Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: New USATF blog gives voice to rotating group of USATF leaders

USA Track & Field on Tuesday launched a new blog, The Official Word, featuring messages from USATF board members and other leaders. The first edition of The Official Word comes from USATF President and Chair Stephanie Hightower, who looks to the lessons learned by the USOC in the last year as an example of how USATF is now doing business. It is a philosophy in which accountability to stakeholders and fiduciary responsibility to the sport take precedence. To read the full text of the blog, visit .

About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: USATF.org.