Masters Athletes

Missouri Valley Chair: Gilbert Castillo
816-931-1825 (home); 816-916-6379 (cell); Email: gscast@kc.rr.com

USATF's Masters Track and Field Committee is the official governing body for the sport of Masters Track and Field.

Its mission is to establish and conduct masters age-group programs that will provide opportunities for competition, fitness, health and camaraderie from the local to the international levels.

Numerous events for Masters (40-over) and Sub-Masters runners are available throughout the year. In 2008, these include (This schedule was updated on April 11, 2008):
 

• April 16-19 -- Kansas Relays (100m, 800m, Mile, 4x100m)
  Lawrence, KS; http://kuathletics.cstv.com
   

• May 10, 2008 -- St Charles Golden Games
  St Charles, MO; www.sccgoldengames.org
   

• May 7-10 -- Poplar Bluff "Ozark Senior Olympics"
  Poplar Bluff, MO; Mandy Eakin /Michelle Bass; ozarkseniorolympics@tcmax.net
   

• May 17, 2008 -- Green Country All Comers Meet
  Location TBA; Matthias Wicks; 918-596-9207
   

• May 23-26, 2008 -- St Louis Sr Games
  St. Louis; www.stlouisseniorolympics.org
   

• May 27 (Tue) -- Emporia (Kan.) Track Club Twilight T&F Meet,
  Emporia, KS; www.usatf.org/assoc/mv/schedule.htm; stanbrom@emporia.edu
   

• June 1, 2008 -- USATF Iowa Masters Association Championships
  Wes Des Moines, IA; Jim Walczyk; jim.walczyk@gmail.com
   

• June 6, 2008 -- Southwest Missouri Senior Games 2008
  Springfield, MO; www.parkboard.org; 417-837-5808
   

• June 7, 2008 -- Salina Senior Games
  Salina, KS; www.salina-ks.gov/recreation/senior.htm; janice.pankratz@salina.org
   

• June 10 (Tue) -- Emporia (Kan.) Track Club Twilight T&F Meet,
  Emporia, KS; www.usatf.org/assoc/mv/schedule.htm; stanbrom@emporia.edu
   

• June 14-15, 2008 -- USATF Ozark Assoc Open & Masters Championships
  Edwardsville, Illinois; Peggy Rowold; peggy.rowold@sbcglobal.net
   

• June 21 2008 -- Missouri Senior Games
  Columbia, MO; www.smsg.org/senior_games
   

• June 28, 2008 -- USATF Missouri Valley Masters Championships
  Kansas City, MO; Gilbert Castillo; 816-916-6378

More information on these events may be available at www.usatf.org/calendars

Additional opportunities for Masters runners to compete in local- or state-level meets are available at many of the Missouri Valley Association's youth meets, including the developmental events in April and May; and the various state and regional meets in June and  July. For a listing of these events, see the Missouri Valley Association's Event Schedule.

Kansas also hosts the annual Sunflower State Games. Masters exhibition events are scheduled for the USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. in 2008. These events are sanctioned by USATF.

Events and results will be posted to the Missouri Valley Association's schedule as information is received.

USA Track and Field maintains a good Web site with information for Masters runners, at http://www.usatf.org/groups/Masters/. In addition, a good source for information about Masters track and field and other events is http://www.masterstrack.com/