Section 1•3 Important Dates
Tuesday, March 1 The qualifying window for the Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
Championships opens. This will go through the second Sunday before the start of
First round competition.
Sunday, May 14 Last date a qualifying performance may be achieved, except for conference championships.
Mandatory meet results submission deadline for all regular season and conference
championships is 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, May 15. Note: the only allowable competition
that may occur and be used toward NCAA qualifying on Monday, May 15, is that of a
conference championship. Results must be submitted to TFRRS. Marks submitted after 5 p.m.
Eastern time, Monday, May 15 will not be eligible for qualifying.
Monday, May 15 Last date a qualifying performance may be achieved for conference championships ONLY.
Results must be reported to TFRRS by 5 p.m. Eastern time. Marks submitted after 5 p.m.
Eastern time will not be eligible for qualifying. Final descending-order lists posted and
declarations open by 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Coaches must submit electronic declaration through DirectAthletics by Wednesday, May 17, at
2 p.m. Eastern time. Declarations submitted between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time will be
accepted as LATE and the institution will be fined a minimum of $400 per team, per gender
(Reference: Declaration Process in this manual).
Tuesday, May 16 Challenge period ends at noon Eastern time. Challenges must be submitted by
email to Sean Laughlin (
) and Jeff Mlynski (
).
Wednesday, May 17 As stated above, the declaration window closes at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Declarations
submitted between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time will be accepted as LATE and the
institution will be fined a minimum of $400 per team, per gender (Reference: Declaration
Process in this manual). There is no opportunity to submit declaration forms after 4 p.m.
Eastern time.
Declarations review window will open at 5 p.m. Eastern time and close at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
It is the responsibility of each coach to check this list and report any discrepancies by 7 p.m.
To report a discrepancy, the coach will need to contact Jeff Mlynski (
).
The coach should be prepared to provide a copy of his or her confirmation email.
Please note the review window is not an extension of declarations and is not an opportunity to
change student-athletes from scratched to declared or vice versa. It is solely an opportunity
to make sure there were no technical glitches that occurred in the processing of the data
from the DirectAthletics (declaration site) to the NCAA data specialist