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
► TRACK San Jose State reinstates Men’s T&F
After a 28 year hiatus, San Jose State announced on 1 August they were reinstating Men’s T&F. Click here for press conference slide show and additional info: https://www.pausatf.org/track-field/san-jose-state-ininstates-mens-track-and-field/ 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...
read more► OLY TRIALS More Californians Rio-bound Following Final Day by Mark Winitz, courtesy of runblogrun.com
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read more► Youth Feature on Fiona O’Keefe – Distance Star by Bob Burns
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read more► OLY TRIALS Kim Conley’s 5K Review, In Depth Story by Bob Burns
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read more► OLY TRIALS Day 10 Updates – Kim Conley, Shannon Rowbury make Team USA
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read more► OLY TRIALS Cale Simmons Story behind his Pole Vault Team USA Acheivement, by Bob Burns
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read more► OLY TRIALS Day 8, Day 9 Updates
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read more► OLY TRIALS Kate Grace Interview Following her 800m Trials Victory
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read more► ELITE U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships Will Return to Sacramento in 2017
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read more► OLY TRIALS More Updates & Summaries Posted on the Road to Rio Page
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