USA Track & Field has announced its national 100K team for 2009. The team will compete in Belgium, at the World Cup race on June 19th. The men’s roster is as follows:
| Greg Crowther | Seattle | WA |
| Adam Lint | Seattle | WA |
| Howard Nippert | Colorado Springs | CO |
| Chad Ricklefs | Boulder | CO |
| Steve Stowers | Berkeley | CA |
| Michael Wardian | Arlington | VA |
Greg Crowther has announced on his blog that he will not be participating this year. This means that the altnernate, Todd Braje will get a chance to participate.
While I’d love to see two Seattlites run the race, it’s cool that Todd will get a chance to participate. His February finish at the Jed Smith 50 miler, where he ran 5:30:50…makes him the #45 American 50-miler of all time. His time is also the fastest 50 miler in nearly a decade (Brian Teason and Mark Godale ran faster at the GNC 50 Miler in North Park, Pittsburgh in March of 1999). He’ll be a great addition to the team. Should be fun to watch this team…I’m expecting they’ll finish much better than last year, where many of them struggled with the heat in Italy.
