About:
Adaptive Track & Field USA (ATFUSA) is a 40+ year
old Texas based 501(c) 3 organization that was formed to support
Adaptive Track & Field and Adaptive Road Racing in the USA.
Until 2000, ATFUSA was the National Governing
Body (NGB) for Wheelchair Track and Field and Road Racing in the USA.
In 2002, the United States Olympic
Committee
became the National Paralympic Committee and U.S. Para Track & Field became the NGB for Para (all
disabilities) Athletics (Track and Field) in the USA.
ATFUSA's mission since 2002 has been to
support and to promote community based adaptive track and field and road
racing in the USA (for all World Para Athletics defined disability
classifications) for
Juniors under 14 (U14) U23, and the Masters age groups 35, 50, 60 (not controlled by US
Paralympics or
WPA ).
For these age groups ATFUSA:
- Sanction Para track & field meets,
- Sanction wheelchair road races,
- Set the rules of the sport for the U14, U23 and the Master age groups,
- Keep the records (for all age groups U7 through Master)
- Set the Standards for entry into our junior (The Move United Junior
Nationals)
and non-elite open/master
national championships.
- Provide Tips and Techniques. and
clinics for Coaches and Athletes to better
our
Sport.
ATFUSA has a synergistic relationship with Move United (MU). In this partnership MU can sanction track and field meets when they are primarilly run in a multi-sport competition and ATFUSA sets the rules/standards and runs the Athletics competitions on Move United's Competition Committee.