2009 USATF Master Track and Field - Northwest Region Report

USA Track and Field

Northwest Region Masters Annual Report

Prepared by Rose Schlewitz, coordinator

October 13, 2009

1. USATF Northwest Region Championships<= /b>

        2009 Meet – June 27-28, MT Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

        • Host Club – Portland Masters Track Club, Oregon Association

        • $500 Region Funds for meet expenses

        • One hundred sixty one athletes completed

        • Forty Region Track and Field new records set or established

        • Three World Records and five American records set or established

        • Athletes meeting held at conclusion of first day meet

        2010 Meet – June 26-27, Hayward Field, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

      = ; • Host Club – Oregon Track Club Masters, Oregon Association

2.     Northwest Region Masters Records=

      = ; • Northwest Region Records updated by Jim Schlewitz

        • Northwest Records through 2009 are available on-line at www.nwmtf.oregonathletes.org

3.     USATF Clinic

Clinic D= irector – Jim Satterfield, Physical Education Major, USATF certified coach, b= usinessman and author. The Running Clini= c for Youth through Masters will use drills, exercises and principles outlined in= his soon to be published book Unleash Y= our Stride/Learn to Run Like a Natural.&nb= sp; Date and site TBA



4.     Region Funds: $2500 a= llocated        &= nbsp;

= ;          Expenses to date:     $500.00 partial p= ayment for facility rental for Northwest Region

        &= nbsp; Masters Championships

= 5.   Northwest Region Website = – www.nwmtf.oregonathletes.org

   = ;   • Webmaster, Jim Schlewitz, maintains the region website

      • Web= site content: contact information for Region Advisory Group; USATF Associations =

        =     in NW Region with contact information; Region Championship meet records; event calendar for track and field meets in Region and National; websites links are provided.=

6.   Northwest Region Associations Masters Championships<= /p>
         = Alaska Association

  &n= bsp;   &nb= sp; Masters Chair: Ron Downing, ron2910@acalaska.ne

         = • Thirty nine masters athletes competed in association championships

  &n= bsp;      • Nineteen masters athletes competed in the USATF ASAP Age Graded Mile

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      Pacific Nor= thwest Association

         = Masters Chair: George Mathews, george.mathews@roadrunner.com

         • Assoc= iation Championships, July 18, West Seattle Stadium, Seattle WA        &= nbsp;

            One hundred twenty nine masters athletes competed (101 men and 28 wome= n)

         = Inland Northwest Association

         = Masters Chair (south): Jeff Schaller, jeffts2@verizon.net<= /span>

&n= bsp;        Masters Chair (north): Laurie Chadwic= k, lschadwick@mead.k12.wa.us

  &n= bsp;      • Association Championships, June 6, Cheney, ID

         = Oregon Association

         = Masters Chair: Jim Puckett, jpuckett@sports-fab.com

  &n= bsp;      • Association Championships, June 26-= 27, Gresham, OR

  &n= bsp;         One hundred sixty one masters athletes competed (131 men and 30 women)

  &n= bsp;         Twenty association records set or established

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         = Snake River Association

         = Masters Chair:

         = • = Association Championships, June 18-20, Timber= line High School, Boise ID

        &= nbsp;   Ten masters athletes competed

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         = Montana Association

         = Masters Chair: = Kay Newman, kayj@imt.net

       ̶= 6; Association Championships, June 11-= 13, Billings, MT

         = Wyoming Association

         = Masters Chair:

         = • Association Championships, Casper, WY, June 6

  &n= bsp;         Fifteen masters athletes competed

         = Utah Association

         = Masters Chair: Lamar Ewell, lamarewell @hotmail.com

  &n= bsp;      Co Chair : Mel Lemon, melvinlem= on@yahoo.com

&n= bsp;        • Association Championships, Provo, U= T, June 26-27

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7.   USA National Championships he= ld in Northwest Region

  &n= bsp;      • USA National Combined Open/Masters Championships

  &n= bsp;         Woolsey Stadium, Kings HS, Shoreline, WA, Aug 15-16

  &n= bsp;         Sixty eight masters competed

        • USA National Masters Throws Champio= nships

        &= nbsp; Concordia University Throws Center, Portland, OR, Aug 22-23

        &= nbsp; Seventy masters athletes completed

        &= nbsp; World and American records set or established

8.&nb= sp;    2010 Scheduled Masters Track and Field Events

March 1-6      Wo= rld Masters Indoor Championships-Kamloops, British

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Columbia, Canada, www.world-masters-athletics.org

March 26-27 USA National Indoor Mast= ers Track and Field-Boston, Mass

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Contact: Steve Vaitones, office@usatf.org        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;

June 19-20     Oregon Association Masters Championships/Portland Masters

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Classic, Mt Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Contact: Paul Stepan, lstepan@yahoo.com

June 26-27     Northw= est Region Masters Championships/Hayward Classic

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Contact: Sandy Pashkin, spashkin@q.com 541-687-1989

July 22-25      = USA National Outdoor Masters Track and Field Championships,

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Sacramento, CA

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Contact: pausatf@aol.com 916-983-4624

August 21       USA Northwest Region Masters Throws Championships-Seattle, WA

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Contact: George Mathews, george.mathews@roadrunner.com

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