FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 22^nd, 2010

OTC Elite To Compete At The USATF Indoor Championships

Eugene, Oregon – The Oregon Track Club Elite will be competing at the USATF Indoor National Championships this weekend (February 27-28^th) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The Indoor National Championships, which are being held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, is the qualifying event for the IAAF World Indoor Championships to be held in Doha, Qatar on March 12-14^th.  Many of the OTC Elite athletes competing this weekend have been training at Albuquerque’s nearly 6,000 feet of altitude since the middle of January to prepare for the event. 

OTC Elite team members competing this weekend include 2008 Olympian and 2009 World Ranked 800 Meter runner Nick Symmonds.  He is looking to regain the USATF Indoor 800 Meter title that he previously won in 2007.  Also in the 800 Meters will be Mark Wieczorek and Tyler Mulder.  Wieczorek was the 2009 US Indoor Runner-up at 800 Meters while Mulder was the 2008 NCAA Indoor Champion at 800 meters.

The lone OTC Elite entrant in the Men’s 400 Meters is Oregon’s former quarter mile standout, Matt Scherer.  He heads into the US Indoor Championship ranked 9^th in his former specialty as he looks to make the World Indoor Championship Team.

In the Men’s 1,500 Meters OTC Elite will be represented by Will Leer, Russell Brown and John Jefferson.  Leer is the fastest ranked miler in the US, while Brown enters the Championships ranked 3^rd.  Jefferson who has quietly put together a fantastic indoor season will be looking to improve on his 12^th seed heading into the meet.

The USATF Indoor Championships will be televised on ESPN2 on Sunday, February 28^th from 7:00-9:00pm (EST).  For results from the USATF Indoor Championships go to www.usatf.org.  For updates on OTC Elite visit the team website at:  www.OTCelite.com or follow the team on Twitter: @OregonTCelite.

Contact:

Rob Vermillion

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