2023 USATF Masters West Region Track & Field Championships

2023 USATF Masters West Region
Southern California Association Masters Track & Field Championships

Date & Time

Saturday
June 3, 2023
Track Start 1:20 pm
Field Start 12:00 pm

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Location

Pomona College
522 N Mills Ave
Claremont, CA 91711

ELIGIBILITY

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 2023 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.  A competitor must compete in his/her age division only. Athletes from more than one age group can comprise a relay; the age of the youngest member of the team determines which age group it competes in.

A competitor must compete in his/her age division only. Athletes from more than one age group can comprise a relay; the age of the youngest member of the team determines which age group it competes in.

  • U.S. citizens must be members of USA Track & Field to enter and compete
  • All athletes are subject to drug testing

New this year, we will be contesting the mile, so come get your new mile PR (if you want a 1500m time, you got it because we will be capturing your time en route).

Entry fees

$35 First Event

$10 Second Event

$5 Each Additional Event

Deadline

June 1st by 6:00 pm PDT

Awards & Contact

Members of the Southern California Association are eligible to double-medal (SC place medal, West Region place medal).

MEET DIRECTOR

Eric Barron
barron_eric@smc.edu

Meet Info

FACILITY

Strehle Track at Pomona College in Claremont, an eight-lane track with excellent throwing and jumping facilities. Spikes must be pyramid ¼-inch or shorter.

TIMING

Fully automatic timing by Royal Results.

ATHLETE CHECK IN

RUNNING EVENTS: 45-minutes prior to the scheduled start of each running event, competitors must check in at the CLERK’S TENT—after which those who have not checked in will be scratched. 20 minutes prior to each running event, runners must return to the Clerk to pick up their hip numbers and heat assignments. FIELD EVENTS: 45 minutes prior to the event, competitors must check in with the Head Judge.

IMPLEMENT WEIGH-IN

Throwing implements will be certified in the shed on the west side of the track.

PROTESTS

Protests must be made in writing to the referee. Proper rule reference must be cited, and all protests must be accompanied by a $100.00 cash deposit, which will be refunded if protest is upheld; forfeited if the protest is denied.

Jim Bush, Title-Winning Track Coach at U.C.L.A

The Southern California USATF Championship celebrates the extraordinary coaching career of Jim Bush. Jim’s success as a Southern California high school, junior college, and university coach is without peers. Fullerton High School, Kern County, CA, Bakersfield College, Occidental College, UCLA, the U.S. Track Coaches Association, and USA Track & Field have all inducted Jim into their Hall-of-Fame. Jim coached 118 NCAA medalists and 30 Olympians. He had been a coach for three USA teams in international competitions. Jim spent 53 years coaching several generations of America’s Olympic hopefuls. No one is more deserving of having a track meet bearing his name and for that meet to be a worthy legacy.