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 Ever since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck on May 25, more people have been grappling with…
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Sad News – Bob Lida Passed Away Today at 83
We are very saddened to learn that MTF great Bob Lida passed away today in Wichita, Kansas at 83. Bob is a member of the MTF Hall of Fame (inducted in 2009). The cause of death is not known at this time according to his family who report that an…
USATF Event Hosting Guidance Update
INDIANAPOLIS — The USATF COVID-19 Working Group has approved an update to its Event Hosting guidance. The update modifies what events are able to be considered for a sanction when the meet locality meets the criteria for Phase 3. By USATF’s guidance definition, in Phase 3 state or local public health…
USATF Guidance on event hosting – post-COVID-19
LOGISTICAL INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FOR EVENT DIRECTORS AND LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES This guidance document (“Guidance”) on event hosting considerations post-COVID-19 has been developed by USATF’s COVID-19 Working Group, composed of medical and scientific experts in the fields of sports medicine, physiology, infectious disease, and epidemiology. This Guidance is based on and includes…
All Masters Regional Track & Field Meets for 2020 Now Postponed/Cancelled
As of today (May19, 2020) all USATF Masters meets scheduled for 2020 have been either canceled or postponed but not yet rescheduled. Here is the latest status on each of the national and regional meets (original sites and dates in parentheses): East Region – Cancelled (College of the Holy Cross…
2020 Northwest Region Masters and National Throws Championships Canceled
2020 Northwest Region Masters Championships (July 18) and National Throws Championships (August 22-23) Canceled A short while ago I received the following message from George Mathews (Northwest Region Masters Coordinator and Meet Director for the 2020 National Masters Throws Championships) to those involved in organizing the meets in the Seattle…
WMA NEWS TODAY – FINLAND 2021
BIG NEWS TODAY FROM WMA – WMA OUTDOOR IN FINLAND IN 2021 Earlier today WMA President Margit Jungmann announced major developments as a result of the cancellation of the Toronto 2020 WMA Outdoor Championships. These developments had been in the works almost since the day the Toronto cancellation was announced…
Outdoor Championships Canceled – 2020
We want to emphasize that our number one priority is the health and well-being of all participants in our USATF Masters Outdoor Championships. With that objective in mind, and given the great uncertainty and concern surrounding the current worldwide coronavirus pandemic, we jointly determined that it is in the best…
MTF Update #3 by Jerry Bookin-Weiner
MTF Update #3 by Jerry Bookin-Weiner – Interim Chair It’s been a busy few weeks since my last update. However, the MTF Officers and MTF Executive Committee have been busy. In fact, the Officers (myself, Vice-Chair Robert Thomas, Secretary Amanda Scotti, and Treasurer Mike Travers) have weekly conference calls on…
MTF Update #2 by Jerry Bookin-Weiner
Masters Track & Field Update #2 – by Jerry Bookin-Weiner, Interim Chair This update will cover the following topics – some of which were promised in the last update and some of which come in response to questions asked by readers: Status of Meets This Summer, including Outdoor Nationals WMA…