Courtesy: USATF

Former Olympians, World Championship team members and NCAA champions highlight the athletes who will represent the United States in San Antonio, Texas, at the 2002 POWERade North America, Central America & Caribbean (NACAC) Under-25 Track & Field Championships, USA Track & Field announced on Friday. More than 300 athletes from 32 countries are expected at the international regional meet August 9-11, 2002.

Hosted by the San Antonio Sports Foundation, the competition will feature 45 track and field events and will take place at E.M. Stevens Stadium on the campus of Trinity University. The event is sanctioned by the NACAC organization and USA Track & Field.

Leading the U.S. delagation will be Olympic 110H silver medalist Terrence Trammell. A six-time NCAA champion in just three years of competition at the University of South Carolina, Trammell is the 2002 USA Indoor 60m champion and the 2001 World Indoor 60H champion.

A 2000 Olympian, James Carter is the 2002 U.S. 400H champion (48.12). He ran his first sub-49 clocking at the 2000 Olympic Trials in the 400H semifinals (48.87) and finished fourth in the 400H Olympic finals in Sydney with a personal best time of 48.04. Carter is a 1999 graduate of Hampton University.

Brianna Glenn is the 2001 NCAA 200m and long jump champion from the University of Arizona. She is the 2002 U.S. Long Jump champion (6.46M/21-2.5) and is also a member of the 4x100m relay pool in San Antonio. Glenn graduated from Arizona in 2002.

Yuliana Perez has risen to the top of U.S. triple jumping in less than two years, She is the 2002 U.S. Outdoor champion (14.20m/46-7.25) and was runner-up in 2001. She placed fourth at the 2001 World University Games and competed for Team USA at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. She is the 2001 National Junior College Champion at the triple jump and the long jump. Perez currently attends Pima (Ariz.) Community College.

The American collegiate record holder in the 60m hurdles indoors (7.92) and 2002 Big Ten Female Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year, Danielle Carruthers will compete in the 100H in San Antonio. At the 2001 World University Games, Carruthers finished 8th in the 100H finals (13.53). Carruthers attends the University of Indiana.

Brenda Taylor competed at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada for Team USA, where she was a semifinalist. She was the 2001 NCAA 400H champion and was awarded the 2000-01 Honda Award as the top women's collegiate athlete in the sport of track & field. At the 2002 U.S. Championships, Taylor finished third in 57.62. She is a 2001 graduate of Harvard University.

Ron Bramlett is yet another youth hurdle star for Team USA. The 2001 NCAA 110m hurdles champion for his alma mater of Alabama, Bramlett was fourth at the World University Games. He owns a personal best of 13.43 seconds.

This is only the second NACAC Under-25 Track & Field Championships; The first competition was held in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2000. Athlete rosters for all teams will be posted at www.sanantoniosports.org as participating countries submit them.