American decathlete Harrison Williams is looking on USA Monitor & Discipline (USATF) to do higher after the federation’s Indoor Mixed Occasions Championships in Indianapolis final weekend had been held with no livestream and featured medals from a distinct occasion.
Williams, who represented Workforce USA within the decathlon on the 2024 Paris Olympics, shared a photograph of one of many medals handed out to athletes on X. “USATF didn’t livestream their very own Nationwide Mixed Occasions Championships this previous weekend in Indianapolis,” Williams wrote. “Additionally they handed out leftover medals from the upcoming Indoor Champs in NYC. Mixed-event athletes deserve higher from their federation.”
USATF didn’t livestream their very own Nationwide Mixed Occasions Championships this previous weekend in Indianapolis. Additionally they handed out left-over medals from the upcoming Indoor Champs in NYC. Mixed Occasion athletes deserve higher from their federation. pic.twitter.com/Rqh10VeGRa
— Harrison Williams (@hfwilliams10) February 24, 2026
The state of affairs grew to become extra noticeable after world champion Anna Corridor threw down a world-leading efficiency within the girls’s pentathlon. Corridor scored 4,831 factors to win her third U.S. indoor title, however except observe and discipline followers had been current on the venue, there was no means they’d have seen it.
Corridor was awarded a gold medal engraved for the 2026 USATF Indoor Championships, itemizing New York, N.Y., because the host. The U.S. Indoor Mixed Occasions Championships occurred practically 700 miles away from the Massive Apple on the Indiana State Fairgrounds & Occasion Middle in Indianapolis.
The meet didn’t function an official choice occasion for subsequent month’s 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, nevertheless it supplied dozens of athletes with a chance to chase last-minute qualifying requirements and rating factors.
Lately, USATF has confronted complaints over funds reductions affecting home competitions. In 2024, the federation reported a lack of roughly $6.1 million in web belongings and subsequently scrapped three beforehand televised Grand Prix meets in New York, Los Angeles and Bermuda for 2025.
On the similar time, compensation for USATF management has been excessive. In accordance with a Runner’s World report, public filings from a 2021 tax return present that CEO Max Siegel earned roughly $3.8 million in whole compensation, which was greater than 11 per cent of the federation’s annual income on the time. The three.8 million was $400,000 lower than the earlier 4.2 million Siegel made in 2018.
Each figures had been considerably larger than another high govt below america Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) umbrella, which satirically, oversees all nationwide governing our bodies, together with USATF.
Williams’ feedback underline that American multi-eventers will not be essentially requesting glitter and gold, however as an alternative wanting a regular stage of visibility and professionalism, particularly provided that USATF is presently the highest‑funded federation inside the USOPC system.
