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
► RR 2015 Christmas Relays Scoring
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read more► XC Club XC Champs Winitz Article highlighting PA Performances; Photo Slide Show courtesy of Kathy Camet
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read more► XC More XC Club Champs Articles!
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read more► XC USATF Press Release on National Clubs Cross Country Results
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read more► XC XC Club Champs Preview courtesy of Fred Baer
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read more► RR California International Marathon Highlights including PA’s Jen Hitchings Eclipsing Sister Marion’s 50+ Record Set in 1983!
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read more► ULTRA PA’s Alex Varner Sets Quad Dipsea Record by Almost 8 Minutes
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read more► ULTRA PA’s Caitlin Smith 6th at IAU 50K Championships
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read more► ELITE Athletics Weekly Article Features Shannon Rowbury
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read more► XC Final Day to Register for Natl. Club XC Champs is Dec. 4!
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