Happy Holidays from the Sport Performance Department of USA Track & Field! We, along with all the other employees at USATF, are making preparations for the USA Track & Field Annual Meeting.
I hope that you are planning to attend this year’s Annual Meeting, where all the business pertinent to USATF, and to you as athletes, is conducted. The Athletes Advisory Committee has an agenda packed with insightful and important topics for Elite Athletes as we celebrate our Olympic success and prepare to defend our title as the World’s #1 Track & Field Team at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow in August, 2013.
One of the topics that will be discussed in Daytona Beach will be the USATF High Performance Plan and associated grant request that is submitted to the US Olympic Committee. The grant is used to support our high performance programs and provides funds that are paid out to athletes through direct athlete support programs such as EAHI, coaching stipends, etc.
This issue of Elite Beat recaps a busy summer and fall, including a report on the 2012 Olympic Games in London where Team USA had its best Olympic performance in over 20 years, winning 29 medals! We will also look ahead to the upcoming events in 2013, including the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
I encourage you to continue to avail yourselves of our best elite athlete resources – staff members Bejan Abtahi, Melissa Beasley, Robert Chapman, Terry Crawford, Duffy Mahoney, Aron McGuire, Shayna Sangster, Kimberly Sims, Sandy Snow, and Beka Suggs. They, and all of USATF, remain dedicated to providing the highest level of service and support to our athletes.
Warm Regards,
Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
INSIDE BEAT
02 MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF OF SPORT PERFORMANCE
03 WHITE HOUSE WELCOMES 2012 OLYMPIANS
04 TEAM USA DOMINATES OLYMPIC GAMES
06 JESSE OWENS AWARD WINNERS 08 IAAF NEWS 10 GOOD NEWS
13 WORLD HALF MARATHON & GREAT CITY GAMES RECAP
14 2013 INDOOR SCHEDULE
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