Beginning Tuesday, July 29 at 12:00 PM Hayward Field will be a credentialed facility. Credentials are required to enter the facility, including athletes and coaches. Practice times are subject to change.
Beginning Thursday, July 31, Lane Community College (LCC) will be open for credentialed athletes and credentialed support for practice. Credentials are required to enter the facility, including athletes and coaches.
*Practice Times are subject to change
Medical services will be available during practice times and competition each day in the Medical Tent on Field 4 (please refer to map). All Treatments are at Hayward Field and are on a walk-up, first come first serve basis. No appointment is needed. Medical personnel will staff the Medical Tent on competition days 90 minutes before the first event until 60 minutes after the last event of the day.
Athletes, don’t forget to stop by the Athlete Lounge presented by Toyota, located on the turf next to the stadium. This area is for athletes to utilize for recovery and relaxation on comfy couches and chairs while enjoying some yummy treats. We hope to see you there all weekend long for fun, recovery, and a place to hang out just for you, the athletes.
Athlete entry is located off 18th Avenue (please refer to map). Athletes should follow appropriate signage from the entrance to the warm-up area.
For security purposes, athletes and athlete support personnel entering the warm-up area or the competition stadium may be subject to bag screening. It is recommended that you bring as little as possible to the track so that your entry will be timely.
Warm-up for athletes will be located on Field 3 at Hayward Field (please see enclosed map). Athletes should plan to warm up for their events and only bring necessary equipment to the check-in tent. Generally, the warm-up area will open at least 120 minutes before the first event and stay open for 60 minutes after the final event.
All athletes must check in for their event(s) at Call Room 1, located in a tent on Field 2 (please see enclosed map). Just prior to the event start time, athletes only will be escorted to Call Room 2, except for hammer athletes who will be escorted directly to their event site, located under the stadium. All athletes must check in, at minimum, at the clerk's table according to the schedule below:
Running Events: 45 minutes prior to start of event
Throwing, Horizontal Jumps: 90 minutes prior to start of event (warm-up begins 50 minutes prior)
High Jump: 90 minutes prior to start of event (warm-up begins 65 minutes prior)
Pole Vault: 120 minutes prior to the start of the event (warm-up begins 95 minutes prior).
Athletes may be asked to complete an “Athlete Shoe Declaration Form” Athletes will receive their competition bibs and coaching box passes in Call Room 1.
Athletes will be escorted from Call Room 1 to Call Room 2. Athlete support will not be allowed access to Call Room 2. Call Room 2 is located under the stadium (please see enclosed map). Athletes may receive final competition instructions in this space.
Athletes may be introduced for finals through a special athlete entrance on the track. Athletes will be escorted and instructed in this area on what to do and when to proceed to the track.
Athletes should not leave their competition without an escort. No coaches will be allowed on the field of play under any circumstances. For field events, coaches box passes can be picked up by the athlete at Call Room 1. It is the athlete’s responsibility to give the coaching box pass to their designated credentialed support person.
Athletes will be required to go through the mixed zone at the end of their competition. All athletes will be escorted out of the stadium via the south tunnel and will be led to the Media Mixed Zone. All athletes must exit the track and proceed through the mixed zone on Field 2. Press and USADA have access to this area.
Following completion of the competition, all athletes will be escorted off the Field of Play through Door 3 (the south tunnel). Athletes will then be escorted through to the Media Mixed Zone located on Field 2. After exiting the Media Mixed Zone, athletes will be in the Athlete Recovery.
If athletes are selected for drug testing, they will be notified by a USADA chaperone post-event. The chaperone will then guide the athlete to the appropriate area. Please remember after receiving a doping control notification form, you must immediately report to the Drug Testing Center. Because this is a competition where drug testing may be conducted, athletes should under no circumstances leave the field of play after competition except by being escorted through the south tunnel.
All throwing implements must be inspected and weighed prior to competition. Implements must be presented at Implement Inspection, located in a tent on Field 4, the day prior to their event. Athletes are encouraged to turn in implements for inspection as soon as they are able.
Once an implement is submitted for certification, it will remain impounded until the completion of the event. Implements passing inspection will be brought to the event site before the start of the event. Athletes can pick up their implements from Implement Inspection following the conclusion of the event. Athletes will not be permitted to exit the competition site with their implement.
Initial protests related to events occurring during the competition must be orally voiced by the athlete to the head of the event immediately. Subsequently, the protest must be formally made in writing, either by the athlete or the athlete’s representative with an athlete support type credential on behalf of the athlete.
The protest must be completed, signed and submitted at the Protest Table (located in the small tent just south of Athlete Recovery on Field 2) no later than 30 minutes after the official posting of the results on the USATF website and must be accompanied by a $100.00 cash protest fee. The protest fee is non-refundable unless the decision is reversed. Protest forms and USATF Competition Rulebooks will be available at the Protest Table. The decision of the Referee will be available at the Protest Table and a copy will be available for the athlete filing the protest. The $100.00 protest fee will be refunded for all petitions that result reversal of the Referee’s decision.
An athlete or her/his representative as defined above may appeal the Referee's decision to the Jury of Appeals by completing an appeal form and submitting another $100 cash payment (non-refundable unless the Referee’s ruling is reversed). The decision of the Jury of Appeals is FINAL.
For the 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships only, USATF will pay prize money to the first through seventh place finishers in each Championship event.
The prize structure is as follows:
Third party filming is not allowed at the venue, warmup areas or practice venues. This includes athletes’ personal film crews, videographers, and social media teams. USATF is unable to provide accreditation for any of these individuals with access to Hayward Field, any of our warm-up areas or practice venues. Requests to license competition footage may be made by contacting communications@usatf.org. You are free to capture content outside of these venues.
Athlete and Athlete support seating is in the General Admission sections of the stadium (sections 103–117, 127-129, and sections 226-229). Any accredited individuals may sit in General Admission seating.
Athletes who lose or find items should report to the Athlete Hospitality tent. Support personnel and spectators who lose or find items in areas open to the public should report to Guest Services.
In the event of severe weather, athletes, coaches, and officials will be advised via a public- address announcement to seek shelter. Please also stay tuned to official USATF handles.
USA Track & Field is pleased to support integrity in competition, and to announce it has contracted with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to provide anti-doping services at certain USATF Championships, which may include the event you have registered for. USADA is the independent national anti-doping organization in the United States, and runs the U.S. anti- doping program for Olympic, Paralympic, Pan-American and Parapan American movement sports, in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code. USA Track & Field has contracted with USADA to demonstrate a commitment to fair, drug-free, and safe competition. Doping, as defined in the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing and its Annexes, is against the rules of the Event and will not be tolerated. The anti-doping rules for the Event are set forth in the USADA Protocol and are fully applicable to each competitor, each member of the competitor’s team, and all athlete support personnel involved in the Event. Any violation of the anti-doping rules may result in disqualification and loss of results achieved during the Event, in addition to all consequences that arise in accordance with the USADA Protocol and the Code.
Athletes competing in the Event are subject to blood and/or urine testing for any substance or method on the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List. In addition to testing, USADA is a resource for educational information and will have jurisdiction to handle the results management process of any potential anti-doping rule violation. All Event participants (including competitors, each member of the competitor’s team, and all athlete support personnel involved in the Event) acknowledge and agree that they are subject to the Code and the USADA Protocol, and that they are required to abide by all such rules and by the anti-doping rules of USA Track & Field and the Sanctioning Body. Anti-doping rule violations will be adjudicated in accordance with the USADA Protocol, and each participant agrees that their sole, exclusive, final and binding remedy in relation to any potential anti- doping rule violation alleged by USADA and/or in response to any matter relating to anti-doping, sample collection, drug testing, doping control, results management and/or USADA shall be arbitration in accordance with the USADA Protocol.
As USADA is an independent entity, all athlete questions, or concerns regarding details of the anti- doping program should be directed to USADA. To aid athletes, as well as all support team members such as parents, coaches, managers and paramedical personnel, in understanding the rules applicable to them, USADA provides comprehensive information on its website regarding the testing process and prohibited substances, how to obtain permission to use a necessary medication, and the risks and dangers of taking supplements as well as performance-enhancing and recreational drugs. Athletes looking for information about the testing process can start at www.usada.org/athletes. In addition, USADA manages an athlete hotline which may be used to find answers to drug reference questions at (719) 785-2000, toll-free at (866) 601-2632, and by email at athleteexpress@usada.org. Athletes may also access this information online at www.GlobalDRO.com. For information about dietary supplements, please visit USADA’s Supplement 411 resource. For more general anti-doping program information, please visit www.usada.org.