First things first, timing of declarations
March 4
Coaches must submit electronic declaration through DirectAthletics by 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 $400 per gendered program. There is no opportunity to submit
declaration forms after 4 p.m. Eastern. [Reference: Declaration Process in this manual.]
Challenge period ends at noon Eastern time. Challenges must be submitted by email to Sean
Laughlin () and Jeff Mlynski ().
A performance challenge must be filed within 72 hours after the results of the meet have been
posted or by the challenge deadline for the respective divisions, whichever is earlier. If there is a
change in the performance list due to updated meet results, a challenge may be filed within
72 hours of the posting of the update.
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.
Eastern time. To report a discrepancy, the coach will need to contact Jeff Mlynski (jmlynski@
ncaa.org). 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.
The final list of meet participants shall be available via the NCAA’s website, Membership,
Division I, Division I Championships Home, Winter Sports, Indoor Track & Field (M/W), by 10 p.m.
Eastern time.
Coaches must submit electronic declaration through DirectAthletics by 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 $400 per gendered program. There is no opportunity to submit
declaration forms after 4 p.m. Eastern. [Reference: Declaration Process in this manual.]
Challenge period ends at noon Eastern time. Challenges must be submitted by email to Sean
Laughlin () and Jeff Mlynski ().
A performance challenge must be filed within 72 hours after the results of the meet have been
posted or by the challenge deadline for the respective divisions, whichever is earlier. If there is a
change in the performance list due to updated meet results, a challenge may be filed within
72 hours of the posting of the update.
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.
Eastern time. To report a discrepancy, the coach will need to contact Jeff Mlynski (jmlynski@
ncaa.org). 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.
The final list of meet participants shall be available via the NCAA’s website, Membership,
Division I, Division I Championships Home, Winter Sports, Indoor Track & Field (M/W), by 10 p.m.
Eastern time.
March 11
Deadline for scratches
A useful site
NCAA site
