Track District Assignments, Schedule & State Qualifying Criteria

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It is district track week. Below are the district assignments and qualifying criteria for the state meets. Classes A and B will run districts on Tuesday, May 10; Classes C and D will be on Thursday, May 12.

All district host sites shall use Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) systems for district competition.

CLASS A

Date: Tuesday, May 10

- There will be four district meets.

State Qualifying Criteria

Individual Running Events
The winners of the first FOUR (4) places in each individual running event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next EIGHT (8) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event. There shall be a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place would mean in the individual running events with preliminaries and finals, the next 8 fastest times of the non-qualifiers would come from "finals" competition only. This means in the events with preliminaries and finals, 5th-8th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next 8 fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. In the individual running events that are run as "finals only," 5th-12th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next 8 fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

Relay Events
The winners of the first THREE (3) places in each relay event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next FOUR (4) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, with a maximum of 16 relay teams qualifying. If there is a tie for the last qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place would mean that in RELAY events at district meets, any relay team who finished 4th-7th place in their district meet could qualify for the state track meet if their time was one of the four fastest times of non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. It would not matter what place in their respective district they finished, but that the time was one of the four fastest of the non-qualifiers.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The first FOUR (4) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus the next EIGHT (8) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. In the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The first FOUR (4) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the additional qualifier mark at the 2022 NSAA Class A District Track Meet. The additional qualifier mark is determined by using the average height of the 8th place finish at the State Meet for the past three years. Athletes placing first, second, third or fourth must have cleared 9' 6" or higher to qualify in the boys pole vault and 6' 6" or higher in the girls pole vault.

Additional Automatic Qualifying Marks​

Boys Pole Vault: 13' 6"​

Girls Pole Vault: 10' 2"​

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Boys High Jump: 6' 3"​

Girls High Jump: 5' 1"​

In the event the FAT timing system would fail in any district in any running event, any individual running event would qualify the top six places and any relay event would qualify the top four places. This would pertain only to those events where the FAT failed. In the event of a tie for the last qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify in that event.

TIES
Individuals tied for the district's last state qualifying spot in races of 200 meters or less must compete for that qualifying spot in a run-off. Only the winner of the run-off will qualify for the state meet. In all other individual events those individuals tied in the district meet or in time comparisons for the state meet will not qualify unless the tied individuals ran in the same race, and one was picked ahead of the other.

In the field events, those tied for the last qualifying spot shall qualify if places cannot be determined by using tie-breaker rule for field events.

Relay teams tied for the fastest time will not qualify for the state meet. Ties in time comparison for the relay qualifiers will be broken by giving preference to the team(s) with the highest place in head-to-head competition. If the tie for qualifying still exists, those tied teams shall not qualify.

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A-1 at Kearney
Columbus
Fremont
Grand Island
Kearney
Millard West
Omaha South
Omaha Westside
Papillion-LaVista

A-2 at Gretna
Bellevue East
Gretna
Lincoln East
North Platte
Omaha Bryan
Omaha Burke
Omaha Central
Omaha North

A-3 at Millard South
Bellevue West
Elkhorn South
Lincoln High
Lincoln Pius X
Lincoln Southwest
Millard South
Omaha Northwest
Papillion-LaVista South

A-4 at Lincoln High
Lincoln North Star
Lincoln Northeast
Lincoln Southeast
Millard North
Norfolk
Omaha Benson
Omaha Creighton Prep
Omaha Marian

 

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CLASS B

Date: Tuesday, May 10

- There will be six district meets.

State Qualifying Criteria

Individual Running Events
The winners of the first THREE (3) places in each individual running event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event. There shall be a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place would mean in the individual running events with preliminaries and finals, the next 6 fastest times of the non-qualifiers would come from "finals" competition only. This means in the events with preliminaries and finals, 4th-8th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next 6 fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. In the individual running events that are run as "finals only," 4th-9th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next 6 fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

Relay Events
The winners of the first TWO (2) places in each relay event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next FOUR (4) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, with a maximum of 16 relay teams qualifying. If there is a tie for the last qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place would mean that in RELAY events at district meets, any relay team who finished 3rd-6th place in their district meet could qualify for the state track meet if their time was one of the four fastest times of non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. It would not matter what place in their respective district they finished, but that the time was one of the four fastest of the non-qualifiers.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The first THREE (3) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. In the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The first THREE (3) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the additional qualifier mark at the 2022 NSAA Class B District Track Meet. The additional qualifier mark is determined by using the average height of the 8th place finish at the State Meet for the past three years. Athletes placing first, second, or third must have cleared 9' 6" or higher to qualify in the boys pole vault and 6' 6" or higher in the girls pole vault.

Additional Automatic Qualifying Marks​

Boys Pole Vault: 13' 2"​

Girls Pole Vault: 9' 10"​

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Boys High Jump: 6' 3"​

Girls High Jump: 5' 1"​

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TIES
Individuals tied for the district's last state qualifying spot in races of 200 meters or less must compete for that qualifying spot in a run-off. Only the winner of the run-off will qualify for the state meet. In all other individual events those individuals tied in the district meet or in time comparisons for the state meet will not qualify unless the tied individuals ran in the same race, and one was picked ahead of the other.

In the field events, those tied for the last qualifying spot shall qualify if places cannot be determined by using tie-breaker rule for field events.

Relay teams tied for the fastest time will not qualify for the state meet. Ties in time comparison for the relay qualifiers will be broken by giving preference to the team(s) with the highest place in head-to-head competition. If the tie for qualifying still exists, those tied teams shall not qualify.

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B-1 at Platteview
Ashland-Greenwood
Auburn
Falls City
Nebraska City
Omaha Gross
Omaha Skutt
Platteview
Plattsmouth
Ralston
Syracuse

B-2 at Wahoo
Bennington
Boys Town
Douglas County West
Elkhorn
Elkhorn Mt. Michael
Elkhorn North
Fort Calhoun
Omaha Concordia
Omaha Mercy
Omaha Roncalli / Omaha Duchesne
Wahoo

B-3 at Waverly
Beatrice
Crete
Fairbury
Lincoln Christian
Milford
Norris
Raymond Central
Seward
Waverly
York

B-4 at Columbus Scotus
Arlington
Blair
Boone Central
Columbus Lakeview
Columbus Scotus
O'Neill
Pierce
Schuyler
South Sioux City
Wayne
West Point-Beemer

B-5 at Broken Bow
Adams Central
Aurora
Broken Bow
Central City
Grand Island Northwest
Hastings
Holdrege
Kearney Catholic
Minden
St. Paul

B-6 at Ogallala
Alliance
Chadron
Cozad
Gering
Gothenburg
Lexington
McCook
Ogallala
Scottsbluff
Sidney

 

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CLASS C

Date: Thursday, May 12

- There will be nine district meets.

State Qualifying Criteria

Individual Running Events
The winners of the first TWO (2) places in each individual running event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event. There shall be a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place is to mean that any competitor in an individual running event who finishes 3rd-8th in their respective district meet could qualify for the state meet if their time is one of the six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

Relay Events
The winners of the FIRST PLACE in each relay event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SEVEN (7) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, with a maximum of 16 relay teams qualifying. If there is a tie for the last qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place is to mean that any relay team who finishes 2nd-8th in their respective district meet could qualify for the state meet if their time is one of the seven fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The first TWO (2) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. In the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The first TWO (2) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the additional qualifier mark at the 2022 NSAA Class C District Track Meet. The additional qualifier mark is determined by using the average height of the 8th place finish at the State Meet for the past three years. Athletes placing first or second must have cleared 9' 6" or higher to qualify in the boys pole vault and 6' 6" or higher in the girls pole vault.

Additional Automatic Qualifying Marks​

Boys Pole Vault: 13' 3"​

Girls Pole Vault: 10' 0"​

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Boys High Jump: 6' 1"​

Girls High Jump: 5' 1"​

TIES
Individuals tied for the district's last state qualifying spot in races of 200 meters or less must compete for that qualifying spot in a run-off. Only the winner of the run-off will qualify for the state meet. In all other individual events those individuals tied in the district meet or in time comparisons for the state meet will not qualify unless the tied individuals ran in the same race, and one was picked ahead of the other.

In the field events, those tied for the last qualifying spot shall qualify if places cannot be determined by using tie-breaker rule for field events.

Relay teams tied for the fastest time will not qualify for the state meet. Ties in time comparison for the relay qualifiers will be broken by giving preference to the team(s) with the highest place in head-to-head competition. If the tie for qualifying still exists, those tied teams shall not qualify.

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C-1 at Malcolm
Centennial
Conestoga
Elmwood-Murdock
Freeman
Johnson County Central
Lincoln Lutheran
Malcolm
Nebraska City Lourdes
Palmyra
Parkview Christian

C-2 at David City Aquinas
Cornerstone Christian
David City
David City Aquinas
Fremont Bergan
Louisville
North Bend
Omaha Brownell-Talbot
Omaha Christian
Wahoo Neumann
Yutan

C-3 at Oakland-Craig
Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur
Clarkson/Leigh
Guardian Angels Central Catholic
Howells-Dodge
Logan View
Madison
Oakland-Craig
Stanton
Tekamah-Herman
Wisner-Pilger

C-4 at Hartington-Newcastle
Crofton
Hartington Cedar Catholic
Hartington-Newcastle
Homer
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Omaha Nation
Ponca
Tri County Northeast
Wakefield
Winnebago

C-5 at Atkinson West Holt
Ainsworth
Atkinson West Holt
Battle Creek
Elkhorn Valley
Lutheran High Northeast
Norfolk Catholic
North Central
Summerland
Valentine

C-6 at Centura
Arcadia/Loup City
Centura
Cross County
Grand Island Central Catholic
Heartland
Nebraska Christian
Ord
Ravenna
Shelby/Rising City
Twin River

C-7 at Superior
Doniphan-Trumbull
Fillmore Central
Hastings St. Cecilia
Sandy Creek
Southern
Superior
Sutton
Thayer Central
Tri County
Wilber-Clatonia

C-8 at Southern Valley
Alma
Amherst
Gibbon
Hershey
Hi-Line
Maxwell
South Loup
Southern Valley
Sutherland
Wood River

C-9 at Mitchell
Bayard
Bridgeport
Chase County
Gordon-Rushville
Hemingford
Kimball
Mitchell
Morrill
Perkins County

 

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CLASS D

Date: Thursday, May 12

- There will be nine district meets.

State Qualifying Criteria

Individual Running Events
The winners of the first TWO (2) places in each individual running event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event. There shall be a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place is to mean that any competitor in an individual running event who finishes 3rd-8th in their respective district meet could qualify for the state meet if their time is one of the six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

Relay Events
The winners of the FIRST PLACE in each relay event will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SEVEN (7) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, with a maximum of 16 relay teams qualifying. If there is a tie for the last qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify. Regardless of place is to mean that any relay team who finishes 2nd-8th in their respective district meet could qualify for the state meet if their time is one of the seven fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The first TWO (2) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. In the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The first TWO (2) places in each event shall qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the additional qualifier mark at the 2022 NSAA Class D District Track Meet. The additional qualifier mark is determined by using the average height of the 8th place finish at the State Meet for the past three years. Athletes placing first or second must have cleared 9' 6" or higher to qualify in the boys pole vault and 6' 6" or higher in the girls pole vault.

Additional Automatic Qualifying Marks​

Boys Pole Vault: 12' 8"​

Girls Pole Vault: 9' 0"​

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Boys High Jump: 6' 0"​

Girls High Jump: 4' 11"​

TIES
Individuals tied for the district's last state qualifying spot in races of 200 meters or less must compete for that qualifying spot in a run-off. Only the winner of the run-off will qualify for the state meet. In all other individual events those individuals tied in the district meet or in time comparisons for the state meet will not qualify unless the tied individuals ran in the same race, and one was picked ahead of the other.

In the field events, those tied for the last qualifying spot shall qualify if places cannot be determined by using tie-breaker rule for field events.

Relay teams tied for the fastest time will not qualify for the state meet. Ties in time comparison for the relay qualifiers will be broken by giving preference to the team(s) with the highest place in head-to-head competition. If the tie for qualifying still exists, those tied teams shall not qualify.

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D-1 at Pawnee City
Diller-Odell
Dorchester
Exeter-Milligan
Falls City Sacred Heart
Friend
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer
Johnson-Brock
Lewiston
Meridian
Pawnee City
Sterling

D-2 at Osceola
Cedar Bluffs
East Butler
Fullerton
Hampton
High Plains
McCool Junction
Mead
Nebraska Lutheran
Osceola
St. Edward
Weeping Water

D-3 at Humphrey
Bloomfield
Humphrey St. Francis
Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family
Osmond
Pender
Randolph
Scribner-Snyder
Walthill
Wausa
Winside
Wynot

D-4 at Plainview
Boyd County
Chambers/Wheeler Central
Cody-Kilgore
Creighton
Elgin/Elgin Pope John
Neligh-Oakdale
Niobrara/Verdigre
O'Neill St. Mary's
Plainview
Santee
Stuart

D-5 at Burwell
Burwell
Central Valley
Elba
Elm Creek
Giltner
Heartland Lutheran
Palmer
Pleasanton
Riverside
Shelton
Spalding Academy

D-6 at Sandy Creek
Axtell
Blue Hill
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley
Deshler
Franklin
Harvard
Kenesaw
Lawrence-Nelson
Red Cloud
Silver Lake
Wilcox-Hildreth

D-7 at Cambridge
Arapahoe
Bertrand
Cambridge
Dundy County-Stratton
Hitchcock County
Loomis
Maywood/Hayes Center
Medicine Valley
Southwest
Wallace
Wauneta-Palisade

D-8 at Broken Bow
Anselmo-Merna
Ansley/Litchfield
Brady
Mullen
North Platte St. Patrick's
Overton
Paxton
Sandhills Valley
Sandhills/Thedford
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Twin Loup

D-9 at Leyton
Arthur County
Banner County
Crawford
Creek Valley
Garden County
Hay Springs
Hyannis
Leyton
Minatare
Potter-Dix
Sioux County
South Platte

 

[abaxa5]

I hate how they still only have one meet to qualify for state track. Wish they would adopt the college way and have a mark that could be hit at any point in the year.

 

[4xAllConference]

I hate how they still only have one meet to qualify for state track. Wish they would adopt the college way and have a mark that could be hit at any point in the year.

I agree! Honestly would be really easy to implement. Have specific times/distances that would make you Auto Qualify (A Standard). Then have your Provisional (B Standard) qualifying mark. Take your best attempt throughout the season and the Auto's automatically qualify and the Provisionals will qualify as long as you are ranked in the top 16-24. Auto could be the last 4-6 year average of previous 6th place finishers, with the provisional being the average of 18-20th place (just an example) of the same previous years.

I know there's been a lot of discussion in the past about weather being an issue and really aiding a performance. More times than not though I guarantee you that athlete is still capable of performing at a high level. And if that's truly the case, weather already affects performances as is. Our state is big enough that the weather in all four corners can be drastically different than the rest of the state.
Other sports have done a great job in recent years of working to get the best teams to play for a state championship; for example football going with a statewide bracket for 11 man. Reseeding for the second round for 8 man. The format now being used for volleyball and basketball for district finals. Why is track so far behind in the changing?

 

[abaxa5]

I agree! Honestly would be really easy to implement. Have specific times/distances that would make you Auto Qualify (A Standard). Then have your Provisional (B Standard) qualifying mark. Take your best attempt throughout the season and the Auto's automatically qualify and the Provisionals will qualify as long as you are ranked in the top 16-24. Auto could be the last 4-6 year average of previous 6th place finishers, with the provisional being the average of 18-20th place (just an example) of the same previous years.

I know there's been a lot of discussion in the past about weather being an issue and really aiding a performance. More times than not though I guarantee you that athlete is still capable of performing at a high level. And if that's truly the case, weather already affects performances as is. Our state is big enough that the weather in all four corners can be drastically different than the rest of the state.
Other sports have done a great job in recent years of working to get the best teams to play for a state championship; for example football going with a statewide bracket for 11 man. Reseeding for the second round for 8 man. The format now being used for volleyball and basketball for district finals. Why is track so far behind in the changing?

And I'm sure 99% of the coaches if not all would be up for this change as well. Like you said weather can play a huge factor and is totally out of an athletes control. You could have 80 degrees and sunny conditions in one part of the state and 40 degrees and rainy in another. I ran track at Doane and my junior year we had only one meet all year where it below 90 degrees so as a long jumper and sprinter I loved that. It was 105 out for our conference meet at Wesleyan the first Saturday of May. Senior year it was completely opposite, one meet where it was above 60 and conference meet at Concordia the first week of May it was 30 and sleeting.

 

[bonemeal]

I hate how they still only have one meet to qualify for state track. Wish they would adopt the college way and have a mark that could be hit at any point in the year.

South Dakota does it like colleges with the provisional mark thing.

I feel a little sorry for class C and D districts being tomorrow as it's supposed to be in the 90s, but pretty windy with 40-50 mph wind gusts. Too bad all their districts can't just be moved to Friday as it's looks to be a perfect day for a meet.

 

[abaxa5]

South Dakota does it like colleges with the provisional mark thing.

I feel a little sorry for class C and D districts being tomorrow as it's supposed to be in the 90s, but pretty windy with 40-50 mph wind gusts. Too bad all their districts can't just be moved to Friday as it's looks to be a perfect day for a meet.

That'll be a good day for the 100 and 100 & 110 hurdles races and most of the 200 but everything else will be brutal fighting that much wind, and that's if it's basically a straight north or south wind.

 

[STC2010]

I agree! Honestly would be really easy to implement. Have specific times/distances that would make you Auto Qualify (A Standard). Then have your Provisional (B Standard) qualifying mark. Take your best attempt throughout the season and the Auto's automatically qualify and the Provisionals will qualify as long as you are ranked in the top 16-24. Auto could be the last 4-6 year average of previous 6th place finishers, with the provisional being the average of 18-20th place (just an example) of the same previous years.

I know there's been a lot of discussion in the past about weather being an issue and really aiding a performance. More times than not though I guarantee you that athlete is still capable of performing at a high level. And if that's truly the case, weather already affects performances as is. Our state is big enough that the weather in all four corners can be drastically different than the rest of the state.
Other sports have done a great job in recent years of working to get the best teams to play for a state championship; for example football going with a statewide bracket for 11 man. Reseeding for the second round for 8 man. The format now being used for volleyball and basketball for district finals. Why is track so far behind in the changing?

I am working on a proposal along these exact lines that will be submitted at least for Class C in next year’s legislative process. I brought it up on a Class C AD’s meeting last year and most seemed pretty open to it. Coaches I’ve spoken with are also open to at least having the conversation officially, knowing it might have to go through some revisions before it gets passed.

 

[abaxa5]

I am working on a proposal along these exact lines that will be submitted at least for Class C in next year’s legislative process. I brought it up on a Class C AD’s meeting last year and most seemed pretty open to it. Coaches I’ve spoken with are also open to at least having the conversation officially, knowing it might have to go through some revisions before it gets passed.

I was trying to find how the NAIA comes up with their qualifying standards but I couldn't find that anywhere

 

[Llama57]

I am working on a proposal along these exact lines that will be submitted at least for Class C in next year’s legislative process. I brought it up on a Class C AD’s meeting last year and most seemed pretty open to it. Coaches I’ve spoken with are also open to at least having the conversation officially, knowing it might have to go through some revisions before it gets passed.

I would assume that only meets with FAT would count, correct?

 

[Alum-Ni]

I would assume that only meets with FAT would count, correct?

And I would also ask, how would you handle wind for the sprints and horizontal jumps? I would assume a wind measurement would be required and a threshhold not exceeded for a qualifying mark to be considered.