USA Track & Field has been committed to creating a culture that clearly advocates, and provides for, a safe environment in which our athletes compete and train. We believe this is paramount to the success of all our programs. For the safety of our athletes, particularly our youth athletes, as well as all our member participants, USA Track & Field adopted the Safe Sport Program back in 2014. Safe Sport at USA Track & Field aims to prevent sexual misconduct and abuse, bullying, hazing, harassment, physical abuse, and emotional abuse in the sports of LDR, race walking, and track and field. Our goal is to create a clear culture of awareness to protect the participants in our sports at all levels. USA Track & Field’s Safe Sport Program includes elements of governance, advocacy, education and communication, and compliance and monitoring. Additionally, an important aspect of the Safe Sport Program is the requirement that certain individuals within USA Track & Field be 3-Step Safe Sport Compliant. USA Track & Field currently requires members of the following groups to be 3-Step Safe Sport Compliant including, but not limited to: USA Track & Field National Office Staff, Board of Directors, USA Track & Field registered coaches, club coaches, USA Track & Field certified officials, authorized athlete representatives, club leadership (i.e. club presidents, administrators, secretaries, coaches, etc., Association Safe Sport Volunteer Coordinators, and anyone with a role assigned to them on USA Track & Field Connect), National Team staff and other selected personnel, National Team Athletes, National Committee Chairs, Association leadership, Youth Executive Committee members, AAC Executive Committee members, AAC Event Leaders, contractors/vendors with access to athletes, and any other adult who has Authority and/or Regular Contact over athletes.
*Please note: the USA Track & Field background screen does not apply to individuals younger than 18 years of age. **Note: Safe Sport training is an annual requirement, meaning it should be completed once every 365 days. Once these steps have been completed, all 3-Step Safe Sport Compliant members will be listed on USA Track & Field's Safe Sport Compliant List.