The Bay Area Road Warriors is a non-profit team of athletes affiliated with the USA Track & Field Association (USATF). and the Amateur Athletics Union (AAU).

USATF is the national governing body for track and field, race walking, cross country, and long distance running. The organization includes more than 2,500 clubs, schools, colleges and universities, and other organizations. The member organizations are divided into different regions nationally. Our organization is in region XII and is part of the Gulf Association.  

AAU is the national governing body that includes all sports and also contains thousands of individual club teams.  Our organization is in region IX.