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The selection events for the men's and women's marathon were held 2021 Boston Marathon, 2021 Chicago Marathon and 2021 New York marathon, [2] the trials for the men's 35 km race walk were held on January 16, 2022, at San Diego Christian College and the Santee Town Center station in Santee, California and the trials for the 20 km race walk were ...
The following athletics events are currently featured on the national championships' program: Sprint: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m; Middle distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m; Long distance track events: 5000 m, 10,000 m; Hurdles: 100 m hurdles, 110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles, 3000 m steeplechase; Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault
In some USATF associations, the number of youth members far exceeds the number of adult members. Today, USATF competes for youth membership with a parallel effort from the AAU, and with road racer/adult recreational runner membership with the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) and its member clubs. In many cases, youth track clubs join both ...
For each event, points are given based on a standard. These points can be calculated at the USATF website. [9] The indoor pentathlon is held over a one-day period. Each athlete completes one event at the same time, then there is a 30-minute break until the next event. Tia Hellebaut was the 2008 World Indoor pentathlon gold medallist.
Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to the women's outdoor version. [2] The throws pentathlon consists of all four Olympic throwing events plus the weight throw.
The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair competition). For international events the first age group is 35 to 39. Men as old as 105 [1] and women in their 100s [2] have competed in running, jumping and throwing events. Masters athletes are ...
The USATF Distance Classic is an annual track and field meeting in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, hosted at the Occidental College track facility. Before 2015, it was called the USATF High Performance Distance Classic, and in 2015 and 2016 the meet was renamed to the HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic as per sponsorship from Hoka One One before going back to USATF Distance Classic in 2017.
TAC rebranded as USA Track & Field (USATF) in 1993. The national championships served as the United States Olympic Trials (track and field) in 1920, 1928, 1932, and from 1992 onwards. Olympic Trials were held separately in other years, and winners at the trial event were not declared national champions. [1] [2] [3]