Press Release - USA Cross Country Championships - 2/4/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          Meb Keflezighi enters USA Cross Country Championships

INDIANAPOLIS - 2004 Olympic men's marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi 
has entered the USA Cross Country Championships, USA Track & Field 
announced Tuesday. A two-time champion in the 12 km, Keflezighi will be 
making his first appearance at the USA Cross Country Championships since 
2003. 

Also on Tuesday, USATF announced that two-time Olympian and defending 
champion Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.) was forced to withdraw from the 
championships due to the flu. 

The championships will be hosted by the Montgomery Country Road Runners 
Club at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland on February 
7.

In addition to the national titles on the line in Derwood, open and junior 
men and women will qualify to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Cross 
Country Championships March 28 in Amman, Jordan. 

Highlights of the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships will be televised on 
February 15 during ESPN coverage of the Tyson Invitational. The 
championships will consist of six cross country championship races for 
men's and women's categories with national titles on the line for junior, 
masters and open divisions. The nation's premier cross country event, the 
Championships will feature $47,000 in prize money.

For more information on the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships visit
www.usatf.org.

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