USA Track and Field on Tuesday officially announced its senior and junior teams for the IAAF World and U20 Cross Country Championships on March 30 in Aarhus, Denmark, and three high school athletes are headed internationally to compete.
Fort Worth Christian's (TX) Carter Cheeseman, Katy Cinco Ranch's (TX) Heidi Nielson and Winona Cotter's Grace Ping (MN) were all announced as member's of Team USA's junior team.
In 2017, the USA Junior team placed ninth in the boys race and 11th in the girls race.
The junior team will be coached by Katie McGregor and Dave Smith, while the senior team will be led by Melody Fairfield, a former Foot Locker Nationals winner and high school phenom, and Steve Plasencia.
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USA Junior Boys Team
| name | school |
|---|---|
| Shuaib Aljabaly | Coldwater, Minnesota; Univ. of Wisconsin |
| Gabriel Mudel | Novi, Minnesota; Univ. of Michigan |
| Mieka Beaudoin-Rousseau | Stanford, California; Stanford University |
| Charlie Perry | Stanford, California; Stanford University |
| Khalid Hussein | Plymouth, Minnesota; Univ. of Minnesota |
| Carter Cheeseman | Keller, Texas; Fort Worth Christian High School |
USA Junior Girls Team
| name | school |
|---|---|
| Nicole Clermont | Franklin, Massachusetts; Boston College |
| Kayla Smith | Falls Church, Virginia; Boston College |
| Riley Rigdon | Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Oklahoma State Univ. |
| Grace Ping | Winnona, Minnesota; Cotter High School |
| Savannah Shaw | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; North Carolina State Univ. |
| Heidi Nielson | Katy, Texas; Track Houston Youth TC; Katy Cinco Ranch High School |
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USA Senior Women's Team
| name | city |
|---|---|
| Marielle Hall | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Courtney Frerichs | Mundelein, Illinois |
| Karissa Schweizer | Urbandale, Iowa |
| Stephanie Bruce | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Sarah Pagano | Ringwood, New Jersey |
| Anne-Marie Blaney | Rochester Hills, Michigan |
USA Senior Men's Team
| name | city |
|---|---|
| Shadrack Kipchirchir | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Emmanuel Bor | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Leonard Korir | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Hillary Bor | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Stanley Kebenei | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Mason Ferlic | Ann Arbor, Michigan |