I will be runnning at a USATF sanctioned track meet next month and I was just wondering what does that mean for me?
You know, if you run a good time whats the difference between a USATF meet apposed to some NON USATF meet?
I think it just means they follow the USATF rulebook as opposed to a different set of rules.
Also depending on your age they can drug test, I know that was one of the motivating factors for me to participate this summer on the USATF circuit as opposed to the AAU circuit, this way I know my competition had to work just as hard as me to get where they are.
I didn’t know there were two different circuits as I thought that USATF and its forerunner TAC had replaced the old AAU. What does the AAU circuit consist of? Is it age class?
I don’t know what USATF meets you guys are talking about. A lot of the USATF meets are total shit…lucky to have more than 2 competitors sometimes in each race even for USATF regional championships. The only decent USATF meets are really the Visa series and club nationals. Everything else is small beans. If you think you’re going to get tested at a USATF meet, think again. They barely have enough money to run the meets. The only special rules I have ever seen them enforce is yelling at kids for listening to an mp3 player.
Yes it age-class, aka longest track meets ever. They run the same basic formula, State-Regional-National competitons. AAU was very lax with all the rules, my 4X400m ran against a team with JUCO runners on it.