11/6 update: Statement from USA Track & Field on the arrest of Dan Bowdoin:
This week, USA Track & Field was made aware of the arrest and charges against Dan Bowdoin, COO of Athletic.net. We have been informed by Athletic.net that Dan is no longer with the organization and does not have access to any client information. While USATF engages with Athletic.net as a vendor, our relationship is with that organization and not any specific employees of the organization. USATF takes the safety of its constituents extremely seriously. We are committed to ensuring individuals doing business with this federation are subject to meticulous background checks annually and annual certification from the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The most recent background check on Mr. Bowdoin was completed prior to these charges being made public. He has not been credentialed by USATF to attend an event since 2023. The allegations against this individual are reprehensible. While the legal process continues, we affirm that such conduct has no place in this sport. We will not be making any additional comments at this time.
Statement from Athletic.net CEO Ross Krempley: We were made aware on October 18, 2025 that an employee had been charged with multiple felony offenses. Although the individual was arraigned on those charges in January, the company had no prior knowledge of the matter. Upon learning of the charges, the employee was immediately placed on administrative leave pending further review. As of October 27th, he is no longer with the company. To the best of our knowledge, the employee only attended four events in 2025, none featuring minor-aged participants. As legal proceedings are ongoing, we will not be making further public comment at this time.
Ross Krempley, the CEO of Athletic.NET, reached out to us to set the record straight on a couple of things from this thread. This is his full statement on the matter:
We were made aware on October 18, 2025 that an employee had been charged with multiple felony offenses. Although the individual was arraigned on those charges in January, the company had no prior knowledge of the matter. Upon learning of the charges, the employee was immediately placed on administrative leave pending further review. As of October 27th, he is no longer with the company. To the best of our knowledge, the employee only attended four events in 2025, none featuring minor-aged participants. As legal proceedings are ongoing, we will not be making further public comment at this time.
No events with minor-aged participants in 2025? How about the Oregon Middle School Meet of Champions track meet on 5/16/2025, an event that he has been putting on for years?
His name has been scrubbed from the meet information page for those events in 2026, 2025, 2024 and 2023 on various dates since 10/18/2025.
Clearly he wasn't at the Oregon Middle School meet if he didn't attend a meet with minors. And of course his name has been scrubbed from those events pages. He wasn't with the company after 10/18. You're answering your own questions.
Ross Krempley, the CEO of Athletic.NET, reached out to us to set the record straight on a couple of things from this thread. This is his full statement on the matter:
We were made aware on October 18, 2025 that an employee had been charged with multiple felony offenses. Although the individual was arraigned on those charges in January, the company had no prior knowledge of the matter. Upon learning of the charges, the employee was immediately placed on administrative leave pending further review. As of October 27th, he is no longer with the company. To the best of our knowledge, the employee only attended four events in 2025, none featuring minor-aged participants. As legal proceedings are ongoing, we will not be making further public comment at this time.
Nothing in the legal timeline suggests he was yet charged as of 10-18. There had only been procedural things going on until the next week.
Where are you getting this from? Those are really scandalous allegations.
And apparently, I stand corrected that only arrests will appear on a background check. But it raises a question we all should ask ourselves: should allegations without an arrest be reported?
If what you are saying is true, then there will be evidence to support it. If it isn't true, you called him a "monster" and implied a cover up. All of that is perfectly acceptable in a court of public opinion. But said court shouldn't be confused with a court of law, which is where justice will be served.
There is an article up about the allegations now if you do a google search. It does not sound good.
Jon deleted my posts outlining the disgusting details in an attempt to cover this up for his old pal Dan.
I work as a victim's rights advocate for survivors of CSA. There is no reason why the level of detail you included about the abuse of a child should be included on a public forum. The victim is identifiable from public documents and some of the details you included are wrong based on public court records - two more good reasons your comment should have been deleted.
Protecting victims isn't the same as protecting the perpetrator.
Jon deleted my posts outlining the disgusting details in an attempt to cover this up for his old pal Dan.
I work as a victim's rights advocate for survivors of CSA. There is no reason why the level of detail you included about the abuse of a child should be included on a public forum. The victim is identifiable from public documents and some of the details you included are wrong based on public court records - two more good reasons your comment should have been deleted.
Protecting victims isn't the same as protecting the perpetrator.
Tell me exactly which details were wrong.
This level of detail is exactly what needs to be shared to raise awareness and prevent it in the future. There are currently several coaches/officials etc that have committed similar crimes and they’re walking free because of “advocates” like you who want to display sexual assault like it’s a trip to an amusement park.
