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]
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
Notes
2024
Eugene, Oregon
Hayward Field
June 12-13
2023 Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field July 7–9
2022 Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field June 23–25
2021
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2019 Miramar, Florida Ansin Sports Complex June 21–23[ 6]
2018
Bloomington, Indiana Billy Hayes Track June 15–17[ 7]
2017
Sacramento, California Hornet Stadium June 22–25[ 8]
2016
Clovis, California Veteran's Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High School
June 24–26[ 9]
2015
Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field June 25–28[ 10]
2014
Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field (multis - Sacramento, California 6/25-26)
2013
Des Moines, Iowa Drake Stadium June 19-23
2012
Bloomington, Indiana Billy Hayes Track
June 15- 17
2011
Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field June 23- 26
2010
Des Moines, Iowa Drake Stadium June 23- 27
2009
Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field June 25- 28
2008
Columbus, Ohio Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
June 20- 22
2007
Indianapolis, Indiana IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium June 21- 24
2006
Indianapolis, Indiana IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium June 21- 24
2005
Carson, California Home Depot Center June 23- 26
2004
College Station, Texas Anderson Track & Field Complex
June 25- 27
2003
Stanford, California Cobb Track at Angell Field
June 19- 23
2002
Stanford, California Cobb Track at Angell Field
June 21- 22
2001
Richmond, Virginia Sports Backers Stadium
June 16- 17
2000
Denton, Texas Mean Green Stadium
June 23- 24
1999
Denton, Texas Mean Green Stadium
June 19- 20
1998
Edwardsville, Illinois Ralph Korte Stadium
June 19- 20
1997
Edwardsville, Illinois Ralph Korte Stadium
June 21- 22
1996
Delaware, Ohio Selby Stadium
June 28-29
1995
Walnut, California Hilmer Lodge Stadium June 23- 24
1994
Tallahassee, Florida Mike Long Track
June 24- 25
1993
Spokane, Washington Spokane Falls Community College June 26- 27
1992
Columbus, Ohio Jesse Owens Track @ Ohio Stadium July 5- 6
1991
Blaine, Minnesota National Sports Center June 21- 23
1990
Fresno, California Ratcliffe Stadium June 29- July 1
1989
Columbus, Ohio Jesse Owens Track @ Ohio Stadium June 9- 11
1988
Tallahassee, Florida Mike Long Track June 23- 25
1987
Tucson, Arizona Rincon Vista Complex Hep/ Dec: June 16- 17
1986
Towson, Maryland Minnegan Stadium June 26- 29
1985
Elmhurst, Illinois York High School June 21-22
1984
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Hep: June 16- 17, Dec: June 18- 19
1983
University Park, Pennsylvania Nittany Lion Track June 25- 26
1982
Bloomington, Indiana (men)Los Angeles, California (women)Billy Hayes Track (men)
June 14- 15 (men)
1981
Knoxville, Tennessee (men)Los Angeles, California (women)Tom Black Track (men)
June 12- 13 (men)
1980
Knoxville, Tennessee Tom Black Track June 16- 17
1979
Bloomington, Indiana Billy Hayes Track June 23- 24
1978
Bloomington, Indiana Billy Hayes Track June 24- 25
1977
Knoxville, Tennessee (men)Los Angeles, California (women)Tom Black Track (men)
June 17- 18 (men)
1976
Knoxville, Tennessee (men)Los Angeles, California (women)Tom Black Track (men)
June 8-9 (men)
1975
Knoxville, Tennessee (men)White Plains, New York (women)Tom Black Track (men)
June 13- 14 (men)
1974
Gainesville, Florida Pearcy Beard Track June 14- 15
1973
Gainesville, Florida (men)Irvine, California (women)Pearcy Beard Track (men)
June 22- 23 (men)
1972
Lakewood, Colorado (men)Poplar Bluff, Missouri (women)Jefferson County Stadium (men)
June 23- 24 (men/ women)
Records
Men
Championships records[ 11]
Event
Record
Athlete
School or Club
Location
Date
Ref
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
44.93
Steven McElroy
University of Cincinnati
Eugene
June 25, 2022
[ 12]
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 m hurdles (99 cm)
13.12 (+1.6 m/s)
Ja'Kobe Tharp
Auburn
Eugene
June 13, 2024
[ 13]
400 m hurldes 49.45
Belfred Clark Knoxville TC Los Angeles June 24, 1984
2000 m steeplechase 5:50.66
Brian Lenihan Dartmouth Towson June 29, 1986
3000 steeplechase
8:48.17
Wyatt Haughton
BYU
Eugene
June 12, 2024
[ 14]
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 (2+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Zach Bradford Kansas Bloomington June 15, 2018
LJ 8.17 m (9+ 1 ⁄2 in)
James Stallworth Tulare Union High School Fresno June 30, 1990
TJ 16.83 m (2+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Will Claye Oklahoma Eugene June 28, 2009
SP 19.67 m (6+ 1 ⁄4 in)
Michael Carter Metro Speedsters Bloomington June 22, 1979
SP (6kg) 21.90 m (71 ft 10 in)
John Maurins Wake Forest Eugene June 25, 2015
DT 58.14 m (8+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Casey Malone Arvada West High School Delaware June 28, 1996
DT (1.75kg) 63.01 m (8+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Rodney Brown LSU Bloomington June 17, 2012
HT 65.01 m (3+ 1 ⁄4 in)
Jake Freeman Bishop Hendricken High School Denton June 20, 1999
HT (6kg) 78.28 m (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[ 11]
Event
Record
Athlete
School or Club
Date
Location
Ref
100 m 11.09
Candace Hill Asics June 24, 2016
Clovis
200 m
22.48 (0.0 m/s)
Shawnti Jackson
Run U Xpress
July 9, 2023
Eugene
[ 15]
400 m 50.69
Sanya Richards St. Thomas Aquinas High School June 22, 2002
Stanford
800 m 1:59.04
Juliette Whitaker Maryland High School
June 25, 2022
Eugene
1500 m 4:14.74
Mary Cain Bronxville High School June 17,2012
Bloomington
3000 m 9:10.51
Kate Murphy Lake Braddock Secondary School June 25, 2016
Clovis
5000 m 15:56.84
Fiona O'Keeffe Davis High School June 24, 2016
Clovis
10,000 m 34:22.32
Carole Zajac Villanova June 23, 1991
Blaine
100 m hurdles 12.84
Tia Jones Walton High School June 25, 2016
Clovis
400 m hurdles 54.54
Sydney McLaughlin Union Catholic Regional High School June 25, 2016
Clovis
3000 m steeplechase 10:14.67
Sarah Edwards Virginia Tech June 24, 2017
Sacramento
High jump 1.90 m (2+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Erin Aldrich Lake Highlands High School June 28, 1996
Delaware
Pole vault 4.42 m (14 ft 6 in)
Rachel Baxter Virginia Tech June 17, 2018
Bloomington
Long jump
6.72 m (1 ⁄2 (+0.7 m/s)
Alyssa Jones
Stanford
July 8, 2023
Eugene
[ 16]
Triple jump 13.71 m (11+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Brittany Daniels Merrill West High School June 27, 2004
College Station
Shot put 17.57 m (7+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Laura Gerraughty North Carolina June 22, 2002
Stanford
Discus throw 60.59 m (9+ 1 ⁄4 in)
Shelbi Vaughan Mansfield Legacy High School June 15, 2012
Bloomington
Hammer throw 68.12 m (5+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Shelby Ashe Throw 1 Deep June 16, 2012
Bloomington
Javelin throw 54.28 m (178 ft 1 in)
Dana Baker Olathe North High School June 15, 2018
Bloomington
Heptathlon 5660 pts
Anna Hall Valor Christian High School June 15–16, 2018
Bloomington
10000 m walk
48:24.61
Taylor Ewert
Beavercreek High School
23 June 2019
Miramar
[ 17]
References
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Outdoor Indoor Age categories
Outdoor Indoor Age category Cross Country
