U.S. Olympic Women’s Track and Field Team

The women’s U.S. Olympic track and field team roster includes six members who won Olympic medals in 2004 (three gold) and 10 who have World Championship medals (15 gold among them). Defending medalists include Lauryn Williams (100 meter, pictured at 2007 World Championships) and Allyson Felix (200 meter). Three of the four defending gold medalists in the 4×400 meter relay are also on the team: Sanya Richards, DeeDee Trotter and Monique Henderson.  

American record holders on the team include Shalane Flanagan, Kim Kreiner, Jenn Stuczynski, Anna Willard and Suzy Powell-Roos. Amy Acuff will be participating in her fourth Olympics games. The oldest team member is Joanne Dow (20k race walk) at 44, and the youngest is Queen Harrison, 400m hurdler, 19.

The team members, according to the U.S. Track and Field Association, are: 

Muna Lee (College Station, Texas): 100m, 200m, 4×100m relay

Torri Edwards (Irvine, Calif.): 100m, 4×100m relay

Lauryn Williams (Miami): 100m, 4×100m relay

Allyson Felix (Los Angeles) 200m

Marshevet Hooker (Pflugerville, Texas) 200m

Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas) 400m, 4×400m relay

Mary Wineberg (Cincinnati) 400m, 4×400m relay

Dee Dee Trotter (Knoxville, Tenn.) 400m, 4×400m relay

Hazel Clark (Knoxville, Tenn.); Alice Schmidt (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Nicole Teter (Eugene, Ore.): 800m

Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco), Erin Donohue (Haddonfield, N.J.) and Christin Wurth-Thomas (Springdale, Ark.): 1,500m

Kara Goucher (Portland, Ore.) 5,000m, 10,000m

Jennifer Rhines (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) 5,000m

Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) 5,000m, 10,000m

Amy Begley (Beaverton, Ore.) 10,000m

Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.) and Blake Russell (Pacific Grove, Calif.): marathon

Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, La.); Damu Cherry (Winter Garden, Fla.) and Dawn Harper (Los Angeles): 100m hurdles

Tiffany Ross-Williams (Kissimmee, Fla.); Queen Harrison (Mchanicsville, Va.) and Sheena Tosta (Chula Vista, Calif.): 400m hurdles

Anna Willard (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Lindsey Anderson (Ogden, Utah) and Jennifer Barringer (Boulder, Colo.): 3,000m steeplechase

Joanne Dow (Manchester, N.H.) 20 km race walk

Angela Williams (Ontario, Calif.), Mechelle Lewis (Cary, N.C.), LaShaunte’a Moore (Fayetteville, Ark.): 4×100m relay

Monique Henderson (Chula Vista, Calif.), Natasha Hastings (Clermont, Fla.) and Ebonie Floyd (Fresno, Texas) 4×400m relay

Chaunet Howard (Snellville, Ga.), Amy Acuff (Isleton, Calif.) and Sharon Day (Costa Mesa, Calif.): high jump

Jennifer Stuczynski (Churchville, N.Y.) April Steiner (Springdale, Ark.) and Erica Bartolina (Hammond, La.): pole vault

Brittney Reese (University, Miss.), Grace Upshaw (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Funmi Jmoh (Stafford, Texas); long jump 

Shani Marks (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Erica McLain (Plano, Texas); triple jump 

Michelle Carter (Ovilla, Texas), Kristin Heaston (Opelika, Ala.) and Jillian Camarena (Tucson, Ariz.), shot put

Aretha Thurmond (Federal Way, Wash.), Suzy Powell-Roos, (Modesto, Calif.) and Stephanie Brown Trafton (Galt, Calif.); discus throw

Jessica Cosby (Mission Hills, Calif.), Amber Campell (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and Loree Smith (Eugene, Ore.); hammer throw

Kara Patterson (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Kim Kreiner (Fresno, Calif.); javelin throw

Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, Ohio), Jacquelyn Johnson (Tempe, Ariz.) and Diana Pickler (Sachse, Texas); heptathlon