Team USA set for NACAC Cross Country Championships
Chelsea Orr
IINDIANAPOLIS – Team USA will compete against nine national federations this Saturday, February 19, at the seventh annual North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships at Queen’s Park Savannah in Trinidad.The NACAC Championships will contest races for the open men’s 8 km, open women’s 6 km, junior men’s 6 km and junior women’s 4 km. In addition to Team USA, teams from Canada, Jamaica and Puerto Rico will be among those competing for team titles at the 2011 NACAC Championships.
Leading Team USA in the junior women’s 4 km will be Chelsea Orr (Sammamish, Wash.); Julia Foster (Albuquerque, N.M.); Alexis Goldsmith (Orland Park, Ill.); and Sarah Fakler (Phoenix, Ariz.).
Representing Team USA in the junior men’s 6 km will be Jacob Sienko (Warwick, R.I.); Jacob Benn (San Antonio, Texas); David Perry (Portland, Ore.); Matthew McElroy (Huntington Beach, Calif.); and Clint McKelvey (Maryville, Tenn.).
The senior women’s 8 km will see five-time USA World Championships team harrier Kathy Newberry (Ann Arbor, Mich.) along with teammates Kim Conley (West Sacramento, Calif.); Megan Duwell (Flagstaff, Ariz.); Allison Kieffer (Tempe, Ariz.); and Kara June (Austin, Texas).
Racing the senior men’s 8 km will be Colin Leak (Ann Arbor, Mich.); Jeremy Johnson (Albuquerque, N.M.); Jacques Sallberg (Pasadena, Calif.); Robert Cheseret (Colorado Springs, Colo.); and Craig Curley (Tucson, Ariz.).
