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 BofA Meeting on November 14
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read more► PA, OFF Missing from the Track: Phil Watkins
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read more► LDR USATF Pacific Foundation Marathon Training Grant Application
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read more► PA PA BofA Annual Meeting Sept. 17
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read more► PA Mark Winitz Tribute
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read more► MTF PA’a Robert Qualls sets record at USATF Masters Mile Champs!
USATF News Release – Indianapolis June 26, 2023 USATF MASTERS 1 MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS “Robert Qualls (Reno, Nevada), winner of the 70-74 10 km World Championship at Torun Poland this March, looked to improve on his 2022 second place effort at the 1 Mile Championships. This year Qualls left nothing to chance, going out strong in 2:42 at the halfway point, and holding on for a 5:33, dropping the American record by ten seconds.” Robert Qualls hails from Reno, NV and is a member of the River City Rebels. Complete Report...
read more► RR PAs Jenny Hitchings sets pending WR at London Marathon
Jenny Hitchings has accomplished many things as a runner since turnings 55. She holds 5 American age group records from 5 km to the Marathon. She was the USATF F55-59 Road Runner of the Year in 2018 and 2021. In 2022, she was not only the USATF F55-59 Road Runner of the Year, but she also was the Overall USATF Female Road Runner of the Year and the USATF Masters Athlete of the Year! Now, she can add a pending World Record to her resume. Last Sunday, at the London Marathon she ran 2:45:27 to smash Krisha Stanton’s existing F55-59 WR of...
read more► RR Four PA Masters get ARs Ratified
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read more► RR PA’s Hansi Rigney Featured in Boston.com Inspirational Entrants List
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read more► RR Sergio Reyes takes Masters crown at Carlsbad 5000
Sergio Reyes, the USATF 2022 Masters Road Runner of the Year in the Men’s 40-44 division, brought his 2022 fitness into 2023 with a dominate victory in the Carlsbad 5000 Masters race with a time of 14:48. Reyes, of Palmdale CA, finished 24 seconds ahead of last year’s winner, Roosevelt Cook of Hesperia, CA, who finished in a time of 15:12. 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...
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