Rodgers, Mitchell named to Initial Team USA World Champs 4x100 Relay Pool

Missourians Mike Rodgers and Maurice Mitchell are among the ten athletes named to the initial Team USA 4x100 relay pool for the 2011 World Championships.

Rodgers finished third in the 100 at the USATF Championships last month in Eugene to earn a spot on Team USA in the 100 and a spot in the 4x100 relay pool. Mitchell finished fourth in the 200 at the USATF Championships and was selected to the initial relay pool by the World Championships coaching staff. Rodgers and Mitchell will train and compete with the relay pool in Italy on July 19th. The list of ten athletes will be cut down to six and on August 6th, USATF will submit their final roster for the World Championships. That six will come from the top four finishers from nationals as well as two others not on the team in other events. So Maurice Mitchell will be vying for one of those two spots. It's not clear whether Mitchell will be on  the roster as a 200 alternate whether he makes the 4x100 pool of six or not.



USATF News Release:

July 5, 2011


Initial Team USA relay pools announced

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The following athletes have been chosen for Team USA's initial relay pools leading up to the 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Per IAAF rules, the pools must include the top four finishers in the men's and women's 100 and 400 meters at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Additional athletes were chosen by Team USA’s head coaches for the 2011 World Championships, Vin Lananna and Connie Price-Smith; USATF Relay Coach Jon Drummond; and 2011 Team USA World Championships sprint coaches Thomas Johnson and Danny Williams, with oversight by USATF Chief of Sport Performance Benita Fitzgerald Mosley.

The U.S. 4x100 meter relay teams will train and compete in Lignano, Italy, on July 19. On August 8, USATF will formally submit to the IAAF its full roster for Daegu, including relays pools of 6 athletes for the 4x100 and 4x400m relays - the top four finishers from the USA Outdoor Championships, plus two additional athletes not already on the Team USA roster in other events. Any athlete already on Team USA’s roster in Daegu also is eligible to compete on the relays.

Team USA Relay Pools
Women 4x100 - Miki Barber, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter, La Shauntea Moore, Alexandria Anderson, Jeneba Tarmoh, Shalonda Solomon, Bianca Knight, Jessica Young

Women 4x400 - Lashinda Demus, Francena McCory, Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards-Ross, Jessica Beard, Dee Dee Trotter, Natasha Hastings

Men 4x100 - Trell Kimmons, Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Walter Dix, Darvis Patton, Ivory Williams, Travis Padgett, Jeffrey Demps, Maurice Mitchell, Jeremy Dodson

Men 4x400 - Tony McQuay, Jeremy Wariner, Angelo Taylor, Bershawn Jackson, Greg Nixon, Jamaal Torrance, Michael Berry, Kerron Clement, Jeshua Anderson


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