USATF reverses course, WILL send a team to 2024 World U20s

Good news, but poor timing. Now families will be scrambling to make travel plans to the U20 meet when they should have had months to prepare. Typical USATF.

What USATF really meant was, "We tried to save money by not sending a team. But after a lot of backlash we decided to spend the money after all."

Its in August, how is that not months to prepare? Not defending USATF btw, they are trash

National meet is June, just over a month away.

I don't think the USA U20 meet was ever cancelled. I wonder how many more athletes will now sign up for it with this new declaration that we will be sending a team to Worlds U20.

Outstanding news.

I'm still confused by this year's USATF U20 Championships though -- it's a combined meet with Nike Outdoor Nationals, and yet separate, with duplicate events.

USATF looks like even more a dumpster fire by reversing the decision that they made in the first place. It's the right decision but they could have actually done their work and figured this all out before canceling or attempting to save $.

Bullying works guys. Never forget

Well, we had to look if we had enough money left. Let's not forget we have to pay our employees too. These pesky athletes come second.

Officials were like "Wait we DID want a vacation there!" OK now we will send a team.

Good! There are many exciting U20 guys. Heck the WL in the 100 is in high school, then there’s Quincy Miller, Ince and more. No Brahe-Peterson is a bummer however.

welp looks like I'm going to u20 nationals now...

USATF thought that they would get more people to run the U20 meet that way.

NCAAs is a few days before, also in Eugene. Some of those freshman will stay in Eugene a few more days and then compete in U20.

And a lot of high school runners were already planning on being in Eugene that week for Nike Outdoor Nationals.

The only runners that will miss out are those who are competing in Brooks PR which is the same day as day 1 of U20.

Quite possibly. Funny how the problematic date of the event and competitive readiness concerns just melted away. Maybe JG can exhume the skinny-bones sheathed in "careful assessment and consultations."

Yes, I noticed that too. Which shows how full of sh!t they were with those 3 fake excuses.

But I guess they were too embarrassed to say "We're cheap" so they decided to invent other reasons why not to send a team.

USATF is a mess.

USA USA USA!

Hmm, but those are a lot of the best high school runners...

Here's a reality check for everyone. Watch how many qualify and don't go for whatever reason. I've had hs athletes qualify and their new college coach said "Nope" you are coming here and getting ready for college life, standards, rigor, training and health reasons. You are not going because you don't need to get sick, behind in preparation for classes etc...

Hopefully, most of them will be able to attend but in reality, there will be some that decide not to or won't be allowed to. The safety reason USATF gave is bull anyway. Either it's safe for everyone or it isn't. That's up to the host country to take care of.

Any major championship without the USA doesn't count.

I look forward to the USA entering Euro Champs. They have a far stronger claim to enter it than Turkey or Israel.