March 1, 2007
The 2007 World
Masters Athletics (WMA) World Championship 100K
will be held in Winschoten, Netherlands on September 8, 2007. If you are a US masters-age ultrarunner who is interested in
competing in the 2007 WMA 100K World Championship, USATF wants you
to know about this exciting opportunity for masters ultrarunners to
race in a World Championship event.
USATF encourages
American masters ultrarunners to compete for world age-group
recognition at this venue and to provide a broad US masters presence
at this World Championship. At the last WMA 100K World
Championship, held in Argentina in 2005, the USA Masters 100K Team
brought home 9 medals including the individual gold in the men’s and
women race. This year the WMA 100K WC race will be held in
conjunction with the IAU 100K World Cup, the Dutch National
Championship 100K, and the European Championship 100K. The race is
held on the very fast Winschoten course that has been the site of
many World and European Championships in the past.
The Masters LDR
Committee of USATF endorses the 2007 Masters 100K team and would
like to field a team consisting of athletes representing as many
age-groups as possible. At WMA championships, including the 100K
event, men and women age 35+ compete in the standard 5-year
age-groups. There are no qualifying standards for US team members
other than masters status, US citizenship, and USATF membership.
As with all WMA
events at which USATF fields a team, there is no funding for the
Masters 100K team. US Masters ultrarunners who compete in the WMA
100K race are responsible for their own race entry, travel, and
lodging expenses. The logistics of team entry, travel, lodging, and
uniforms is coordinated by the Team Leader and Masters Ultrarunning
Representative Lorraine Gersitz to ensure a great US team experience
for all involved. Team members can also use the resources of the
International Masters Athletes Foundation (IMAF) a non-profit
organization created to raise funds for masters athletes.
If you are
interested in competing for the USATF Masters 100K team in
Winschoten, please contact:
Lorraine Gersitz,
USATF MUT Running Council, Masters LDR Representative.
For more
information about the race, please visit:
Race website at
http://www.run-winschoten.nl/
WMA website at
http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/
For more
information about the USATF Masters 100K Team see:
http://www.usatf.org/events/2007/WMAWorldChampionships100K/
