The U.S. Women's World Wrestling Team has arrived in Greece, and is going through its final preparations for the 2002 Women's World Wrestling Championships in Halkida, Greece, Nov. 2-3.    The United States has one of its most experienced and talented teams, and looks for a strong team finish this year. Women's wrestling is the only new sport added to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and many of the participants at this year's World Championships are expected to be top Olympic hopefuls.    The U.S. team is led by head coach Chris Horpel of Stanford, Calif., assistant coach Joe Corso of West Des Moines, Iowa and National Women's Coach Terry Steiner of Colorado Springs, Colo. Horpel has been a Div. I college coach at Stanford Univ., and is the head coach of the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club. Corso, an Olympian as an athlete, is a coach with the world-respected Sunkist Kids club.    International women's wrestling now features seven weight classes, and the United States has an experienced athlete at every division. All seven wrestlers have previously competed at a Senior World Championships, and each are expected to be in the hunt for a medal at her weight class.    Leading the team is five-time World medalist Kristie Marano (Albany, N.Y./ATWA) at 67 kg/147.5 pounds. Marano has won a World gold medal (2000) and four World silver medals (1996-99), the most world medals of any U.S. women's wrestler (tied with Tricia Saunders).     Three other past World silver medalists are on the U.S. team roster: Patricia Miranda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) at 48 kg/105.5 pounds, Stephanie Murata (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 51 kg/112.25 pounds and Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 72 kg/158.5 pounds.    Miranda was a silver medalist at the 2000 World Championships, competing up at 51 kg/112.25 pounds. She dropped to 48 kg/105.5 pounds this year, and claimed gold medals at the U.S. Nationals and World Team Trials. A recent graduate of Stanford Univ., Miranda was a member of the men's varsity wrestling team there. She was as 2002 Pan American champion.    Murata is one of the nation's top women's wrestling veterans, competing in her sixth World Championships event. She was a 2001 World silver medalist, and placed fourth in the 1998 and 1999 World Championships. She has claimed seven straight U.S. Nationals gold medals. Murata boasts three Pan American titles.    Montgomery won her World silver medal in 2001, and was named the FILA International Women's Wrestler of the Year that season. She was a two-time Junior World silver medalist (2000, 2001). Montgomery was a 2002 Pan American Champion, and has claimed two straight U.S. Nationals titles. She is a sophomore at Cumberland College.    The three other U.S. team members all have past World Championships experience: Tina George (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 55 kg/121 lbs., Lauren Lamb (Farmington, N.Y./Michigan WC) at 59 kg/130 lbs. and Sara McMann (Lock Haven, Pa./Sunkist Kids) at 63 kg/138.75 pounds.    George will be competing at her fourth World Championships event. Her best finish was sixth at the 1999 World Championships. She was a 2001 U.S. Nationals champion, and has won three University Nationals title. George was a 2001 Pan American champion. She is now a member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program.    Lamb will be competing at her sixth World Championships. She placed fifth at the World Championships three times (1995, 1997, 1999) and was eighth at the 1996 World Championships. Lamb has won six U.S. Nationals titles. She was a 1997 Pan American Champion.    McMann will be attending her third straight World Championships. Her best finish was ninth at the 2000 World Championships. She has won major international events in Canada, Sweden and the United States. McMann has claimed three straight U.S. Nationals titles.    With the hiring of full-time National Coach Terry Steiner and the creation of a resident program, USA Wrestling expects to climb back among the top nations in 2002. The U.S. athletes have shown great improvement during this year's World Team Training Camps in Colorado Springs, Colo., and coaches have high expectations for each team member.    Team USA claimed a World Team title in 1999, with an razor-thin one-point victory over Japan. The U.S. women's team has won a medal at every World Championships it has entered. Three times the USA has placed third in the final team standings (1996, 1997, 1998). Last year, with an inexperienced team, the United States was seventh, but still had two silver medalists: Murata and Montgomery.    Coverage of the U.S. team at the Women's World Championships will be provided each day via the internet at TheMat.com (www.themat.com).    2002 U.S. WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM ROSTER    Athlete/Weight/Age/Hometown/College/High School/Club    George, Tina, 55 kg, 23 yrs., Colorado Spgs, Colo., UCCS and UM-Morris, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S. Army    Lamb, Lauren, 59 kg, 25 yrs., Farmington, N.Y., Cornell, Okemos, Mich., Michigan WC    Marano, Kristie, 67 kg, 23 yrs., Albany, N.Y., Hudson Valley CC, Albany, N.Y. (Colonie Central), ATWA    McMann, Sara, 63 kg, 22 yrs., Lock Haven, Pa., Lock Haven and UM-Morris, Marion, N.C. (McDowell), Sunkist Kids    Miranda, Patricia, 48 kg, 23 yrs., Colorado Spgs, Colo., Stanford, Saratoga, Calif., Dave Schultz WC    Montgomery, Toccara, 72 kg, 20 yrs., Cleveland, Ohio, Cumberland College, Cleveland, Ohio (East Tech), Sunkist Kids    Murata, Stephanie, 51 kg, 32 yrs., Colorado Spgs, Colo., California-Davis, Mercy, Calif., Sunkist Kids    Head Coach - Chris Horpel, Stanford, Calif.  Assistant Coach -Joe Corso, West Des Moines, Iowa  National Coach - Terry Steiner, Colorado Springs, Colo.  Team Leader - Art Martori, Phoenix, Ariz.  Coaching staff members - Dave Bennett, Colorado Springs, Colo., Tricia Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz., Eric Betterman, Maplewood, Minn.; Townsend Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz.; Kip Flanik, Williamsburg, Ky.  Trainer - Kat Koehler, Denver, Colo.  USA Wrestling staff - Rich Bender (Executive Director), Mitch Hull (National Teams Director), Gary Abbott (Special Projects Director)    U.S. Women's team roster, by weight class  48 kg - Patricia Miranda, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC)  51 kg - Stephanie Murata, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)  55 kg - Tina George, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)  59 kg - Lauren Lamb, Farmington N.Y. (Michigan WC)  63 kg - Sara McMann, Lock Haven, Pa. (Sunkist Kids)  67 kg - Kristie Marano, Albany, N.Y. (ATWA)  72 kg - Toccara Montgomery, Cleveland, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)    Past World Medals from the 2002 U.S. Women's World Team  Gold - Kristie Marano (2000)  Silver - Kristie Marano (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999), Patricia Miranda (2000), Toccara Montgomery (2001)