Kastor heads USA team for World Road Running Championships

Olympic Marathon bronze medallist Deena Kastor heads the USA team selected for the IAAF World Road Running Championships, Udine, Italy on 14 October 2007.

The team was selected based on performances at 15km, Half Marathon, 20km and 25km.

Deena Kastor, is the American record holder at the Half Marathon distance (67:34), and as well as her 2004 Olympic bronze Kastor’s major marathon performances include wins at the 2005 Chicago (2:21:25) and the 2006 London Marathons. At the latter, she set the current American record of 2:19:36. Kastor has won 2007 national championships at 15km and 10,000m.

Also selected are Katie McGregor, the 2007 USA 25km champion, Alicia (Craig) Shay, who recently won her first USA running circuit title at the USA 20km Championships in New Haven, Tara Storage, fourth at those same championships, and Desiree Davila, who was fifth.

Source:
USATF