USATF Announces Rosters for IAAF and NACAC XC Championships, Korir and Tuliamuk Lead Team USA at Worlds

By Adam Kopet, DyeStat Editor

USATF announced the athletes representing Team USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the NACAC Cross Country Championships on Thursday in a press release.

Leonard Korir and Aliphine Tuliamuk are set to lead Team USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, set for March 26 in Kampala, Uganda, after winning the senior races at the 2017 USATF Cross Country Championships in Bend, OR, earlier this month.

The 2017 USATF Cross Country Championships junior champions, Paul Roberts from Colorado State University-Pueblo and Michelle Magnani from Oklahoma State, are set to compete in the U20 races in Kampala.

Team USA will also send a mixed gender relay to Kampala, led by 2016 Olympic silver medalist Paul Chelimo.

The U.S. is set to host the NACAC Cross Country Championships in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 4. Emily Pritt, also a member of Team USA for Worlds, leads the women's team, while Ryan Vail, who last represented the U.S. at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, leads the men's team.

Below are the Team USA rosters for both meets, as well as the USATF coaching and medical staff.

 

IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Senior Men:

Samuel Chelanga

Trevor Dunbar

Scott Fauble

Stanley Kebenei

Shadrack Kipchirchir

Leonard Korir

 

Senior Women:

Elaina Balouris

Stephanie Bruce

Sarah Pagano

Emily Pritt

Natosha Rogers

Aliphine Tuliamuk

 

U20 Men:

Hamza Ali

Alex Haines

Isaac Harding

Gavin Parpart

Aidan Reed

Paul Roberts

 

U20 Women:

Madison Fruchey

Kristen Garcia

Michelle Magnani

Logan Morris

Megan Murray

Aubrey Roberts

 

Mixed Relay:

Paul Chelimo

Eleanor Fulton

Marisa Howard

Cory Leslie

 

Staff:

Ed Eyestone - Senior Men's Coach

Dena Evans - Senior Women's Coach

Steve Plasencia - Junior Men's Coach

Melody Fairchild - Junior Women's Coach

Michael Stevens - ATC/LMT

Jack Ransone - ATC/LMT

 

 

NACAC Cross Country Championships

Senior Men:

Scott Fauble

Joseph Gray

Jonathan Grey

Augustus Maiyo

Abbabiya Simbassa

Ryan Vail

 

Senior Women:

Bridget Lyons

Tansey Lystad

Emily Pritt

Megan Rolland

Katrina Spratford

Amy Van Alstine

 

U20 Men:

Jacob Branch

Jericho Cleveland

Isaac Harding

Justin Janke

Aidan Reed

Nicholas Rink

 

U20 Women:

Natane Deruytter

Madison Fruchey

Kristen Garcia

Logan Morris

Megan Murray

Aubrey Roberts

 

Staff:

Bob Latham - Men's Coach

Katie McGregor - Women's Coach

Yuki Sugimoto - ATC

Tyler Coxen - LMT