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What is the T.A.A.F.?

The Texas Amateur Athletic Federation is a nonprofit organization established in 1925 to promote, organize and conduct amateur athletics in the state of Texas.

The mission shall be to create and maintain in the State of Texas a permanent organization representative of amateur athletics and/or organizations, devoted thereto; to establish and maintain the highest ideals of amateur sports in the State of Texas; promote the development of physical education and to encourage the standardization of rules of all amateur athletics, games and competitions.

The Federation shall consist of organizations of a permanent status that are active and interested in the promotion of amateur athletics and representative of one or more sports in their respective communities.
The objectives of Texas Amateur Athletic Federation, Incorporated are both charitable and educational.
Currently our membership consists of over 140 organizations with over 210,000 individual participants.

About T.A.A.F. Track and Field

The T.A.A.F. has outdoor track and field events. Outdoor events are divided into regional and state/national levels. Athletes compete against others of their gender in their age group. Age groups are divided in Six levels, with the youngest at eight years and under, and the eldest at eighteen years of age:
8 years of age and under
10 years of age and under
12 years of age and under
14 years of age and under
16 years of age and under
18 years of age and under
A boy or girl must participate in only one age division. Participants must participate either in their age division or they may participate in an older age division, however, once the participant has moved up into an older age division they must compete in all events in that same age division.

T.A.A.F. State Track & Field qualification begins at the local level with the track athlete being registered thru their member city track team, affiliate track team or as an unattached athlete. Circuit meets, depending on region, are available to the athlete for practice. The T.A.A.F. registered athlete must qualify thru regional competition (the region in which they live). Once the athlete qualifies at region level, he or she advances to the T.A.A.F. State Track Meet held at the T.A.A.F. Summer Games of Texas.
Each athlete must be a registered T.A.A.F. member or in an approved T.A.A.F. team member in order to compete. Athletes can either compete as part of team or as individual or 'unattached' status. Registration at events requires a T.A.A.F. membership card or card number. Registration costs a small fee annually.

Events

The Texas Amateur Athletic Federation track and field events include:
Shotput
Javelin
Discus
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault
Hurdles
Relays
Running events ranging from 50 meter dash to 3200 meter run


Games of Texas

The T.A.A.F. holds summer sports games once per year. In order to be eligible to participate in the T.A.A.F. Games of Texas track and field events, an athlete must be one of the top three finishers in a regional event.