SANDY PASHKIN grew up in the Bronx where she graduated from Bronx High School and then received a degree in Human Movement from Hunter College. She then received a masters degree in Applied Physiology from Columbia.
She started as an athlete in the PAL running the 50 yard dash. In 1961, at the tender age of 19, she broke her ankle and wasn’t able to return to competition ........so she became WHAT ELSE? ……..a certified official and she has never looked back.
One of her first meets was working the finish line at the Colgate Games. She was recognized there and later served as the meet director for the meet.
During the 90's she served as the head officials for both the PSAL and TAC Metropolitan and worked many CHSAA meets including serving as the head horizontal jumps official at the Bishop Loughlin Games. Her involved in TAC was far-n-wide as she served in many capacities including chairing the women's track & field and masters track & field committees.
Some of her other major officiating assignments included:
Sandy has served on many national administrative committees and also been instrumental to the sport with respect to improved technology and athlete experiences.
She is an expert in meet-scoring software platforms and has worked closely with Hytek to implement programming improvements and also has conducted clinics for them.
She has worked every World Masters Championships since the meet's inception in 1997; including serving as the technical director for over 15 years.
She was the chair of the USATF Records committee from 2004 - 2015 and has served as the World Masters Records committee chair for the past 16 years.
She is a member of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame and also the CCNY Hall of Fame and the recipient of the USATF Presidents Award.
Sandy moved to Eugene, Oregon in 2002 and immediately became an integral part of TRACKTOWN USA including working the annual Prefontaine Classic, NCAA events for the University of Oregon, and just last month served as the competition secretary for the World Athletics Championships.