Carlson to Compete at World Cross Country

Team USA Minnesota's Andrew Carlson will don a USA uniform again this weekend when he represents his country at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain.

Carlson, who finished 8th at the USA Cross Country Championships in February, gained a spot on the six-man open men's squad after higher-placing athletes opted out of the international meet.

Carlson has represented the USA previously as a member of two IAAF World Half Marathon teams, the IAAF World 20K team, and two Chiba Ekiden teams.

Joining the University of Minnesota alumnus on the men's team are Andrew Bumbalough , Ben True, Brian Olinger, and Max King.

Olympic bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan leads the open women's squad, which also includes 2003 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon champion Blake Russell.

Find the USA Track and Field media release announcing the teams HERE.

The IAAF World Cross web-site is HERE.