Conference qualifying standards

The WIAC (DIII) has standards. You must be in the top 24 on the honor roll. Then each team is only allowed to enter six athletes per event (as long as those six are in the top 24). Each team is allowed 4 wild card runners, who can be entered into an event even if they aren't in the top 24. Each team is also allowed to enter a relay team. So, unless your team is going to use a wild card on you, you better be in the top 24 in the conference. And in the 3k and 5k you have to be in the top 12 entered to be in the fast heat.

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go to honor rolls and then WIAC, still one more weekend till conference. WIAC is a pretty good DIII conference.

the big east has qualifying standards:

http://www.bigeast.org/sports/itrack/Standards.asp

http://www.bigeast.org/sports/otrack/releases/standards.asp

and the ic4a/ecac, while not pure "conference" meets, have standards too.

just took a look at the big sky standards - in some events it is pretty tough - mile 4:09 while the big east is 4:19, 3k is 10 sec. faster than the big east too.

odd, because no one thinks of the big sky as a powerhouse track conference, yet the big east with 'nova, nd, gtown, and providence have some great distance runners.

The Big East has a 400m, 500m, 800m, mile, 3k, 5k, DMR, and a 4x800m indoors. SO the talent gets spread pretty thin....probably one reason for the softer standards in the Big East

The Mountain West Conference has no qualifying standards indoor or out