Discussion: Announcement of US Team for WOC 2018

Here is the US Team, as selected by the Review Panel of Peggy Dickison, Tori Campbell, Kristin Hall, Will Hawkins, and Glen Tryson.


Men

Greg Ahlswede

Giacomo Barbone

Eric Bone

Michael Laraia

Anton Salmenkyla

Alternate: Will Enger



Women

Tori Borish

Tyra Chrisotpherson

Alison Crocker

Julia Doubson

Amanda Johansson

Alternate: Sydney Fisher



Race assignments

Sprint: Greg, Anton, Michael (Giacomo alternate); Ali, Julia, Tyra

Sprint Relay: Eric, Giacomo; Tori, Julia

Middle: Anton, Ali

Forest Relay: Greg, Anton, Eric; Ali, Tori, Amanda

Long: Greg, Tori


Note that relay athletes are not named in order of running; that is to be determined by the Team.

A link to additional comments from the Review Panel will be posted shortly.

Team announcement on the OUSA website, with the above information and additional links

Great job and reasoning by the Review Panel. Good luck to all WOC runners!

We have two changes to announce.

First, Greg officially declined his sprint start (which by the rules we were required to offer him). As the alternate, Giacomo Barbone has moved up.

And partly because of finding an error in some race results we were using to help us determine race assignments, we have decided to switch Tori Borish to the Sprint and Tyra Christopherson to the Sprint Relay.

Fantastic! These seem like excellent athlete-to-race fits.

It is most important that there are two fine and competitive forest-relay teams, after last year.

Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to the selected team members, and *thank you* to the selection panel for figuring this all out!

Congrats to the team! Train well and race smart. Thank you to the selection committee for your work.

Congratulations to everyone and thanks to the Review Panel for choosing such a talented team. I'm looking forward to following the races from the US!