USA Track and Field
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USA Track and Field (USATF) is the governing track and field body in the United States. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USATF is a non-profit organization with a membership of more than 100,000. The company is run by President Bill Roe and CEO Craig A. Masback.
The Amateur Sports Act (95-606) of 1978 distinguished governing bodies of sports by decreeing the Amateur Athletics Union (AAU) could not hold international franchises for more than one sport. Thus, in 1979, officials created their own National Governing Body for approval under the Amateur Sports Act, with their first meetings held in Las Vegas, Nevada and with official by-laws instituted in 1980 at a convention in Dallas, Texas. The group became The Athletics Congress/USA (TAC), the new official member from the United States for the International Amateur Athletics Federation. TAC began taking over sanctioning of all events in the sport formerly sanctioned by the AAU.
In 1992, the organisation changed its name to USA Track and Field for the sole purpose of increasing recognition of the sport and organisation in the United States.
USATF also certifies courses for open-road races and cross-country events in the United States, and provides sanctioning of such events.