USATF Pacific Race Walking
Pictured above: start of the 1st of the USATF Pacific 2015 Grand Prix Race Walk Series, the Mile Championship.The Pacific Association has an active Race Walk Committee representing Race Walk Clubs, and an annual series of events that make up the Pacific Association’s Race Walk Grand Prix.
PLEASE CLICK ON the “Schedule/Results/GP Standings” link to the right or HERE for the latest information on the schedule of events (including REGISTRATION FORMS), results of recent races, and standings in the Grand Prix series.
The next races of the 2019 Race Walking Grand Prix season will be:
Saturday, 19 January 2019 – One-Mile Grand Prix,
University of California, Berkeley track. There will be two races: women at 10:30 a.m. followed by men. See this file for information about the All Comers Meet at Cal.
Sunday, 9 June 2019 – 5,000-meter Grand Prix,
College of San Mateo. The race will be on track, probably starting at 8:00 a.m.; please arrive at least 30 minutes beforehand. The race will be a combined women’s and men’s race as part of the USATF Pacific Association Open and Masters Track and Field Championships.
Saturday, 15 June 2019 – 3,000-meter Grand Prix,
Grass Valley, California. The women’s race walk will be on track, starting at 11:00 a.m.. The men’s race will follow immediately afterward. A 3,000-meter power walk (combined women and men) will follow the men’s race walk. Please arrive at least one hour before your race. These races will be part of the Sierra Gold Masters/Open Track and Field Festival.
Tentatively Sunday, 29 September 2019 – 10-kilometer Grand Prix,
Sacramento, California. This will be a combined women’s and men’s race walk on a one-kilometer loop course at William B. Pond Park in Carmichael, California (Sacramento area). A 3,000-meter power walk (combined women and men) will follow the men’s race walk. Please arrive at least one hour before your race. These races are sponsored by the Sierra Race Walkers.
See this file for the POWER WALKING RULES.
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Clinics for Judges and Officials and Technique Clinics for Race Walkers
Please check the Officials portion of this website to register.
Clinics for Race Walk Judges & Officials are offered for both new Judges & Officials and for existing Judges:
There will be Introduction to Race Walk Judging and Officiating clinics in early 2019, probably in Sacramento and San Mateo.
Additional four-hour clinics may be scheduled when there is sufficient demand.
Please contact Jon at [email protected] or Beth at [email protected] to schedule a clinic for new Judges and Race Walk Officials. There will also be opportunities for mentoring and workshops for prospective and apprentice judges during race walks throughout the year.
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Here is Bill Robinson’s video of the one-hour postal race in 2016 (a three-minute clip from both the ground and a drone).
Below you will find a listing of the PA Race Walk-specific news, and to the right is a list of upcoming events and below that are helpful links.
PA Race Walking Latest News
The first race of the 2019 Race Walking Grand Prix season will be:
Saturday, 19 January 2019 – One-mile Grand Prix,
University of California, Berkeley track. There will be separate women’s and men’s races at the beginning of the track events associated with Cal’s All Comers Track & Field meet that day. The race will be hosted by the Pacific Racewalking Organization. PLEASE SEE THE CAL WEBSITE or this file FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION. The first race walks starts at 10:30 a.m.; please arrive at least 30 minutes beforehand.
► PA Reno beginning Officials training – 12 or 14 March
Wooster HS is sponsoring with Reno Running Company a beginning T&F Official training course either Tuesday or Thursday, 12/14 March beginning at 6:00pm. Click here for flyer with additional info and registration link.
► PA Assoc Officer election notification
Pacific Association Officer Elections
The USATF Pacific Board of Directors nominations are open until Sunday, 24 March at 11:59pm. The offices open for nomination are:
President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Nominees must be at least 18 years of age by June 1, a current member of the Association, and have attended at least four Board of Athletics meetings in the past three years before their nomination. If elected the members must also clear the SafeSport and NCSI background checks.
Nominees must have a nominator and a seconder who are current members of the BoA.
Nominations and seconds are currently being accepted by email at the association office: [email protected] (and please cc Secretary Stephanie Brown Trafton: [email protected]). Email nominations will close at 11:59pm on Sunday, 24 March.
Nominations will also be accepted from the floor during the March 19 Board of Athletics meeting.
Terms are for two years and begin June 1.
Committee Chair elections will take place after the Association officer elections are concluded in the spring.
For additional information on officer job descriptions and election process, refer to Articles 5 and 8 of the Association Bylaws.
► PA Association Recognition and Award nominations due 1 March
All Executive Officers and Committee Chairs are encouraged to nominate those on your committee or with-in our Association for any of the Association Awards being presented at our 19 March BoA Meeting:
- Service Award
- Tom Moore Award
- Hall of Fame
Click here for a full list of awards, criteria and past winners
Nominations are due by Friday, 1 March to Awards Chair Leroy Milam: [email protected]
► PA 2019 SafeSport training opportunities
SafeSport information and training details
In order to better protect all USATF members, all coaches (of any level), association or club officers, and officials must have completed SafeSport training in to serve in these USATF positions.
If you have already completed this training at any time, it is valid until Dec. 31, 2019.
You may take the 90min training online at: http://www.usatf.org/About/SafeSport/SafeSport-Training.aspx
The training is free, though must upload your current USATF membership number when registering and review questions are interspersed through the online training.
You may also attend one of these in-person 90min trainings which do not require you to take a test:
Sat, 12 January: 2:45-4:15pm at American River Officials Clinic
Sat, 2 February: 3:30-5:00pm at Athletic.net SuperClinic
(do not need to register for clinic to attend SafeSport training)
Sat, 9 February: 2:45-4:15pm at Logan HS (Union City) Officials Clinic which is part of the Willie Davenport Olympians Clinic
If you have any questions, contact Dave Shrock at [email protected]
► PA Assoc Annual Meeting Announcement – Tues, 18 Sept.
The USATF_Pacific Association will host its annual meeting Tuesday, 18 September at the Foster City Recreation Department from 7:30-10:00pm. Foster City Recreation Center, (650 Shell Blvd., Foster City, 94404).
Primary tasks at the Annual Meeting are to approve the 2019 operating budget and approve sixteen delegates to the Columbus Annual Meeting.
Agenda and meeting information will be posted one week before the meeting at: https://www.pausatf.org/about/meetings/
► YTF PA Youth at USATF Youth Outdoor Championships Congratulations! results compiled by Andy Martin, exclamationservicesusa.com
► TF PA Athletes’ Results at USATF Nationals as of June 23; action for June 24
Courtesy of Andy Martin, ExclamationServicesUSA.com
For complete results visit http://www.usatf.org/Events—Calendar/2018/USATF-Outdoor-Championships.aspx
Robyn Stevens nails the Women’s Bronze in the 20,000m Race Walk! Ashton Purvis advances in the 200m. Lots of action is in store for Sunday, June 24.
► T&F Open+Masters T&F Champs entry deadline extended to 9am Friday, June 8!
For meet information and entry details for both the Open and Master’s T&F Championships this Saturday, 10 June click here:
https://www.pausatf.org/track-field/
Due to USATF national website’s technical difficulties, entry deadline has been extended to Friday, 8 June at 9:00am.