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The North, Central American and Caribbean Masters Athletics (NCCMA, or NCCWMA) is part of World Masters Athletics, [1] responsible for organizing masters athletics regional competitions in an area covering North America, [2] Central America, and the Caribbean. [3] All athletes 35 years of age or older are eligible to compete. The biennial Championships are held in alternate years with the WMA Outdoor Championships. [4]
| Edition | Year | Host city | Country | Dates |
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| 1 | 1998 | Bridgetown |  Barbados | 19 – 22 November |
| 2 | 2000 | Kamloops |  Canada | 17 – 20 August |
| 3 | 2002 | León, Guanajuato |  Mexico | 22 – 25 August |
| 4 | 2004 | Dorado, Puerto Rico |  Puerto Rico | 26 – 29 August |
| 5 | 2006 | Guatemala City |  Guatemala | 24 – 27 August |
| 6 | 2008 | Clermont, Florida |  USA | 28 – 31 August |
| 7 | 2010 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 3 – 6 September |
| 8 | 2012 | Saint John, New Brunswick | Canada | 9 – 12 August |
| 9 | 2014 | San José, Costa Rica |  Costa Rica | 21 – 24 August |
| 10 | 2017 | Toronto | Canada | 11 – 13 August [5] |
| 11 | 2019 | Toronto | Canada | 18 – 21 July [6] [7] |
USA Track & Field (USATF) is a United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running, and racewalking. The USATF was known between 1979 and 1992 as The Athletics Congress (TAC) after its spin-off from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), which governed the sport in the US through most of the 20th century until the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 dissolved its responsibility. Based in Indianapolis, USATF is a non-profit organization with a membership of more than 130,000. The organization has three key leadership positions: CEO Max Siegel, Board of Directors Chair Steve Miller, and elected president Vin Lananna. U.S. citizens and permanent residents can be USATF members, but permanent residents can only participate in masters events in the country, and they cannot win USATF medals, prize money, or score points for a team, per World Athletics regulations.
Masters Athletics managed by World Masters Athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of 35 years of age and over organized by World Masters Athletics. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups. For international events the first age group is 35 to 39. Men as old as 105 and women in their 100s have competed in running, jumping and throwing events. Masters athletes are sometimes known as "veterans" and the European Masters Championships, for instance, is known as "Eurovets". This and other high level events including biennial World Championships cater largely to elite-level athletes, but many masters athletes are novices to athletics and enjoy the camaraderie offered by masters competition at the local, National and International level. Most National governing bodies for track and field hold annual Masters championships. Prestigious National meets such as the Penn Relays and the United States Olympic Trials put on exhibition events for top masters athletes. Masters athletics is growing Internationally with over 6000 athletes competing at recent World Championships. World; National and Regional records are maintained for each age group.
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