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IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas May 24-25, 2014 Photo: Andrew McClanahan@PhotoRun Victah1111@aol.com

USA Track & Field – News – Team USA to defend the Golden Baton at IAAF World Relays

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By GRR 0

INDIANAPOLIS — The relay pools for Team USA at the IAAF World Relays have been set, USATF announced Tuesday. Fifty-one athletes comprise the 10 relay pools from which Team USA will select for the second annual IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3

The IAAF World Relays will air live in the United States from 7-10 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3 on Universal Sports.

The United States boasts an impressive roster featuring 21 Olympians, including three of the

four members of the world record women’s 4×100-meter relay in Tianna Bartoletta, four-time Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix and three-time Olympic medalist Carmelita Jeter. Four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross will compete for Team USA in the women’s 4×400-meter relay, while newcomer Kaylin Whitney appears on her first senior team after dominating the IAAF World Junior Championships last summer. IAAF World Indoor champion Chanelle Price and Olympian Shannon Rowbury will compete in the women’s 4×800-meter relay and distance medley relay, respectively.

On the men’s side, the men’s 4×100-meter relay includes three of the four silver medalists from London in Ryan Bailey, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while the men’s 4×400-meter relay has two members from the indoor world record squad in Kyle Clemons and David Verburg, and three of four from the quartet that took home gold at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, including LaShawn Merritt, Tony McQuay and Verburg. The longer relays have veterans on them as well, with indoor record holders Robby Andrews, Duane Solomon and Erik Sowinski donning the red, white and blue.

The IAAF World Relays is the newest addition to the IAAF’s global competition calendar, and will see more than 600 athletes from around the world compete in five relay disciplines: 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m and the distance medley relay (1,200m, 400m, 800m, 1,600m).

The top eight finishers in the men's and women's 4×100 and 4×400 relays at the IAAF World Relays will qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.

The IAAF used last year's World Relays as the qualifier for eight of the 16 spots in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays at August's world championships in Beijing. The same process will be used for the Rio de Janeiro Games, with the other eight spots being allocated based on time.

Join the conversation by following USATF on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and use the hashtag #WorldRelays.

Live results for the IAAF World Relays can be found on IAAF.org.

Team USA – IAAF World Relays

First	Last	Relay	Hometown/Current Residence
Ryan	Bailey	Men's 4x100m/4x200m	Los Angeles, California
Justin	Gatlin	Men's 4x100m/4x200m	Clermont, Florida
Tyson	Gay	Men's 4x100m	Los Angeles, California
Mike	Rodgers	Men's 4x100m	Round Rock, Texas
Charles	Silmon	Men's 4x100m	Fort Worth, Texas
Isiah	Young	Men's 4x100m	Oxford, Mississippi
Curtis	Mitchell	Men's 4x200m	Daytona Beach, Florida
Joe	Morris	Men's 4x200m	Tualatin, Oregon
Wallace	Spearmon	Men's 4x200m	Fayetteville, Arkansas
Justin	Walker	Men's 4x200m	Slidell, Louisiana
Kyle	Clemons	Men's 4x400m	Lawrence, Kansas
Tony	McQuay	Men's 4x400m	Gainesville, Florida
LaShawn	Merritt	Men's 4x400m	Bradenton, Florida
Brycen	Spratling	Men's 4x400m	Webster, New York
David	Verburg	Men's 4x400m	Gainesville, Florida
Jeremy	Wariner	Men's 4x400m	Waco, Texas
Robby	Andrews	Men's 4x800m	Manalapan, New Jersey
Brandon	Johnson	Men's 4x800m/Distance Medley	Chula Vista, California
Casimir	Loxsom	Men's 4x800m	Seattle, Washington
Ryan	Martin	Men's 4x800m	Lake Forest, California
Duane	Solomon	Men's 4x800m	Orlando, Florida
Erik	Sowinski	Men's 4x800m	Iowa City, Iowa
Ben	Blankenship	Men's Distance Medley	Eugene, Oregon
Kyle	Merber	Men's Distance Medley	Annandale, New Jersey
Andrew	Wheating	Men's Distance Medley	Eugene, Oregon

Tianna	Bartoletta	Women's 4x100m	Tampa, Florida
Allyson	Felix	Women's 4x100m	Los Angeles, California
Carmelita	Jeter	Women's 4x100m	Los Angeles, California
Jeneba	Tarmoh	Women's 4x100m	Los Angeles, California
Tiffany	Townsend	Women's 4x100m	Clermont, Florida
Jessica	Young	Women's 4x100m	Columbia, South Carolina
Kimberlyn	Duncan	Women's 4x200m	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Candyce	McGrone	Women's 4x200m	Round Rock, Florida
Tawanna	Meadows	Women's 4x200m	Lewisville, Texas
Shalonda	Solomon	Women's 4x200m	Winter Garden, Florida
Kaylin	Whitney	Women's 4x200m	Clermont, Florida
Charonda	Williams	Women's 4x200m	Clermont, Florida
Jessica	Beard	Women's 4x400m	Clermont, Florida
Phyllis	Francis	Women's 4x400m	Eugene, Oregon
Natasha	Hastings	Women's 4x400m	Round Rock, Texas
Francena	McCorory	Women's 4x400m	Hampton, Virginia
Sanya	Richards-Ross	Women's 4x400m	Austin, Texas

author: GRR