Team USA to have a local touch on its staff...

Here's a link to an article in the Monday edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Team USA physician Monique Burton, who is one of two doctors from the Seattle area who will work in Beijing with USA Track & Field, along with Dr. Bob Adams from Redmond, who is my personal physician.

Others with Washington ties on the staff include sports psychologist Ross Flowers, a former hurdler at Garfield HS & UCLA; and former University of Washington men's and women's coach Orin Richburg, who is one of the relay coaches.

Administrators include USA Track & Field president Bill Roe from Bellingham, and men's track & field chairman John Chaplin from Pullman.