Eight athletes with Washington ties on USATF roster for Doha World Championships...
Representing the U.S. in the delegation announced Monday are 55 Olympians including 26 Olympic medalists that have a combined 44 Olympic medals, as well as 78 previous World Championships team members with a total of 65 medals.
Eight athletes with ties to the state of Washington are among the 141 athletes that will go to Doha.
Leading the charge to Doha are 2016 Olympians Matthew Centrowitz (left/photo by Paul Merca), Devon Allen, Hassan Mead, and Kara Winger, all four of whom were on the 2017 world championship team that competed in London.
Centrowitz, the reigning Olympic champion in the 1500 meters, is a volunteer coach at the University of Washington under Andy and Maurica Powell.
Winger is a native of Vancouver, while Allen and Mead spent significant time in Renton and Puyallup, respectively.
Also making the trip to Doha is Bellevue native Katie Burnett, who was fourth in the inaugural women’s 50-kilometer walk in London two years ago.
New to the world championship outdoor team are NCAA steeplechase champion Allie Ostrander, and Brannon Kidder of the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts, along with former Pullman resident and Washington State volunteer coach Katie Nageotte, who has been a regular on the IAAF Diamond League circuit the last two years.
Kidder was added to Team USATF as a result of national champion Donavan Brazier winning the IAAF Diamond League final at the Zürich Weltklasse meet, giving the USA a fourth entry. Kidder finished sixth at the US nationals, but was the highest finisher outside the top three that possessed the world championship qualifying standard of 1:45.80.
Here’s the list of athletes with Washington ties competing for Team USATF along with their event:
Devon Allen: 110 Hurdles
Katie Burnett: 50k race walk
Matthew Centrowitz: 1500 meters
Brannon Kidder: 800 meters
Hassan Mead: 5000 meters
Katie Nageotte: Pole vault
Allie Ostrander: 3000 steeplechase
Kara Winger: Javelin
The USA Track & Field release is available here.
GERMAN FEDERATION ADDS AMOS BARTELSMEYER TO THEIR DOHA ROSTER…
The German Athletics Federation (Deutcher Leichtathletik Verband) announced its roster for the world championships Monday.
Though he wasn’t originally on the roster, German national 1500 meter champion and current Seattle resident Amos Bartelsmeyer was added due to his IAAF ranking, and in order to fill the field to the required number of athletes needed to run heats (45 in the men’s 1500).
Bartelsmeyer, who is a volunteer coach at the University of Washington, ran 3:36.29 at the Brooks PR meet in Seattle in June, just outside the 3:36.00 automatic qualifying standard.
Here is the current list of athletes with Washington ties who are competing for their countries at the world championships in Doha:
Amos Bartelsmeyer (Germany): 1500 meters (UW volunteer coach)
Tim Duckworth (Great Britain): Decathlon (UW volunteer coach)
Josh Kerr (Great Britain): 1500 meters (Brooks Beasts)
Carley Thomas (Australia): 800 meters (Current UW freshman)
Liga Velvere (Latvia): 800 meters (Former WSU volunteer coach/Idaho alum)
Gianna Woodruff (Panama): 400 hurdles (UW alum)
The German federation’s release is available here (via the IAAF).
paulmerca.blogspot.com will publish a preview of Washington athletes competing at the Doha world championships, including brief biographical information, along with personal and season bests.
Publisher Paul Merca will be in Doha to cover his 14th IAAF World Track & Field Championships.
NOTE: USA Track & Field, the German Athletics Federation (Deutcher Leichtathletik Verband) and the IAAF contributed to this report.
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