Posted: February 23, 2006

Athletics: Two Team Running USA Athletes Continue USA Championship Quest in Boston

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - (February 22, 2006) - Sara Hall and Ian Dobson, Team Running USA athletes, continue their national championship quest at the USA Indoor Championships in Boston this Saturday and Sunday, February 25-26. The top two athletes per event qualify for the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Moscow, March 10-12.

This past weekend at the USA Cross Country Championships in New York City, Dobson and Hall placed 5th and 6th respectively in the 4K to earn trips to the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan on April 1-2. The pair, both recent Stanford grads, will compete in the 3000 meters on Saturday afternoon.

Other top entrants at the USA Indoor Championships in the 3000 meters include:
MEN
Adam Goucher, 2006 USA 4K XC champion and 2000 Olympian; Jonathan Riley, defending champion and 2004 Olympian; Grant Robison, 2004 Olympian; Steve Slattery, 2003 USA steeplechase champion and Christopher Estwanik

WOMEN
Carrie Tollefson, 2006 USA 4K XC champion and 2004 Olympian; Katie McGregor, 2005 USA 10,000 and 10K champion; Amy Mortimer; Sarah Schwald and Sara Slattery

For the complete list of entered athletes and more, USATF.org.

The 2006 USA Indoor Championships will be broadcast nationally on ESPN on Sunday, February 26 (3:30 - 5:30pm ET, check local listings).

About Team Running USA
Team Running USA, formerly Team USA California, is a national athlete development program created by Running USA, a national industry trade organization. The mission of Team Running USA is to support, promote and assist the development of U.S. distance runners.
Since 2001, Team Running USA athletes have won two Olympic medals and 12 World Cross Country Championship medals, set one world road record, 11 national records and numerous personal records, earned 45 national titles and three USARC Grand Prix titles and added to world and U.S. all-time lists. In short, they are the most accomplished training group in the United States.
Supported by the Town of Mammoth Lakes, the New York Road Runners, Chevron Houston Marathon and Atlanta Track Club, the program's athletes utilize the resources at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista/San Diego for sea level training and Mammoth Lakes for high/low altitude training throughout the year. Renowned and Olympic coaches Joe Vigil and Bob Larsen and new coach Terrence Mahon coordinate this elite group.
For more information on Team Running USA, contact: Ryan Lamppa, (805) 696-6232 or ryan@runningusa.org or visit: RunningUSA.org.

Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Services Director
385 Oak View Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93111

(805) 696-6232, fax (805) 967-5958
Ryan@RunningUSA.org
www.runningusa.org.

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