Minutes of the 33rd Annual Meeting November 30—December 4, 2011 Hyatt Regency St Louis At the Arch St. Louis, Missouri Stephanie Hightower, Chairman & President Minutes of the 33rd Annual Meeting 2011 Joint Committee ...................................... 83 Contents Men’s/Women’s Development................. 83 Opening Session ....................................... 5 Sports Medicine and Sports Science ...... 84 Closing Session ........................................ 6 Youth Division ......................................... 87 Board of Directors ..................................... 7 Executive Board Meeting ........................ 87 Men’s Track & Field Executive Committee . Youth Division ......................................... 89 ................................................................ 15 General Session ...................................... 89 Men’s Track and Field ............................. 16 Associations ............................................ 97 General Session ..................................... 16 Executive Committee .............................. 97 Women’s Track & Field Executive Committee ................................................................ 17 Associations ............................................ 98 Women’s Track & Field General Committee General Session ...................................... 98 ................................................................ 20 Masters Track & Field ........................... 100 Race Walk Executive Committee Meeting .. Executive Session ................................. 100 ................................................................ 25 Masters Track & Field General Session 101 Race Walk General Session .................. 27 Athletics for the Disabled....................... 109 Men’s LDR .............................................. 39 Coaches Advisory Committee ............... 110 Executive Committee .............................. 39 Diversity & Leadership .......................... 111 Men’s LDR .............................................. 42 Ethics Committee .................................. 112 General Sessions .................................... 42 Law & Legislation .................................. 117 Women’s Long Distance Running ........... 47 National Officials ................................... 122 Women’s Long Distance Running General General Sessions .................................. 122 Meeting ................................................... 49 Organizational Services ........................ 125 Masters LDR ........................................... 55 USATF 2011 Annual Meeting ................ 139 Executive Committee .............................. 55 Records Report ..................................... 139 Masters LDR ........................................... 56 USATF RULES COMMITTEE SCORECARD General Sessions .................................... 56 .............................................................. 141 Joint Meeting of ....................................... 58 Rules – Final ......................................... 143 Masters Track & Field and LDR .............. 58 National Athletics Board of Review (NABR) Mountain Ultra Trail Running Council Minutes .............................................................. 147 ................................................................ 59 Cross Country Council ............................ 72 Executive Committee .............................. 72 Cross Country Council ............................ 73 General Session ..................................... 73 Road Running Technical Council ............ 75 Coaching Education ................................ 81 Executive Committee Meetings ................. 81 1 2011 St. Louis, Missouri 2 Minutes of the 33rd Annual Meeting 2011 Opening Session Closing Session Board of Directors 3 2011 St Louis, Missouri 4 Minutes of the 33rd Annual Meeting 2011 be at the Annual Meeting. Blackmun said Opening Session that they are grateful for everything that you do. Some of our greatest Olympic moments December 1, 2011 have come from track and field and the USOC feel like there is a great relationship USA Track and Field Chairman and President with track and field and we only want to make Stephanie Hightower, United States Olympic it better. Committee CEO Scott Blackmun and USATF Interim CEO Mike McNees highlighted McNees concluded the evening by delivering Thursday at the Hyatt Regency in downtown the State of the Sport address. McNees said St. Louis as the 33rd edition of the USA Track the two portions of the USATF mission are & Field Annual Meeting officially began the driving competitive excellence and popular Opening General Session. The secretary engagement in the sport. He attempted to announced that a forum was present. The answer the question of how the organization 2010 Minutes were approved. Hightower is doing. McNees said that he owed a drew attention to the schedule for the Annual sincere thank you to all of the USATF Meeting and highlighted the Coffee with the members. He said that the state of our sport Board and Interim CEO, Mike McNees on is healthy and it is strong and it is getting Friday and Saturday. better. Hightower welcomed approximately 1,000 McNees mentioned the competitive volunteers, officials, athletes, coaches and excellence was proven with Team USA’s administrators who conduct business and performance at the recent IAAF World direct the future of the sport. Hightower Outdoor Championships in Daegu, South emphasized the importance of all branches of Korea, where Team USA won a total of 25 USATF including long distance running, medals. He also made mention of the 59 youth, masters, and mountain trail running, medals won at the Pan American Junior along with junior and elite athletes,. She Championships, 16 medals from the Pan emphasized the bright future for the sport of American Championships, 495 medals won track and field for 2012. In her opening, at the World Masters Championships and 16 Hightower spoke of the excitement to have medals won at the World Youth the continued commitment of all volunteers Championships. McNees said that in the and those present in St. Louis to this great past year USATF hosted 57 national sport. She emphasized that USATF builds championships meets and issued over 6,000 momentum to next year’s Olympic Games individual event sanctions. Total page views and there is great hope to carry out our goals and unique views of the organization’s of being the world’s #1 team. website increased 8% and merchandise sales were up 13% in the last 12 months. Social Committee Reports were given by: media has also increased to include 80,000 Treasurer, Ken Taylor; Jim Murphy, Law & Facebook fans and close to 20,000 followers Legislation Chair; IAAF Vice President, on Twitter. Television viewership also Robert Hersh; John Blackburn, Rules Chair; increased 28%. and Ed Koch, Organizational Services Chair. Retired Navy Petty Officer First Class and President Hightower introduced Blackmun as national recording artist Generald Wilson the keynote speaker. Blackmun thanked the sang the National Anthem. A native of St. sport of track and field for its continued Louis, Wilson recently sang “God Bless success then discussed the importance of the America” during Game 6 of the World Series. positive relationship between USA Track & Field and the USOC. He mentioned what a Hightower, as part of her remarks, great honor it was for him and the USOC to announced this year’s Presidential Awards 5 2011 St Louis, Missouri given annually to honor those with significant The Law & Legislation Report from Judge Jim contributions to the sport and organization. Murphy was accepted and approved. The awards included: The Records Report from Justin Kuo was Nancy Hobbs accepted and approved. Yvonne Grimes David Katz, IAAF Technical Committee The various USATF Committees gave reports member and the sports committees announced their Cliff McKenzie championships and sites. Jon Drummond, AAC Chair The Race Walk Committee’s Chair, Vince The late Scott Davis was also recognized as Peters, presented a resolution from their one of the voices in covering track and field Committee: “Be it resolved that USA Track & for many years. Field recognizes and thanks Bob Bowman for his decades of service as a member of the Meeting Adjourned. IAAF’s Race Walk Committee, including providing world leadership of race walking Respectively Submitted, while serving as the chair of that committee. The Resolution was approved. Darlene Hickman The 2014 Masters Indoor Championships will USATF Secretary be held in Boston and the Masters Outdoor Championships will be held at Wake Forest University. Masters competition also announced a five-year extension to host its 8 Closing Session km Championships in Williamsburg, VA. The 33rd edition of the USA Track and Field The Youth announced sites for 2013 Annual Meeting came to a close Sunday at competition to include Youth Outdoor the Hyatt Regency in St. Louis with the Championships at St. Louis University, the Closing Session. USATF President and 2013 Junior Olympics in Greensboro, N.C. Chair of the Board, Stephanie Hightower and the 2013 Junior Olympics Cross Country thanked the 1,000 volunteers, officials, Championships in San Antonio, TX. athletes, coaches and supporters of the sport that were involved for all of their hard work A Resolution to expand competition rules for these past few days. LDR and Race Walking as it pertains to select U.S. citizens was formulated. The The secretary,