Addy Wiley at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships

USATF announces squad for World Athletics Road Running Championships 2023

Modified Mar 13, 2024 11:31 GMT

The USA Track and Field announced the roster for the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships, which will be held in Riga, Latvia, from September 30 to October 1. The Championships will witness thousands of amateur runners from more than 100 countries competing alongside the elite athletes.

The events will comprise the Men's and Women's Half Marathon, 5 Km, and Mile. A total of 16 athletes will compete from the USA. 40-year-old Sara Hall will lead the squad in Latvia. Hall, an American record holder, will compete in the half-marathon. In 2022, Hall broke the American record by clocking a spectacular 1:07.15 at the Houston Half Marathon.

Alongside Hall, Sarah Buchanan will also compete in half-marathon. She marked her season best of 1:10.15 in Japan. Molly Grail and Amber Zimmerman will also compete in the half-marathon.

1500m NACAC bronze medalist Helen Schlachtenhaufen will compete in Mile along with the 19-year-old Addy Wiley. Wiley won the women's 1500m at the NACAC U23 Championships in July, clocking 4:05.84. She finished eighth at the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting in Brussels, Belgium, with a time of 3:59.17.

Weini Kelati and Fiona O’Keeffe will compete in the 5 Km run. Earlier this year, Kelati clocked 14:53.41 to finish fourth at the fast 5000 in Montesson, France. O'Keeffe clocked 15:01.34 at the Boston University Valentine Invitational during the indoor season.

The USATF champion Jacob Thomson will compete in the half-marathon. Reed Fischer, who had a personal best of 1:01.37 in 2020, has his season best of 1:01.51 and will compete alongside Thomson.