(1)
No more than three (3) meets may be scheduled per week for both indoor and outdoor.
(2)
A student-athlete is limited to one meet per day, maximum of four events per meet. Any con
testant who enters an event must participate.
(3)
If a track team participates in separate events on the same day, each meet will count towards
the daily and weekly limitations for the student-athlete and team.
(g)
Registering Meets and Meet Results - Regular season meets and results (indoors and outdoors) must
be registered on nc.milesplit.com.
(1)
Full meet results must be entered within 48 hours of the completion of the meet (both Indoor
and Outdoor).
(2)
All meet results must be completed on a platform that is compatible to MileSplit
(3)
All hand-held times must be rounded up to the nearest tenth of a second.
(h)
Conversion Note - Do not convert times before submitting regional and state meet entries, indoor or
outdoor, on nc.milesplit.com.
(i)
Unattached and Unaffiliated Athletes - [See Rule 2.2.13].
(j)
Contestants - When running “unattached”, athletes are not permitted to represent the school or wear
school-issued uniforms. Those results may not be used for NCHSAA qualifying standards. [See Rule
1.2.14]
(k)
Filming, Videotaping or Video Streaming - [See Rule 2.2.17].
(l)
Officials - Track officials may register with the NCHSAA, as do officials in certain other sports. The
NCHSAA encourages each school to have at least one certified track official. Certification can be ob
tained at the NCCA clinic in July. In order to host a regional, a school must have at least one NFHS/
NCHSAA certified official on staff [See Rule 3.4.1(a)(9)].
4.12.2 Regionals
(a)
Dates and Sites - There is no regional competition in indoor track. Regional competition for outdoor
track will be held on May 8 or May 9.
(b)
Regional Site Determination -
(1)
Indoor Track - There will be no regional championships in Indoor Track and Field. There will
be seven state championships (1A/2A Combined). Top marks will qualify for the state cham-
pionship meets.
(i.)
For track events, all times must be submitted as Fully Automatic Time (FAT). Hand
held times will not be considered.
(ii.)
Coaches must enter athletes (3 per school, per event) into the meet by the set dead-
line.
(iii.)
After entries are submitted, the meet director will review the entries and the top
entries in each event will be accepted into the meet. The number of entries will be as
follows:
(A.)
The top twelve (12) entries in relay events
(B.)
The top sixteen (16) entries in individual events
(C.)
In the event of ties among submitted entries, those athletes will be allowed
to compete as long as the total number does not exceed 16. Should there be
17 or more due to ties, the tied athletes will not be admitted, leaving fewer
than 12 participants.
(iv.)
Late entries and scratches must be submitted to the NCHSAA and must be in by
11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 6th.
(v.)
After the scratch/declaration deadline, the list of entries will be adjusted to show
the final accepted entries.
(2)
Outdoor Track and Field
(i.)
In the 1A-7A Classfications there will be three Regional Championships (East, Cen-
tral and West).
(A.)
The top 16 entries in each event will be accepted to the regional champion-
ships. All times and marks must be verified through Milesplit results and all
times must be FAT.
(B.)
The top four (4) finishers in each event at each regional will advance to the
state championship. The next four (4) fastest times or marks across all three
regions on the day of regional competition will also advance to the state
championship.
(ii.)
In the 8A Classification there will be two Regional Championships (East and West)
(A.)
The top 16 entries in each event will be accepted to the regional champion-
ships. All times and marks must be verified through Milesplit results and all
times must be FAT.
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