February 11, 2024
8:00 AM Start
Alachua County Sports and Events Center
4870 Celebration Pointe Avenue,
Gainesville, FL 32608
Athletes must be 25 years or older on Feb. 11, 2024. Individual competition will be conducted in five-year age divisions. All eligible members of USATF and eligible members of other WMA Members may compete in these Championships. However, only U.S. citizens may score or win championship medals. A 2024 USATF membership is required for USA affiliated athletes to enter online (please join online if you are not a member). Non-USA affiliated athletes must present evidence that they are members in good standing of their appropriate WMA Masters Member. Letters attesting to their status should be addressed to Jerry Bookin-Weiner, Chair, USATF Masters Track & Field Committee at mtfchair@usatf.org.
As a masters meet, all participants must be age 25 and over on the date of the meet, with the one exception being the Race Walk events, which are open to all ages.
8:00 am | 60m Hurdles |
8:30 am | 60m |
9:00 am | 800m |
9:30 am | 3000m Race Walk |
10:00 am | 400m |
10:30 am | 1500m |
11:00 am | 200m |
11:30 am | 3000m |
12:00 pm | 4x400m Relay |
Reporting for field events is 15 minutes prior to start time for the event/age group
8:00 am | Throws | Jumps |
Shot (women, all) followed by M70+ followed by M50-69 followed by M25-49 | WOMEN: followed by Pole Vault (all) | |
12:00 pm | WEIGHT/SW (women) followed by M70+ followed by M50-69 followed by M25-49 |
Meet medals to the first 3 places overall for age groups. Awards are provided by the Southeast Region. Please thank all volunteers at our meet!
Tina Klein
USATF SE Region Masters Coordinator
tkath1ete@yahoo.com
D: 404-509-4913
Implement Inspection will be by the Throwing area beginning at 7:00 am. The SE Region will also be providing one implement for each age group/discipline.
Field event athletes must check-in to their field event sites no later than 30 minutes prior to their competition. Any athletes failing to declare within that time frame will be scratched from the event. NO EXCEPTIONS!
The throws and horizontal jumps will consist of 6 attempts for each competitor when there are 8 or fewer contestants in an age division. If there are more than 8 contestants in an age division, everyone will get 3 attempts and the top 8 will advance to finals to be given three additional attempts.
Relay teams must be entered by an eligible club coach/manager.
Protests must be submitted to the Protest Referee at once and not later than 30 minutes after a result has been announced, the Referee’s decision is final.
USATF Competition Rules will be followed during the Association Championship.
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We will partner with St. Francis House (helping support homeless families in need). They will accept new or gently used clothing items or shoes for men, women and children. (again, the word gently, not worn out or torn).
Angela topped 6000 points setting the Ultraweights W45 record in addition an Indoor Shot record (13.61m) in NY. She won Gold in the Throws Pent, Ultra Pent and Superweight at the Throws Champs in Seattle, won Gold in the Shot, Weight and SuperWeight at Indoor Nationals in NY, and won Gold in the Shot, Weight, Hammer, and Discus with a Silver in Javelin at Outdoors in Lexington. Great throwing!
Dave is an athlete, a coach, a meet host, an official and friend to masters throwers. Creating a throws mecca in his backyard, Dave hosts frequent meets providing opportunities for athletes at all levels to compete. His integrity and attention to detail is what have people coming back for more competitions. Dave is a huge asset to all track and field especially in Arizona. He is the USATF Masters Records Sub-Committee chair and has done an outstanding job of clarifying and streamlining the process and transparency. He has also served on the Throws Committee for several years. Dave leads the Arizona Desert Throwers (AZDT) team. As an athlete, he has held 8 USATF Age Group Records. Thanks, Dave, for your dedication to throwers!
Scott won Gold in Shot and Discus at the 2022 Outdoors Nationals, Gold in shot at the 2022 Indoor Nationals and won Gold in both Shot and Discus at WMA in Tampere! He set and holds the American Records for Discus and Shot (M60). And all this while battling cancer…outstanding throwing!
George has been a fixture in Masters Throwing, and in USATF organizations, for well over 40 years. He has been ranked #1 in the US 27 times, with 57 Gold medals in USATF Nationals/Throws Champs and 8 records. He also has 17 WMA medals in Hammer and Weight, with 2 records. Positions have included National Masters Chairman and member of USATF Board of Directors, 2000-2006; Masters National Site Selection Chair 1996-2000; Masters Association Chair in Pacific Northwest and San Diego; 2001 USATF National President’s Award; Co-Founder of Seattle Masters Athletic Club 1991 and many more. He has hosted/directed many invitational, association, regional and national Masters champ including the Throws Champs multiple times. Thank you, George, for your lifetime commitment!
Mary was a prolific and talented thrower throughout her career, earning 74 Gold, 30 Silver and 8 bronze at USATF Nationals including 18 US records. With 13 #1 World rankings between 2005-2020, she won at WMA 3 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze across all throwing events. She greeted everyone at meets with a smile and she was less impressed by her own athletic accomplishments but was thrilled for you when speaking of yours. Gracious, big-hearted, she was a friend for life of all she touched. Unfortunately, we lost Mary to Covid in the early 2000’s, but she lives on in all our memories.