PA/USATF Elite
► PA BoA Meeting Committee Reports
Committee Reports for our November 2022 Committee Reports.
Next meeting will be Thursday, 1 Dec in Orlando for Annual Meeting participants, and our next General BoA on Tues, 17 January via zoom.
► RR The CIM’s Preview of Top Runners Entered
Below are the current USATF Pacific members who are listed in order of their recent marathon times in a preview article about the top runners entered into the 2022 California International Marathon, this year’s National USATF Marathon Championship. The complete list includes several runners who reside in the Pacific Association’s boundaries. Perhaps they haven’t become members yet, and with November and December ’22 included in their 2023 membership, it would be a great time to join!
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
Women
- Madeline Duhon, 2:35:27, Berkeley, CA
- Joanna Reyes, 2:36:23, Cupertino, CA
- Holly Clarke, 2:36:51, San Francisco, CA
- Lizzy Rountree, 2:37:52, San Francisco, CA
- Jenny Grimshaw, 2:39:55, San Francisco, CA
- Liza Reichert, 2:41:24, Moss Beach, CA
- Maya Weigel, DEBUT, Los Altos, CA
Men
- Brendan Gregg, 2:11:21, Sacramento, CA
- Matt Lenehan, 2:17:02, San Francisco, CA
- Grayson Hough, 2:17:04, Davis, CA
- Cole Watson, 2:18:07, Rancho Cordova, CA
- Cole Watson, 2:18:07, Rancho Cordova, CA
- Jake Ritter, DEBUT, Citrus Heights, CA
► PA USATF Annual Meeting Info
Our 2022 Annual Meeting will once again be in person, Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 December at the Hilton Buena Vista, Orlando.
Click on this link for information and to register: https://www.usatf.org/events/2022/2022-usatf-annual-meeting
Association Delegation Chair is Irene Herman. Contact Irene if you plan on attending and wish further information: [email protected]
► PA REMINDER: BoA meeting Tuesday, 15 Nov via zoom
We are hosting our fall Board of Athletics Meeting on Tuesday, 15 November via zoom beginning at 7:30pm.
If you would like to attend the meeting, email Angie for zoom meeting details.
Click here for all upcoming meeting agenda, and previous meeting details and meeting minutes.
► PA New Safe Sport Instructions
We have had some updates to our website over the past couple of months. The instructions for USATF Safe Sport training currently on the website are outdated. We are working on getting those updated but inserted below are updated instructions for you to use in the meantime. You may also download this pdf.
Additionally, the SafeSport Trained Core and Refresher courses as well as courses on mandatory reporting and courses for adult athletes will be updated on Wednesday, October 19th. The learning platform will be offline on Wednesday, October 19th. Individuals “in progress” should complete their course by Tuesday, October 18th so their progress isn’t lost in the update.
Please let me know if you have any questions – I look forward to our meeting on October 2nd!
Thank you so much for your hard work and help!
Bailee Cecil
Safe Sport Administrator
USATF
O: 317.713-4688
130 E. Washington St., Suite 800, Indianapolis, IN 46204
[email protected]
USATF Safe Sport Online Training Steps (9/20/2022)
- Log in to USATF Connect using your email address and password.
*Note: If you have one or more accounts linked to your USATF Connect profile, please select your personal account.
In the main box of the home page, you will see “Center for SafeSport Training.” - Click “Edit.”
- Click on the blue “+ Access Core Training” button.
- You will enter the SafeSport Training program where you will complete the training.
- If the training freezes or you experience other difficulties while taking the training, please exit out of the training and try going back in. If the problem persists, enter a support ticket at https://safesport.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/4.
- Once you complete the training, you will be issued a PDF certificate. Please save this certificate for your records.
- Click the “X” button once you are finished.
The Core SafeSport Training will take roughly 90 minutes to complete and the Refresher courses will take roughly 20 minutes to complete. Your USATF Connect profile will be automatically updated after you complete your training.
► MUT PA’ers Canfield & Pannu to represent Team USA at World 100K Championships… tonight, 8/26!
At 9:30 pm this Friday (8/26) evening, two of our Pacific Association members will represent our country in the 100K Road World Championships in Berlin, Germany. After her recent World 50-mile Road and American 100K Road Women 60-64 age group records set at the 100K Road Nationals in Madison, WI, last April, Meghan Canfield will aim at establishing a new World Age Group record for the 100K distance. Representing our local Aggies, and after clocking a blazing 6:28:31 at the HOKA ONE ONE Project Carbon X2 100K in 2021, Rajpaul Pannu has the fastest qualifying time of the field, after 4 representatives from Japan. You can follow their progression live by visiting: https://wc100kberlin.org/en/livestreams-and-live-results
► RW Stevens & Christie’s Solid RW 20K Finishes at World Athletics Championships
2022 World Athletics Championships
USATF Pacific Team USA Race Walk Team Members Results
July 15, 2022
Women’s Team
- 24th out of 41 entrants: Robyn Stevens, USATF Pacific member, 1:36:16
- Race Analysis
- Complete Women’s RW Results
Men’s Team
- 31st out of 45 entrants: Nick Christie, USATF Pacific-connected member, 1:28:28:00
- Race Analysis
- Complete Men’s RW Results
Congratulations!
► MTF PA Masters mine metal at WMA World Outdoor Champs Updated 7.12.22
This report was compiled by Tom Bernhard and Cynci Calvin. If we missed anyone, email Cynci with the information. Congratulations!
It’s a long way from Northern California to Finland, but when you can come back home with Masters World Championship medals it’s a trip worth taking. PA Masters athletes did just that, winning a total of at least 21 medals at the just concluded World Masters Athletics Outdoors Championships held in Tampere Finland.
Leading the medal haul was Lynne Hurelle who won five Golds (W85 400m, 800m, 1500m, XC6K, and Javelin). Next was holder of multiple American age-group records and member of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame, Christine Kennedy, with gold in the W65 Half Marathon and 10K Road Races. Another winner of individual Gold was Robert Qualls, 1st in the M70 6K Cross Country event. Qualls also took home an individual bronze in the M70 1500m.
Mark Yuen won M50 Silvers in the 5000m and 1500m, and Durelle Schimek took Silver in the W50 Javelin.
In team competition the three-man US M65 Half Marathon team, which included John Hirschberger, (70) took Gold, and the Sierra Gold TC with Drue Mathies also took M75 Gold. Adjua Gibb-Gabriel took Silver on both the 4x100m & 4x400m Relay Teams. Robert Qualls took Silver for his part on the American M70 4×400 team. Also taking Silver was the US M70 XC team which included both Qualls and Hirschberger. Christine Kennedy took Bronze for her participation on the W45 Half Marathon Team, and Martin Beene took bronze for his efforts on the M60 Half Marathon team.
Gold – Individual
W85 400m, 800m, 1500m, Javelin, XC6K – Lynne Hurrell; note that her 800m time of 5:12.85 is a pending AR W85 record, smashing the existing record of 5:43.32.
W65 Half Marathon, Road 10K – Christine Kennedy
M70 XC – Robert Qualls
Silver – Individual
M50 5000m – Mark Yuen
W50 Javelin – Durelle Schimek
Bronze – Individual
M50 1500m – Mark Yuen
M70 1500m – Robert Qualls
M75 200m Steeplechase – Drue Mathies
Gold – Team
M65 Half Marathon Team – Tomas Rodriguez, John Matthews, John Hirschberger
M75 Half Marathon Team – Sierra Gold TC team
Silver- Team
W40 4x100m & 4x400m Relays – Adjua Gibb-Gabriel
M70 4x400m Relay – Robert Bowen, Curtis Baldwin, Alston Brown, Robert Qualls
M70 XC – Team Robert Qualls, Jerry Learned, John Hirschberger
Bronze – Team
W45 Half Marathon – Christine Kennedy
M60 Half Marathon – Martin Beene
Complete results from the Tampere 2022 WMA Championships can be found here.