Outdoor Track Championship Entry Information

Following some confusion at the CIAC Indoor Track & Field State Open the CIAC Track & Field Committee wanted to clarify the rule prior to the Outdoor Championships. The same procedure for relay teams that was used for indoor track will be in effect for outdoor track teams as well. Please refer to the outdoor track packet for clarification which can be found by clicking here: Tournament Packet

ALERT – THIS IS NOT A RULE CHANGE AND WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP:

Any athlete who competes in three (3) events at any of the class meets cannot enter any other event at the Open Championship Meet

. • A coach may not scratch an athlete and assign that athlete to a relay if he/she ran three (3) events (even if he/she did not qualify to advance in one) in the class championship and is also listed as an alternate on a relay.
• Athletes who are listed as alternates, may run only if they ran two (2) events or less at the class meet. They too are limited to three (3) events.
• Class championship meets and the State Open championship for purposes of understanding are really one meet.

Advancing to the Open is predicated on performance at the class meet. No athlete who competes in three (3) events at a class meet may change to an event in the Open.

Note New Rules: Any contestant on the tournament roster may not be entered in more than three (3) events excluding relays. A competitor shall not compete in more than three (3) events including relays. A contestant becomes a competitor when he/she reports to the clerk of course.

For information purposes, the old rule is listed below:

For all relays, coaches must list four runners and may list up to four alternates along with those runners from the tournament roster. Relay teams report with signed declaration sheets when called to the clerk of course. Any coach who changes a contestant on a relay for the State Open must report to the clerk of course to attest to the alternate runner’s eligibility. Changes in original order are allowed. “Any competitor who participates in three events at the class meet is ineligible to compete in any other event at the State Open Meet.” (Old rule)