Sacramento, which had been scheduled to host the 2021 USATF Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships, informed USATF that they were withdrawing because of the challenges of getting a commitment for a facility in California now. This was received on March 9. USATF Iowa, the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau,…
Inaugural Rex Harvey Memorial Masters Exhibition Event at Drake Relays – Long Jump Des Moines, IA April 23 or 24, 2021 The Masters Exhibition Long Jump will be the inaugural Rex Harvey Memorial Masters Exhibition Event at the Drake Relays. Up to four men and four women in the…
MTF Announces Subcommittee Chairs, Liaisons, and USATF Committee Representatives for 2021-2024 The USATF Masters Track & Field (MTF) Executive Committee, in a meeting on Wednesday, February 3, 2020, approved the following slate of subcommittee chairs for the next four years. This was the culmination of a month-long process during which…
This morning WMA President Margit Jungmann announced that the WMA Council has decided to postpone the WMA Outdoor Championships scheduled for 2021 in Tampere, Finland to 2022. The next WMA Indoor Championships will be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 2023, and the WMA Championships previously scheduled for Gothenburg, Sweden…
MTF is seeking applications for Sub-Committee Chairs and Members as well as several liaison and USATF Committee representative positions. The process is described below: MTF Sub-Committee and Liaison/USATF Committee Representative Application Process With the beginning of the new four-year terms in Masters Track & Field on January 1, 2021, all…
The USATF 2020 Annual Meeting is coming up shortly (December 3 – 6). This year it is being held virtually. It is during the Annual Meeting that the Masters Track & Field (MTF) Committee conducts its business, sets policies for MTF, and members of the Committee vote on rules change proposals,…
Ready. Set. Go! The Masters Virtual Fall Challenge is presented by our sponsor HTWO Water! The Challenge will run October 19 – November 16, 2020, with the goal to provide Masters athletes ages 25+ the opportunity to experience challenges in spite of the global pandemic altering the originally-scheduled fall season….
2020 USATF Annual Meeting Masters Track & Field Committee Information and Schedule Registration for the 2020 USATF Annual Meeting is now open. The meeting begins December 2, 2020 and runs through December 6, 2020, with all meetings held virtually. The Annual Meeting website includes all available information as well as…
MTF Update #6 by Jerry Bookin-Weiner, MTF Interim Chair Several new developments to report and a heads up for one to come. First, MTF normally would have held its Awards Banquet at the Outdoor Championships in Greensboro this summer. However, because that meet was cancelled and no banquet was held,…
Black Masters Track & Field Athletes Share Their Encounters with Racism in America An Introduction by Jerry Bookin-Weiner, USATF Masters Track & Field Committee Interim Chair Our country continues to grapple with racism, both overt and systemic, and this important national conversation continues. This is our second gathering of Masters…