USATF Convention Locations

USATF Annual National Convention Locations:  to Present

NAAA (National Association of Amateur Athletics) Convention locations (1800s)
AAU replaced the NAAA.  see (Link)


AAU  (Amateur Athletic Union of USA) Annual National Convention locations:

1888 to 1967:  AAU Conventions 1888 to 1967:  see (Link)

1968: Dec 1968: Las Vegas, NV:
1969: Dec 1969: Miami Beach, FL:
1970: Dec 1970: San Francisco, CA:   AAU Convention  (Feb 1971 USMITT, PDF, pg 3 of 6)
1971: Oct 3-10, 1971: Lake Placid, NY:
1972: Nov 1972: Kansas City. MO:
1973: Oct 1973: West Yellowstone, Montana: [86th Annual AAU Convention per Oct 16, 1973 The Billings Gazette, Billings newspaper]
1974: Oct 1974: Washington, DC:
1975: Nov 1975: New Orleans, LA:
1976: Oct 1976: Phoenix, AZ:
1977: Oct 1977: Columbus, OH:
1977: Nov 26-Dec 3, 1977: San Antonio, TX:
1977: (per Autumn 1977 NMN)  and  (Winter 1978 NMN, PDF, pg 1 of 8)
1978: Nov-Dec 1978:  San Antonio, TX:  (Spring 1979 NMN, PDF, pg 1 of 13)
Note: Sept 1979 TAC replaced AAU (per Dec 18, 1983 Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN newspaper)

TAC (The Athletic Congress) Annual National Convention locations:
1979: Nov-Dec 1979: Las Vegas, NV: TAC Convention:  (Jan 1980 NMN, PDF, pg 1, 6-7 of 16)
1980 Atlanta, GA
1981: Dec 1981 at Reno, NV
1982: Dec 1982: Philadelphia, PA
1983: Nov-Dec 1983: Indianapolis, IN
1984: Nov-Dec 1984: San Diego, CA
1985: Dec 1985: Houston, TX
1986: Dec 1986: Tampa, FL
1987: Dec 1987: Honolulu, HI
1988: Nov-Dec 1988: Phoenix, AZ
1989: Nov-Dec 1989: Washington, D.C.
1990: Nov-Dec 1990: Seattle, WA
1991: Dec 1991: New Orleans, LA
1992: Dec 1992: Louisville, KY:  TAC Convention

USATF Annual National Convention locations:
1993: Nov-Dec 1993: Las Vegas, NV:  USATF Convention
1994: Nov 29-Dec 3, 1994: St. Louis, MO (date & location confirmed: TrackNewsletter Dec 8, 1994)
1995: Nov 28-Dec 2, 1995: Atlanta, GA (date & location confirmed: TrackNewsletter Dec 6, 1995)
1996: Dec 1996: San Francisco, CA
1997: Dec 1997: Dallas, TX
1998: Dec 1998: Orlando, FL
1999: Nov-Dec 1999: Los Angeles, CA
2000: Nov-Dec 2000: Albuquerque, NM
2001: Nov-Dec 2001: Mobile, AL
2002: Dec 2002: Kansas City, MO
2003: Dec 2003: Greensboro, NC
2004: Dec 2004: Portland, OR
2005: Nov-Dec 2005: Jacksonville, FL
2006: Nov-Dec 2006: Indianapolis, IN
2007: Nov-Dec 2007: Honolulu, HI
2008: Dec 2008: Reno, NV
2009: Dec 2009: Indianapolis, IN (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2010: Dec 2010: Virginia Beach, VA (External Link)
2011: Nov 30-Dec 4, 2011: St. Louis, MO (External Link)
2012: Nov-Dec 2012: Daytona Beach, FL (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2013: Dec 2013: Indianapolis, IN (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2014: Dec 2014: Anaheim, CA (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2015: Dec 2015: Houston, TX (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2016: Nov-Dec 2016: Orlando, FL (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2017: Nov-Dec 2017: Columbus, OH (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2018: Nov-Dec 2018: Columbus, OH  (Minutes & Reports: External Link)
2019: Dec 5-8, 2019: Reno, NV (External Link)
2020: Dec. 3-6, 2020 held Virtually:  (External Link) (External Link-2)
2021: Dec 2-5, 2021: (Lake Buena Vista) Orlando, FL (External Link)
2022: Dec 1-4, 2022: (Lake Buena Vista) Orlando, FL (External Link)
2023:  Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2023 in (Lake Buena Vista) Orlando, FL (External Link) (external link-2)
2024: Scheduled Dec 5-8, 2024 in Orlando, Florida (External Link)

1979 to [2020]:  Location and Dates per USATF archive (external link)


AAU Includes a separate Masters group:
In 1971 Bob Fine (New York) assisting creating a separate group for Masters within the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) organization.  The December 1970 AAU National Convention approved the 1971 separation.  Masters is no longer involved with the AAU, instead today its a group under the USATF.

Masters Sports Association (MSA):
Masters Sports Association was formed by Bob Fine in 1972 (New York). (Link).  MSA held Masters meets in the 1970s and 1980s.
Note:  1986 Bob Fine (former MSA founder) moved to Florida (July 1986 NMN, PDF, pg 7 of 44).   Masters Sports Association is no longer around.

AMSA constitution: (Link)

References:
1970 Location per  (Link)
Bob Fine per (Link) and  (July 1986 NMN, PDF, pg 7 of 44)
1979 to 2005: Locations per: (Jan 2006 NMN, PDF: p 12 of 30)
1979 to [2020]: Locations and Dates per USATF archive (external link)
1979 to 2014:  Locations and Dates per USATF archive (external link)

Leadership:
(Link to Past to Present (Former to Current) Track and Field Leadership: AAU, IAAF, IOC, ITA, NAAA, TAA, TAC, TFA, USATF, USTFF, WAVA, WMA, World Athletics, and others).


1876 to 1978 Amateur Open Outdoor Championship (competition) locations:

1876 to 1878: Amateur Open Championship of America locations, but not under NAAA  (Link)
1879 to 1888: 
NAAA Open Track and Field Championship locations   (Link)
1888 to 1923: 
AAU Open Track and Field Outdoor Championship Locations: (Link)
1888 to 1978:  
refer to the AAU Open Track and Field Outdoor Championship Locations: (External Link)
220 Yard Hurdles at the Open Outdoor National Championship(Link)
USATF Open Olympic Team Trials Champions: (External Link)
USATF Open Outdoor Champions:  (External Link)
USATF Open Indoor Champions:  (External Link)

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