Out of the 24 qualifying athletes from each region how are the 3 heats determined? 1-2-3/09-11-12/19-20-21 and so on??? Or another way? Wondering.
Out of the 24 qualifying athletes from each region how are the 3 heats determined? 1-2-3/09-11-12/19-20-21 and so on??? Or another way? Wondering.
The 3 heats are seeded and lanes are assigned based on your performance in the quarter-finals that took place at Texas and NC A&T
4. Competition Format for Final Championship Meet.
a. The Final Championship Meet will be conducted as a four-day event, with the women’s and men’s events
alternating throughout the schedule.
b. The order of events shall be based on Rule 4-4.4. Exceptions for unusual conditions, facility constraints and
other concerns, such as broadcast coverage, will be considered. The actual time schedule for the competition
will be established by the track and field committee, and published in the Championship Handbook.
c. Any questions of issues related to rules or procedures not covered in this manual concerning the competition
should be referred to the rules book and the referee.
5. Preferred Lanes.
a. In all rounds at the Final Championship Meet the lanes will be assigned as prescribed in Rule 5-11.4, using
the place and time performances from the applicable first or second round of the event held at the
Preliminary Championship sites.
b. In the 100-meters, 100-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles, the preferred lane order will be: 5, 4, 6, 3, 7, 2,
8, 1. In the 200-meters, 400-meters, 400-meter hurdles, 800-meters, 400-meter relay and 1600-meter relay
the preferred lane order will be: 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, 2, 8, 1.
c. In all rounds for running events that do not start in lanes, assignment to starting line position will be random.
6. Heats, Flights, Procedures.
The provisions and procedures prescribed in Rule 5 and Rule 6 shall be followed regarding the formation,
grouping, competition order, cancellation or redrawing of heats or flights, vertical jump increments and
advancement between rounds in the Final Championship Meet, based on performances in the previous round,
including those from the Preliminary Round competition sites. The track and field committee retains its
authority to set the competition procedures granted in the Rules. Distribution of competition procedures for the
Final Championship Meet, differing from those printed herein, will be made no later than packet pick-up for the
Preliminary Round of the Championship.
a. 100-Meters, 100-Meter Hurdles, 110-Meter Hurdles, 200-Meters, 400-Meters, 400-Meter Hurdles,
800-Meters, 400-Meter Relay and 1600-Meter Relay.
(1) Two rounds will be contested, a semi-final and a final. The semi-final will consist of three heats. Eight,
the top two from each heat plus the next best two times, after tie breaking, will qualify from the semi-final
to the final. When nine lanes are available at the facility, nine, the top two from each semi-final heat plus
the next best three times, after tie breaking, will qualify from the semi-final to the final.
(2) Lanes one through eight will be used in the semi-final round. Lanes one through nine will be used in the
final whenever available.
b. 1,500-Meters and 3,000-Meter Steeplechase.
(1) Two rounds will be contested, a semi-final and a final. The semi-final will consist of two heats. Twelve,
the top five from each heat plus the next best two times, after tie breaking, will qualify from the semifinal
to the final.
(2) A single waterfall start will be used.
c. 5,000-Meters and 10,000-Meters.
(1) One round, a final, will be contested.
(2) A double waterfall start shall be used, with two-thirds of the full field at the main waterfall across the
entire width of the track and the remainder on the staggered waterfall. A competitor assigned to the
staggered waterfall may start in a second row behind the main waterfall start.
d. Shot Put, Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Long Jump and Triple Jump.
(1) A preliminary and final round of attempts on a single facility will be contested. The flight assignment to
one of the two flights, equal in number, will be determined by random draw. Each competitor will be
allowed three attempts in the preliminary round. The nine best marks, after tie breaking, will advance to
the final round in one flight and compete in reverse order of performance in the preliminary round.
Scoring is determined per Rule 6-2.5, by all marks during this preliminary and final round in the
competition.
(2) The throwing/jumping order within each flight will be determined by a random draw.
(3) Each flight will be allowed a thirty-minute flight-specific warm-up. There is no general warm-up period.
A maximum twenty minute warm-up period will be allowed before the final round.
e. High Jump and the Pole Vault.
(1) A single jumping or vaulting pit, with one flight, will be used. The competing order within each event
will be determined by a random draw. The flight will receive a sixty minute warm-up period.
(2) A continuous flight of five (‘five alive’) will be used until there are fewer than nine competitors at a given
height. See Rule 6-4.3. The ‘one-hour’ time limit indicated in Rule 6-1.11 will be in effect.
(3) Starting heights and increments shall be set by the games committee after the qualifiers from the
Preliminary Round of Championship competition have been determined.
http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/ncaa-info/2010_TECH_MAN_FINAL.pdf