World Masters Athletics Info

Hello Team,
I have run in several indoor and outdoor world championships. These events are conducted in locations across the globe. They are very well organized and give you an opportunity to compete against athletes from around the world.
 
If you attend one of these, you would be representing Team USA and wearing the Team USA uniform. There are no qualifications required.
 
Kathleen and I have made many trips abroad for these meets. The meets themselves are colorful and memorable, primarily because of the many different languages and uniforms.
 
World Masters Athletics is the governing body for masters world competitions. The introductory information below is copied from the World Masters Athletics website. And below that is an assortment of photos from our WMA Worlds Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
 
Coach Rick Riddle
 
WMA MISSION STATEMENT Promote premier athletic events for athletes thirty-five and over, of all abilities, and encourage their passion for active healthy competition, global camaraderie, and celebratory spirit.
 
WMA ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS

• To organize, regulate and administer athletics for masters (women and men of not less than thirty-five years of age).
• To sanction World Masters’ Athletic Championships and other international masters athletic competitions.
• To ratify and register world masters five-year age-group records and maintain data on other outstanding athletic performances by masters.

  
Images from the WMA Indoor Worlds
Budapest, Hungary 2014

Photos and video courtesy of Kathleen Riddle (scroll down past photos for link to video). 

​2014 WMA Worlds -- 4x200 relay -- Budapest, Hungary
​Click HERE for link to YouTube video