2009 =
USATF
Southeast Region Masters Track and Field Report
Of the seven State
Associations in the SE Region Five have Masters Chairs for T&F . They are :
Alabama Bill
Murray &=
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Georgia=
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nbsp; Joyce
Hite =
jimjoyce at bellsouth.net =
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sp; =
N.
Carolina &nbs=
p; Jeff
Elwell =
elwellj at ecu.edu
Tennessee John
Carter =
j_carte=
r
at yahoo.com
Virginia =
*Joe
Mack =
=
jlmack at henrico.k12.va.us
=
&nb=
sp;
*Keith Witherspoon keithwitherspoon
at verizon.net
* co-chairs
Two =
of our
associations do not have Master’s T&F Chairs. They are:
Florida
& S. Carolina
=
The SE Region Championships were =
held
in Raleigh NC on May 1st. and 2nd=
.
with over 200 athletes from the SE Region and ov=
er 75
Individual Championship Awards were presented . This was a very significant
increase over previous year’s participation and is the primary reason
that the 2010 SE Region Masters Championships will also be held in Raleigh on May 7<=
sup>th.
and 8th. 2010. Additionally we have already
scheduled 7 other Masters Meets in 4 of our states for 2010 including :
April 16 +17&nbs=
p; Statesboro GA
. GA Masters Championships
May 7+8 Raleigh NC
. The SE Region Master T&F Championships
May 22 Furman Classic in SC
June 5 Birmingham AL . AL Masters Championships
June 12 Atlanta GA T<=
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Classic
June 13 NC=
State Games
June 22 SC=
Masters Championships
and we expect several more to be scheduled by FL =
,VA
and TN.
Additionally we will hav=
e the
USATF National Outdoor Masters T&F Championships in Sacremento CA
from July 22nd. to
25th
One o=
f our
primary tasks is to minimize schedule conflicts so that Masters Athletes ha=
ve
the maximum opportunities for competition . We have had a major problem =
trying
to establish an Indoor Championship due to facility costs as well as lack of
facilities in the SE , however we are continuing=
to
evaluate two opportunities for next year in VA and TN .
Maxw=
ell C.
Hamlyn
SE
Region Masters T&F Chair