2008 Olympic Team Roster
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Women
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Men
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Laura Bennett
(N. Palm Beach, Fla. / Boulder, Colo.)
[ Personal Website ]
Qualified at Beijing World Cup in September 2007
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Jarrod Shoemaker
(Sudbury, Mass. / Maynard, Mass.)
[ Personal Website ]
Qualified at Beijing World Cup in September 2007
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Julie Swail Ertel
(Irvine, Calif.)
Qualified in Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 19, 2008
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Matt Reed
(Boulder, Colo.)
[Personal Website]
Qualified in Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 19, 2008
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3rd Female to be determined after Hy-Vee Triathlon, June 2008
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3rd Male to be determined after Hy-Vee Triathlon, June 2008
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Other contenders (based on Dec. 31, 2008 ITU Olympic Rankings)
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Women (listed alphabetically)
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Hometown
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Training Town
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Mary Beth Ellis
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Rehoboth Beach, Del. |
Thornton, Colo. |
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Sarah Groff |
Cooperstown, N.Y. |
Boulder, Colo. |
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Sarah Haskins Kortuem
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St. Louis, Mo. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Becky Lavelle
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Minnetonka, Minn. |
Los Gatos, Calif. |
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Sara McLarty
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DeLand, Fla. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Jasmine Oeinck
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Littleton, Colo. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Margaret Shapiro
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Great Falls, Va. |
Herndon, Va. |
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Amanda Stevens
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Enid, Okla. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Rebeccah Wassner |
Gaithersburg, Md. |
New York, N.Y. |
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Joanna Zeiger
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San Diego, Calif. |
Boulder, Colo. |
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Men
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Hometown
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Training Town
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Brian Fleischmann
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Jacksonville, Fla. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Mark Fretta
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Portland, Ore. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Doug Friman
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Alameda, Calif. |
Tucson, Ariz. |
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Manny Huerta
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Miami, Fla. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Hunter Kemper
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Longwood, Fla. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Tim O’Donnell |
Shavertown, Pa. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Victor Plata
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Minneapolis, Minn. |
Santa Cruz, Calif. |
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Andy Potts
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Princeton, N.J. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Joe Umphenour
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Bellevue, Wash. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
2008 Olympic Selection Procedure
2008 Olympic Team Support Staff
(pending final approval by the USOC Board of Directors)
Team Leader - Scott Schnitzspahn
Scott Schnitzspahn is the Sport Performance Director for USA Triathlon, overseeing all elite athlete, development athlete and coaching programs at USA Triathlon. He served as the Team Leader for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where the U.S. Team won half of the available medals, including a sweep of the Gold in both the men’s and women’s events.
Head Coach - Cliff English
Cliff English is the National Teams Head Coach for USA Triathlon and manages the triathlon program at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Cliff began working with USA Triathlon in 2005 after coaching triathlete Samantha McGlone to the 2004 Canadian Olympic Team.
Assistant Coach - Sharon Donnelly
Olympian Sharon Donnelly is the Resident Coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Sharon was a member of the 2000 Canadian Olympic Team and was the 1999 Pan American Games Champion.
Mechanic - Nathan Kortuem
An elite triathlete himself, Nathan Kortuem is an International Cycling Union licensed mechanic and is the Resident Mechanic at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Chiropractor - Dr. Alex Keith
Dr. Alex Keith is the physiology guru for the National Teams Program and works closely with many of the top American athletes throughout the year as well as being the Team Chiropractor for multiple World Cup events and the 2007 and 2008 World Championships. Dr. Keith operates a highly successful private practice and event production business in Lake Worth, Fla.
Athletic Trainer - Diana Palmer
Diana Palmer has been the U.S. National Team trainer and massage therapist at numerous World Cup and World Championship events. As a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Games staff, she will handle all medical related issues for the USAT Olympic Team. She was also on the U.S. Olympic Committee medical staff that supported the triathlon team and other sports at the 2007 Pan American Games.