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.
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.
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.
Discussing in which orifices a near-toddler was raped by an adult does nothing to prevent a different adult from raping a different child because adults already know they're not supposed to rape children in any orifice with any object or any body part. There are no grey zones here. This isn't "It's okay for a coach to pat an athlete on the shoulder but not okay to pat an athlete on the butt." You don't need to know the explicit details of a child's rape to condemn the perpetrator. It's incredibly weird to insist on discussing the explicit details in a public forum - in all my years of professional work in this area, I've never encountered someone who wanted to discuss child rape in explicit detail who wasn't a pedophile. (Interest in knowing the broad outlines of what someone is charged with is common; insisting on discussing the explicit sexual details of a child's rape on a public forum is not normal.)
You mentioned several times in this thread that you are personally aware of multiple individuals who are engaged in similar behavior to what Dan is charged with. Call law enforcement. That's the action that can prevent current or future abuse, and help hold predators accountable for their horrific actions.
So it appears that the arrest took place on November 2, 2025. That means this just came to light. Unless there was a report made to USATF or the other entities before this, I am not sure how they can be blamed for something that has just come to light.
Did you not see the part about him being arraigned in January?
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.
Discussing in which orifices a near-toddler was raped by an adult does nothing to prevent a different adult from raping a different child because adults already know they're not supposed to rape children in any orifice with any object or any body part. There are no grey zones here. This isn't "It's okay for a coach to pat an athlete on the shoulder but not okay to pat an athlete on the butt." You don't need to know the explicit details of a child's rape to condemn the perpetrator. It's incredibly weird to insist on discussing the explicit details in a public forum - in all my years of professional work in this area, I've never encountered someone who wanted to discuss child rape in explicit detail who wasn't a pedophile. (Interest in knowing the broad outlines of what someone is charged with is common; insisting on discussing the explicit sexual details of a child's rape on a public forum is not normal.)
You mentioned several times in this thread that you are personally aware of multiple individuals who are engaged in similar behavior to what Dan is charged with. Call law enforcement. That's the action that can prevent current or future abuse, and help hold predators accountable for their horrific actions.
I refuse to believe you’re a professional in anything since your reading comprehension skills lack this much. You missed the entire point of my thread - this needs to be discussed on the front page. Stop burying and sugarcoating these situations just because you’re uncomfortable with them. Stop using acronyms and type out what you claim to be.
CSA - Child Sexual Assualt
Unalived - Suicide
Do you see where I’m going with this?
There are over 60,000 sexual abuse cases a year (that actually get reported) and you’re convinced that all adults know they shouldn’t be engaging in them. “Let’s just make it illegal so they stop.” No - these sickos don’t understand the gravity of what they have done. Mostly because it’s not condemned enough because “professionals” like you spend too much time with nonsense instead of real prevention.
After self reporting and spending several weeks in custody, Dan wrote a judge asking permission to be around thousands of kids again! He did this after speaking with a “professional” therapist. Does this sound like a person that has any idea the gravity of what he had done?