USATF U20 Outdoor Championships

The USATF U20 Outdoor Championships, formerly known as the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships, is an annual outdoor track and field competition organized by USA Track & Field (USATF) which serves as the national championship for American athletes aged under 20. The competition is also used for American national team selection for the IAAF World U20 Championships in even-numbered years and the Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in odd-numbered years.[1][2]

USATF U20 Outdoor Championships

Current season, competition or edition: 2020 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships
Sport	Track and field
Founded	1972
Country	United States
Official website	USATF Official website

The event was established in 1972 and were originally organized by the Amateur Athletic Union. The Athletics Congress of the USA took over organizational duties in 1980 and the competition was held under the USATF name for the first time in 1993. The men's and women's competitions were held separately from 1972 to 1982, with combined sex championships being held in 1974, and 1978–1980 within that period.[3]

It is held separately from the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, which hosts various age category competitions for athletes aged between 8 and 18.[4]

Events

On the current programme a total of 38 individual United States U20 Championship athletics events are contested, divided evenly between men and women. For each of the sexes, there are six track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, a racewalk and a combined track and field event.

Track running

• 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1500 meters, 3000 meters (women only), 5000 meters, 10,000 meters (men only)

Obstacle events

• 100 meters hurdles (women only), 110 meters hurdles (men only), 400 meters hurdles, 3000 meters steeplechase

Jumping events

• Pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump

Throwing events

• Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw

Walking events

• 10,000 meters race walk

Combined events

• Decathlon (men only), heptathlon (women only)

For the years 1972 and 1973, track races were held over imperial distances before metrication of the sport in 1974. The results of field events were measured in metric units from 2001 onwards. The distance events were mile run, 3 miles and 6 miles. The women's pentathlon was replaced by the heptathlon in 1981. The decathlon was not held at the first edition and the pentathlon not held at the second edition. The women's 400 m hurdles was not contested in 1972 or 1974. The steeplechase was held over 2000 m for men in 1986 and for women in 2002.[5]

The women's distance programme varied in early years, with no distance race over one mile in 1972, a two-mile race in 1973, no race again in 1974, then the introduction of a 3000 m in 1975. A women's 10,000 m was held from 1988 to 1998, but the women's 5000 m in (introduced in 1996) became the women's longest distance thereafter. A women's steeplechase was first held in 2002. Women's racewalking event has varied in distance over the years, starting over one mile in 1972, skipping the 1973 and 1974 editions, being held over 1500 m in 1975, over 3000 m from 1976 to 1985, 5000 m from 1986 to 1999, before finally matching the men's 10,000 m distance in from 2000 onwards. The women's field programme gradually expanded to match the men's, with triple jump being introduced in 1985 and pole vault and hammer throw in 1995.[5]

Editions

Edition	Venue	Stadium	Date
2020	Miramar, Florida	Ansin Sports Complex	June 12–14[6]
2019	Miramar, Florida	Ansin Sports Complex	June 21–23[7]
2018	Bloomington, Indiana	Billy Hayes Track	June 15–17[8]
2017	Sacramento, California	Hornet Stadium	June 22–25[9]
2016	Clovis, California	Veteran's Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High School	June 24–26[10]
2015	Eugene, Oregon	Hayward Field	June 25–28[11]
2014	Eugene, Oregon	Hayward Field	(multis - Sacramento, California 6/25-26)
2013	Des Moines, Iowa	Drake Stadium
2012	Bloomington, Indiana
2011	Eugene, Oregon	Hayward Field
2010	Des Moines, Iowa	Drake Stadium
2009	Eugene, Oregon	Hayward Field
2008	Columbus, Ohio
2007	Indianapolis, Indiana	IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium
2006	Indianapolis, Indiana	IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium
2005	Carson, California	Home Depot Center
2004	College Station, Texas
2003	Stanford, California
2002	Stanford, California
2001	Richmond, Virginia
2000	Denton, Texas
1999	Denton, Texas
1998	Edwardsville, Illinois
1997	Edwardsville, Illinois
1996	Delaware, Ohio
1995	Walnut, California	Hilmer Lodge Stadium
1994	Tallahassee, Florida
1993	Spokane, Washington	Spokane Falls Community College
1992	Columbus, Ohio
1991	Blaine, Minnesota
1990	Fresno, California
1989	Columbus, Ohio
1988	Tallahassee, Florida
1987	Tucson, Arizona
1986	Towson, Maryland
1985	Elmhurst, Illinois	Elmhurst College
1984	Los Angeles, California
1983	University Park, Pennsylvania
1982	Bloomington, Indiana (men) Los Angeles, California (women)
1981	Knoxville, Tennessee (men) Los Angeles, California (women)
1980	Knoxville, Tennessee
1979	Bloomington, Indiana
1978	Bloomington, Indiana
1977	Knoxville, Tennessee (men) Los Angeles, California (women)
1976	Knoxville, Tennessee (men) Los Angeles, California (women)
1975	Knoxville, Tennessee (men) White Plains, New York (women)
1974	Gainesville, Florida
1973	Gainesville, Florida (men) Irvine, California (women)
1972	Lakewood, Colorado (men) Poplar Bluff, Missouri (women)

Records

Men

Championships records[12]

Event	Record	Athlete	School or Club	Location	Date
100 m	10.00	Trentavis Friday	Cherryville High School	Eugene	July 5, 2014
200 m	20.15	Michael Norman	Vista Murrieta High School	Clovis	June 26, 2016
400 m	45.01	Jerome Young	A.I. Prince Technical High School	Walnut	June 24, 1995
800 m	1:46.97	Vincent Crisp	Texas Tech	Clovis	June 25, 2016
1500 m	3:42.8h	Tom Byers	Ohio TC	Gainesville	June 15, 1974
5000 m	13:55.65	John Zishka	Lancaster High School	Knoxville	June 17, 1980
10,000 m	29:11.2h	Rudy Chapa Eric Hulst	Hammond High School Laguna Beach High School	Knoxville	June 13, 1975
110 HH	13.21	Misana Viltz	UCLA	Eugene	June 28, 2015
400 IH	49.45	Belfred Clark	Knoxville TC	Los Angeles	June 24, 1984
2000 SC	5:50.66	Brian Lenihan	Dartmouth	Towson	June 29, 1986
3000 SC	8:48.2h	Henry Perez	San Joaquin Delta College	Knoxville	June 14, 1975
10K Walk	42:50.20	Ben Shorey	Wisc.-Parkside	Stanford	June 21, 2002
HJ	2.27 m (7 ft 5 ^1⁄4 in)	Kevin Clements	Illinois State	Columbus	June 11, 1989
PV	5.55 m (18 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)	Zach Bradford	Kansas	Bloomington	June 15, 2018
LJ	8.17 m (26 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	James Stallworth	Tulare Union High School	Fresno	June 30, 1990
TJ	16.83 m (55 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)	Will Claye	Oklahoma	Eugene	June 28, 2009
SP	19.67 m (64 ft 6 ^1⁄4 in)	Michael Carter	Metro Speedsters	Bloomington	1979
SP (6kg)	21.90 m (71 ft 10 in)	John Maurins	Wake Forest	Eugene	June 25, 2015
DT	58.14 m (190 ft 8 ^3⁄4 in)	Casey Malone	Arvada West High School	Delaware	June 28, 1996
DT (1.75kg)	63.01 m (206 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)	Rodney Brown	LSU	Bloomington	June 17, 2012
HT	65.01 m (213 ft 3 ^1⁄4 in)	Jacob Freeman	Bishop Hendricken High School	Denton	June 20, 1999
HT (6kg)	78.28 m (256 ft 9 ^3⁄4 in)	Conor McCullough	Princeton	Des Moines	June 25, 2010
JT	72.65 m (238 ft 4 in)	Joe Zimmerman	unattached	Des Moines	June 25, 2010
Decathlon	7599	Curtis Beach	Albuquerque TC	Eugene	June 26, 2009
Decathlon Junior implements	8016	Kevin Lazas	Arkansas	Eugene	June 24, 2011

Women

Championships records[13]

Event	Record	Athlete	School or Club	Location	Date
100 m	11.09	Candace Hill	Asics	Clovis	June 24, 2016
200 m	22.49	Kaylin Whitney	East Ridge High School	Eugene	July 5, 2014
400 m	50.69	Sanya Richards	St. Thomas Aquinas High School	Stanford	June 22, 2002
800 m	2:01.46	Sammy Watson	Texas A&M	Bloomington	June 16, 2016
1500 m	4:14.74	Mary Cain	Bronxville High School	Bloomington	June 17, 2012
3000 m	9:10.51	Kate Murphy	Lake Braddock Secondary School	Clovis	June 25, 2016
5000 m	15:56.84	Fiona O'Keefe	Davis High School	Clovis	June 24, 2016
10,000 m	34:22.32	Carole Zajac	Villanova	Blaine	June 23, 1991
100 H	12.84	Tia Jones	Walton High School	Clovis	June 25, 2016
400 H	54.54	Sydney McLaughlin	Union Catholic Regional High School	Clovis	June 25, 2016
3000SC	10:14.67	Sarah Edwards	Virginia Tech	Sacramento	June 24, 2017
10K Walk	49:07.52	Taylor Ewert	Beavercreek High School	Bloomington	June 17, 2018
HJ	1.90 m (6 ft 2 ^3⁄4 in)	Erin Aldrich	Lake Highlands High School	Delaware	June 28, 1996
PV	4.42 m (14 ft 6 in)	Rachel Baxter	Virginia Tech	Bloomington	June 17, 2018
LJ	6.71 m (22 ft 0 in)	Tara Davis	Georgia	Bloomington	June 16, 2018
TJ	13.71 m (44 ft 11 ^3⁄4 in)	Brittany Daniels	Merrill West High School	College Station	June 27, 2004
SP	17.57 m (57 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	Laura Gerraughty	North Carolina	Stanford	June 22, 2002
DT	60.59 m (198 ft 9 ^1⁄4 in)	Shelbi Vaughan	Mansfield Legacy High School	Bloomington	June 15, 2012
HT	68.12 m (223 ft 5 ^3⁄4 in)	Shelby Ashe	Throw 1 Deep	Bloomington	June 16, 2012
JT	54.28 m (178 ft 1 in)	Dana Baker	Olathe North High School	Bloomington	June 15, 2018
Heptathlon	5660	Anna Hall	Valor Christian High School	Bloomington	June 15-16, 2018

References

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2. Florida’s Ansin Sports Complex selected for 2019-20 USATF U20 Championships USATF
3. USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships. USATF. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
4. 2014 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships Athlete Info. USATF. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
5. USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Champions. USATF. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
6. https://www.usatf.org/events/2020/2020-usatf-u20-championships
7. 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships. USATF. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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9. 2017 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships. USATF. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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11. 2015 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships. USATF. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
12. http://www.usatf.org/statistics/Event-Records/USAJuniorOutdoorTF.aspx
13. http://www.usatf.org/statistics/Event-Records/USAJuniorOutdoorTF.aspx