Other Sports District Track Assignments & Qualifying Rules

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District track meets take place this week. The following posts will detail the district assignments and qualifying processes in each class.

CLASS A
Class A has four districts of eight schools each, for a total of 32 schools. Class A district meets will be held on Tuesday, May 13

Individual Running Events
The top four finishers in each 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 for a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Relays
The top three finishers in the relay races will qualify for the state meet, plus the next FOUR (4) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, for a maximum of 16 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The top four finishers in the long jump, triple jump, shot put and discus will qualify for the state meet, plus the next EIGHT (8) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. If the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The top four finishers in the pole vault and high jump will qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the automatic qualifying mark at the 2025 NSAA Class A District Meet. The automatic qualifying mark is determined by using the average height of 8th place at the State Meet for the past three years. In the pole vault, athletes must clear 9' 6" (boys) and 6' 6" (girls) in order to qualify for the state meet.

Pole Vault Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 13' 2"
GIRLS: 10' 2"

High Jump Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 6' 3"
GIRLS: 5' 2"

- 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 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

- Regardless of place would mean that in INDIVIDUAL RUNNING EVENTS with preliminaries and finals (100, 200, 100/110 hurdles), the next eight fastest times of the non-qualifiers may 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 final time was one of the next eight fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. In the individual running events that are "finals only" (400, 800, 1600, 3200, 300 Hurdles), 5th-12th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next eight fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

- In the event the Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) system would fail in any district in any running event, any individual running event would qualify the top 6 places and any relay event would qualify the top 4 places. This would pertain only to those events were the FAT failed. In the event of a tie for the last qualifying spot, none of those tied shall qualify in that event.

DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS

A-1 at Norfolk
Elkhorn South
Grand Island
Lincoln High
Lincoln Northeast
Lincoln Southeast
Norfolk
Omaha Burke
Omaha South

A-2 at Kearney
Columbus
Kearney
Lincoln North Star
Millard South
Millard West
Omaha Bryan
Omaha Buena Vista
Omaha Creighton Prep
Omaha Marian

A-3 at North Platte
Bellevue East
Bellevue West
Lincoln East
Millard North
North Platte
Omaha North
Omaha Westside
Papillion-LaVista

A-4 at Lincoln Northwest (Lincoln Southwest)
Fremont
Lincoln Southwest
Omaha Benson
Omaha Central
Omaha Northwest
Omaha Westview
Papillion-LaVista South
South Sioux City

 

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CLASS B

Class B has six districts of ten schools each, for a total of 60 schools. Class B district meets will take place on Tuesday, May 13.

Individual Running Events
The top three finishers in each 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 for a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Relays
The top two finishers in the relay races will qualify for the state meet, plus the next FOUR (4) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, for a maximum of 16 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The top three finishers in the long jump, triple jump, shot put and discus will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. If the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The top three finishers in the pole vault and high jump will qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the automatic qualifying mark at the 2025 NSAA Class B District Meet. The automatic qualifying mark is determined by using the average height of 8th place at the State Meet for the past three years. In the pole vault, athletes must clear 9' 6" (boys) and 6' 6" (girls) in order to qualify for the state meet.

Pole Vault Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 13' 6"
GIRLS: 10' 8"

High Jump Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 6' 1"
GIRLS: 5' 1"

- 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 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

- Regardless of place would mean that in INDIVIDUAL RUNNING EVENTS with preliminaries and finals (100, 200, 100/110 hurdles), the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers may 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 final time was one of the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. In the individual running events that are "finals only" (400, 800, 1600, 3200, 300 Hurdles), 4th-9th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

- In the event the Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) system would fail in any district in any running event, the backup manual times in that district will be converted to FAT (Manual Time rounded up to the next tenth of a second, plus .24 seconds added to = FAT). The converted time will be reported as the official time.

- In the event the FAT timing system would fail in any district in any running event, and backup manual times are not available, the top three finishers in the individual running events and the top two finishers in the relay events will qualify and the non-qualifiers will be required to re-run the race to establish a time for comparison.

DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS

B-1 at Waverly
Ashland-Greenwood
Auburn
Gretna
Gretna East
Lincoln Christian
Nebraska City
Omaha Gross
Platteview
Plattsmouth
Waverly

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

B-3 at Blair
Bennington
Blair
Columbus Lakeview
Columbus Scotus
Fort Calhoun
O'Neill
Pierce
Schuyler
Wayne
West Point-Beemer

B-4 at Crete
Beatrice
Crete
Fairbury
Lincoln Northwest
Lincoln Pius X
Lincoln Standing Bear
Milford
Norris
Raymond Central
Seward

B-5 at Aurora
Adams Central
Aurora
Broken Bow
Central City
Grand Island Northwest
Hastings
Holdrege
Lexington
Minden
York

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

 

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CLASS C

Class C has two districts of nine schools each and seven districts of 10 schools each, for a total of 88 schools. Class C district meets will take place on Thursday, May 15.

Individual Running Events
The top two finishers in each 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 for a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Relays
The winner in the relay races will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SEVEN (7) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, for a maximum of 16 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The top two finishers in the long jump, triple jump, shot put and discus will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. If the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The top two finishers in the pole vault and high jump will qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the automatic qualifying mark at the 2025 NSAA Class C District Meet. The automatic qualifying mark is determined by using the average height of 8th place at the State Meet for the past three years. In the pole vault, athletes must clear 9' 6" (boys) and 6' 6" (girls) in order to qualify for the state meet.

Pole Vault Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 12' 10"
GIRLS: 9' 10"

High Jump Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 6' 1"
GIRLS: 5' 2"

- Regardless of place would mean that in RELAY events at district meets, any relay team who finished 2nd-8th place in their district meet could qualify for the state meet if their time was one of the seven 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 seven fastest of the non-qualifiers

- Regardless of place would mean that in INDIVIDUAL RUNNING EVENTS with preliminaries and finals (100, 200, 100/110 hurdles), the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers may come from "Finals" competition only. This means in the events with preliminaries and finals, 3rd-8th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district final time was one of the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. In the individual running events that are "finals only" (400, 800, 1600, 3200, 300 Hurdles), 3rd-8th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

- In the event the Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) system would fail in any district in any running event, the backup manual times in that district will be converted to FAT (Manual Time rounded up to the next tenth of a second, plus .24 seconds added to = FAT). The converted time will be reported as the official time.

- In the event the FAT timing system would fail in any district in any running event, and backup manual times are not available, the top three finishers in the individual running events and the top two finishers in the relay events will qualify and the non-qualifiers will be required to re-run the race to establish a time for comparison.

DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS

C-1 at Johnson County Central
Conestoga
Cornerstone Christian
Elmwood-Murdock
Falls City
Johnson County Central
Johnson-Brock
Louisville
Nebraska City Lourdes
Palmyra
Syracuse

C-2 at Oakland-Craig
Arlington
Fremont Bergan
Guardian Angels Central Catholic
Logan View
North Bend
Oakland-Craig
Omaha Brownell-Talbot
Tekamah-Herman
Wahoo Neumann
Yutan

C-3 at Ponca
Hartington Cedar Catholic
Homer
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Omaha Nation
Pender
Ponca
Tri County Northeast
Wakefield
Winnebago
Wisner-Pilger

C-4 at Battle Creek
Atkinson West Holt
Battle Creek
Boyd County
Crofton
Elkhorn Valley
Lutheran High Northeast
Niobrara/Verdigre
Norfolk Catholic
Stanton
Summerland

C-5 at David City
Boone Central
Clarkson/Leigh
Cross County
David City
David City Aquinas
Humphrey/Lindsay
Madison
Newman Grove/St. Edward
Shelby/Rising City
Twin River

C-6 at Thayer Central
Centennial
Exeter-Milligan/Friend
Fillmore Central
Freeman
Lincoln Lutheran
Malcolm
Southern
Thayer Central
Tri County
Wilber-Clatonia

C-7 at Wood River
Centura
Doniphan-Trumbull
Grand Island Central Catholic
Hastings St. Cecilia
Heartland
Sandy Creek
St. Paul
Superior
Sutton
Wood River

C-8 at Kearney Catholic
Alma
Arcadia/Loup City
Gibbon
Hi-Line
Kearney Catholic
Ord
Ravenna
South Loup
Southern Valley

C-9 at Mitchell
Bridgeport
Gordon-Rushville
Hemingford
Hershey
Mitchell
Morrill
North Platte St. Patrick's
Perkins County
Valentine

 

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CLASS D

Class D has five districts of 12 schools each and four districts of 11 schools each, for a total of 104 schools. Class D district meets will take place on Wednesday, May 14.

Individual Running Events
The top two finishers in each 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 for a maximum of 24 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Relays
The winner in the relay races will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SEVEN (7) fastest times of the non-qualifiers, regardless of place in a finals event, for a maximum of 16 qualifiers. If there is a tie for the final qualifying spot of the non-qualifiers, the tie will be broken by comparing the times to the thousandths.

Field Events (Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus)
The top two finishers in the long jump, triple jump, shot put and discus will qualify for the state meet, plus the next SIX (6) best performances of the non-qualifiers across all districts. If the case of a tie for the last qualifying spot, all of those tied shall qualify.

Field Events (Pole Vault, High Jump)
The top two finishers in the pole vault and high jump will qualify for the state meet, plus all who equal or exceed the automatic qualifying mark at the 2025 NSAA Class D District Meet. The automatic qualifying mark is determined by using the average height of 8th place at the State Meet for the past three years. In the pole vault, athletes must clear 9' 6" (boys) and 6' 6" (girls) in order to qualify for the state meet.

Pole Vault Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 12' 4"
GIRLS: 9' 2"

High Jump Qualifying Mark
BOYS: 6' 0"
GIRLS: 4' 11"

- Regardless of place would mean that in RELAY events at district meets, any relay team who finished 2nd-8th place in their district meet could qualify for the state meet if their time was one of the seven 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 seven fastest of the non-qualifiers

- Regardless of place would mean that in INDIVIDUAL RUNNING EVENTS with preliminaries and finals (100, 200, 100/110 hurdles), the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers may come from "Finals" competition only. This means in the events with preliminaries and finals, 3rd-8th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district final time was one of the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted. In the individual running events that are "finals only" (400, 800, 1600, 3200, 300 Hurdles), 3rd-8th place could qualify for the state track meet if their district finals time was one of the next six fastest times of the non-qualifiers from all districts submitted.

- In the event the Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) system would fail in any district in any running event, the backup manual times in that district will be converted to FAT (Manual Time rounded up to the next tenth of a second, plus .24 seconds added to = FAT). The converted time will be reported as the official time.

- In the event the FAT timing system would fail in any district in any running event, and backup manual times are not available, the top three finishers in the individual running events and the top two finishers in the relay events will qualify and the non-qualifiers will be required to re-run the race to establish a time for comparison.

DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS

D-1 at Pawnee City
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley
Diller-Odell
Dorchester
Falls City Sacred Heart
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer
Lewiston
McCool Junction
Meridian
Parkview Christian
Pawnee City
Sterling
Weeping Water

D-2 at Osceola
Cedar Bluffs
East Butler
Fullerton
Hampton
High Plains
Mead
Nebraska Christian
Nebraska Lutheran
Omaha Christian
Osceola
Palmer
Riverside

D-3 at Humphrey
Archangels Catholic
Bancroft-Rosalie
Hartington-Newcastle
Howells-Dodge
Lyons-Decatur Northeast
Osmond
Randolph
Scribner-Snyder
Walthill
Wausa
Winside
Wynot

D-4 at Plainview
Ainsworth
Bloomfield
Chambers/Wheeler Central
Creighton
Elgin/Elgin Pope John
Neligh-Oakdale
North Central
O'Neill St. Mary's
Plainview
Santee
Stuart

D-5 at Burwell
Amherst
Ansley/Litchfield
Burwell
Central Valley
Elba
Elm Creek
Heartland Lutheran
Overton
Pleasanton
Shelton
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Twin Loup

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

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

D-8 at Sutherland
Anselmo-Merna
Arthur County
Brady
Cody-Kilgore
Hyannis
Maxwell
Mullen
Paxton
Sandhills Valley
Sandhills/Thedford
South Platte
Sutherland

D-9 at Bayard
Banner County
Bayard
Crawford
Creek Valley
Garden County
Hay Springs
Kimball
Leyton
Minatare
Potter-Dix
Sioux County