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Welcome to USA Track & Field - Potomac Valley Association

Regional Association for the State of Maryland, District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia
of the National Governing Body for Track & Field, Long Distance Running, and Race Walking


Association Meetings
  • NEXT PVA MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS:
  • Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00 pm, Elections Meeting | Election instructions | Radisson Hotel, 9100 Basil Court, Largo MD 20774
  • Thursday, August 21, 2008, 7:00 pm, location TBA
  • Thursday, November 20, 2008, 7:00 pm, location TBA
  • Membership
  • 2008 Newsletter NEW

  • Join USATF
  • Please specify Potomac Valley as your association
    Background Screening
  • General Information on the Background Screening Process
  • Initiate Background Screening

  • Coaches/Volunteers in good standing
  • Upcoming Events
  • Event Sanction Procedure
  • Sanction form as a DOC file
  • Insurance form as a DOC file

  • USATF-Sanctioned Track & Field Meets in our association
  • USATF-Sanctioned Distance Races in our association

  • Association Championships
  • All upcoming events in our association
  • All USATF events anywhere

  • East Regional Meet
  • Youth
    Events:
  • 2008 Youth Schedule

  • Preliminary Championship Information - Junior Olympics Championship
    Results:
  • March 8, 2008 -- PVA 14 & Under Indoor National Invitational, Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex, Landover MD
  • December 29, 2007 -- Mountain Express Holiday High School Track & Field Meet, Hagerstown MD
  • December 29, 2007 -- Mountain Express Holiday Open Track & Field Meet, Hagerstown MD
  • June 14-17, 2007 -- PVA Junior Olympics Championship
  • March 3, 2007 -- PVA 14 & Under National Invitational, Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex, Landover MD
  • November 12, 2006 -- PVA USATF Youth XC Championship, Smithsburg HS
  • October 29, 2006 -- Mountain Express Youth XC meet, Smithsburg HS


    Masters
  • January 21, 2008 - Maryland State Legislature recognizes masters track & field medalists with House & Senate resolutions
  • Officials
  • PVA Officials Meeting:
    Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 7 PM, Walter Johnson HS, Bethesda, MD.
    This will be an election night. A Vice-Chair, Secretary and three at-large Executive Committee Members.
    The requirements for voting are that you must be a currently PVA certified official and a USATF member.
    Volunteers will also be taken for the Certification and Training Committees.
    Officials are also reminded that there will be a PVA election on May 15, 2008, where among others, the PVA Officials Chair will be elected.
  • Directions: From I-270, take the Democracy Avenue east exit. Go to the light at Old Georgetown Road and take a left. Take another left at the first light and follow the road to the school.
    Please contact Dr. Bill Price (301-293-4219) if you have questions.
  • Minutes of meeting April 14, 2008
  • Edited standard operating procedures
  • Explanation


  • 2008 PVA Officials Calendar | PDF | DOC
  • Minutes of meeting March 12, 2008, at Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda MD
  • Minutes of meeting January 16, 2008, at Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda MD
  • Minutes of meeting, November 14, 2007, at Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda MD
        • Proposed Officials Budget
        • Proposed Officials Operating Procedures
  • Minutes of meeting, September 19, 2007, at Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda MD
  • Minutes of meeting Sunday, December 17, 2006
  • Minutes of meeting, October 19, 2006
  • Official's records -- if you see an error in your record, please contact Dr. Bill Price, officials chair, 301-293-4219, ASAP

  • Subscribe to the PVA_Officials e-mail list

  • USATF Coaching Education Schools
  • Officials' corner (news items and links)
  • Long Distance
    Results:
  • 2007 championships (none)

  • 2006 championships:
  • December 16, 2006, PVA 10K open & masters men's & women's championship, Saturday, December 16, 8:30 am, Hains Point (East Potomac Park), Washington DC
  • 10K Champions: • Women's open: 1. Liza Recto, Lexington Park MD • Men's open: 1. Jim Noone, Fairfax VA; 2. Todd Hotham, Washington DC; 3. Mike Devine, Clifton VA • Men's Masters: 1. Jay Jacob Wind, Arlington VA; 2. James Scarborough, Arlington VA; 3. Jack McMahon, Rockville MD; 4. William David Price, Smithsburg MD

  • December 9, 2006, PVA USATF 5K Men's Championship, Solomons MD
  • December 9, 2006, PVA USATF 5K Women's Championship, Solomons MD
  • 5K Champions: • Women's open: Liza Recto, Lexington Park MD • Women's masters: Tami Graf, Lusby MD

  • Draft minutes, June 29, 2006


    Sports Science & Sports Medicine
  • American Medical Athletic Association
  • American Road Race Medical Society
  • Participate in the USATF Stretch Study
  • Results
  • February 2, 2008 -- HBCU Invitational
  • February 18, 2007 -- Masters Meet at Prince George's Sportsplex
  • February 3, 2007 -- HBCU Invitational
  • September 3, 2006 -- 2006 Potomac Valley Games (PVA Open and Masters Championships)
  • September 2, 2006 -- Potomac Valley Games, Youth
  • June 2006 -- Junior Olympics
  • March 4, 2006 -- Youth Meet
  • February 19, 2006 -- Masters Meet
  • By-Laws
  • USATF PVA Current By-Laws
  • Proposed By-Laws Amendments (DOC)
  • Executive Officers
  • President: Francis L. Brown
  • 1st VP: Phillip Barrett
  • 2nd VPs: Alma Jan Price, Felix Rogers, and Quentin Wilson
  • Treasurer: Martill Seymour
  • Secretary: Barbara Smith


  • LDR
  • Men: Chair Dr. Al Morris, vice-chair James Scarborough
  • Women: Chair Nancy Betress, vice-chair Anne Pastorkovich
  • Masters: Chair Liza Recto, vice-chairs Robert C. Platt and Jay Jacob Wind


  • Race-Walking
  • Chair Sharon Good


  • Track & Field
  • Women: Chair Dona Harris
  • Men's: Chair Malcolm Drewery
  • Masters: Chair Thomas Jones


  • Youth
  • Chair Henry McCallum


  • Officials
  • Chair Dr. William Price
    Contact Us
  • Race-Walk
  • Sunday, March 2, 1:00-3:00 pm, Race-Walk Clinic at Hagerstown Community College AARC, 11400 Robinwood Drive, Hagerstown MD 21742 (301-790-2800) -- Contact Jan Price (301-293-4219) -- $5 fee
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    Association News

  • Minutes of past meetings


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