USA Track & Field (USATF) is an organization for track & field athletes that can benefit your life. You can start at a very young age (7) and end at a old age (100) too.
On January 30, 1878, rower and runner William B. Curtis founded what became the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in New York City. The name was formally adopted in 1887. The AAU governed the sport of track & field until 1979, when the first Amateur Sports Act decreed that the AAU could no longer hold international franchises for more than one sport. In late 1979 with its first annual meeting, conjunction with that year's AAU Convention and a constitutional convention. The first stand-alone annual meeting occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, in late fall of 1980. In 1992, name was changed to USATF, to increase recognition for the organization and the sport in the United States.
I’m a member of USATF. When you do the sport, track & field, they give you a membership to join them. This is effective because you get discounts on all the lastest Nike, Asics, Adidas, and all name brand gear. I believe that this organization gives you more experience in traveling than school events do, because you have 3 meets. One of them is State. The second is Regional. Lastly there are Nationals, which usually occurs near the end of July. These meets occur yearly, which shows your improvements each year. I actually enjoy this organization. In fact, I love this organization. The people who work for USATF take care of you and keep you hydrated. They care for you as if you were an old person. Hopefully, more people will join this and enjoy it like I have.
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