AppWorldSolutions
Elite Womens 800
ATHLETE BIOS
Heather Kampf- USA (Team USA Minnesota)
PR- 2:01 800
Kampf (nee Dorniden) joined the professional track and field world after a stellar career at the University of Minnesota where she was a nine-time All-American and holds nine school records. Her personal best of 2:01.05 makes her a legitimate contender for the 2012 US Olympic team that will be chosen next summer in Eugene, Oregon. Kampf currenty lives and trains in Minneapolis under the direction of coach Dennis Barker at Team USA Minnesota.
Watch Heather fall down, get up and try to win an indoor race!
Clora Williams- Jamaica
PR- 2:03 800
Williams is a converted 400 meter runner who has just recently moved up to the 800 meters. Last year she clocked a personal best of 2:03.99 for the 2-lapper. She has represented Jamaica internationally in the 4 x 400 relay and was the second leg on the country's quartet at the 2010 World Indoor Track and FIeld Championships.
Watch Clora run the 4 x 4 at the World Championships
Melissa DeLeon- Trinidad and Tobago
PR- 2:02 800
DeLeon is the national record holder at 800 meters for Trinidad and Tobago. She has a personal best of 2:02.27 at 800 meters and will be looking to get closer to the 2 minute barrier at the Festival of Miles
Check out this pic of Melissa from last year's Central American and Carribean Track and Field Championships
Shannon Leinert- USA (Big River Running Company)
PR- 2:04 800
Leinert is a hometown favorite having been a star at Eureka High School and then at the University of Missouri. At Eureka she ran 2:08 for 800 meters and was part of national runner-up squads in the 4 x 800 and Distance Medley Relays. She was a member of Team USA at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in 2005 while at the University of Florida. She eventually transferred to Mizzou where she was an NCAA National qualifier in the 800.
Watch Shannon's 800 Personal Best
Gabriele Anderson- USA
PRs- 2:06 800, 4:12 1500
Anderson, a University of Minnesota graduate and current Team USA Minnesota member, joins her longtime teammate Heather Kampf in AppWorldSolutions women's 800. As a Gopher Anderson was an NCAA runner-up in the 1500 and holds the school record in that event She comes into the Festival of Miles having finished third in the 1500 at the Drake Relays and third at the US 1 Mile Road Championships.
Watch Gabriele finish 2nd at the NCAA Championships
Watch Gabriele's Brooks Beast feature on Flotrack where she talks about her battle with cancer
Anne Shadle- USA
PRs- 4:08 1500, 10:28 steeplechase
Shadle had an outstanding career at the University of Nebraska where she was a two-time NCAA Champion winning both the indoor mile and the outdoor 1500 in 2005. She currently lives and trains in Columbia, Missouri and is prepping for the USA Outdoor Track and Field Nationals at the end of June.
Watch this 2005 video of Anne talking about "going with the flow"
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