Southwestern Track & Field Officials Association - Certification and Recertification Page

** Please Read The Following **

The National Officials Committeedecided at the 2007 USATF convention that all officials certifying/recertifying for the 2012 Olympiad must become members of USA Track & Field in order to become USATF Certified Officials.
Click here for info on joining USATF,

If you have a current USATF membership: You may attend any of the certification/recertification clinics

If you do not have a current USATF membership: Wait until after November 1, 2008 to certify/recertify. Any one-year USATF memberships purchased after 11/1/08 will be valid until 12/31/09 (i.e., you will be getting two months free). Any one-year memberships purchased before 11/1/08 will be valid until the end of this calendat year - 12/31/08.

If you purchase less than a four-year membership, it will be your responsibility to renew your membership for any years during the Olympiad in which your USATF membership is not valid. You will have to receive a sticker for your corresponding year(s) your USATF membership is valid from SWTFOA Certification Chair Mica Barton.

For those officials who would like to upgrade their current USATF status:
You must request in writing (or via e-mail) an upgrade in the events you want from Mica Barton, SWTFOA Certification Chair. Upgrades are discussed only at SWTFOA board meetings, which are scheduled quarterly, and the actual upgrades are only done once a year at the national office, usually at the end of July. Some of the criteria for upgrade is 1) willingness to work with the Youth and Master programs in the SWTFOA, 2) willingness to travel out of your geographical area to officiate, 3) attend a training meet as designated by the SWTFOA Training Director to receive training from qualified and experienced officials in our association (this criteria is in addition to the USATF expectations as outlined in the link above). To begin the process, please choose one of the following options:

A note to all officials requesting to be upgraded to a National or Master lever as a Starter:
The SWTFOA Board has decided at its January 2005 meeting that all officials requesting to be upgraded to a National or Master level Starter will need to provide a written recommendation from a Master level starter. A list of the Master level Starters in the SWTFOA will be provided soon.

For those officials who would like to upgrade their current USATF status: You must request in writing (or via e-mail) an upgrade in the events you want from Mica Barton, SWTFOA Certification Chair. Upgrades are discussed only at SWTFOA board meetings, which are scheduled quarterly, and the actual upgrades are only done once a year at the national office, usually at the end of July. Some of the criteria for upgrade is 1) willingness to work with the Youth and Master programs in the SWTFOA, 2) willingness to travel out of your geographical area to officiate, 3) attend a training meet as designated by the SWTFOA Training Director to receive training from qualified and experienced officials in our association (this criteria is in addition to the USATF expectations as outlined in the link above). To begin the process, please choose one of the following options:
To request via e-mail:	click here to download an Excel file which you can fill out and e-mail to Mica Barton
To request via regular mail:	click here to download a PDF file which you can fill out and mail to Mica Barton
A note to all officials requesting to be upgraded to a National or Master lever as a Starter: The SWTFOA Board has decided at its January 2005 meeting that all officials requesting to be upgraded to a National or Master level Starter will need to provide a written recommendation from a Master level starter. A list of the Master level Starters in the SWTFOA will be provided soon.