AMES, Iowa – The 2021 USATF Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships are returning to Ames, Iowa July 22-25 for the first Masters championships since the COVID-19 pandemic forced event adjustments. Athletes are excited to return to top-level competition at the Iowa State University Cyclone Sports Complex. The meet’s 1,051 participants is 160 more than the 2019 turnout in Ames of nearly 891, and the largest since 2014. Attending are 16+ current or previous age group Masters world record holders, 57 American outdoor record-holders, two Olympians, and 8 returning Champions from Iowa. There will be 23 competitors from the Ames area. In addition to individual five-year age group gold, silver, and bronze national medals, there will be 174 teams competing from across America in hard-fought contests for the men’s, women’s, and overall Club Team Championship awarded on the final day. Events will be contested Thursday through Sunday from roughly 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day, please note the competition schedule is subject to change if conditions require adjustments.
Spectators are welcome to attend. For entry into the facility, they will need to fill out a COVID-19 symptom survey and have their temperature checked.
Full event information, including live results, can be found here.
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the national governing body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF Masters (MTF) stages events in five-year age groups beginning with 25-29 up to those over 100 years of age; the competitors exemplify lifelong fitness and competition. Visit the USATF website for more information at www.usatf.org.
Source: USATF Masters Communications Subcommittee
Robert Weiner, MTF Championships Media Director: weinerpublic@comcast.net Sandy L. Triolo, MTF Communications Chair: mtfcommchair@gmail.com