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USA Track & Field announced today that Deena Kastor, Elva Dryer, Katie McGregor, Jen Rhines, Amy Rudolph, Sara Slattery, and Jenny Crain (alternate) will make up Team USA at the Yokohama International Women's Ekiden, to be held February 25 in Yokohama, Japan. One year ago, the U.S. finished 13th out of 14 teams in this event, but this year's high-powered squad is certain to improve upon that.
These athletes' commitment to the event is also likely to weaken the fields for the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts February 24-25.
Posted by Alison Wade at 1:09 p.m. | Tags: Event Previews
Howard Wolff commented, on January 25, 2007 at 11:24 a.m.:
Kudos before correction: you are doing a wonderful job in presenting a savvy, literate discussion of track and roadrunning. If I didn't care about you and your efforts, I wouldn't bother to comment.
You write: ". . . will comprise Team USA . . . ." Wrong. The whole comprises the parts. It should read "Team USA will comprise . . ." So just change "comprise" to "compose" (as in "Deena Kastor . . . and Jenny Crain (alternate) will compose Team USA . . . .") and all will be right with the world.
Again, thanks and congratulations for the work you're doing.
pjm commented, on January 25, 2007 at 10:51 a.m.:
McGregor, Rudolph and Slattery are the three who might have been likely to run Indoors; we haven't seen Kastor, Dryer or Rhines make a serious run at an indoor season in years. And with no World Indoor Championships this year, this should be a smart choice; a loaded US team running well at the Ekiden will do more for the international profile of U.S. distance runners (rising tide lifting all boats) than a deeper national championships. Opening the door for someone else to win a 3,000m national title can't hurt, either. Judging from the Boston Indoor Games entry list, Shalane Flanagan might make a run at it, for example.