Schedule of Race Walks & Clinics for 2015
Pacific Association – USA Track and Field
as of 21 January 2015
Please check www.pausatf.org
for changes, details, and registration forms.
Please contact Jon Price ([email protected]) to sign up as a JUDGE, OFFICIAL, or
VOLUNTEER. Thanks.
NOTE: Races in italics are outside of the Pacific Association’s area. Check www.usatf.org or the
race websites for details on those races.
Saturdays, January 10, 17, 31 and February 7, 14, 21, and 28 – Training at the Los Gatos All
Comers meets, Los Gatos High School, http://www.losgatostrackclub.com/schedule-news.html, at which race walks are occasionally held.
January 17(Saturday) – USATF Western Region 3,000-meter Championship, San Diego
January 24 (Saturday) – 10:45 a.m.; please plan to arrive an hour beforehand. Cal AllComers meet, UC-Berkeley: USATF PACIFIC Grand Prix Championship One-Mile
Race Walk (also an opportunity to qualify for Millrose Games in New York on
February 14th). Note that the attached schedule has this listed as a 1,500-meter race
walk, but this is being changed to the one-mile race. Although field events will be
contested starting at 8:00 a.m., the race walk will be the first event, which means
that the track will be available for warm-ups. See the attached flier for additional
information.
February 7 (Saturday) – There will be an All-Comers Meet at UC-Berkeley that day, if you are
interested in becoming an umpire for track events, but there is no race walk scheduled at
this meet.
February 8 (Sunday) – USATF PACIFIC Clinics on Race Walk Officiating (morning) and
Race Walk Judging (afternoon) at Serra High School, San Mateo. The officiating
class covers tasks of recording, operating the red card posting board, and lap
scoring. People wanting to be judges should take both classes.
February 14 (Saturday) – Millrose Games, New York City – including the USATF 1-mile
National Championship Race Walk.
February 21 (Saturday) – Freedom High School, Oakley, CA – training for new officials who
take the Introduction to Track and Field Officiating clinic. There will also be an AllComers Meet at UC-Berkeley that day, if you are interested in becoming an umpire for
track events, but there is no race walk scheduled at this meet.
February 27 – March 1: USATF Indoor Championships, Boston, MA – including a 2mile National Championship Race Walk.
March 15 (Sunday): One-Hour Postal USATF PACIFIC Grand Prix Championship,
College of Marin, Kentfield. Sandy Backer will be the Race Director and will let us
know the exact date and time
NOTE: The USATF PACIFIC Race Walking Committee will hold its annual
meeting immediately following the race and awards ceremony on March 15. The
main agenda items are (1) discussion of the process for nominations of voting
members of the committee, including the chair, (2) nominations, and (3) discussion
of race walking events for the remainder of 2015.
April 3-4 (Friday-Saturday): Stanford Invitation Track & Field meet (no race walk)
April 5 (Sunday) = EASTER
April 12 (Sunday): Pan Am Cup Trials, 20-km (Open) and 10-km (Junior), Whiting, NJ
April 18 (Saturday) – 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter Youth race walks associated with the
Shor/Sheppard Classic, Mt. Pleasant High School, 1750 S White Rd, San Jose, CA
May 9-10 (Saturday-Sunday): Pan Am Race Walk Cup, 20-km (Open) and 10-km
(Junior), Arica, Chile (on the coast at low elevation)
May 10 (Sunday) = MOTHER’S DAY.
May 17 (Sunday) – USATF National 15-km Race Walking Championship, Riverside,
CA (where a number of our PA athletes are likely to compete).
May 24 (Sunday) – 1,500-meter (9:00 a.m.) and 5,000-meter (1:00 p.m.) race walks associated
with the Bay Area Senior Games, http://www.bayareaseniorgames.org/. College of San
Mateo track.
May 30 (Saturday) – 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter Youth race walks associated with the
USATF PACIFIC Youth Championships, Whitney High School, Rocklin
May 31 (Sunday) = USATF PACIFIC Masters Track and Field Championships, at which there
may be a 1,500-meter race walk, Chabot College, Hayward
May 31 (Sunday) – USATF National 5,000-m Championship (Open and Junior), Albany,
NY
June 7 (Sunday) – USATF National 10-km Championship, St. Louis, MO
June 13 (Saturday) – tentative – Western Region 10-km Championship, San Diego, CA
June 14 (Sunday) – 5,000-meter USATF PACIFIC Grand Prix Championship associated
with the PA Open Track and Field Championship, College of San Mateo.
June 20 (Saturday) – 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter Youth race walks associated with the
USATF PACIFIC Junior Olympic Championships, Chabot College, Hayward
June 23 (Tuesday) – 28 (Sunday) – USATF Outdoor Championships, including 20-km
Open and 10-km Junior Championships, June 26-28, Eugene, Oregon (note conflict
with Region 14 JOs)
June 27 (Saturday) – 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter Youth race walks associated with the
USATF Region 14 Junior Olympic Championships, Chabot College, Hayward
June 30 (Tuesday) – July 5 (Sunday) – USATF Youth Championships, Lisle, Illinois
July 15-19 – 10-km (Youth), IAAF Youth World Championships, Cali, Colombia
July 20-26, Pan Am Games, Toronto, Canada
July 23 (Thursday) – 26 (Sunday) – USATF Masters Outdoor Championships,
University of North Florida, Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida
July 27 (Monday) – August 2 (Sunday) – USATF Junior Olympics, University of North
Florida, Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida
August 9 (Sunday) – Tentative date for USATF One-Hour Championship (Open and
Junior), Boston, MA
August 16 (Sunday) – USATF PACIFIC 3K Grand Prix Championship (separate men’s
and women’s races), South Lake Tahoe, CA
August 22-30 – IAAF World Championship 20-km (Open), Beijing, China
September 5-6-7 (Saturday-Monday) = LABOR DAY WEEKEND – open for Beth and Jon
September 20 (Sunday) – 10K USATF PACIFIC Grand Prix Championship, William B.
Pond Park, Carmichael, CA (Sacramento area)
September 20 (Sunday) – USATF National 40-km Championship (Open and Masters),
Ocean Township, NJ
October 12 (Monday) = COLUMBUS DAY
October 17-18 (Saturday-Sunday): Beth ad Jon will be leading a field trip near Reno
October 25 (Sunday) – 20-km USATF PACIFIC Grand Prix Championship and 20-km
USATF-Western Region Championship, William B. Pond Park, Carmichael, CA
(Sacramento area)
October 25 (Sunday) – USATF National 30-km Championship (Open and Masters)
and 20-km Championship (Junior), Valley College, NY
November 22 (Sunday) – USATF 50-km Championship, and Western Region 50-km
Championship, Santee, CA.
December 26 (Saturday) – USATF 5,000-m Indoor Championship, Rochester, NY
For more information on race walking opportunities, please see Dave McGovern’s website,
http://www.racewalking.org/american.htm.
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PREVIOUS EVENTS IN 2015:
January 10 (Saturday) – USATF Clinics on Race Walk Officiating (morning) and Race Walk
Judging (afternoon) at American River College, Sacramento. The officiating class covers
tasks of recording, operating the red card posting board, and lap scoring. People wanting
to be judges should take both classes.