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The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships is an annual outdoor competition in the sport of athletics organised by USA Track & Field, which serves as the national championship for the sport in the United States. The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis and several events are hosted separately.
The 1961 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Downing Stadium in New York City, New York , and it took place 23–24 June.
The women's meet was held separately at Alamo Heights Stadium in San Antonio, Texas, on 24–25 July. The women's pentathlon was held on 18 October in Berkeley, California . At the men's championships, imperial distances were used for the first time since 1931, and they would continue to be used until conversion back to metric in the 1970s.
The 1954 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at St. Louis Public Schools Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri , and it took place 18–19 June.
The women's competition served as a qualifier for the 1958 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet. The baseball throw event was eliminated and the 440 yards was added for the first time. Lillian Greene initially won the 880 yards in 2:26.4, but she was later disqualified for having a teammate pace her on the infield for the final 220 yards.
The 1967 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 26–28 at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. The women's division held their championships a little over a week later, separately, eighty miles southwest at La Playa Stadium on the campus of Santa Barbara ...
Organized by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the competition took place on February 26 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States. [1] Many big stars either did not show or underperformed, but little-known Joan Hansen, nicknamed "Joanie-come-lately", won the women's 2-mile in a world indoor record ...
The 1935 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska , and it took place 3–4 July.