Usatf Today the Official Newsletter of USA Track & Field’S 2005 Annual Meeting
usatf today The Official Newsletter of USA Track & Field’s 2005 Annual Meeting VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2 • DECEMBER 1, 2005 • JACKSONVILLE, FLA. ROE, MASBACK, DIACK OPEN USATF ANNUAL MEETING President Bill Roe, CEO Craig Purposes: Masback and IAAF President 1) Champion the rights, privileges, opportunities, and well Lamine Diack spoke on being of athletes throughout our sport; Wednesday evening at the 2) Achieve the sustained excellence of our professional ath- Opening General Session at the letes and their coaches; 2005 USATF Annual Meeting in 3) Promote and practice diversity in all aspects of our opera- IAAF FILE PHOTO Jacksonville, Florida. tions; DIACK Celebrating a theme of “Our 4) Eliminate performance enhancing drug use in Athletics; Time,” the 2005 Annual Meeting 5) Develop interest and participation in the sport of Athletics brings together more than 1,000 of at all levels and ages; the sport’s officials, coaches, 6) Generate public awareness, appreciation, and support for administrators, athletes and sup- Athletics and for USATF; porters, who come together to 7) Create opportunities for athletes and Athletics events; chart the future of the sport. and During his address, Roe 8) Generate sponsorships to aid this corporation in fulfilling unveiled USATF’s new Mission its purposes and duties. Statement and Purposes: Mission: To lead the sport of Roe also encouraged his audience to contribute to the leader- ROE Athletics in the United States and ship of the sport in the U.S. “Leadership is essential to our move- maintain the primacy of USA Track and Field in global ath- ment forward as a sport and an organization,” said Roe.
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