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.
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
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"
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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