INDIANAPOLIS — USA Track & Field Friday announced a roster of 56 athletes for the World Athletics Indoor Championships to be held March 21-23 in Nanjing, China. These Championships were originally scheduled for Nanjing in 2020, but were postponed due to COVID-19. Ten medalists from last year's World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, return, led by men's 60 hurdles gold medalist and world indoor record holder Grant Holloway. Holloway, who is undefeated in the event since 2015, sports a 76-race win streak including heats and finals. Women's long jump silver medalist Monae' Nichols won the USATF Indoor Championships title at Staten Island in February and will look to step up on the podium in Nanjing, as will Sam Kendricks in the men's pole vault. Kendricks, the world outdoor champion in 2017 and 2019, has three silvers from past World Indoor Championships, taking the runner-up slot in 2016, 2018, and last year. Alexis Holmes and Chase Jackson are the other individual medalists making a return trip. Holmes, the USATF champion last month, nabbed bronze in the women's 400 at Glasgow and she added a silver in the 4x400 relay. Jackson, who bettered the American indoor record in Poland in February, earned bronze at Glasgow and took top honors at this year's USATF Indoor Championships. In addition to Holmes, relay medalists Chris Bailey, Quanera Hayes, Bailey Lear, Jacory Patterson and Matthew Boling are slated for duty in China. Bailey is the fastest 400 man in the world this year with a best of 44.70 and will run the open 400 alongside Patterson. Hayes, Lear, and Boling are in the relay pools, with both teams seeking an improvement to the silver medals earned in Glasgow. Team USATF will have three entrants in the men's 60 and 400, and the women's shot put and 60 hurdles by virtue of the byes given to winners of the World Indoor Tour. Brian Faust won the men's 400 overall title on this year's Tour and Jackson won the shot put, while Ronnie Baker and Christina Clemons are holdovers from 2020. The winners of overall Tour titles in 2019 and 2020 were given byes this year since they lost their opportunity with the COVID-related postponement in 2020.
60: Celera Barnes, Mikiah Brisco 400: Alexis Holmes, Rosey Effiong 800: Nia Akins, Valery Tobias 1500: Sinclaire Johnson, Heather MacLean 3000: Shelby Houlihan, Whittni Morgan 60H: Christina Clemons, Grace Stark, Amber Hughes HJ: Vashti Cunningham, Charity Hufnagel PV: Gabriela Leon, Emily Grove LJ: Monae' Nichols, Claire Bryant SP: Chase Jackson, Maggie Ewen, Jessica Ramsey Pent: Taliyah Brooks, Timara Chapman Relay Pool: Quanera Hayes, Bailey Lear, Karimah Davis, Maya Singletary
60: Ronnie Baker, Coby Hilton, Emmanuel Wells 400: Chris Bailey, Jacory Patterson, Brian Faust 800: Josh Hoey, Brandon Miller 1500: Sam Prakel, Luke Houser 3000: Dylan Jacobs, Sam Gilman 60H: Grant Holloway, Cameron Murray HJ: Eli Kosiba PV: Sam Kendricks LJ: Will Williams, Cameron Crump TJ: Russell Robinson, Will Claye SP: Tripp Piperi, Roger Steen Hept: Harrison Williams, Heath Baldwin Relay Pool: Elija Godwin, Matthew Boling, Jevon O'Bryant, Kennedy Lightner
April Smith: Head Coach, Throws Sandra Farmer-Patrick: Sprints/Hurdles Lisa Morgan-Richman: Distance Jennifer Potter: Jumps/Multis Marsha Seagrave: Head Manager
Travis Coleman: Throws Maurice Pierce: Sprints/Hurdles Dena Evans: Distance Lindsey Malone: Jumps/Multis Nick Polk: Head Manager
Martin Palavicini: Event Manager Radious Guess: Event Manager Darryl Woodson: Relay Coach
Todd Arnold: MD Christie-Lee Coad: Head ATC Kiki Cruickshank: USATF RMP Brittany Garcia: USATF RMP Melissa Stueve: ATC Deep Patel: PA/ATC Ben Bumguardner: DC Breigh Jones-Coplin: Sports Psych Rikki Keen: Sports Dietician