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 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 2017 Race Walking Grand Prix season will be:
Sunday, 4 June 2017 – 1,500-meter Grand Prix,
College of San Mateo. There will be women’s and men’s races as part of the Pacific Association Masters Track and Field Championships. Please note that the race walks will be open to anyone 14 years old and older. Please check the Pacific Association website for updates and registration information.
Sunday, 11 June 2017 – 5,000-meter Grand Prix,
College of San Mateo. This will be a combined women’s and men’s race as part of the Pacific Association Open Track and Field Championships. Please note that the race walks are open to anyone 14 years old and older. Please check the Pacific Association website for updates and registration information.
Sunday, 24 September 2017 – 20-kilometer Grand Prix,
William B. Pond Recreation Area, 5700 Arden Way, Carmichael, CA 95608. This will be a combined women’s and men’s race. This is also the USATF Western Region 20-km Championship. The race will be hosted by the Pacific Association Race Walking Committee. Please check the Pacific Association website for updates and registration information.
Sunday, 29 October 2017 – 10-kilometer Grand Prix,
William B. Pond Recreation Area, 5700 Arden Way, Carmichael, CA 95608. This will be a combined women’s and men’s race. The race will be hosted by the Sierra Race Walkers. Please check the Pacific Association website for updates and registration information.
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
► PA Tuesday’s BoA TeleConference Meeting details
Click here for Tuesday’s 7:30pm TeleConference details and documents:
https://www.pausatf.org/about/meetings/
► PA Committee chair and officer nominations due by 16 May at 7:00pm – click for more info
Race Walking Committee:
Officials Committee terms begin at the Officials Committee Annual Meeting in August
Coaches Committee:
– Open/Collegiate Sub-Committee Chair
► RW PA’s Phyllis Karsten Sets Pending National W90-94 3000M Race Walk Record
Phyllis Karsten, age 92, has provisionally set a record for the 90-94 women’s age group in the outdoor 3,000-meter race walk on April 23, 2017, at Mount Diablo High School in Concord, as part of the Western Region and Pacific Association 3,000-meter Race Walk Championship.
Judging from the USATF website, there is no record for this age group. Her time was 29 minutes 19.05 seconds. We had the appropriate number of judges with appropriate levels of certification, three hand timers with printouts, lap scorers, and a coned inside curb on the track, which should make everything legal for the record.
The record for the women’s 85-89 age group is 27 minutes, 14.0 seconds, so Phyllis’s time is a good one. She age graded at 85.65%, best of any of the athletes in the race that day. The results have been posted on the USATF Pacific’s website: https://www.pausatf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/RESULTS-for-3000-meter-on-23April2017-revised-30Apr.pdf
► PAF 2017 PA USATF Foundation Elite Athlete Grant Application
Elite Athlete Grants The application for Elite Athlete Training Grants for 2017 is now available on the Pacific Association USATF Foundation web page. The application must be received by Feb. 1, 2017. Grants will be awarded by March 1.
