Team USA has traveled to the capital of India for this weekend's 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships to be held Sunday, October 3 in New Delhi.

A record 64 countries are entered in the Championships, which are being held in Asia for the first time. Athletes will compete for substantial prize money, with $30,000 going to the individual winners, $15,000 for second, $10,000 for third, $7,000 for fourth, $5,000 for fifth and $3,000 for sixth. The top three athletes from each team, which can have up to five athletes, count toward team scoring. The winning team gets $15,000, with prize money continuing through sixth place ($3,000).

The race will be contested on a two-loop course that starts and finishes in Jawaharal Nehru Stadium.

On the U.S. men's team are several experienced runners, including 2003 USA Marathon Championship runner-up Kevin Collins of Cicero, N.Y. Owning a marathon personal best of 2:15:32, Collins was 12th at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Men's Marathon Trials in 2:17:00. Josh Cox (29, Murrieta, Calif.), who was seventh at the 2004 Olympic Trials and competed for Team USA at the 2001 World Outdoor Championships, also brings his international team experience to New Delhi.

Leading the U.S. women is 36-year-old Kim Fitchen-Young of Santa Cruz, Calif. A two-time USA Outdoor Championships fourth-place finisher at 10,000m, Fitchen-Young was fifth at the 2004 USA 15 km Championships and fourth in the 10,000m at the 2003 Pan American Games. She has earned a top-5 U.S. ranking in the 10,000 meters three times and competed at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials.

For more information on the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, visit www.iaaf.org

Team USA Roster, 2004 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships

Women: Kimberly Fitchen-Young, 36, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Dana Coons, 26, Burnsville, Minn.; Heather Tanner, 26, Palo Alto, Calif.; Emily Jameson, 27, Salt Lake City, Utah. Women's Team Leader: Carol McLatchie, Bend, Ore.

US Men's Team: Nick Cordes, 25, Rochester Hills, Mich.; Teddy Mitchell, 32, Albuquerque, N.M.; Josh Cox, 29, Murrieta, Calif.; Justin Young, 25, Denver, Colo.; Kevin Collins, 33, Cicero, N.Y. Team Leader: Jim McLatchie, Bend, Ore.