TRACK & FIELD COACHES MANUAL

National Championships Qualifying Standards

Timing: Meet directors must report performances as recorded/timed in the competition- if hand timed, report as a hand time to the tenth of a second; if fully automatic timed, report as F.A.T. to the hundredth of a second. DO NOT CONVERT HAND TIMES to F.A.T.

Hand times are not accepted in events 200 meters or less.

For qualification procedures, the most current USTFCCCA conversions for altitude and track size adjustments will be used.

2020 Indoor Track and Field Qualifying Standards MEN WOMEN Event Event # ”A” Standard / “B” Standard Event # ”A” Standard / “B” Standard

60 Meter Dash 1 6.88 / 6.93 22 7.72 / 7.82

60 Meter Hurdles 2 8.23 / 8.38 23 9.00/ 9.15

200 Meter Dash 3 22.26 / 22.38 24 25.60 / 25.90

400 Meter Run 4 49.55 / 50.00 25 58.40 / 59.40

600 Meter Run 5 1:22.00 / 1:22.80 26 1:37.50 / 1:38.70

800 Meter Run 6 1:55.95 / 1:56.90 27 2:18.00 / 2:19.85

1000 Meter Run 7 2:32.00 / 2:33.00 28 3:01.50 / 3:04.00

Mile Run 8 4:19.50 / 4:22.00 29 5:10.00 / 5:16.00

3,000 Meter Run 9 8:42.00 / 8:46.00 30 10:28.00 / 10.35.00

5,000 Meter Run 10 15:06.00 / 15:20.00 31 18:18.00 / 18:30.00

3000 Meter Walk 11 14:18.00 / 15:35.00 32 16:30.00 / 17:45.00

4 x 400 Meter Relay 12 3:21.00 / 3:22.50 33 4:00.00 / 4:03.00

4 x 800 Meter Relay 13 7:57.50 / 7:59.99 34 9:45.00 / 9:48.00

Distance Medley Relay (Meters) 14 10:24.00 / 10:26.00 35 12:33.00 / 12:38.00

Triple Jump 15 14.25m / 14.05m 36 11.40m / 11.15m

Shot Put 16 15.75m / 15.25m 37 13.45m / 13.00m

Pole Vault 17 4.75m/ 4.65m 38 3.52m / 3.42m

Long Jump 18 7.10m / 7.00m 39 5.60m / 5.50m

High Jump 19 2.04m / 2.01m 40 1.68m / 1.65m

Weight Throw 20 17.10m / 16.25m 41 16.20m / 15.80m Heptathlon (M) / Pentathlon (W) 21 Top 16 declared – 4,150 min. 42 Top 16 declared – 2,950 min.

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National Championships Qualifying Standards

Timing: Meet directors must report performances as recorded/timed in the competition- if hand timed, report as a hand time to the tenth of a second; if fully automatic timed, report as F.A.T. to the hundredth of a second. DO NOT CONVERT HAND TIMES to F.A.T.

Hand times are not accepted in events 200 meters or less.

For qualification procedures, the most current USTFCCCA conversions for altitude and track size adjustments will be used.

2020 Outdoor Track & Field Standards

MEN WOMEN Event Event # ”A” Standard / “B” Standard Event # ”A” Standard / “B” Standard 100 Meters 1 10.58 / 10.68 25 11.92/ 12.12

200 Meters 2 21.45 / 21.58 26 24.75 / 24.93

400 Meters 3 48.26 / 48.45 27 56.90 / 57.36

800 Meters 4 1:52.50 / 1:53.80 28 2:14.40 / 2:16.00

1,500 Meters 5 3:53.50 / 3:56.50 29 4:37.50 / 4:43.50

5,000 Meters 6 14:45.00 / 14:59.00 30 17:36.30 / 17:50.00

10,000 Meters 7 31:16.00 / 31:45.00 31 37:30.00 / 38:13.00

Marathon 8 2:44:00 / 2:50:00 32 3:34:00 / 3:36:00

Half Marathon 1:13:00 / 1:14:30 1:29:00 / 1:31:00

110/100 Meter Hurdles 9 14.75 / 14.95 33 14.55 / 14.94

400 Meter Hurdles 10 53.90 / 54.65 34 1:03.30 / 1:04.70

3,000 Meter Steeplechase 11 9:24.00 / 9:32.00 35 11:18.00 / 11:30.00

5,000 Meter Walk 12 24:00.00 / 25:45.00 36 27:45.00 / 28:55.00

4 x 100 Meter Relay 13 41.53 / 41.99 37 47.99 / 48.32

4 x 400 Meter Relay 14 3:16.00 / 3:17.70 38 3:55.00 / 3:57.00

4 x 800 Meter Relay 15 7:44.00 / 7:48.00 39 9:24.00 / 9:29.00

High Jump 16 2.08m / 2.05m 40 1.67m / 1.64m

Pole Vault 17 4.80m / 4.70m 41 3.65m / 3.55m

Long Jump 18 7.25m / 7.15m 42 5.75m / 5.65m

Triple Jump 19 14.55m / 14.35m 43 11.75m / 11.50m

Shot Put 20 15.85m / 15.35m 44 13.55m / 13.00m

Discus 21 49.20m / 47.60m 45 44.00m / 42.40m

Hammer 22 53.00m / 51.00m 46 50.50m / 48.50m

Javelin 23 57.00m / 55.00m 47 40.50m / 39.00m

Decathlon (M) / Heptathlon (W) 24 Top 16 declared – 5,600 min. 48 Top 16 declared – 3,900 min.

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