2026 Alabama Association of USA Track and Field Annual Meeting

2026 Alabama Association of USATF Annual Meeting
Sunday, September 27, 2026
1:00-2:30 PM
 

The meeting will be conducted by Zoom. The meeting room will open at 12:30 to allow members to start signing in and verification of their eligibility to vote.

The offices up for election this is year are:
Member at Large (1 position)
Actively Engaged Athlete (2 positions)

Anyone running for office must be Safe Sport 3-step compliant. This is a current USATF Membership, a current Background check and current Safe Sport training.

In addition, to run for one of the Athlete positions you must meet one of the current conditions in the USATF definition for an Actively Engaged athlete:

Actively Engaged Athlete means an athlete who qualifies as a Ten Year or Ten Year+ Athlete, as defined below, or who has been actively engaged within the twenty-four (24) months prior to election/selection in a USATF-sanctioned competition, which may include events that categorize entrants in age-restricted classifications.

Ten Year Athlete means an athlete who has represented the United States in the Olympic Games, the Pan American Games, World Championships, or another event designated by the USOPC (together, with the USOPC’s Athletes Advisory Council) and USATF (together, with USATF’s Athletes Advisory Committee) as an elite-level event for purposes of this definition, within the previous ten (10) years.

Ten Year+ Athlete means an athlete who has represented the United States in the Olympic Games, the Pan American Games, World Championships, or another event designated by the USOPC (together, with the USOPC’s Athletes Advisory Council) and USATF (together, with USATF’s Athletes Advisory Committee) as an elite-level event for purposes of this definition, but not within the previous ten (10) years.

Anyone interested in running for one of the Board positions must complete the application at: https://forms.gle/Rykaqkdhuc186FxB7 and email a one-page sports resume to president@alabama.usatf.org and vicepresident@alabama.usatf.org. The form will be sent when you hit submit. However, you must email the sports resume.  
 
Nominations will be accepted from the floor. It will expedite the election process if you are even considering running to complete the Nomination form and submit the resume to the above email addresses.

See draft agenda for the meeting.

See draft minutes of the 2025 Annual Meeting. Please review them in advance to expedite the approval process at this year’s meeting.

You must be a current member of the Alabama Association of USATF to vote at the meeting. If you are a new member, you qualify if you joined before July 1, 2026.

Register in advance for this meeting at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/p23StT8yQFy-0WP1nD99qQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This link is unique to you. Please do forward this link with anyone else.

The meeting will start at 1:00. However, the Zoom will open at 12:30 to allow the Membership Chair to verify your eligibility to vote.

Please address any questions about the meeting or elections to president@alabama.usatf.org.