Includes PA Race Walk Grand Prix Championship Events, Results and Standings
Updated 10/31/2014
NOTES:
Please email Jon Price to sign up as a JUDGE, OFFICIAL, or VOLUNTEER. Thanks.
PA RW Grand Prix Championships are noted in red type.
Results, summaries and updated standings will be added to these event listings as they become available.
Races in italics are outside of the Pacific Association's area. Check www.usatf.org or the race websites for details on those races. We expect other USATF associations in the Western Region to host a 5,000-meter championship (Albuquerque), possibly a 30-km championship (San Diego), and a one-mile championship (date and location to be determined).
There will be practice race walks scheduled at about 12:15 or 12:30 p.m. every Saturday in January and February at Los Gatos High School (http://www.losgatostrackclub.com/schedule--news.html)> The first PA-USATF Grand Prix Championship race walk of 2014 will be there on February 15.
LINK to archived PA/USATF Grand Prix Championship race walk results (2004-2013).
Race Walk Events: August to December, 2014
(scroll down for January to July, 2014 Events)
August 10 (Sunday morning) - Western Region & PA Grand Prix Championship 3,000-meter RACE WALK Registration Form
Location: South Lake Tahoe in conjunction with the August 8-10 (Friday-Sunday) Lake Tahoe Track &
Field Festival (Youth - Open - Masters). This is the same weekend as Hot August Nights in Reno
and Sparks, but there will be plenty of hotel rooms available in South Lake Tahoe and Stateline, Nevada.
The elevation (6,272 feet = 1,912 meters) is excellent for training; the weather will be cool (temperature
at race time between 55 and 70 degrees F); and the race will be short and fast. The race will be on the
Community Youth Sports Complex track at South Tahoe Middle School (site of the 1968 Olympic Trials),
2940 Lake Tahoe Boulevard (U.S. Highway 50), South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 - entrance to the track off A1
Tahoe Boulevard. The meet director is Anthony Davis [email protected],
and the race walks are hosted by the Pacific Racewalking Organization (contact: Beth and Jon Price,
[email protected] or [email protected].
The women's race starts at 9:30 AM, and the men's race will start immediately afterward, at about 10:20 AM. RESULTS LAP SCORING Updated Standings
Entry Form;
location: William B. Pond Park,
Carmichael, CA (Sacramento area); Ann Gerhardt, Race Director.
This is also the USATF Western Region 20-km Championship, and there will be a simultaneous 5-km race walk
contested as well to attract more athletes. THIS IS ALSO THE DATE FOR A PA-USATF RACE WALK COMMITTEE MEETING to
discuss next year's schedule. Sundays, October 5 and 12, are alternative dates.
December 2-6 (Tues.-Sat.) - USATF Annual Meeting (including meetings of the Race Walking Committee, Anaheim, CA. The PA-USATF Race Walking Committee Chair (Jon) expects to participate in this meeting; others are most welcome.
January 11 (Saturday) - Clinic for new race walk officials and/or judges: Introduction to Race Walk Officiating (covering the jobs of recorder, DQ board operator, and chief lap scorer) and Introduction to Race Walk Judging, American River College, Sacramento
January 18 (Saturday) - 1,500-meter Race Walk (separate male and female races if sufficient numbers of race walkers compete) as part the Cal All Comers meet, University of California, Berkeley. See details; ($5 registration). Track events are on a rolling schedule, starting at 11:00 a.m.. The race walks will occur later on the schedule - after several running and hurdle events, after the 200-meter sprints, and before the 3,200-meter runs and 4x400-meter relays. You must register before 2:00 p.m., and the race walks could begin about then.
February 1 (Saturday) - Clinic for new race walk officials and/or judges: Introduction to Race Walk Officiating (covering the jobs of recorder, DQ board operator, and chief lap scorer) and Introduction to Race Walk Judging, Fresno area - for officials from the Central California Association of USATF.
February 9 (Sunday) - Clinic for new race walk officials and/or judges: Introduction to Race Walk Officiating (covering the jobs of recorder, DQ board operator, and chief lap scorer) and Introduction to Race Walk Judging, Serra High School, San Mateo
February 15 (Saturday) - PA-USATF Grand Prix Championship 1-Mile Race Walk RESULTS, SUMMARIES, AND STANDINGS
(separate male and female races) as part of the Los Gatos All Comers meet, Los Gatos High School, 20 High School Court, Los Gatos, CA 95030, Los Gatos, CA. The women's race walk is expected to start at 12:15 p.m., and the men's race walk is expected to start at 12:45 p.m., before the 1:00 p.m. start of other track events listed at http://www.losgatostrackclub.com/schedule--news.html. Please arrive by no later than 11:45 a.m. to register for the race walk. Two walks are offered, so that judges who wish to compete may do so.
NOTE: This is the same date as the USATF (national) 1-Mile Championship, with the Melrose Games in New York City.
February 22 (Saturday) - USATF 3,000-meter Indoor Championship, Albuquerque, NM
February 23 (Sunday) - USATF Masters 20-km, Coconut Creek, FL
March 9 (Sunday) - USATF Western Region 10-km Championship, Huntington Beach, CA Entry Info
March 14-16 (Friday-Sunday) - USA Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships (3,000-meter race walks on Sunday, March 16), Boston, MA.
NOTE: This is also the same dates for the High School Nationals Indoor track meet, which features one-mile race walks for girls and boys on Saturday, March 15, at the Armory, New York City.
March 30 (Sunday) - World Cup Trials, Lake Whiting, NJ: 20-km (Open men and women) and 10-km (Junior men and women)
April 6 (Sunday) - PA-USATF Grand Prix Championship One-Hour Postal Race Walk RESULTS, SUMMARIES, AND STANDINGS Event Sign Up & Information
Sandy Backer, Race Director, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
(track requested for that morning);
(also the USATF Western Region One-Hour Championship)
April 19 (Saturday) - Shor/Sheppard Classic - Pacific Association USATF Youth Track and Field Meet, Mt. Pleasant HS - San Jose
April 26 (Saturday) - Penn Relays, Philadelphia, PA, featuring a 10-km race walk for men and a 5-km race walk for women.
May 3-4 (Saturday-Sunday) - World Cup Championships, 20-km and 50-km, Taicang, China
May 10 (Saturday) - Bay Area Senior Games T&F/Race Walk events, College of San Mateo. Website, T&F event flier
May 11 (Sunday) - USATF (national) 10-km Championship (Open and Junior), Dayton, OH
May 18 (Sunday) - USATF (national) 15-km Championship=(Open, Junior, and Masters), Riverside, CA. (also the USATF Western Region 15-km Championship)
NOTE: Although outside the Pacific Association, we expect PA-USATF athletes and judges to participate in this event. Entry Form & Info.
May 31 - June 1 (Saturday-Sunday), Pacific Association USATF Youth Championships, Whitney HS or Granada HS or Logan HS. Race walks will likely be on Saturday, May 31.
NOTE: This is the same date as the USATF (national) 5,000-meter Championship (Open and Junior) in Albany, NY
June 1 (Sunday) - PA-USATF Grand Prix Championship 5,000-meter Race Walk in conjunction with the Pacific Association USATF Open Track and Field Championships, in San Mateo - ALSO THE DATE FOR THE ANNUAL PA-USATF RACE WALK COMMITTEE MEETING - immediately following the 5,000-m race walk. Meet Information RESULTS, SUMMARIES Updated Standings
June 20-22 (Friday-Sunday), Pacific Association USATF Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships, Granada HS, Livermore. Race walks will likely be on Saturday, June 21. Judges are needed for these races. [Note that these dates are the same as the 2014 Paralympic Championships at the College of San Mateo.]
June 28 (Saturday) or 29 (Sunday) - USATF (national) 20-km Championships (Open) in conjunction with the June 24-29 (Tuesday-Sunday), USATF Open Track and Field Championships, Sacramento State University, Sacramento. The PA-USATF Race Walking Committee, judges, and PA-USATF athletes and volunteers will be expected/encouraged/begged to help with the race walks either on Saturday evening or morning or Sunday morning.
NOTE: The USA Youth Championship will be at more or less the same time at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
July 1 (Tuesday evening) - 1,500-meter open race walks (men and women separate, if there are sufficient participants) - in conjunction with the series of Tuesday Night All Comer Track & Field Meets at the South Tahoe Middle School track (June 24 - July 29, great for altitude training at 6,272 feet = 1,912 meters and attitude training at a shady, cool venue), 2490 Lake Tahoe Boulevard (U.S. Highway 50), entering the track north off Al Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, California. Running and race walking events will be part of the rolling schedule that starts at about 5:00 PM, but race walks will start no earlier than 7:00 PM.
July 5-6 (Saturday-Sunday) - Region 14 USATF Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships, Fresno, CA - Top 5 meet qualifiers advance to the Junior Olympic Nationals. Race walks will likely be on Saturday, July 5. PA-USATF Judges are needed for these races.
NOTE: These are the same dates for the USATF Junior Track and Field Championships in Eugene, OR, where there will also be race walks.
July 12-13 (Saturday-Sunday) - USATF National Club Championships, Tacoma, WA, with 5,000-meter race walks.
July 15 (Tuesday evening) - 1,500-meter open race walks (men and women separate, if there are sufficient participants) - in conjunction with the series of Tuesday Night All Comer Track & Field Meets at the South Tahoe Middle School track (June 24 - July 29, great for altitude training at 6,272 feet = 1,912 meters and attitude training at a shady, cool venue), 2490 Lake Tahoe Boulevard (U.S. Highway 50), entering the track north off Al Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, California. Running and race walking events will be part of the rolling schedule that starts at about 5:00 PM, but race walks will start no earlier than 7:00 PM.
July 17-20 (Thursday-Sunday), USA Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Winston-Salem, NC, with both track and road races
July 21-27 (Monday-Sunday), National USATF Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships, Houston, Texas
July 22-27 (Tuesday-Sunday), IAAF World Junior Championships, Eugene, OR
July 31 & August 7 (Thursdays) Track 1-Mile Race Walk at the Los Gatos All Comers Meets at 5:45 pm.
