100, 200 meters | Allyson Felix

A Two-time world champion in the outdoors for the 200 meter-dash.

She had the biggest margin of victory ever in World Championships 200-meter final (2007).

She was the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 meters.

Has run a 10.93second 100m. this season.

 

 

400 meters | Sanya Richards

She is the 2006 IAAF world athlete of the year

A three-time U.S. champion outdoors

A 2004 Olympic gold medalist on the 4×400 relay team.

She competed at University of Texas.

 

 

800 meters | Alysia Johnson

She just completed her college eligibility for California at the NCAA championships

She is the reigning U.S. outdoor champion.

Her winning time of 1:59.29 at the 2007 NCAA meet is the 3rd fastest in college history.

 

 

1,500 meters | Treniere Clement

Has won three successive U.S. outdoor championships in the 1,500

She was the 2006 U.S. indoor 1,500 champion

A sub-2-minute 800 runner.

She competed for Georgetown.

 

 

5,000 meters | Lauren Fleshman

The 2006 U.S. Championship

A three-time NCAA champion for Stanford.

She is trained by Oregon Coach Vin Lananna.

 

 

10,000 meters | Kara Goucher

Became the first U.S. woman to medal at the World Championships in the 10,000 by taking the bronze in 2007.

Was second in the 5,000 at the 2006 nationals

Second Placer in the 10,000 at last year’s U.S. championships.

She is trained by Coach Alberto Salazar

 

 

Steeplechase | Jennifer Barringer

The reigning U.S. champion after winning last season in 9:34.64, then the second-fastest time by a U.S. woman.

2008 NCAA champion for University of Colorado.

 

 

100 hurdles | Lolo Jones

A two-time reigning U.S. indoor 60-meter champion and 2008 world indoor champion.

She placed third in the 2007 U.S. championships outdoors

She placed sixth at last year’s World Championships outdoors.

Was a three-time national champion

Was an 11-time All-American for Louisiana State.

 

 

 

400 hurdles | Tiffany Ross-Williams

The reigning U.S. Champion

Winner of the 2007 Visa Championship Series.

Ranked sixth in the world in 2007 by Track & Field News.

 

 

High jump | Amy Acuff

Won her first U.S. championship in 1995 and still is among the best in the world. A three-time Olympian and the reigning U.S. champion, she finished fourth in the 2004 Athens Games. Competed for UCLA.

 

 

Long jump | Brittney Reese

NCAA champion in 2008

NCAA champion in 2007

Named Southeastern Conference women’s field athlete of the year.

Second at the 2007 U.S. Championships

Ranked eighth at the World Championships.

 

 

Triple jump | Erica McClain

She has won seven Pacific-10 Conference titles in either the long or triple jumps, including both events at the 2008 Pac-10 meet.

She has won the 2005 U.S. triple jump championship as a Stanford freshman.

Third at the U.S. championships outdoors last season.

 

 

Pole vault | Jenn Stuczynski

A U.S. Record-holder

She reset her own record last month at 16- 3/4.

She has won three consecutive U.S. outdoor championships

She has won three of the last four national championships indoors.

 

 

Shot | Kristin Heaston

Three-time U.S. champion outdoors and 2004 Olympian.

She was the first thrower in the qualifying round in the 2004 Games at Ancient Olympia

The first woman to compete there in an Olympiad

 

 

Discus | Suzy Powell-Roos

U.S. Record-holder

She broke a mark that had stood for 21 years by throwing 222-0 last year.

The reigning U.S. Champion

A two-time Olympian.

She finished eighth at last year’s World Championships

 

 

Hammer | Brittany Riley

Reigning U.S. Champion

The 2007 runner-up at the NCAA championships

She was the 2005 U.S. junior champion.

 

 

Javelin | Dana Pounds

Beat U.S. record-holder Kim Kreiner to win the 2007 U.S. Championship

She was a runner-up in 2006

She was a runner-up in 2005

She won back-to-back NCAA titles for the Air Force Academy in 2006

She won back-to-back NCAA titles for the Air Force Academy in 2005

Sixth at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.

 

 

Heptathlon | Jacquelyn Johnson

She won her fourth consecutive Pac-10 heptathlon championship last month for Arizona State, scoring meet-record 6,307 points.

She was fifth at the 2007 U.S. championships while a college junior.