Kathy Snell Tadlock  (2011)

Arkansas Activities Association, Associate Executive Director, 1981-2010, Track & Field Administrator
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• Assumed full responsibility as administrator and rules interpreter for Cross Country and Track & Field upon the retirement of Jerry Hall in 1995.
• Conducted track rules meetings around the state until all AAA sports rules meetings went to an online format; continued to format the online rules presentations.
• In 2003 initiated the annual Administrative Track Clinics held just prior to track season to train officials for consistency in the application of NFHS and AAA rules.
• Served a four-year term on the NFHS Track and Field Rules Committee.
• Administered the growth of cross country’s increase from four classes to six classes.
• Administered the growth of track & field’s increase from five to seven classes.
• Saw participation in cross country grow significantly.

​Worked with AAA’s Track & Field Advisory Committee to implement recommendations as approved by the AAA Board of Directors, such as:

• Increasing the distance of the girls’ cross country race from 4000 meters to a standard 5K, the same distance as for boys.
• Added Girls Pole Vault as a state event.
• Added the Triple Jump as a state event.
• Upgraded the Girls Pentathlon to the Girls Heptathlon
• Revised the State Order of Events to follow the NFHS Rules Book
• Developed qualifying standards for athletes to qualify to the state track meet at certified regular season meets.
• Changed the format of the Meet of Champs to allow more participation by quality performers.
• Developed and revised annually an Arkansas-specific track test as a further effort to teach consistency in rules application.

Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame:

• Has served on the ATFHF Board of Directors of the since 1996
• Chair of the ATFHF Banquet Committee