INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field served as the host to a media teleconference Thursday afternoon featuring two-time USA women's cross country champions Shalane Flanagan and Colleen De Reuck.

Flanagan and DeReuck discussed their preparations for the 2008 USA Cross Country Championships in San Diego on Saturday, where both open and junior men and women will look to earn a spot on the Team USA squad for the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 30.

The championships in San Diego will feature six races that will determine national champions for masters men and women; junior men and women; and open men and women. The event will be televised in association with the AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships February 24, from 5-7 p.m. on ESPN 2.

Excerpts from Thursday's teleconference with Shalane Flanagan and Colleen De Reuck follow: