Age Groups

The USATF and AAU group athletes according to their year of birth.

For cross-country events the USATF and the AAU use the same age groupings. For track and field the AAU includes sub-groups.

For 2008, the following age groups are used:
USATF
Bantam	1998 and later
Midget	1996 and 1997
Youth	1994 and 1995
Intermediate	1992 and 1993
Young Men/Women	1990 and 1991
AAU
Primary	2000 and later
Sub-Bantam	1999
Bantam	1998
Sub-Midget	1997
Midget	1996
Sub-Youth	1995
Youth	1994
Intermediate	1992 and 1993
Young Men/Women	1990 and 1991