There will be no national championships-level track and field meet this year, ending a streak of more than 120 consecutive years crowning U.S. champions.
USA Track and Field announced that preliminary plans for a mid-September meet were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Safety hurdles were too steep to overcome,” according to a press release.
A USATF group unanimously decided not to attempt a meet, “advising against conducting a large mass gathering event involving travel by participants from all regions of the country.”
USATF previously announced on June 26 that it was developing contingency plans and potential options for a “national season ending event” in September.