USATF paying travel, uniform costs for our IAAF Portland entries

The note from USATF came as a relief for Cheryl Bellaire, Lesley Chaplin, Julie Hayden and Nolan Shaheed — the American entries in the 800-meter exhibition races at IAAF Portland worlds in mid-March. Sandy Snow of Indy and Atlanta wrote our national masters chair Gary Snyder on Thursday: “I am happy to report that USATF will cover air travel and uniforms for the 4 masters athletes competing in the World Indoor Championships. For the two ladies that have purchased their tickets already, I have attached a reimbursement form. Ladies, please complete the reimbursement form attached with a copy of your travel itinerary receipt and send it to Aretha Thurmond … and she will process the payment after the World Championships are over and you have competed. For the other two individuals, I will send an email over in the next few days about how to book their travel. If they wish to book it themselves and then get reimbursed, they just need to let me know. We will cover up to what we can buy a ticket for at this time.” Given the fact, USATF paid for Anselm LeBourne and Renee Shepherd to compete at IAAF Beijing, this was no surprise. But it took more than two weeks to make it happen. So gracias, USATF, for doing the right thing — again.

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February 18, 2016

3 Responses

  1. Julie Hayden - February 19, 2016

    Very grateful to both World Masters (Winston Thomas & Sandy Pashkin) & USATF (Sandy Snow, Gary Snyder & Robert Thomas)!

  2. Lesley Chaplin - February 19, 2016

    I echo Julie’s appreciation
    We are all looking forward to representing USA in Portland

  3. Cheryl - February 21, 2016

    Yes thanks to Winston Thomas, Sandy Pashkin, Sandy Snow, Gary Snyder & Robert Thomas! Also thanks to Julie Hayden for writing such a nice request letter. Looking forward to going.

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