USATF announces 2021 Journey To Gold - Tokyo Outdoor Track & Field Series

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INDIANAPOLIS — USA Track & Field is pleased to announce its upcoming Journey to Gold - Tokyo Outdoor Track & Field Series, offering high-level competitive opportunities for its professional athletes and Olympic hopefuls, prize money and additional opportunities for World Athletics rankings points. The Journey to Gold - Tokyo Series will consist of eleven (11) meets in eight cities providing over $1 Million in prize money. The first competition of the series will be Saturday, April 3 with meets held through Sunday, June 6.
 
“Working with our partners all over the country, we’ve put together a fantastic schedule, providing athletes with much-needed, high level competitions,” said USATF CEO Max Siegel.
 
The events will provide a range of opportunities to score higher World Athletics ranking points, an important component for World Rankings and entry into international championships events and the Olympic Games. Specifics on World Athletics designations, broadcast information, the events being staged at each meet and the prize money schedules for each will be forthcoming.
 
The calendar, which remains tentative at this time, includes:

Date	Event	Venue	Location
Saturday, April 3	USATF Sprint Summit	Prairie View A&M	Prairie View, Texas
Saturday, April 24	USATF Grand Prix	TBD	TBD
Friday, May 7	USATF Distance Open	TBD	TBD
Sunday, May 9	USATF Golden Games	TBD	TBD
Thursday, May 13	USATF Distance Classic	TBD	TBD
Tuesday, May 18	USATF Open	AP Ranch	Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday, May 22	USATF Throws Festival	TBD	TBD
Sunday, May 23	adidas Boost Boston Games	Streets of Boston	Boston, Massachusetts
Tuesday, May 25	USATF Invitational	Prairie View A&M	Prairie View, Texas
Saturday, May 29	Chula Vista Field Festival	Chula Vista Training Center	Chula Vista, California
Sunday, June 6	USATF Showcase	Prairie View A&M	Prairie View, Texas

 
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, all meets are pending USATF, local and state health protocols and are subject to change.