Walker's Pace: Worlds Next For Duck Seven

Monday, August 15, 2011

Seven current and former Ducks are headed to Daegu, South Korea, for the 2011 IAAF World Track & Field Championships, which take place Aug. 27-Sept. 4.

The number of Oregon's flock was increased by one on Monday with 2010 graduate Keshia Baker being added to the women's 4x400 meter relay pool.

Baker will join current Ducks Matthew Centrowitz and Mike Berry and UO alums Ashton Eaton, Galen Rupp, Andrew Wheating and Rachel Yurkovich on Team USA in Daegu.

Centrowitz in the reigning U.S. men's 1,500 meter champion, while Eaton captured the decathlon and Rupp won the 10,000 meters and grabbed third in the 5,000 at the U.S. championships in June.

Yurkovich was the runner-up in the women's javelin, Berry was fifth in the men's 400 meters and Baker was seventh in the women's 400.

The Oregon staff will also be well-represented in Daegu with Associate Athletic Director Vin Lananna serving as Team USA's head men's coach and Lance Deal serving as a men's assistant coach for the throws.

2011 World Outdoor Championships Team USA
*denotes 2009 World Champion
Men's 100m: Walter Dix, Justin Gatlin, Michael Rodgers
Men's 200m: Dix, Darvis Patton, Jeremy Dodson
Men's 400m: Tony McQuay, Greg Nixon, Jamaal Torrance, LaShawn Merritt*
Men's 800m: Nicholas Symmonds, Khadevis Robinson, Charles Jock
Men's 1500m: Matthew Centrowitz, Leonel Manzano, Andrew Wheating
Men's 3000m SC: William Nelson, Daniel Huling, Benjamin Bruce
Men's 5000m: Bernard Lagat, Chris Solinsky, Galen Rupp
Men's 10,000m: Rupp, Matt Tegenkamp, Scott Bauhs
Men's 20km RW: Trevor Barron
Men's marathon: Nicholas Arciniaga, Michael Morgan, Sergio Reyes, Jeffrey Eggleston, Mike Sayenko
Men's 110mH: David Oliver, Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson
Men's 400mH: Jeshua Anderson, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, Kerron Clement*
Men's HJ: Jesse Williams, Dustin Jonas, Erik Kynard
Men's PV: Derek Miles, Jeremy Scott, Mark Hollis
Men's LJ: Marquise Goodwin, Claye, Trevell Quinley, Dwight Phillips*
Men's TJ: Christian Taylor, William Claye, Walter Davis
Men's SP: Adam Nelson, Christian Cantwell*, Reese Hoffa, Ryan Whiting
Men's DT: Jarred Rome, Jason Young, Lance Brooks
Men's HT: Kibwe Johnson, Michael Mai
Men's JT: Mike Hazle
Men's Dec: Ashton Eaton, Ryan Harlan, Bryan Clay, Trey Hardee*
Men's 4x100m: Dix, Gatlin, Rodgers, Kimmons, Ivory Williams, Travis Padgett
Men's 4x400m: Merritt, McQuay, Nixon, Torrence, Michael Berry, Miles Smith

Women's 100m: Carmelita Jeter, Marshavet Myers, Miki Barber
Women's 200m: Shalonda Solomon, Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Allyson Felix*
Women's 400m: Felix, Francena McCorory, Jessica Beard, Sanya Richards-Ross*
Women's 800m: Alysia Montano, Maggie Vessey, Alice Schmidt
Women's 1500m: Morgan Uceny, Jennifer Simpson, Shannon Rowbury
Women's 3000m SC: Emma Coburn, Bridget Franek, Stephanie Garcia
Women's 5000m: Molly Huddle, Amy Hastings, Lauren Fleshman
Women's 10000m: Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Jennifer Rhines
Women's 20km RW: Maria Michta
Women's Marathon: Katherine Newberry, Alissa McKaig, Colleen DeRuck, Tera Moody, Zoila Gomez
Women's 100mH: Kellie Wells, Danielle Carruthers, Dawn Harper
Women's 400mH: Lashinda Demus, Queen Harrison, Jasmine Chaney
Women's HJ: Brigetta Barrett, Inika McPherson
Women's PV: Kylie Hutson, Jenn Suhr, Lacy Janson
Women's LJ: Brittney Reese*, Janay DeLoach, Funmi Jimoh, Tori Polk
Women's TJ: Amanda Smock
Women's SP: Michelle Carter, Jillian Camarena-Williams, Sarah Stevens-Walker
Women's DT: Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Aretha Thurmond, Gia Lewis-Smallwood
Women's HT: Jessica Cosby, Amber Campbell, Jeneva McCall
Women's JT: Kara Patterson, Rachel Yurkovich
Women's Hep: Sharon Day, Hyleas Fountain
Women's 4x100m: Jeter, Myers, Barber, LaShaunte'a Moore, Alexandria Anderson, Bianca Knight
Women's 4x400m: Richards-Ross, Felix, McCorory, Dunn, Beard, Keshia Baker, Natasha Hastings.

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