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
► PA Officials Want YOU! Clinics Schedule Updated
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read more► RR PA’s Jane Kibii is the Women’s CIM Winner in 2:29:31
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2019 Contact: Carlos Alcala, (916) 737-7683 Elite Winners Elisha Barno and Jane Kibii Heat Up Cloudy CIM Rainy Start Fails to Deter Olympic Trials Qualifiers Among Nearly 10,000 Registered to Run the Full Marathon SACRAMENTO — Running in cloudy, damp conditions on their way to a finish in California’s state capital, Kenyan Elisha Barno and Kenyan/American Jane Kibii claimed the top men’s and women’s at the 37th annual California International Marathon. The winners were joined by an estimated 13,000 marathon...
read more► RR 2019 Silicon Valley Turkey Trot Videos
SVTT 5K Elite Women’s heat SVTT 5K Elite Men’s heat Interview with Elite Women’s heat winner, Shannon Rowbury Interview with Elite Men’s heat winner, Aaron Templeton Share this:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Instagram (Opens in new...
read more► RR 2019 CIM Elite Athlete Preview
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read more► XC NCAA D2 XC Championship Comes to Sacramento this Saturday
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read more► PA Tues, 12 Nov 7:30pm BoA Teleconference meeting details
Click on the link below, and scroll down for our final BoA meeting for 2019 meeting documents and details. This will be a phone-in or online meeting only. Assoc meeting link: https://www.pausatf.org/about/meetings/ Share this:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Instagram (Opens in new...
read more► RR PA’s Jen Hitchings Sets Pending W55-59 Record at NYC Marathon
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read more► MUT PA’s Chessa Adsit-Morris 1st Woman at Nat’l USATF Trail Marathon Champs
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read more► RR Jenny Hitchings sets pending Marathon F55 AR in NYC
Jenny Hitchings took advantage of great racing conditions to run a 2:50:36 at the NYC Marathon and break S. Rae Baymiller’s 21 year old F55-59 American Record of 2:52:14. Not only did Hitchings set an age-group AR but achieved an Age-Graded mark of 97.57% which was tops in the race and puts her 7th on the all-time US Women’s Marathon Age-Graded list. An incredible achievement especially considering the hilly New York course. Abdi Abdirahman (first Master, 2nd age-grade) also set a new US M40-44 record of 2:11:34 at age 42....
read more► MUT PA’s Devon Yanko is 1st Woman at 2019 USATF 50-Mile Road Championship
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