Team USA Roster Released For Great Edinburgh XCountry Challenge


USATF released the official Team USA roster for the 2017 Great Edinburgh XCountry Run today. Twelve junior athletes (aged 19 and under) will don the red, white and blue while competing in a 6K (men) and 4K (women) cross country race in Edinburgh, Scotland on Saturday, Jan. 7.

Top preps include Foot Locker Nationals runners-up Nevada Mareno, a 10:00 two miler, and Finn Gessner, a three-time Wisconsin state champion. Foot Locker third placer Rebecca Story, who recently clocked 9:59 for 3200m, will also compete, as will Wisconsin commit Seth Hirsch of Nebraska (third at Foot Locker, fourth at NXN). 

After taking runner-up honors at Foot Locker Nationals, Stanford recruit Nevada Mareno talked about hoping for an invite to compete in Scotland:


Lauren Gregory, who placed third at NXN, enters the event with some prior international racing experience. She represented Team USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2015, where she ran 22:01.0 over 6K to place 33rd in China.

Sam Worley of Texas will complete his season in Scotland to cap off a standout campaign that saw him take runner-up honors at NXN and ninth at Foot Locker Nationals after winning the Texas Class 6A state title over eventual Foot Locker champion Reed Brown.

Pennsylvania state champion Noah Affolder (sixth at Foot Locker) and Ohio state champion India Johnson (ninth at NXN, fourth at Foot Locker) will wear Team USA jerseys for the first time in Scotland.

College entrants include Conor Lundy of Princeton (third at Ivy League Championships, third at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, 94th at NCAAs), Kenny Vasbinder of Columbia (11th at Ivy League Championships, 14th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, 127th at NCAAs), Alicia Monson of Wisconsin (30th at Big 10 Championships, 11th at NCAA Great Lakes Regional, 96th at NCAAs) and Taylor Werner of Arkansas (15th at SEC Championships, fifth at NCAA South Central Regional, 16th at NCAAs).

Last Name

First Name

City, State

USATF Association

Club/University

8k Senior Men

Bor

Hillary

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado

U.S. Army/American Distance Project

Chelanga

Sam

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado

American Distance Project

Curtin

Thomas

Quincy, Massachusetts

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Derrick

Chris

Portland, Oregon

Oregon

Bowerman Track Club

Heath

Garrett

Seattle, Washington

Pacific NW

Brooks Beasts TC

Hehir

Martin

Flagstaff, Arizona

Arizona

HOKA ONE ONE NAZ Elite

Kebenei

Stanley

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Arizona

American Distance Project

Korir

Leonard

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado

American Distance Project

Pearson

Morgan

Boulder, Colorado

Colorado

Falcon Distance Project

6km Senior Women

Balouris

Elaina

Brighton, Massachusetts

New England

Boston Athletic Association

Buchalski

Allie

Johns Creek, Georgia

Georgia

Furman University

Hall

Marielle

Haddonfield, New Jersey

New Jersey

University of Texas

Lipari

Emily

Brighton, Massachusetts

New England

Boston Athletic Association

Macumber

Cally

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Michigan

Hansons-Brooks Distance Project

Moriello

Rosa

Brighton, Massachusetts

New England

The Heartbreakers

Pagano

Sarah

Brighton, Massachusetts

New England

Boston Athletic Association

Spratford

Katrina

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

New England

NE Distance

Van Alstine

Amy

Flagstaff, Arizona

Arizona

HOKA ONE ONE NAZ Elite

6km Junior Men

Affolder

Noah

Ft. Drum, New York

Adirondack

 

Gessner

Finn

Paramus, New Jersey

New Jersey

 

Hirsch

Seth

Omaha, Nebraska

Nebraska

Omaha Racers

Lundy

Conor

Yonkers, New York

New York

 

Vasbinder

Kenny

East Aurora, New York

Niagara

 

Worley

Samuel

New Braunfels, Texas

-

 

4km Junior Women

Gregory

Lauren

Fort Collins, Colorado

Colorado

Fort Collins Track Club

Johnson

India

Hilliard, Ohio

Ohio

 

Mareno

Nevada

Raleigh, North Carolina

North Carolina

 

Monson

Alicia

Amery, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

 

Story

Rebecca

Knoxville, Tennessee

-

 

Werner

Taylor

Bloomsdale, Missouri

Ozark

St. Louis Blazers Track Club

Senior Coed 4x1km Relay

Merber

Kyle

Dix Hills, New York

Long Island

HOKA ONE ONE NJNY Track Club

Leer

Will

Wayzata, Minnesota

Pacific

-

Kampf

Heather

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnesota

Team USA Minnesota

Farber

Lianne

Sacramento, California

Pacific

Nor Cal Distance Project