BOULDER, CO (May 24, 2016) – The final team rosters for the International Team Challenge at the 2016 BolderBOULDER are set: Pending any last-minute substitutions, the following are the countries competing in the Challenge and the three athletes on their men’s and women’s teams (nine each for USA). Athletes with asterisks (*) will also represent their countries at the Olympic Summer Games this summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

There have been three changes to the Team USA roster since the previous release: Names in BOLDhave replaced other runners due to injury or scheduling conflict. Finally, you can follow the professional races as they happen thanks to Todd Straka (Twitter: @BoulderRunner) who will be live-tweeting updates from the race using the BolderBOULDER Twitter handle: @bolderboulder, and be sure to follow #BoldNation for all social updates.

PROFESSIONAL MEN

USA -*Jared Ward

Bobby Curtis

Abdi Abdirahman

Diego Estrada

Scott Fauble

Patrick Smyth

Brian Schrader

Noah Droddy

Andy Wacker

Kenya - Isaac Mukundi

MacDonard Ondara

Philemon Cheboi

Mexico - Jose Antonio Uribe Merino

Saby Luna Aburto

Daniel de Jesus Vargas Sanchez

Ethiopia - Belete Assefa

Terefe Debela

Solomon Deksisa

Morocco - Karim El Mabchour

Rachid Ezzouniou

Redouane Harroufi

Brazil - Gladson Alberto Silva Barboza

Rafael Santos De Novais

Ederson Vilela Pereira

Commonwealth -

Dan Wallis -NZ

Matt Harris - NZ

Jaimie Roden - GB

Eritrea -Tsegay Tuemay

Mogos Shumay

Abraham Habte

Ecuador -*Byron Piedra

*Miguel Almachi

*Segundo Jami

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN

USA -Brianne Nelson

Alia Gray

Alisha Williams

Lindsey Scherf

Rochelle Kanuho

Adriana Nelson

Tara Welling

Sara Slattery

Brittni Hutton

Kenya - Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui

Risper Gesabwa

Gladys Kipsoi

Mexico -Margarita Hernandez Flores

Yuliana Navarro Rosales

Sara Esquivel Perez

Ethiopia -Ruti Aga

Amane Gobena

Fatuma Sado

Brazil - *Adriana Aparecida Da Silva

Andreia Aparcida Hessel

Valdilene Dos Santos Silva

Japan - Sayaka Kuwahara

Miyuki Uehara

(Third runner TBD)

Ecuador -*Rosalva Chacha

*Silvia Paredes

*Lorena Velazquez

PUSH-RIM WHEELCHAIR MEN

Matthew Davis

Matthew Porterfield

Scott Parson

Tyler Byers

Denny Gordon

Jacob Heilveil

Brad Ray

Marshall Hamilton

PUSH-RIM WHEELCHAIR WOMEN

Cheri Madsen

Katja Stokley

Abby Farrell

Christina Ripp

Kelsey LeFevour

Tina Vogel