January 7, 2006
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders enter the 2007 indoor track season with a strong roster looking for early national championship qualifying marks. The Invaders enter their ninth full competitive season as a USATF club focused on elite athlete development.

The Invaders over the past eight years have had more athletes in more different events in USA Track & Field and Cross Country Championship events than any other club in the United States. Arguably America's best USATF Track & Field Team dedicated to elite athlete development based on nationals’ participation numbers. The Indiana Invaders support has also delivered athletes to the international scene covering the entire spectrum of USA National Teams with members on Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field and World Road Racing Teams that have included one World Indoor Champion, one World Indoor Bronze medalist, one Olympian, eight USA National Champions, nine USA National Team members, and 128 athlete appearances at USATF national championships since 1999.

Amber Plowden, former NCAA Division II Champion in the 100, was the first Indiana Invaders athlete to hit the national indoor qualifying standard with her career best time of 7.44 at the Indiana Open, in Bloomington, Indiana on Saturday, January 6th.

Other top performers on the Invaders' roster expected to hit early season qualifiers are led by Hunter Spencer. Spencer enters the 2007 season fresh of off a victory on the roads at the Millennium Mile held in Londonderry, New Hampshire on December 31st. Spencer’s winning mile time of 3:52 missed the course record by one second on a road course with a notable history of national and international class runners winning with sub-4 minute miles.

Team Director Greg Harger said, "We have a strong group in the sprints and middle distance events training for notable indoor seasons. Getting qualified early for Indoor Nationals is a priority in January in order to resume training focus for outdoor as we expect a busy outdoor 2007 season. The investments that we make now in races and in training are geared to maximize our performances this outdoor season in preparation for next year's Olympic season." Harger added, "The 2008 Olympic Trials are slightly more than a year away. Generally training consistency and long-term focus now are going to be the difference-makers in athletes achieving Olympic Trials qualifying marks. It's exciting for the team as we go forward into this season and having the bonus of outdoor nationals again being held in our state."

Indiana Open - Results:
http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/w-track/stats/2006-2007/results.html

Millennium Mile - Results:
http://www.millenniummile.com/mm8_results.htm

The 2007 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held in Indianapolis in June:
http://www.usatf.org/events/2007/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/

The Indiana Invaders, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1998, presents an innovative approach to track & field by providing a resident-based, athlete-centered support system unique to the sport in the United States.