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…
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2020 Inductees into Masters LDR Hall of Fame
Inductees rom L to R – Doreen McCoubrie, Madeline Bost, Marisa Sutera Strange and Debra Wagner. At the USATF Annual Meeting on Saturday, December 5, 2020, the Masters Long Distance Running (LDR) Committee announced the new inductees to the USATF Masters Hall of Fame along with the award of the 2020 Otto Essig…
Active Athlete Registration – Annual Meeting 2020
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,…
Sign up for the Masters Virtual Fall Challenge!
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 Information
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
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 II
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…
MTF Update #5 by Jerry Bookin-Weiner, MTF Interim Chair
MTF Update #5 Jerry Bookin-Weiner – Interim Chair The Results Are In!! The USATF 2020 Masters Virtual Summer Challenge presented by Toyota is in the books, and results are now available. They can be viewed in three places. The most user friendly version is on Masters Rankings. Other versions are…
MTF Update #4 by Jerry Bookin-Weiner, MTF Interim Chair
MTF Update #4 by Jerry Bookin-Weiner – Interim Chair It’s been a couple of months since I’ve done one of these Updates – not because nothing is happening (far from it) but because so much has been up in the air as we work to bring projects to fruition. Now…
Famed Masters Athlete – Johnnye Valien – W94 – has passed away
Famed Masters Athlete, Johnnye Valien, W94, has passed away. In college, Johnnye was a swimmer and a physical education major. She moved to Los Angeles after graduation and tried to join a track team, but the only ones she found were for school-aged girls. They said she was too old….