In High school I can do 3 running events and 2 field. And that's the limit. In college can you run as many as you want? Yes I know there is prelims for everything but theoretically could you?
In High school I can do 3 running events and 2 field. And that's the limit. In college can you run as many as you want? Yes I know there is prelims for everything but theoretically could you?
The most number of individual events done by one person I've seen was four (2 running, 2 field), however I have seen more people do three individual and one relay.
Last year in my run up to a decathlon, I did seven events in one meet. I think it was 2 track,5 field,1 relay. I've never heard of limits in college
T.L. the stallion wrote:
In High school I can do 3 running events and 2 field. And that's the limit. In college can you run as many as you want? Yes I know there is prelims for everything but theoretically could you?
That limit is probably imposed by your state athletic association. It isn't a "HS" rule, it is "Whatever state I'm from" rule.
i've done 5 but i wouldn't recommend it.
HS rules vary from state to state. When I was in HS it was 4 events total (individual, field, relay combined). Mostly these rules are in place to prevent overzealous HS coaches from hurting physically immature athletes. There are no limits in College
There are no specific limits in college, just practical ones. I once pole vaulted, then got talked into doing an entire heptathlon in one day. It was pretty fun :)
If you go to a small college that has home meets, and you're not super good at anything, you might be able to talk your coach into letting you try a lot of different events, but generally you're not going to want to unless you just really enjoy making a fool out of yourself.
Multi-tasker wrote:
Last year in my run up to a decathlon, I did seven events in one meet. I think it was 2 track,5 field,1 relay.
And did you end up doing 11 events in that decathlon?
In any case: under NCAA rules, there's no limit to the number of events you can do in a meet, but (in general) if you miss an event for which you've been declared, you're out of the rest of the meet, including relay duty.