January 8, 2016
Update – Version 3
PA/USATF CLUB LDR OFFICIALS
REQUIREMENTS – 2016
Including Important New
Requirement & Revised Officials Formula
All Pacific Association LDR Clubs and Officials:
Described below are the 2016 certified officials
requirements for PA/USATF clubs who wish to score team points on the PA/USATF
Road Racing and/or Cross Country Grand Prixs in 2016 and beyond. These
requirements have been approved by the PA/USATF Long Distance Running
Committee.
Important
Note: This year, the LDR Committee passed an important additional requirement pertaining to the USATF LDR Officials
in your clubÕs ranks which all clubs should note. Both requirements are
detailed below.
For more information about club officials
requirements, contact Mark
Winitz (PA/USATF LDR Officials Coordinator). Please read both
requirements below.
Requirement #1: Minimum Number of Certified USATF LDR Officials in Club Ranks
PA/USATF clubs are required to have a minimum number
of certified USATF officials (with an LDR/XC specialty) on their club roster to
score team points on the PA Road and Cross Country Grand Prix circuits. This
requirement applies if your club had 25 or more "unique" club members
compete on the Road and Cross Country Grand Prix circuits (combined) in 2016. Applicable
clubs must be in compliance with this requirement for officials by March 1,
2016 or they will not be scored until they do so. Refer to Table 1
at the bottom of this document to see if this requirement applies to your club
and your current officials status.
IMPORTANT: Individuals who want to become a USATF
LDR Official may attend the following Introduction to Long Distance Running and Cross
Country Officiating Clinics offered by PA/USATF:
Saturday, January 9. 2016 at American River
College/Sacramento (8:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.)
Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Serra High School/San
Mateo (11:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
Registration for these introductory clinics is
available by clicking this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T-y-24sT7mHXrCg6MVi1HT1U7n_INCZg5Acu8TTA6no/viewform?c=0&w=1
Requirement #2 (NEW): Working Requirements for Certified USATF
LDR Officials in Club Ranks
Starting in 2016, each certified LDR official in a
PA/USATF clubÕs ranks (i.e., who is a member of the club) must officiate in at
least one PA/USATF Road Grand Prix circuit event and one Cross Country Grand Prix circuit event during a
calendar year in order for the officialÕs club to score team points on
the PA Road and Cross Country Grand Prix circuits in the following
calendar year.
Extenuating circumstances on the part of
officials—such as long-term illness or immobility, or employment
obligations—will, of course, be taken into consideration. In all
circumstances, however, the number of Grand Prix events (road and/or cross
country) that LDR officials from each club are required to work in a calendar
year must equal or exceed the number determined by the following formula:
# of required certified LDR
officials in club X 2
Starting in 2016, all PA/USATF LDR Officials who are members of clubs will be tracked in this manner. Note: Officiating assignments for PA/USATF LDR Grand Prix events are made by the PA/USATF LDR Officials Coordinator, Mark Winitz
TABLE
1: PA/USATF LDR CLUB COMPLIANCE (LDR OFFICIALS) - 2016
Version
2 (Update) - January 6, 2016
* =
Clubs currently deficient in certified LDR officials, as of 1/6/2016
** = One or more
officials in club have not renewed USATF membership for 2016