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  1. USATF encourages fans to #ShowUsYourWings
    DES MOINES, Iowa - USA Track & Field On Wednesday unveiled a #ShowUsYourWings social media campaign that enables track aficionados to join a photo-based community on social media and on USATF’s website, www.usatf.org.
  2. Fitzgerald-Mosley to move to USOC
    INDIANAPOLIS – USATF Chief of Sport Performance Benita Fitzgerald-Mosley will become the USOC’s Chief of Organizational Excellence effective August 1. Her last day at USATF will be July 26.
  3. USATF.TV to provide unprecedented coverage of USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
    DES MOINES, Iowa - USATF’s fully branded internet broadcasting outlet, USATF.TV, will go live this week to webcast unprecedented coverage of the USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships and USA Junior Championships from Des Moines, Iowa.
  4. Top Juniors set sights on Championships in Des Moines
    DES MOINES - The nation’s top junior athletes will face off at the 2013 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships this Wednesday through Sunday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Iowa.
  5. Elite Athlete Spotlight - Brigetta Barrett
    Fans stood to their feet. Muffled noises turned to silence. All eyes were fixed on the 6-foot senior from the University of Arizona standing alone in the infield. She knew what to do. This was not her first pressure packed moment. The 22-year-old high-jumper stood relaxed, but nervous. “Deep breath,” she said to herself. “Let them have it. They are going to love you.” Right before she started, she remembered the coaching she received over the years: take a deep breath and relax. With an anxious crowd waiting, she delivered. Her teammates were in awe of her athletic abilities, but now they were impressed by her voice. Barrett is making the most of her four years of college at the University of Arizona both on and off the track. She is a four-time NCAA Indoor All-American, a four-time NCAA Outdoor All-American, three-time NCAA Indoor Champion, and a three-time NCAA Outdoor Champion. She has directed plays, performed the national anthem and written poetry. Her success comes as no surprise. She clears any bars that stands between her and where she wants to be. She moved by herself from Westchester County, N.Y. to Duncanville, Texas while in high school. Barrett made the move to surround herself with better competition, and to push herself to achieve move. This decision paid huge dividends. Four years after uprooting her life, Barrett found herself at the University of Arizona under the direction of Assistant Track and Field Coach Sheldon Blockburger who is responsible for jumps and combined events. Under Blockburger’s direction, Barrett is constantly improving. She weight trains, conditions and monitors her diet to ensure she stays in the best shape possible. “Because my body is stronger and faster, and because I have come off an entire indoor season of working on technique, my body is like a better version of me,” said Barrett. “I have to be able to use that body. Barrett’s ability in the high jump has granted her entrance to places all over the world. Her first major meet overseas occurred after her sophomore year. She competed in the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China where she won bronze. That was just a warm-up. The next summer in front of a packed Olympic Stadium, she accomplished a personal best of 2.03m/6-8 to win a silver medal. The last time an American woman medaled in the high jump was in 1988 - two years before Barrett was born. So weeks after graduating as a theater arts major, Barrett stood along on the infield of Hayward field, closed her eyes and gave it her all. “Oh, say can you see,” Barrett sang. Her angelic voice brought the stadium speakers to life. Spectators in the crowd mouthed the words along with her. Her strong and rich voice, inspired by her mother, warmed the stadium audience to the days’ competition. When she finished, her bright smile took over her face. She knew she sounded amazing. The crowd erupted. After dazzling the crowd with her vocals, she did the same with her performance in the high jump. She captured her third NCAA outdoor championship title.
  6. Media teleconference excerpts - Brigetta Barrett and Brianna Rollins
    In preparation for next week’s USA Outdoor Championships at Drake Stadium June 20-23 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA Track & Field held a national media teleconference with recently crowned NCAA champions Brigetta Barrett and Brianna Rollins.
  7. USATF Alumni Association helping victims of Boston Marathon bombings
    On Wednesday the USA Track & Field Alumni Association launched a pair of efforts to help the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions in the form of a 4x100m Relay for Boston event at the upcoming USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a donations page set up at www.usatf.org.
  8. Rollins Named USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week
    INDIANAPOLIS — Brianna Rollins of Clemson University has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting the NCAA record in the 100 meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I Championships in Eugene, Ore on June 8.
  9. USATF debuts lifestyle programming with “USATF 36: Sanya Richards-Ross”
    INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field this month launches its first foray into lifestyle, reality television programming with the debut of “USATF 36: Sanya Richards-Ross”.
  10. News and Notes, Volume 14, Number 17
    1. Olympians shine at NCAA Outdoor Championships 2. American Milers Club High Performance Series kicks off in Indianapolis
  11. Cain sets high school record in Portland
    One week after setting the American junior and high school record in the 800-meters, 17-year-old high school phenom Mary Cain established the American high school 5,000m record and grabbed the USA Outdoor Championships “A” standard Saturday at the Portland Track Festival. Her time of 15:45.46 was good enough for sixth place.
  12. Elite Athlete Spotlight - Khadevis Robinson
    On June 30, 2008, Khadevis Robinson stepped to the starting line of the men’s 800m at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials ready to make back-to-back trips to the Olympic Games. As the race got underway it played out perfectly for the first 700 meters as the Fort Worth Texas native led the field.
  13. Former world record holder Sternberg dies at 69
    Brian Sternberg, who set the world record multiple times in the men’s pole vault during the 1963 season before suffering an injury that left his paralyzed the majority of his life, died May 23 just one month short of his 70th birthday. Sternberg had been hospitalized for the past 15 months and died from heart and lung failure, the Seattle Times reported.
  14. Gatlin takes down Bolt in Rome Showdown
    INDIANAPOLIS - Justin Gatlin (Orlando, Fla.) put on a thrilling show as he beat two-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt by one hundredth of a second at the Rome Golden Gala, the fifth stop of the 2013 Diamond League series.
  15. Cain Named USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week
    INDIANAPOLIS - Mary Cain has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting American junior and high school records in the 800-meter race at the Nike Prefontaine Classic on June 1 in Eugene, Ore.
  16. News and Notes, Volume 14, Number 16
    1) Americans to compete in Rome Diamond League 2) Chicagoland Summer Throws Series hosts Best in the Nation 3) NCAA Outdoor Championships kick off in Eugene
  17. Team USA Track & Field Athletes Celebrate Olympic Day on Thursday
    INDIANAPOLIS - Some of USA Track & Field’s brightest stars will speak with 800 young students at Michael Knight Arena on the campus of the University of Oregon on Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m., as USATF’s Win with Integrity program celebrates Olympic Day.
  18. iPhone users see improvements to USATF app
    iPhone users now have the best resources yet to follow the World’s #1 Track & Field Team when USA Track & Field released major improvements to the iPhone version of the USATF app. Now consistent with the iPad version, the iPhone version features highlights for both members and non-members.
  19. Cain sets American high school and junior record at Prefontaine Classic
    Racing against some of the top runners in the world, Mary Cain established an American high school and junior record in the 800-meters at the Prefontaine Classic Saturday in Eugene, Ore. Cain placed fifth in a time of 1:59.51.
  20. Merritt, Martinez impress on second day at Nike Prefontaine Classic
    EUGENE, ORE. – Lashawn Merritt made a statement by winning the men’s 400m, while Brenda Martinez ran the second fastest time in the world in the women’s 800m on the second day of the Nike Prefontaine Classic Saturday. Held at historic Hayward Field, the Nike Perfontaine Classic is the fourth stop for the Diamond League and fourth stop in the Outdoor USATF Championship Series.