The NCAA Transfer Portal has become a vital resource for both athletes seeking new opportunities and programs seeking to fill specific roster needs. However, in its current form, the portal lacks critical data points—such as athlete position, key performance statistics, and other pertinent metrics—that would dramatically improve its usability and efficiency. With the increased volume…
Expand the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Qualifying Criteria to allow for 10,000m event only competition to count towards NCAA Qualifying. In other words, not subject 10,000m performances to the 10-event minimum in place for outdoor track and field performances to count for NCAA qualifying. The current minimum number of events rule reads: Marks will…
Make the dates of the east and west 1st rounds a dead period to be consistent with the other dead periods that correlate with the other championships ie. (Cross Country November 23, 2024, Indoor March 14-15, 2025, Final Round June 11-14, 2025) in the recruiting calendar.
My proposal would be that schools must compete 18 athletes indoor and 20 athletes outdoor instead of 14 athletes to be considered a competition that counts as one of their meets. Each school would have to compete in 8 meets including both their indoor and outdoor conference meet.
All competitions managed by a Division I member insitution should be seeded with bonafide, verifiable entry marks listed on tfrrs, World Athletics, or other national or international top-lists. In cases where an athelte does not have a verifialbe mark, an appropriate conversion from a similar event based on World Athletics Scoring Tables (ie. 1500m can…
Proposal: This proposal requests that Rule 8 Field Events; Section 1. General Rules for Field Events; Warm-up in Article 6 in the NCAA Cross Country/ Track and Field 2024-25 Rules establish specific minimum warm-up periods for caged (discus, hammer, weight throw) and non-caged(shotput, javelin) throwing events based on the amount of competitors per flight. Amended…
Proposal to create a East/Central/West National Rotation of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Within the rotation, hosting NCAA’s in Eugene would align when it host Olympic Trails (potentially Worlds qualifying). Outside of the Olympic years it would fall to the other 3 regions. Eugene would not fall into the rotation when the West…
The minimum number of student athletes participating in a contest is too high (14) and a challenge with the new roster limits and with economics of the current and future landscape. Rule 20.10.6.3 Change the minimum number of student-athletes participating in a contest from 14 to 10
With all the uncertainty surrounding the NCAA and how it will affect track and field, I propose creating a new throwing event that will attach our sport to the most popular and visible sport in the NCAA, football. The event would be a football throw (utilizing a regulation NCAA football) from a hammer circle or…
Change the honorable mention (places 17 through 24) All-American honor to the third team All-American honor at the NCAA Outdoor championships and issue a certificate to those student athletes.
Update the scoring method from 8 deep (10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) to 16 deep with the below point distribution: 1st- 20 points 2nd- 17 3rd- 16 4th- 15 5th- 14 6th- 13 7th- 12 8th- 11 9th- 9 10th- 7 11th- 6 12th- 5 13th- 4 14th- 3 15th- 2 16th-…
Score the NCAA Indoor championship meet 16 deep with the following point/place distribution: 1st- 20 points 2nd- 17 3rd- 16 4th- 15 5th- 14 6th- 13 7th- 12 8th- 11 9th- 9 10th- 7 11th- 6 12th- 5 13th- 4 14th- 3 15th- 2 16- 1
To amend NCAA Bylaw 20.9.6.3 by requiring a rack and field team to have athletes compete in a minimum of 10 events outdoors and 8 events indoors with a minimum of 14 competitors to count as a contest for minimum sports sponsorship.
Rules 4 and 12 Active participant coaches must not serve on games committees, juries of appeal, or in any capacity where they can decide or vote on the eligibility of participants, alter events, or change the order of events at any championship. Any situation that could reasonably be construed as a conflict of interest must…
All championships, including conference championships and preliminary rounds, shall follow the same events and order of events as specified in Rules 5 and 15, Sections 1, Articles 1 through 3. No additions, deletions, or alterations to this order are permitted. The standards and procedures applied at the final NCAA Championship shall serve as the expectation…
For all field events at the NCAA Preliminary rounds, qualifying marks should be thrown out and flights should be randomized. An automatic Qualifying mark shall also be established, based on an average for the 8th place mark at the NCAA final round for the previous 3 years.
Require access to drug testing for record purposes at NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championship events in alignment with USATF policy, which requires doping control within 24-hours of the conclusion of the event. International athletes would also have access to available doping control, should they set a record that requires doping control according to their federation…
Currently in outdoor Track & Field a mile event can be held and an event conversion is applied to the time to convert it to a 1500m mark. These converted marks can be used to qualify for NCAA First Rounds, Conference Championships, etc. This is the only individual event where this is the case. This…
Allow each conference and the NCAA to establish a pool of prize money to be awarded at their conference meet. This money can be awarded to the host institution until NCAA rules catch up and allow it to directly go to the athlete. Draft Track and Field Executive Committee Amendment: Allow each conference to establish…
To allow institutions to reduce or cancel scholarships after or within the academic year to match student athletes abilities to get into the transfer portal and their windows.
Current Legislative Text: 12.6.3.2.1.4 Track and Field and Cross Country. A student-athlete who has participated in organized competition after the one-year time period (the next opportunity to enroll after one calendar year has elapsed) and before full-time collegiate enrollment during a cross country, indoor track and field, or outdoor track and field season (as opposed…
Currently only the teams that score more than 0 points show up in the final meet results. A tie breaker for only the teams with 0 points will be the number of participants qualified for the National Championship meet.
Each year at Convention there are a few coaches who submit the majority of proposals. Nearly all are a waste of time. There should be a fee attached to making a proposal or a limit to three per year so as to cut down on wasted time during Convention in discussion. Fee could be $100…
Issue: There aren’t enough support staff credentials for Team B. If School A qualifies 1 male and 1 female to the NCAA track and field championships, Team A will get the same amount of credentials as TEAM B that qualifies 20 men and 20 women. Bylaw: NCAA Bylaw 11.7.4 / Page 27-28 of 2024 Outdoor…
Mandate that the top-eight finishers in every event at the NCAA national championships be drug tested for performance enhancing drugs by USADA/WADA. (Co-proposed by Pat Henry (Texas A&M) and Jerry Schumacher (Oregon).)
Return to four team trophies at the NCAA championships. (Co-proposed by Pat Henry (Texas A&M) and Jerry Schumacher (Oregon).)
I’d like to change how many we take to NCAA finals in field events, currently top 12 from each Region/ NCAA preliminaries make it to the NCAA meet. I propose we reduce it down to 9.
Expand the individual event fields at the NCAA Indoor Championships to 24 paid for by the NCAA, but eliminate the NCAA paying for relays, that cost would fall on the school, still allow the top 12 declared relays to be accepted, as long as at least one member of the declared relay has qualified as…
For all field events at the NCAA Preliminary rounds, qualifying marks should be thrown out and flights should be randomized.
Add the discus, hammer and javelin with the current throwing events, namely shot put and weight throw to the NCAA indoor championships. This would give you five throwing events to score points to the team total.
Please consider using season best performances to arrange the second and third rounds of the 1500 and 800 meters rather than the previous round at the NCAA’s. The student athletes have qualified for the first round by virtue of the season’s best performances from March 1 thru mid May.
Changing the format for the Regional championship meet for the long throws from flights of 16 to 12. Currently the long throws have 3 flights of 16 for competition; while shot put, long jump, and triple jump are flights of 12. This proposal will change the Regional championship flights to 12 people for the long…
At all events where a throwing event is taking place the implements must be impounded and delivered to the throwing competition area by a certified official. For the indoor season the implement for the weight throw must be recertified after each attempt. (i.e. athlete throws implement, the shagger returns implement to the weights and measures…
Through creating this proposal we hope to address the issues that can arise from the mismarking of implements when they land within the throwing sector. As we continue to navigate the future of track & field and the ever growing issue, that is finding the quality and quantity of officials needed to host a top…
I propose that conferences be allowed the option to contest the final of the 400m during indoor championships with the top 4 seeds from the prelims in the same heat using lanes 3, 4, 5, and 6 in heat 2 and seeds 5-8 using lanes 3, 4, 5, and 6 in heat 1. As opposed…
The issue is correcting the applied interpretation of Rule 5 (IND TF – page 52) & Rule 13 (OUT TF – page 136) Section 7 Article 1.a. SECTION 7. Protests/Disqualifications/Appeals Protests and Disqualifications ARTICLE 1.a. Protests relating to singular matters that develop during the conduct of the meet should be made at once and shall…
We currently operate under a random lane draw system for both the 200 and 400 events at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In this system we are placing the 16th best qualifier on par with the top qualifers(s). I am proposing that we keep randomization but have it be based on your overall qualifying position, giving…
This proposal is being brought forth to address the fact that we currently do not place cameras on the track to specifically catch 4 x 100 exchange zones similar to how we use them in horizontal jumps. In the outdoor Championships Manual, use of video is addressed in Section 2.2 as a part of “protest…
To expand the qualification for eligibility to serve on the NCAA Division 1 Track and Field Executive Committee to include Assistant Coaches and Head Coaches of Other Sports.
At several meet’s especially where there are prelims and finals or multiple rounds of an event. There are instances where athletes who made it to the semi final or final round of competition do not start the event or DNS. There should be declaration period following the completion of a round whether it be the…
Require the host of the indoor NCAA championships to use a circle provided by Gill, or another manufacture, that is both consistent and readily available for purchase, as to best prepare athletes for success at the championships.
Require the host of the indoor NCAA championships to use a circle provided by Gill, or another manufacture, that is both consistent and readily available for purchase, as to best prepare athletes for success at the championships.
Require the host of the indoor NCAA championships to use a circle provided by Gill, or another manufacture, that is both World Athletics Certified and readily available for purchase, as to best prepare athletes for success at the championships, if no in ground cement ring is available at the host facility.
Rule 14, Section 3, Article 1… Part a) 4) Pacing in races by persons not participating in the same race, by lapped competitors or those about to be lapped, by competitors of the opposite gender in the same race, or pacesetting by any kind of technical device that benefits the field (e.g., pacing lights are…
Remove the use of altitude adjustments for qualification to the NCAA Track & Field National Championship.
Currently rule 20.9.4.3.4 “Individual Sports — One or More Sites. In the individual sports, if the minimum number of student-athletes participating on one or more teams, at one or more sites, on behalf of the institution on the same day equals or exceeds the minimum number of participants per Bylaw 20.9.4.3, an institution may use…
Award the top 3 placing freshman eligible student athletes at the indoor and outdoor track and field championships as ‘Freshman All-American’. A freshman all American certificate would be issued to those student athletes.
There is currently no rule in place to mandate or dictate the process or timeline within which high jump approach marks are measured and placed at the competition venue. I would like to institute a set time period for all athletes competing in the high jump to measure their approaches.
This working group is recommending the elimination of the use of altitude adjustments for championship qualifying for Division I Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field for the reasons listed in the attached document.
Video review due to a protest. Video review should only be used to confirm or overturn a disqualification that was noted and/or submitted by an official during live action. Video review should not be allowed to disqualify an individual or team that was not initially identified by an official during live action.
Eliminate all conversions based on track size or bank across all collegiate divisions. Only raw times or altitude converted times will be used for NCAA qualifying purposes.
To award a freshman All-American honor at the indoor and outdoor championship. The award will be given up to the top 3 placing freshman at the indoor and outdoor championships in each event.
Due to the fact that a number of athletes qualify for the Championships using either track indexing or altitude adjustments, the Executive Committee would like to review/evaluate the current tables for indexing and adjustments for validity and reliability.
Athletic criteria for the award can be met in either the indoor season or the outdoor season: For the indoor season: must have finished the season ranked in the top 96 in any championship individual event, or in the top 48 in any championship relay event, for the most recent indoor season, certifiable by their…
If a student-athlete competes in a relay event in only the semi-final round, at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, for an institution that places in the top 8 of the final, that student-athlete(s) has contributed to the advancement and success of the institution’s relay team and shall receive the same NCAA award as…
Proposal: This proposal requests that Rule 6 Field Events; Section 1. General Rules for Field Events; Warm-up in Article 10 in the NCAA Cross Country/ Track and Field 2019-2020 Rules establish specific minimum warm-up periods for caged (discus, hammer, weight throw) and non-caged(shotput, javelin) throwing events based on the amount of competitors per flight. Warm-Up…
To award All-American Honors to all 2020 NCAA Indoor Championship Qualifiers, without designation of First or Second Team.
The IAAF has adopted the following rule, and I propose the NCAA adopts the same language. The Note section is the additional language added that is not found in any way in the NCAA Rule Book. IAAF Rule 187 Section 14 B It shall be a failure if an athlete in the course of a…
The IAAF has immediately returned all field event trials to a one minute minimum, without changing their published rulebook. I would propose the NCAA does the same. IAAF Rule 180.17 – To go back to the 1 minute time for trials in all field events
Proposal: This proposal requests that Rule 6 Field Events; Section 8.2c The Shot Put, Section 9.2c The Discus Throw, and Section 11.2b The Hammer Throw/Weight Throw add the following under these sections (Section 8.2c The Shot Put, Section 9.2c The Discus Throw, and Section 11.2b The Hammer Throw/Weight Throw): However, it will not be considered…
This proposal requests that Rule 6 Field Events; Section 1. General Rules for Field Events; Time Limit in Articles 2 through 6 in the NCAA Cross Country/Track and Field 2019-2020 Rules revert back to the 1 minute time for trials in all field events. See supporting document for written rule with table.
Require mandatory attendance at all awards ceremonies (NCAA & USTFCCCA Awards) that occur in conjunction with the NCAA Championships in Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field. This includes pre and post-championship awards ceremonies including but not limited to…Regional Coach / Athlete of the Year, All-American awards, etc. Failure to attend will…
Any proposed documentation to alter, modify or replace the current pole vault box in the NCAA should be denied.
Change the 1500 meters to the Mile in Outdoor Track & Field.
Ensure that collegians fill all current advancing slots to the finals in throwing events and horizontal jumps and not more than three non-collegiate competitors are added to the finals based on marks
To change the method that a proposal is presented to the general body for discussion. Language to be added to the USTFCCCA Division I Track and Field Handbook is in bold. Division I Cross Country Meetings Convention/Annual Meeting Submission of Proposals … Once the Executive Committee votes upon a proposal, said proposal is deemed an…
Eliminate the Track and Field Nomination and Elections Committee
Eliminate Honorable Mention status for Indoor Track and Field and Outdoor Track and Field
Establish a consistent, four-day schedule for all rounds of the Outdoor Track & Field Championships (Preliminary and Final sites)
Modify the playing rules to require institutions to declare athletes who are eligible to score in an Indoor Track and Field or Outdoor Track and Field Competition
Allow an individual three competitions in Indoor Track and Field and Outdoor Track and Field while maintaining a redshirt
When verified entry marks are required in the 1500m or mile, use the superior mark from either event (including converted marks) for seeding
To readjust the nominees for USTFCCCA national coach/athlete of the year awards in outdoor track and field following the conclusion of the Championships
For All-Academic individuals indoors, include eligible indoor performances obtained after the end of the qualifying window but prior to the end of the indoor season
Eliminate contesting the 10,000 meters at the Preliminary Round and qualify off of a descending order list of season-best performances (top 24)
Align USTFCCCA Division I voting with NCAA Division I voting
Disclose the voting position of each member of the Executive Committee on items of business
Eliminate Honorable Mention status for Indoor/Outdoor Track and Field
Eliminate second team All-America
Increase countable coaches to 4 per gender
Require the use of starting blocks at NCAA Championships in events of 400 meters or less, 4×100 Relay, and 4×400 Relay
Set initial date of telephone contact and off-campus contact at January 1 of PSA’s junior year
Set the standard size for indoor tracks as either 200-meter flat, 200-meter banked, or 300-meter flat
Allow the use of video equipment by coaches during a competition to assist student-athletes
Allow contacts with junior prospects at their school or at a competition
Increase the non-athlete travel party to include the qualifying student-athletes’ event coach(es) and the institution’s head coach for the indoor and outdoor track & field championships
Addition of scholarships for the sport of men’s and women’s cross country.
To make it impermissible to run warm-up approaches in the direction that is opposite from the take-off in both the horizontal and vertical jumping events.
Increase single gender program’s staff limit to four coaches
To allow institutions to add one graduate assistant coach for men’s track and field/cross country and one graduate assistant coach for women’s track and field/cross country.
Require a Start Information System be used at the NCAA Indoor Championships, NCAA Preliminary Outdoor Championships and the NCAA Final Outdoor Championships.
Proposal to allow NCAA institutions to pay for volunteer coaches to attend national coaches conventions or to attend coaching career education programs.
To eliminate the second team all american as awarded by USTFCCCA.
To eliminate the “Honorable Mention” status at the indoor and outdoor track and field championships awarded by USTFCCCA.
To replace the women’s pentathlon with the women’s heptathlon at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships and to replace the women’s heptathlon with the women’s decathlon at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Establish a Preliminary Championships Round as the initial segment of the NCAA Division I Indoor Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships.
To eliminate second team and honorable mention All American Awards for Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
Recommended revised recruiting calendar and signing period
That all schools participating in NCAA DIV I Cross Country can declare a roster maximum of 5.0 scholarships for men and 6.0 scholarships for women from the current allotment of 12.6MEN/18WOMEN allowed for schools sponsoring Cross Country and Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field