USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the docket this week...

With possibly a late declaration or appeal pending, here is the list of Washington affiliated athletes competing at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships that begin on Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa:

MEN

Michael Berry (Rainier Beach HS) 400

Mark Wieczorek (Tacoma/Brooks Beasts) 800

Joe Abbott (WSU) 800

Jordan McNamara (Auburn/Riverside HS) 1500

Bernard Lagat (WSU) 5000

Jake Riley (Bellingham HS) 10000

Jeshua Anderson (WSU) 400 hurdles

Donn Cabral (Bellingham resident) 3000 steeplechase

Brad Walker (University-Spokane HS/UW) pole vault

Jarred Rome (Marysville-Pilchuck HS) discus

Joe Zimmerman (Lewis & Clark-Spokane HS/UW) javelin

Jeremy Taiwo (Newport HS/UW) decathlon

WOMEN

Katie Mackey (UW/Brooks Beasts) 1500, 5000

Becca Friday (Bellingham HS) 1500

Brie Felnagle (Bellarmine Prep HS) 5000

Christine Babcock (UW) 5000

Megan Goethals (UW) 10000

Ginnie Crawford (Rainier Beach HS) 100 hurdles

Collier Lawrence (WSU) 3000 steeplechase

Andrea Geubelle (Curtis HS) long jump, triple jump

Blessing Ufodiama (WSU) triple jump

Aretha Thurmond (Renton HS/UW) discus

Britney Henry (Lewis & Clark-Spokane HS) hammer

Kara Patterson (Skyview-Vancouver HS) javelin

Here's the list of athletes with Washington affiliations competing in the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which are held in conjunction with the senior nationals.  Note the junior championships begin on Wednesday.

MEN

100:  Tatum Taylor (O'Dea HS)

200:  Tatum Taylor, Marcus Chambers (Foss HS)

400:  Marcus Chambers

800:  Marcus Dickson (BYU/White River HS)

1500:  Hap Emmons & Nick Harris (UW), Collin Overbay (SeattleU), Will Drinkwater (Stanford/Gig Harbor HS)

110 hurdles:  Chris Williams (UW)

Pole vault:  Chris Williams

Triple jump:  Lane Russell (Tumwater HS)

Javelin:  Carson Fuller (UW)

WOMEN

400:  Whitney Diggs (Highline HS) 

800:  Alexis Daugherty (Skyline HS)

100 hurdles:  Daje Pugh (UW), Cece Jackson (Holy Names)

400 hurdles:  Cece Jackson 

Shot put:  Courtney Hutchinson (Mead HS)

Javelin:  Kerry Wright (Whitworth College)

Heptathlon:  Olivia Vincent (Holy Names)

Vincent will be in action on Wednesday, as the junior multi-events competition gets underway, with everything else starting up on Thursday.

paulmerca.blogspot.com will be in Des Moines to cover the national championships, which will determine who goes to Moscow for the world championships, and to Colombia for the Pan-Am junior championships.