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Track and Field (NCAA Outdoor)

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Season2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships — May 27-30 (first rounds) + June 10-13 (finals)

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Track and Field (NCAA Indoor)

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Season2025-26 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Rules Book (200m banked or flat track, NCAA Indoor Championships March, altitude/conversion factors)

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Section 2: Equipment

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NCAA

All throwing implements must conform to NCAA-published weight and specification standards, which follow World Athletics specifications with NCAA-specific certification requirements:

NCAA

Throwing implements: shot put, weight throw (replaces hammer indoors); same NCAA-approved spec as outdoor; Indoor-specific: weight throw — men 35 lb (15.88 kg) / women 20 lb (9.07 kg) — replaces the hammer for indoor competition; Hurdles: men's 60m hurdles 1.067m / women's 60m hurdles 0.838m

Section 3: Playing Area

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Per NCAA qualifying criteria, performance marks are only accepted for championship qualifying at meets where a minimum of 10 events are open to collegiate student-athletes for outdoor track and field, per gender. This requirement prevents one-off ...

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NCAA

200-meter oval track (smaller than outdoor 400m), 4-6 lanes typical; Track may be banked (curves rise toward the outer edge to allow faster running) or flat; Sprint and hurdle straightaway: separate 60m straight track or use of the oval straight

Section 4: Players & Officials

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NCAA

NCAA Division I championship qualification: Individual events: the top 48 declared student-athletes by national descending-order list at the close of the qualifying window are accepted into the first-round competitions; Relay events: the top 24 declared relay teams by national list are accepted i...

NCAA

Officials: meet referee, starters, recall starters, finish judges, lap counters, field-event judges, implement inspectors, wind-gauge operators (when used); FAT (Fully Automatic Timing) required at championship; NCAA D1 Indoor Championship: top 16 individual + top 8 relays advance per event from ...

Section 5: Rules of Play

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NCAA

Wind readings are recorded for sprints up to 200 m (including hurdles to 110/100 m) and for horizontal jumps. A wind reading at or below +2.0 m/s tailwind is "wind-legal" — the performance is eligible for NCAA list and record purposes.

NCAA

Sprints: 60m, 200m, 400m; Middle/long distance: 800m, Mile (1609m), 3000m, 5000m; Hurdles: 60m hurdles

Section 6: Scoring

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NCAA

NCAA team scoring at the championship typically follows the 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale: 1st place: 10 points; 2nd place: 8 points; 3rd place: 6 points

NCAA

Individual events: lowest time wins (FAT to 0.01 sec); jumps/throws: longest mark wins; combined events: highest score per published World Athletics tables; NCAA team scoring: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 (top 8 score); relays score double; Tiebreakers: photo finish for ties; second-best mark for tied jump/t...

Section 7: Violations & Penalties

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A false start results in disqualification from the event (zero-tolerance rule, consistent with World Athletics 2009-onward standard). This applies to all sprints and hurdles, plus the start of the 800 m.

NCAA

False start: zero-tolerance DQ (consistent with World Athletics 2009-onward); Lane infringement: stepping inside lane line on a curve, impeding another runner = DQ; Relay exchange violation: outside the 20m exchange zone = relay DQ

Section 8: Safety Considerations

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NCAA

Pole-vault head/neck-impact incidents and field-event implement-strike incidents are the primary head-injury risks in track and field. Concussion protocol: athlete with actual or suspected concussion is removed from competition immediately and is ...

NCAA

Indoor venue safety: ceiling clearance for pole vault and high jump verified; throwing cages required for weight throw; sector marshals positioned. Pole-vault and high-jump landing-mat dimensions and minimum thickness per NCAA spec.

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