FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Mark Winitz

Pacific Association/USATF Communications Manager

Tel: (650) 948-0618 Direct

PACIFIC ASSOCIATION YOUTH ATHLETES SELECTED FOR WORLD TEAM

FOLSOM, Calif. - May 24, 2007 - Pacific Association/USATF youth athlete Jordan Hasay will lead the Team USA national contingent which will compete at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics (track and field) in Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 11-15. USA Track & Field announced that four Pacific Association girls were selected for the team.

The girls are:

Athlete   Age  Residence   Event     Club

Jordan Hasay  15  Arroyo Grande, CA 3000m San Luis Distance Club

Ashton Purvis 14  Oakland, CA  100m, 200m  East Oakland Youth Development Center

Julian Purvis 16   Oakland, CA 100m Hurdles  East Oakland Youth Development Center

Thandi Stewart 15  Union City, CA   Relay    Unattached

Track & Field News magazine selected Hasay as the third best high school miler, and the second best high school two-miler, in 2006. She is a sophomore at Mission Prep High School in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Earlier this year, Hasay won the 2007 USATF Junior Cross Country Championship race.

Link to full USA Track & Field press release.

The Pacific Association is the largest member association of USA Track & Field (USATF). We serve northern California and northwestern Nevada. USATF is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running, and race walking in the United States. For more information about the Pacific Association, visit our Web site, www.pausatf.org.

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