahon (hammer).

Team USA has established relay pools for the men’s and women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relays in Munich. Each pool contains a minimum of 13 names, including such luminaries as Maurice Greene, Shawn Crawford, Tyree Washington, Marion Jones, Gail Devers and Jearl Miles-Clark. Head coaches Pat Henry (men) and Diane Wholey (women) have yet to announce which athletes will compete in Munich. The full roster pools are listed below.

The Team USA roster for the 2004 Team Athletics Challenge (Subject to change) is as follows:

Men:

 
100m: John Capel (Gainesville, Fla.), Coby Miller (Pasadena, Calif.)
800m: Jonathon Johnson (College Station, Tex.), Khadevis Robinson (Santa Monica, Calif.)
1500m: Charlie Gruber (Lawrence, Kansas), Rob Myers (Rushville, Ohio).
110m Hurdles: Ron Bramlett (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Mark Crear (Valencia, Calif.).
Pole Vault: Tye Harvey (Austin, Tex.), Nick Hysong (Phoenix, Ariz.).
Long Jump:  Tony Allmond (Chino, Calif.), Dwight Phillips (Mesa, Ariz.).
Shot Put: Christian Cantwell (Stillwater, Okla.), Reese Hoffa (Athens, Ga.)
Discus: Jared Rome (Chula Vista, Calif.), Ian Waltz (Chula Vista, Calif.)
Men’s 4x100m Relay Pool: Maurice Greene (Granada Hills, Calif.), Justin Gatlin (Raleigh, N.C.), 
Shawn Crawford (Raleigh, N.C.), Coby Miller, John Capel, Bernard Williams (Gainesville, Fla.), 
Darvis Patton (Fort Worth, Tex.), Leonard Scott (Irvine, Calif.), Terrence Trammell (Ellenwood, Ga.), 
Dwight Phillips, Marcelle Scales (Franklin, Tenn.), Jason Smoots (Morrisville, N.C.), 
J.J. Johnson (Garland, Tex.).
Men’s 4x400m Relay Pool: Jeremy Wariner (Grand Prairie, Tex.); Otis Harris (Columbia, S.C.), 
Derrick Brew (Raleigh, N.C.), Darold Williamson (Waco, Tex.), James Carter (Hampton, Va.), 
Andrew Rock (LaCrosse, Wisc.), Kelly Willie (Baton Rouge, La.), Jonathan Johnson (College Station, Tex.), 
Angelo Taylor (Decatur, Ga.), Bennie Brazell (Baton Rouge, La.), Bershawn Jackson (Raleigh, N.C.), 
Jerome Davis (Los Angeles, Calif.), Tyree Washington (San Diego, Calif.), Adam Steele (Eden Prairie, Minn.), 
Milton Campbell (Atlanta, Ga.), Sherman Armstrong (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Women:
100m: Angela Daigle (Carson, Calif.), Angela Williams (Ontario, Calif.)
800m: Kameisha Bennett (Knoxville, Tenn.), Hazel Clark (Knoxville, Tenn.)
100m Hurdles: Joanna Hayes (Los Angeles, Calif.), Melissa Morrison (Columbia, S.C.)
High Jump: Amy Acuff (Austin, Tex.), Chaunte Howard (Atlanta, Ga.)
Pole Vault: Jillian Schwartz (Jonesboro, Ark.), Kellie Suttle (Jonesboro, Ark.)
Long Jump: Grace Upshaw (Menlo Park, Calif.), Akiba McKinney (Spring Valley, Calif.)
Shot Put: Jill Camarena (Menlo Park, Calif.), Kristin Heaston (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Hammer: Erin Gilreath (Gainesville, Fla.), Anna Mahon (Orange, Conn.)
4x100m Relay Pool:  LaTasha Colander (Garner, N.C.), Marion Jones (Cary, N.C.), 
Lauryn Williams (Miami, Fla.), Gail Devers (Duluth, Ga.), Muna Lee (Baton Rouge, La.), 
Angela Williams, Allyson Felix (Santa Clara, Calif.), Connie Moore (Chicago, Ill.), 
LaShaunte’a Moore (Fayetteville, Ark.), Inger Miller (Van Nuys, Calif.), Angela Daigle, 
Wylleshia Myrick (Coral Gables, Fla.).
4x400m Relay Pool: Monique Hennagan (Stockbridge, Calif.), Sanya Richards (Austin, Tex.), 
DeeDee Trotter (Knoxville, Tenn.), Crystal Cox (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Monique Henderson (Bonita, Calif.), 
Sheena Johnson (Los Angeles, Calif.), Lashinda Demus (Columbia, S.C.), 
Jearl Miles-Clark (Knoxville, Tenn.), Suziann Reid (Cary, N.C.), Debbie Dunn (Cary, N.C.), 
Raaisin McIntosh (Austin, Tex.), Shauna Smith (Laramie, Wyo.), 
Moushaumi Robinson (Cary, N.C.), Lisa Barber (Columbia, S.C.), Kia Davis (Clayton, N.C.), 
Demetria Washington (Columbia, S.C.).

For more information on the 2004 Team Athletics Challenge in Munich, visit www.usatf.org.