June 20, 2007
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders will compete at the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 21-24, 2007. This is the Invaders' ninth appearance at the USA Outdoor Championships where over the course of their first nine seasons of competition at USA Track & Field National Championships, the Indiana Invaders have produced 132 athlete appearances.

The Invaders are led into the 2007 championships by Adam Shunk (Delta, Muncie, Ind.), a graduate student at Ball State University and the 2006 USA National Indoor Champion in the high jump. Shunk is a 2004 Olympic Trials participant and is qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials. Shunk currently competes under a NIKE affiliation.

Joining Shunk in this weekend's USA National Championship are teammates Jacob Koczman (800) and Julia Rudd (3000SC).

Jacob Koczman, a 2004 Olympic Trials Finalist and USA National Championship finalist in 2006, will compete in the 800 where he has a career best of 1:47.06. Koczman, a full-time medical student, comes into the competition as the last qualifier in the field of 32.

Julia Rudd will compete in her first USA National Championship ranked 24th in a field of 27 athletes. Rudd is in her rookie year with the Indiana Invaders and has posted personal best at every meaningful distance since arriving in Indianapolis in the fall of 2006. Rudd's best mark is 10:18.74.

Team Director Greg Harger said, "This is a great opportunity for our team to compete our home community. It's exciting to have the championships in your own community and it should be a great week of competition for many from Indiana." Coach Harger added, "This is a great kick off to the beginning of a push to the Olympic Trials and Olympic Games of 2008."

2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships:
http://www.usatf.org/events/2007/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/

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