Indoor / Outdoor Track & Field Coaches Corner 2008-09 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. How does an individual qualify for the National Championship meet?
• Event by event qualification standards can be found in Appendix B of the Track and Field coaches manual. • All marks to be used for qualification for the indoor and outdoor national championships must be submitted within 7 days of the conclusion of the meet in which the mark is achieved. Meet information where results were attained must be filled out in its entirety for verification purposes. Submission of invalid marks may lead to disqualification of the entire team. • Institutions may enter as many athletes into an event as there are places to score (six indoor/eight outdoor). • No more than three right-of-membership entries for women and three for men may be used. Please refer to the Track and Field Coaches Manual for details on right-of-membership entries. • For the multi-events (Indoor – women’s pentathlon & men’s heptathlon; Outdoor – women’s heptathlon & men’s decathlon), the field is limited to the top 16 declared athletes. 2. What is the latest date that an individual can qu
