Elite Athletes
2024 Open Track & Field Grand Prix
Grand Prix Sign Up, Events and Prize Money Info
Double points will be awarded to valid USATF Pacific members (who must have signed up for this Grand Prix in their highest scored event at the PA Open Track & Field Championship. The meet will be held in conjunction with the 64th Annual Golden West Invitational on the weekend of June 1 & 2.
Meet your Athletes Committee Pacific Association Executive Board Representative,
Athlete’s Chair Jestena Mattson.
Jestena, a Fresno State alumna with record-setting collegiate performances, is also an Olympian, both at the Summer Olympics for Heptathlon and at the Winter Olympics on the Bobsled Team. She received a USATF Pacific Foundation training grant in 2021, folllowing exceptional performances in her post collegiate career.
- Definition of a USATF elite athlete: an athlete who has competed or who has qualified to compete in a USA National Track & Field Championship or U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
- Below are links to Pacific Association elite athlete news, and to the right are links to information to assist you with your pursuit of athletic excellence.
News for Elite and Emerging-Elite PA/USATF Athletes
- CLICK HERE to review reports about PA athletes at the 2016 & 2020 Olympics.
Archived PA News - 2019 PA Open T&F Grand Prix Awardees
► ITF PA Indoor Track & Field Championships – Registration is Open!
PA Indoor Track & Field Championships Reno Indoor Track Feb. 1-2, 2025 CLICK HERE to Register. Registration Help Team Management & FAQ for Coaches: https://support.milesplit.com/s/team-management Athlete Management & FAQ for Parents/Athletes: https://support.milesplit.com/s/athlete-management CLICK HERE for Meet Info.
read more► ELITE Correction: Robyn Stevens wins the Trials Race Walk, but her time did not make her eligible for Team USA
read more► ELITE Bookmark this Oly TF Trials on TV Link
By Geoffrey C. Arnold | The Oregonian/OregonLive The U.S. Olympic Team track and field trials return to Hayward Field in Eugene, and NBC plans extensive coverage of the events. The network announced its coverage schedule of the trials ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The games are scheduled to take place July 26-Aug. 11. NBCU will provide over 20 hours of track & field qualifying, semifinals, and finals coverage over eight nights, including all finals in primetime on NBC. Track & field coverage begins on Friday, June 21, at...
read more► PA 4th Annual Awards Banquet Is Saturday Jan. 27!
USATF Pacific 4th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet SAVE THE DATE!: Saturday January 27, 2024 Time: 4:45pm- 8:00pm Location: Veteran’s MemoriaL Banquet Hall, 161 Chestnut Street #20, Brentwood CA 94513 Cost: $39 per person Registration Form: https://www.simplyregister.net/register/?e=125252 Registration Status: https://www.simplyregister.net/status/?e=125252 Deadline to register is THURSDAY, JAN. 25 at Noon. Refer to the Awards Banquet Webpage for many more details, ongoing updates and news!...
read more► RR PA Masters Runners honored at USATF Annual Meeting
Seven Pacific Association Masters runners were honored at the 2023 USATF Annual Meetimgrecently held in Orlando. Josh Muxen (M45-49), Jamie Heilpern (M50-54), Jacob Nur (M65-69), Christine Kennedy (F65-69), and Robert Qualls (M70-74) were elected Road Runners of the Year in their respective divisions. Tom Bernhard was voted into the Masters Hall of Fame It was Masters Hall of Famer, Jenny Hitchings, however, who was the top Masters honoree. Hitching’s 2023 was a year for the ages as she set Worlds Records in the Marathon (the only road...
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