NCAA D1 Declarations Out

So what did the coaches do?

They didn't meet the minimum requirements for the team by racing enough athletes in enough races this year so the team as a whole is DQ'd.

Incredibly dumb rule but surely someone on the coaching staff is paid to know this stuff

Such a shame.

what is the actual rule... His post says "14 men at 8 track meets". Does that means a school must have 8 separate meets and would need 14 members of the team to race in during one outdoor track season? seems like a lot of schools would be in violation of that?

The NCAA requires every schools team in every sport to participate in a minimum number of contests with a minimum number of participants to count as "sponsoring" the sport. I'd imagine it has something to do with not being able to skirt around title ix rules and actually having to let the athletes compete in the sport

https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/proposalView?id=101685

I found this buried in the division 1 manual:
20.10.6.3.7 Indoor Track and Field and Outdoor Track and Field. A member institution may receive credit for sponsoring both indoor track and field and outdoor track and field, provided its team participates in a total of at least eight indoor and outdoor meets during the year, including at least three indoor and three outdoor meets.
(Revised: 4/25/18 effective 8/1/18)

also, on page 400 if the D1 Manual it spells out by sport

20.10.6.3 Minimum Contests and Participants Requirements for Sports Sponsorship. In each sport, the
institution's team shall engage in at least a minimum number of intercollegiate contests (against four-year, degree-granting
collegiate institutions) each year. In the individual sports and women's rowing, the institution's team shall include a
minimum number of participants in each contest that is counted toward meeting the minimum-contests requirement. The
following minimums are applicable: (Revised: 1/11/94 effective 9/1/94, 1/12/99, 1/25/02 effective 8/1/02, 10/31/02, 4/28/05
effective 8/1/05, 1/17/09 effective 8/1/09, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 1/18/14 effective 8/1/14, 7/31/15, 4/28/16 effective 8/1/16,
4/25/18 effective 8/1/18, 6/23/20 effective 8/1/20)
Team Sports Minimum
Contests
Minimum
Participants Individual Sports Minimum
Contests
Minimum
Participants
9/14/22 401
Women's Acrobatics
and Tumbling 6 18 Women's Bowling 8 5
Baseball 27 Cross Country 4 5
Basketball 25 Equestrian 6 12
Women's Beach
Volleyball 8 Men's Fencing 9 5
Field Hockey 11 Women's Fencing 9 5
Football 9 Golf 8 5
Men's Ice Hockey 25 Men's Gymnastics 9 6
Women's Ice Hockey 20 Women's Gymnastics 9 5
Lacrosse 10 Rifle 8 4
Women's Rowing 6 23 Skiing 5 5
Women's Rugby 9 Swimming and Diving 6 11
Soccer 11 Tennis 12 5
Softball 27 Track and Field, Indoor 4 14
Volleyball 19 Track and Field, Outdoor 4 14
Men's Water Polo 15 Women's Triathlon 4 3
Women's Water Polo 10 Men's Wrestling 13 7
Women's Wrestling 13 7

Wow! My heart really goes out to this guy. This is a literal “what the f…” situation.

Rules are rules, but it should NOT affect the athlete when they were not the ones with the infraction.

Mind-blown.

Man, let him run. He’d run with more purpose than he ever has before and could put on a good showing! (That, and he probably just gained a bunch of fans who support his cause).

Seems like a bad idea to let him run… if they set that precedent schools won’t ever bother to run the amount or meets they are supposed to, they will just travel a couple hood kids to fast meets and then just take them… it will hurt the sport in the end… sucks for this kid though. What’s crazy is they actually only need 4 outdoor meets to be eligible so NCAA can’t make it much easier.

Agreed that with Indoor counting towards the 8, that its a very reasonable rule.

So sad.

imo there should be repercussions for the head coach of the program (and potentially the school's athletic administration). It is their responsibility to oversee this rule, so NCAA shouldn't be taking it out on the athletes.

Well the school with lose a lot of money for not sponsoring track… a big budget school may not care but I think a school like psu losing like 40k for outdoor is a pretty big hit, and if they missed indoor sponsorship that’s another 40k… it could also be an admin issue not really a coaching issue depending on how it all played out but no matter what they suck!

10-15 yrs ago Oregon St was allowed to have a male high jumper compete at the ncaa champs, despite not having a men’s track/field team.

Touhy must have jog that 10k at conference....I didn't see this coming (2) 1500 (1) 5k at regionals and do it again in 2 weeks....Austin, TX at night, it will be exciting.

Has anyone seen if/ who is providing a video stream and or televised coverage of the regionals?

I believe it is going to be on ESPN+

TSR take on declarations. They are just as confused by Kemboi's 1500m/5k/10k triple

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The first round of the 1500 and the 5K at E regionals should be pretty easy but after that things get more interesting in both events.

Do you know when heat sheets come out?

The answer to your question is "Yes".

The answer to what I think you seek in May 22.