What is the Records Committee?

The Records Committee in an administrative division of the USATF. It is defined in Article 17 of the USATF Governance Manual. Here's an excerpt from the 2008 manual.

Article 17 - Administrative Division

1. Records:
   1. Duties and responsibilities: The committee shall:
      1. Process: Investigate every performance submitted for record approval, and recommend the approval or rejection of every application to the appropriate sport committee; and
      2. Conformity: Assure, so far as is practicable, the requirements for record approval conform to the requirements of the international sports governing body with respect to application for and approval of world records in such sport; and
   2. Makeup: The committee shall consist of nineteen (19) members: six (6) members (including its chair) named by the President, one (1) member named by each of the eight (8) sport committees (excluding cross country), one (1) member named by the Coaches Advisory Committee, and four (4) Active Athlete members selected by the Active Athlete delegates to USATF.

Sport Committees

Here is the list of the eight sport committees as defined in Article 13: Committees, if the USATF Governance Manual.

• High Performance Division:
  • Men’s Track & Field
    
  • Women’s Track & Field
    
  • Race Walking
• Long Distance Running Division:
  • Men’s Long Distance Running
    
  • Women’s Long Distance Running
    
  • Masters Long Distance Running
• General Competition Division:
  • Masters Track & Field
    
  • Youth Athletics

To read the complete 2008 USATF Bylaws, visit http://www.usatf.org/about/governance/2008/

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