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Jay M. Robinson Mondo Track & Field Facility
The Jay M. Robinson Mondo Track & Field Facility has become a destination for major events. Photo courtesy of Explore Cabarrus

Concord to Host USA South Conference Championship

The Jay M. Robinson Mondo Track & Field Facility will host the USA South Conference Championship on April 25–26 in Concord, North Carolina. The event is the first meet of the 2025 season at the Cabarrus County venue, featuring 150 athletes competing in track and field events including high jump, long/triple jump and all throwing […]

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World Athletics Sets 40% Rule for Women on National Boards by 2029

World Athletics says national track and field federation executive boards must be at least 40% female by 2029 after the governing body of athletics published further details of its three-year gender leadership strategy on Tuesday, having achieved gender parity on its ruling council in 2023 and becoming the first Olympic sport to do so. “This […]

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Grand Slam Track Partners With Jamaica Tourism Board

Grand Slam Track and the Jamaica Tourist Board have announced a partnership ahead of the inaugural Grand Slam Track event in Kingston this spring. The partnership is between the destination and the track competition launched by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson. Kingston was previously announced as host of the first of four Slam events April […]

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Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, will host the 2025 USATF Para National Championships in conjunction with the USATF Outdoor Championships. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Hayward Field to Host 2025 USATF Para National Championships

The 2025 USA Track & Field Para National Championships will take place at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon from July 31 through August 2, the first time in U.S. Para track and field history that the meet will be combined with the USATF Outdoor Championships. The Para program joined USATF last fall. The […]

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Olympian Curt Clausen Elected USA Track & Field President

Curt Clausen, a three-time Olympian and the only American man to medal in the race walk at the World Athletics Championships, was elected to a four-year term as president of USA Track & Field, succeeding the outgoing Vin Lananna. Clausen earned a bronze medal in the 50km walk at the 1999 World Championships in Seville […]

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Huntsville to Host 2025 USA Track & Field Masters Outdoor Nationals

The USA Track & Field Masters Outdoor Nationals will be held at Milton Frank Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama, from July 17-20, 2025 as the football stadium hosts a national track and field event for the first time. “As a city that is known for running, it is exciting to bring this prestigious event to Huntsville,” […]

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Reno Track
State and local dignitaries celebrate the opening of the Reno-Sparks Indoor Track Facility at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Thursday night in Nevada. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

New Indoor Track Facility a Boost for Reno-Tahoe Tourism

Teams and coaches gathered in the stands and alongside the edges of the banked track, chugging energy drinks and chewing on energy bars as athletes from all around the Western United States vaulted, jumped, threw and sprinted over a three-day period. The scene for the Silver State Invitational is what the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors […]

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USA Track & Field, COO Renee Washington Honored by World Athletics

World Athletics has named USA Track & Field as the winner of its Member Federation Award and USATF Chief Operating Officer Renee Washington was awarded Woman of the Year from the international federation. Washington received the honor in recognition of her work to promote the advancement of gender equity in athletics, including new USATF initiatives […]

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Grand Slam Track

Grand Slam Track Adds Miami and Philadelphia to Inaugural 2025 Schedule

The new professional track competition being organized by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson, Grand Slam Track, will have a meet in Miami from May 2-4, 2025 and Philadelphia from May 30–June 1. “South Florida knows how to host big events and that’s exactly what we’re bringing with Grand Slam Track,” said Johnson, the league’s founder […]

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