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Elections of MTF Officers

The elected officers of MTF are the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. Elections are held every four years as the USATF annual convention, in even-numbered years following the summer Olympic Games. Any member of USATF may run for elected office. The MTF Chair position may not be held by anyone…

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Nominations for Athlete of the Year are OPEN!

The USATF Masters Awards Committee is currently accepting nominations for Athlete of the Year. If you know of an individual that has had an exceptional 2018, take a couple minutes to nominate them. We will be accepting nominations until October 5th. Click here to make a Nomination!

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Malaga News

MTF has created a google doc to keep up to date with the latest and constantly updated information on Malaga. Please click HERE to read the document and save the link as updates will be listed there. Wishing good luck to the over 400 US Athletes competing in Malaga!! GO Team USATF…

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Athletes Call to Media Info

Have you considered sharing your Championship results or your Master’s story with your local press? Post-event is a good time to consider calling or emailing your local Newspaper or TV or News radio program, (you can contact podcasts or websites as well). You would be surprised how many people are…

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Combined Events

So you want to do multiple events in one day or two days? Well guess what? There’s a combined event for you! Combined events are not offered at all meets. But there’s plenty of opportunities out there. NOTE – Hurdle Race specifications and Implement sizes are different for different age-groups!…

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Jumping Events

Welcome to the wonderful, technical and fun world of jumps; Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump and High Jump! There are hundreds of websites to help with the training for these events. Most meets offer all the jump events. Occasionally you’ll find a meet that offers nothing but one jump event, like…

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Long Distance Events (LDR)

Define Long Distance: Good luck! To the sprinter, 400 meters is too long! However, it’s generally considered a long distance event if it’s over one mile long. While track meets may offer the 3000, 5000 or 10,000 meter race on the track, there are so many more events available on…

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Throwing Events

Shot, Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Weight – That’s it, right? Hardly! There’s the Superweight and the Ultraweights and the Throws Pentathlon and the Ultraweight Pentathlon and much more! Some meets limit themselves to the Shot and Discus, while others add the Javelin and/or the Hammer. At indoor meets you’ll find the…

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Racewalking Events

Racewalking is offered at indoor and outdoor meets in various distances: 1500, mile, 3000, 5000, 10,000 and more. Many meets offer racewalking events. COMMITTEE MEMBERS – Chair Jo Burrows Dave Talcott Andrew Smith Becky Klein Joel Dubow Rod Larsen COMMITTEE REPORTS

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