USATF names McNees CEO

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Michael McNees will take over as the chief operating officer of USA Track and Field.

The organization announced Thursday that McNees, the administrator of Blaine County, Idaho, will start March 1.

"Bringing Michael McNees on board is the first, crucial step for remaking USATF as a highly functioning business," USATF CEO Doug Logan said. "He truly understands our sport on every level, and most important, he understands how to make even the most complex public bodies function on the highest levels."

McNees' duties will include serving as the principal deputy to the CEO, supervising the USATF's administration, operations and marketing departments and coordinating long-range planning.

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