Courtesy: Running USA

USA Track & Field today announced the USA teams for the 11th IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships, to be hosted by Brussels, Belgium on Sunday, May 5. Team USA has a combination of youth and experience led by 1996 Olympian Linda Somers Smith and last year's top U.S. male finisher in the race, Scott Larson. Adding experience and speed to the men's team is the former American record holder in the marathon, David Morris.

Below are the five-member U.S. men and women's teams with their best half-marathon performances:

Males
Scott Larson, 32, Boulder, CO               1:03:08 ('01)
Jim Jurcevich, 25 Columbus, OH              1:04:15 ('02)
Jeff Campbell, 30, Rochester Hills, MI      1:04:24 ('01)
Brian Sell, 24, Rochester Hills, MI         1:05:16 ('01)
David Morris, 31, Albuquerque, NM           1:01:08 ('95)
Females
Misti Demko, 34, Hershey, PA                1:14:46 ('01)
Monica Hostetler, 25, Kendallville, IN      1:14:04 ('02)
Linda Somers Smith, 40, San Luis Obispo, CA 1:11:01 ('97)
Kim Pawelek, 28, Jacksonville Beach, FL     1:12:48 ('00)
Rosa Gutierrez, 38, Glendale, OR            1:13:17 ('01)