MYRTLE BEACH -- Forty athletes will represent the United States at the IAAF World Youth Championships from July 6-10 in Lille, France, USATF announced today.
The team, practicing at Coastal Carolina University, leaves for France Saturday.
Athletes were selected after competing in the World Youth Track and Field Trials at Doug Shaw Stadium, the host venue of USA Youth Championships that ends Sunday.
Team rosters
Kendall Baisden (Franklin, Mich., 400), Bealoved Brown (Desoto, Texas, 200), Amber Bryant-Brock (Marietta, Ga., 400 hurdles), Camille Chapus (Pacific Palisades, Calif., 1,500), Haley Crouser (Gresham, Ore., javelin), Carla Forbes (Mattapan, Mass., triple jump), Nnenya Hailey (Marietta, Ga., 400 hurdles), Myasia Jacobs (Paterson, N.J., 100), Kyra Jefferson (Detroit, Mich., 200), Jennifer Madu (Murphy, Texas, 100 and triple jump), Hannah Meier (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., 1,500), Madeleine Meyers (Seattle, Wash., 2,000 steeplechase), Brianna Nerud (Glen Head, N.Y., 2,000 steeplechase), Torie Owens (Athens, Ga., shot put), Robin Reynolds (Miami, Fla., 400), Chamaya Turner (Garden Ridge, Texas, shot put and discus), Shelbi Vaughan (Mansfield, Texas, discus), Amy Weissenbach (Los Angeles, Calif., 800), Sydney White (Kernersville, N.C., pole vault), Kendell Williams (Marietta, Georgia., 100 hurdles and heptathlon), Ajee Wilson (Neptune, N.J., 800), Trinity Wilson (Oakland, Calif., 100 hurdles).
Aldrich Bailey (Arlington, Texas, 200 and 400), Jacob Blankenship (Buckeyelake, Ohio, pole vault), Imani Brown (Reading, Pa., triple jump), Jacob Burcham (Barboursville, W.Va., 1,500), Cameron Burrell (Missouri City, Texas, long jump), Ethan Cochran (Costa Mesa, Calif., discus), Ronald Darby (Oxon Hill, Md., 100), Braheme Days (Bridgeton, N.J., shot put), Justin Fondren (Oxford, Miss., high jump), Najee Glass (Fords, N.J., 400), Todd Gurley (Tarboro, N.C., 110 hurdles), Arman Hall (Pembrokes Pines, Fla., 200), Tre'tez Kinnaird (Louisville, Ky., 800), Jonathan Russell (Ashburn, Va., 400 hurdles), Tyler Schultz (Custer, S.D., shot put), Tyler Sorensen (San Diego, Calif., 10,000 racewalk), Jaelen Spencer (Hesperia, Calif., triple jump), Cameron Thornton (Atlanta, Ga., 800), Rudy Winkler, Sand Lake, N.Y., hammer throw).