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
SportTrack and field
Founded1972
CountryUnited States
Official websiteUSATF 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
Obstacle events
Jumping events
Throwing events
Walking events
Combined events

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

Records

Men

Championships records[12]
Event Record Athlete School or Club Location Date
100 m10.00Trentavis FridayCherryville High SchoolEugeneJuly 5, 2014
200 m20.15Michael NormanVista Murrieta High SchoolClovisJune 26, 2016
400 m 45.01Jerome YoungA.I. Prince Technical High SchoolWalnutJune 24, 1995
800 m1:46.97Vincent CrispTexas TechClovisJune 25, 2016
1500 m3:42.8hTom ByersOhio TCGainesvilleJune 15, 1974
5000 m13:55.65John ZishkaLancaster High SchoolKnoxvilleJune 17, 1980
10,000 m29:11.2hRudy Chapa
Eric Hulst
Hammond High School
Laguna Beach High School
KnoxvilleJune 13, 1975
110 HH13.21Misana ViltzUCLAEugeneJune 28, 2015
400 IH49.45Belfred ClarkKnoxville TCLos AngelesJune 24, 1984
2000 SC5:50.66Brian LenihanDartmouthTowsonJune 29, 1986
3000 SC8:48.2hHenry PerezSan Joaquin Delta CollegeKnoxvilleJune 14, 1975
10K Walk42:50.20Ben ShoreyWisc.-ParksideStanfordJune 21, 2002
HJ2.27 m (7 ft 5 14 in)Kevin ClementsIllinois StateColumbusJune 11, 1989
PV5.55 m (18 ft 2 12 in)Zach BradfordKansasBloomingtonJune 15, 2018
LJ8.17 m (26 ft 9 12 in)James StallworthTulare Union High SchoolFresnoJune 30, 1990
TJ16.83 m (55 ft 2 12 in)Will ClayeOklahomaEugeneJune 28, 2009
SP19.67 m (64 ft 6 14 in)Michael CarterMetro SpeedstersBloomington1979
SP (6kg)21.90 m (71 ft 10 in)John MaurinsWake ForestEugeneJune 25, 2015
DT58.14 m (190 ft 8 34 in)Casey MaloneArvada West High SchoolDelawareJune 28, 1996
DT (1.75kg)63.01 m (206 ft 8 12 in)Rodney BrownLSUBloomingtonJune 17, 2012
HT65.01 m (213 ft 3 14 in)Jacob FreemanBishop Hendricken High SchoolDentonJune 20, 1999
HT (6kg)78.28 m (256 ft 9 34 in)Conor McCulloughPrincetonDes MoinesJune 25, 2010
JT72.65 m (238 ft 4 in)Joe ZimmermanunattachedDes MoinesJune 25, 2010
Decathlon7599Curtis BeachAlbuquerque TCEugeneJune 26, 2009
Decathlon
Junior implements
8016Kevin LazasArkansasEugeneJune 24, 2011

Women

Championships records[13]
Event Record Athlete School or Club Location Date
100 m11.09Candace HillAsicsClovisJune 24, 2016
200 m22.49Kaylin WhitneyEast Ridge High SchoolEugeneJuly 5, 2014
400 m50.69Sanya RichardsSt. Thomas Aquinas High SchoolStanfordJune 22, 2002
800 m2:01.46Sammy WatsonTexas A&MBloomingtonJune 16, 2016
1500 m4:14.74Mary CainBronxville High SchoolBloomingtonJune 17, 2012
3000 m9:10.51Kate MurphyLake Braddock Secondary SchoolClovisJune 25, 2016
5000 m15:56.84Fiona O'KeefeDavis High SchoolClovisJune 24, 2016
10,000 m34:22.32Carole ZajacVillanovaBlaineJune 23, 1991
100 H12.84Tia JonesWalton High SchoolClovisJune 25, 2016
400 H54.54Sydney McLaughlinUnion Catholic Regional High SchoolClovisJune 25, 2016
3000SC10:14.67Sarah EdwardsVirginia TechSacramentoJune 24, 2017
10K Walk49:07.52Taylor EwertBeavercreek High SchoolBloomingtonJune 17, 2018
HJ1.90 m (6 ft 2 34 in)Erin AldrichLake Highlands High SchoolDelawareJune 28, 1996
PV4.42 m (14 ft 6 in)Rachel BaxterVirginia TechBloomingtonJune 17, 2018
LJ6.71 m (22 ft 0 in)Tara DavisGeorgiaBloomingtonJune 16, 2018
TJ13.71 m (44 ft 11 34 in)Brittany DanielsMerrill West High SchoolCollege StationJune 27, 2004
SP17.57 m (57 ft 7 12 in)Laura GerraughtyNorth CarolinaStanfordJune 22, 2002
DT60.59 m (198 ft 9 14 in)Shelbi VaughanMansfield Legacy High SchoolBloomingtonJune 15, 2012
HT68.12 m (223 ft 5 34 in)Shelby AsheThrow 1 DeepBloomingtonJune 16, 2012
JT54.28 m (178 ft 1 in)Dana BakerOlathe North High SchoolBloomingtonJune 15, 2018
Heptathlon5660Anna HallValor Christian High SchoolBloomingtonJune 15-16, 2018

References

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