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Declaration Information

THE DECLARATION PROCESS

Once properly entered, all athletes must complete the declaration process. In this process, you will:

  • DECLARE your intent to compete in each event entered and/or
  • SCRATCH from events in which you have submitted an entry, but in which you no longer choose to compete.

Each athlete or his/her representative must declare whether that athlete will or will not compete in each event they have entered. 

  • DECLARATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLINE. Online is the only method of declaration. No other form of declaration will be accepted.
  • Declarations will be accepted beginning Monday, April 18th at 12:01 a.m. PT.
  • Declarations will close on Tuesday, April 19th at 11:59 p.m. PT.
  • There is no late declaration period (see declarations appeal process).
  • Athletes may declare at any time within the declaration period.
  • Athletes not declaring by the event declaration deadline will be SCRATCHED from the event(s) entered.
  • The Status of Entries/Declarations web page will update hourly.

DECLARATION APPEALS PROCESS

  • No late declarations will be accepted. However, an appeals process will be available for those athletes who wish to declare after the close of declarations for their event.
  • Appeals for late declaration will be accepted from April 20th at 12:01 a.m. PT until April 20th at 11:59 p.m. PT.
  • Appeals may be filed by emailing Michael.Nussa@usatf.org. However, please note that submission of an appeal does not guarantee acceptance into the USATF 20 km Race Walk Championships. Results of appeals will show on the Status of Entries page. No other notice will be given.

STEPS TO DECLARE FOR THE USATF OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

  1. Go to: Entry/Registration
  2. Click the tab along the top of the entry form labeled "Manage My Registration" or “Declare”.
  3. On the login screen choose how you will log in (as an "Individual Registrant", as a "Representative/Coach", or as a "USATF Club Administrator/Coach").

IF YOU ARE LOGGING IN AS AN "INDIVIDUAL REGISTRANT":

  1. Select "Individual Registrant" in the drop-down menu on the login screen.
  2. Enter your e-mail address (the one that's part of your USATF member profile).
  3. Enter the registration password that you received in your confirmation e-mail from the entry system (it's located at the bottom of the e-mail under the heading "Managing Your Registration"). If you don't have your confirmation e-mail, you can reset your registration password by clicking the "forgot your password" link on the login screen and following the on-screen instructions.
  4. Click the "Login" button.
  5. You will now be presented with a menu of choices; click the link labeled "Declare for your events".
  6. On the next screen, select "declare" or "scratch" for each of your events.
  7. If you want to update your qualifying mark, click the linked labeled "click to edit" next to the information you want to update.
  8. After you've made all your changes, scroll to the bottom of the form and click the "Save" button to save the changes.

IF YOU ARE LOGGING IN AS A "REPRESENTATIVE/COACH", YOU WILL NEED TO:

  1. Select "Representative/Coach" in the drop-down menu on the login screen.
  2. Enter your e-mail address (the one you entered on the payment screen when you registered your athletes and the one at which you received the registration confirmation e-mail).
  3. Enter the registration password that you received in your confirmation e-mail from the entry system (it's located in the e-mail under the heading "Managing Your Registration"). If you don't have your confirmation e-mail, you can reset your registration password by clicking the "forgot your password" link on the login screen and following the on-screen instructions.
  4. Click the "Login" button.
  5. On the next screen, click the link labeled "Manage declarations" in the box on the right side of the screen.
  6. On the next screen, select the declaration category and/or event you want to view, and click the "Next" button.
  7. On the next screen, select "declare" or "scratch" for each of your athletes' events.
  8. If you want to update a qualifying mark, click the linked labeled "click to edit" next to the information you want to update.
  9. After you've made all your changes, scroll to the bottom of the form and click the "Save" button to save the changes.

IF YOU ARE LOGGING IN AS A "USATF CLUB ADMINISTRATOR/COACH", YOU WILL NEED TO:

  1. Select "Representative/Coach" in the drop-down menu on the login screen.
  2. Enter your USATF club number.
  3. Enter your USATF membership number.
  4. Enter your USATF membership password. If you don't know your password, you can look it up here.
  5. Click the "Login" button.
  6. On the next screen, click the link labeled "Manage declarations" in the box on the right side of the screen.
  7. On the next screen, select the declaration category and/or event you want to view, and click the "Next" button.
  8. On the next screen, select "declare" or "scratch" for each of your athletes' events.
  9. If you want to update a qualifying mark, click the linked labeled "click to edit" next to the information you want to update.
  10. After you've made all your changes, scroll to the bottom of the form and click the "Save" button to save the changes.

ENTRY & DECLARATION STATUS CATEGORIES

*Note: All Entrants should declare during the declaration period. This helps the seeding committee make decisions on “Accepting” marks that do not meet the qualifying standard for the purpose of filling the field for each event.

  • Open - entry received but not yet in the verification process (all entries start in this category)
  • Qualified - mark has been verified and is accepted for entry into the championships.
  • Info needed - entry requires additional information or required documents (e.g., DOB verification, citizenship, name of event director) are missing
  • Accepted* – Athlete had not met the qualifying standard for an event. However, the Sport Committee will accept a non-qualified mark to fill the field only if there are an insufficient number of athletes entered who have met the qualifying standard for that event.  In this case, the committee will go down the list of entered and declared athletes (that have not met the qualifying standard) only as deep as is needed to fill the field.
  • Not qualified - mark not acceptable; reasons vary
  • Not accepted - entry not accepted; reasons vary
  • Updated - mark has been updated/changed and must be re-verified
  • Declared - athlete has declared his/her intent to compete
  • Pending - athlete has declared his/her intent to compete, but entry has an updated mark that must be verified or requires additional information (i.e. DOB verification or additional information on mark submitted)
  • Not accepted – declaration not accepted; reasons vary
  • Scratched - athlete has declared his/her intent to not compete in the events(s) entered
*Note: USATF Rule 11.3(b) concerning adding athletes to make a competitive field, and USATF Rule 8 concerning automatic qualifications, will be used.

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Steps to Update Affiliations

*Note: The password that is tied to an athlete’s USATF membership is no longer valid to log-in to complete an entry/registration or to log back in to update marks, affiliations, and credential information for an entry/registration.  After the entry/registration is completed a confirmation email will be sent to the email address on file under the athletes USATF membership profile. This email will contain the password to log back into the entry/registration to update (affiliations, credentials, marks). The password is located under the heading "Managing Your Registration". This email confirmation with password is only sent to the email address that’s on file under the athlete USATF membership profile. Even though the entry system gives you the option to send a receipt/confirmation to an alternate email address, the password will only be sent to the email address on file under the athlete USATF membership. 
 

AFFILIATION UPDATES MAY BE MADE UP UNTIL CLOSE OF ENTRIES: Sunday, 4/17/22 at 11:59 pm PDT

UPDATING AFFILIATION

  1. View/update affiliation (USATF Registered Club, Military Branch, Corporate Sponsor*, or University) under USATF membership profile before completing registration/entry.
  2. If the entry/registration was already completed before updating affiliation, log into the USATF membership profile with athlete USATF membership number and password associated with your membership. Then go to the affiliation area to view different affiliation options (i.e. USATF Registered Club, Military Branch, Corporate Sponsor*, or University).        
  3. Once this is updated in the membership profile, go back to entry/registration form and click on that tab that says “manage your registration”. Login with email address (email on file under USATF membership profile at the time entry/registration was completed) and the password (that was provided in the confirmation email that was sent to that email address). Note that the password is NOT the password tied to accessing your USATF membership profile.
  4. *USATF members do not have the option to update corporate sponsors under the profile. These must be verified and updated by a national office representative in our membership department at .

UPDATING MARKS OR CREDENTIAL INFORMATION

  1. Entry/registration form and click on tab that says, “Manage your registration”.
  2. Log in with email address (email on file under USATF membership profile at the time entry/registration was completed) and the password (that was provided in the confirmation email that was sent to that email address). Note that the password is NOT the password tied to accessing your USATF membership profile.
  3. Then go the area you would like to update (i.e. marks, credentials (add-ons).
  4. Once all changes have been made, make sure you save changes before logging out of entry/registration.

Housing Information

Holiday Inn Express
2050 Express Drive South
Hauppauge, NY 11788 
Call: 866-257-2116
Code: “USATF Race Walk”

Packet Pick-up

5-7pm Saturday April 23rd at Holiday Inn Express

AWARDS

A Gold Medal, emblematic of the Championships of the United States of America, will be given to the winner of each Championship event, a Silver Medal to second place, and Bronze Medals to Third through Sixth places.

PRIZE MONEY

For the 2022 USATF 20km Race Walk Championship events, USATF will pay prize money to the first through seventh place finishers in each Championship event. The prize structure is as follows:

  • 1st - $8,000
  • 2nd - $6,000
  • 3rd - $4,000
  • 4th - $3,000
  • 5th - $2,000
  • 6th - $1,000
  • 7th - $1,000
Team Processing Information

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Course Information

All events are judged race walks, contested on a closed internationally certified 2km circuit.  USATF rules apply. World Athletics and USATF Master Judges will officiate these events. USATF Sanction #22-59-137543. Course Certification (USATF-NY16092JG/WA-AIMS USA-2021-043).
 
Course Maps can be found here.
 
There will be a two-hour cutoff.
 
This is not a Masters nor Open event.

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