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Vacancies near the top and all around USATF Masters T&F

This coming December, Gary Snyder's two-year term ends as chairman of the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee. I don't know if he'll run for a full four-year term, but I do know this: Our organizational directory shows a slew of vacancies. According to this list, we lack a national vice chair for masters track and two regional coordinators (Midwest and Northwest). January's National Masters News shows Janet McCarty-Smith of Tulsa as the current vice chair and two folks in the "missing" coordinator slots. But if NMN is right, why is the official USATF site wrong?

In addition, USATF shows these associations with no masters representatives. (These are the folks eligible to vote as delegates at the annual meeting. The next one is in Reno, Nevada.)

* Arkansas:
* Central California:
* Dakotas:
* Florida:
* Hawaii:
* Indiana:
* Inland Northwest - Women:
* Metropolitan:
* Montana:
* Nebraska:
* Nevada:
* New Jersey:
* New Mexico:
* Oklahoma:
* Oregon:
* Ozark:
* Pacific Northwest:
* San Diego-Imperial:
* Snake River:
* South Carolina:
* Southern:
* Virginia:
* West Texas:
* West Virginia:
* Wyoming:
So what's the deal? Is USATF just slow on the uptake, or all these associations rudderless, masterswise?

And what does it mean when an association has no masters rep?

Just curious.


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