Please bring passports to National Team Processing!* With the exception of the Combined Events, which will be selected by World Athletics invitation, the 2022 USATF Indoor Championships scheduled for February 26 – 27, 2022 will serve as the selection event for Open athletes for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships. All athletes are required to complete team processing in order to be eligible for selection to a 2022 USATF National Team. Athletes who fail to complete team processing during the timeframes listed below will forfeit their rank for selection to the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships national team. The 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships will take place March 18 – 20, 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia. Competition information, including selection procedures, for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships are forthcoming. Athletes should bring the following to team processing:
*Athletes must have a current passport good for at least six (6) months after the return date from the National Team event. Reminder: Without exception, those not completing team processing will not be eligible for selection to the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships national team.
Athletes will be directed by a 2022 National Team staff member to the team processing area located in Riverfront Ballroom B and C of The Centennial Hotel located at 303 W North River Dr, Spokane, WA 99201. Athletes must report to the team processing area immediately after the final of their event.
Again, in the interest of completing the process as efficiently as possible, athletes should report immediately following the final of their event. The entire process is approximately 1.5 hours.
Athletes MUST bring passports to Team Processing. USATF National Office is primarily responsible for athlete travel for the World Indoor Championships team. Athletes will not travel as a Team to the World Indoor Championships. At Team Processing, USATF will book the athlete's ticket and USATF will pay for a roundtrip ticket from the athlete's home city to Belgrade, Serbia and back to the athlete's home city.