With the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships just completed within the last week, the track and field teams IMMEDIATELY switch to outdoor mode, with the 1st meet of the season (one of only two home meets this season - the Quiller Classic) scheduled for this Friday and Saturday.
Best wishes to the men's and women's teams - hope they all stay healthy, run faster, jump longer and/ or higher and throw farther throughout the season!
As with the other "individual" sports, I plan on us using this thread to collect / report the results for and news regarding the team during the regular season, and then setting up individual Championships threads once the post-season begins (starting with the Pac 12 Championships scheduled to begin May 14th in Eugene).
(Especially since they aren't listed yet in the schedule below, wanted to mention the NCAA Championships are scheduled to be held Wednesday, June 8th -Saturday, June 11, also in Eugene. Prior to those, of course, athletes (other than multi-eventers) need to qualify at the West preliminaries. Those are scheduled this year in the "western" state of (Fayetteville) Arkansas from May 25-28 .)
Full Schedule (From cubuffs.com; as of 3/14/22.)
(Note- I'd say compared to ANY other Buff sport, the track and field teams' schedules are the most fluid, with it being common for meets in which the Buffs plan to compete in being added and dropped from the schedule as the season unfolds.):
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(Note- I just largely copied the below about qualifying for NCAA preliminaries from what I wrote/ quoted in 2019's outdoor T&F thread, with the main changes being updating the links to season's best to the current year's results.)
2021/22 Pre-Championships Manual - https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/ch...oortf/2021-22D1XTO_PreChampionshipsManual.pdf
Edit- Wanted to add links to the official webpages where outdoor season bests are kept. This is important because, as from what I've read (see http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/ncaa-championship-qualifying-criteria#d1OTF or https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/road-to-the-championships for the full qualifying procedures.) -
For multi-events (National bests; since there are no multi-event marks yet as I type this in mid-March, the links are to the generic lists for all events for each gender as of now.) -
Men's Decathlon -
Women's Heptathlon - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3711/20...tdoor_Qualifying_List/2022/o?gender=f#event40
For other events (West region bests) -
Men's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3713/2022_NCAA_Div._I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2022/o?gender=m
Women's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3713/2022_NCAA_Div._I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2022/o?gender=f
Both genders events listed/ combined - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3713/2022_NCAA_Div._I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2022/o
(As I pasted this edit March 14th, 2022, the season is still very young as to athletes working towards their best marks, so it's often more helpful to look at LAST season's marks to get a ROUGH idea of what marks MIGHT be needed to qualify for regionals. 2021's marks for Western men can be found at https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3193/2021_NCAA_Division_I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2021/o?gender=m, while the women's is at https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3193/2021_NCAA_Division_I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2021/o?gender=f .)
Further note- The NCAA also allows a couple type of conversions be used to calculate the top marks-
Some Buff-centric information to which I often refer:
Performance lists :
This season - Not available as I type this.
Last season (2021) - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2021/12/7//2021_Outdoor_Track_Performance_List.pdf?id=23269
This past season's (2021-22) INDOOR marks - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/2/7//2022_Indoor_Track_Performance_List.pdf?id=23428
Record books (2 documents on the page, one for each gender. Is also broken out by indoor and outdoor seasons. Generally lists the top 10 athletes (only their best mark) for each event.) - https://cubuffs.com/sports/2004/2/11/track-field-records.aspx
Best wishes to the men's and women's teams - hope they all stay healthy, run faster, jump longer and/ or higher and throw farther throughout the season!
As with the other "individual" sports, I plan on us using this thread to collect / report the results for and news regarding the team during the regular season, and then setting up individual Championships threads once the post-season begins (starting with the Pac 12 Championships scheduled to begin May 14th in Eugene).
(Especially since they aren't listed yet in the schedule below, wanted to mention the NCAA Championships are scheduled to be held Wednesday, June 8th -Saturday, June 11, also in Eugene. Prior to those, of course, athletes (other than multi-eventers) need to qualify at the West preliminaries. Those are scheduled this year in the "western" state of (Fayetteville) Arkansas from May 25-28 .)
Full Schedule (From cubuffs.com; as of 3/14/22.)
(Note- I'd say compared to ANY other Buff sport, the track and field teams' schedules are the most fluid, with it being common for meets in which the Buffs plan to compete in being added and dropped from the schedule as the season unfolds.):
Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament |
March 18, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Jerry Quiller Classic | Boulder, Colo. | Jerry Quiller Classic |
March 19, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Jerry Quiller Classic | Boulder, Colo. | Jerry Quiller Classic |
March 23, 2022 (Wednesday) | All Day | Home | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | Texas Relays |
March 24, 2022 (Thursday) | All Day | Home | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | Texas Relays |
March 25, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | Texas Relays |
March 26, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | Texas Relays |
March 25, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | CSU-Pueblo Invite | Pueblo, Colo. | CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Invitational |
March 26, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | CSU-Pueblo Invite | Pueblo, Colo. | CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Invitational |
April 1, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Stanford Invitational | Stanford, Calif. | Stanford Invitational |
April 2, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Stanford Invitational | Stanford, Calif. | Stanford Invitational |
April 2, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | GCU Antelope Invitational | Phoenix, Ariz. | |
April 2, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Away | Fum McGraw | Fort Collins, Colo. | |
April 8, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | CU Invitational | Boulder, Colo. | Colorado Invitational (Outdoor) |
April 9, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | CU Invitational | Boulder, Colo. | Colorado Invitational (Outdoor) |
April 13, 2022 (Wednesday) | All Day | Home | Bryan Clay Invitational | Azusa, Calif. | Bryan Clay Invitational |
April 14, 2022 (Thursday) | All Day | Home | Bryan Clay Invitational | Azusa, Calif. | Bryan Clay Invitational |
April 15, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Bryan Clay Invitational | Azusa, Calif. | Bryan Clay Invitational |
April 13, 2022 (Wednesday) | All Day | Home | Mt Sac Relays | Walnut, Calif. | Mt. SAC Relays |
April 14, 2022 (Thursday) | All Day | Home | Mt Sac Relays | Walnut, Calif. | Mt. SAC Relays |
April 15, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Mt Sac Relays | Walnut, Calif. | Mt. SAC Relays |
April 16, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Mt Sac Relays | Walnut, Calif. | Mt. SAC Relays |
April 15, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Beach Invitational | Long Beach, Calif. | Beach Invitational |
April 16, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Beach Invitational | Long Beach, Calif. | Beach Invitational |
April 16, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Doug Max Invitational | Fort Collins, Colo. | |
April 22, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Jack Christiansen Invite | Fort Collins, Colo. | Jack Christianson Invitational |
April 23, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Jack Christiansen Invite | Fort Collins, Colo. | Jack Christianson Invitational |
April 30, 2022 (Saturday) | All Day | Home | Fresno State Invite | Fresno, Calif. | |
May 6, 2022 (Friday) | All Day | Home | Air Force Twilight | USAFA, Colo. | |
May 14, 2022 (Saturday) | TBD | Neutral | Pac-12 Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Ore. | Pac-12 Championships |
May 15, 2022 (Sunday) | TBD | Neutral | Pac-12 Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Ore. | Pac-12 Championships |
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(Note- I just largely copied the below about qualifying for NCAA preliminaries from what I wrote/ quoted in 2019's outdoor T&F thread, with the main changes being updating the links to season's best to the current year's results.)
2021/22 Pre-Championships Manual - https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/ch...oortf/2021-22D1XTO_PreChampionshipsManual.pdf
Edit- Wanted to add links to the official webpages where outdoor season bests are kept. This is important because, as from what I've read (see http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/ncaa-championship-qualifying-criteria#d1OTF or https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/road-to-the-championships for the full qualifying procedures.) -
- For multi-event athletes, the top 24 marks in the country by a designated date (usually right after conference championships complete for all the teams) for each gender get to go to the NCAA championships and
- For all other individual events, the top 48 marks, distances or heights in each preliminary region (west and east) by athletes who accept entry for each event by a designated date (usually right after conference championships complete for all the teams) get to go to the NCAA preliminaries to try and qualify for the championships.
- For the 4X100M and 4X400 meter relays, it's the Top 24 times who accept entry in each of the 2 regions that qualify for the preliminaries.
For multi-events (National bests; since there are no multi-event marks yet as I type this in mid-March, the links are to the generic lists for all events for each gender as of now.) -
Men's Decathlon -
Women's Heptathlon - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3711/20...tdoor_Qualifying_List/2022/o?gender=f#event40
For other events (West region bests) -
Men's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3713/2022_NCAA_Div._I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2022/o?gender=m
Women's - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3713/2022_NCAA_Div._I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2022/o?gender=f
Both genders events listed/ combined - https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3713/2022_NCAA_Div._I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2022/o
(As I pasted this edit March 14th, 2022, the season is still very young as to athletes working towards their best marks, so it's often more helpful to look at LAST season's marks to get a ROUGH idea of what marks MIGHT be needed to qualify for regionals. 2021's marks for Western men can be found at https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3193/2021_NCAA_Division_I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2021/o?gender=m, while the women's is at https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/3193/2021_NCAA_Division_I_West_Outdoor_Qualifying/2021/o?gender=f .)
Further note- The NCAA also allows a couple type of conversions be used to calculate the top marks-
- For a few distances on the track, marks in NCAA non-standard races are converted up or down to be used for qualifying purposes. (For example- times in mile races outdoor can be converted to 1500M times.) The conversion factors for this are at http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/NCAA_Track_Event_Conversions.pdf .
- Also, the NCAA has a SEPARATE APP (see http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/ncaa-championship-qualifying-criteria#d1OTF for the link) that converts all track times for events competed at altitude to official "sea level" times. (It's the converted times that show up in the above linked-to tfrrs.org top marks lists.) In general, middle distance (800M) and longer races run at altitude calculate to FASTER "sea level" times, while shorter races (400M and less) at altitude calculate to SLOWER times at sea level.
Some Buff-centric information to which I often refer:
Performance lists :
This season - Not available as I type this.
Last season (2021) - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2021/12/7//2021_Outdoor_Track_Performance_List.pdf?id=23269
This past season's (2021-22) INDOOR marks - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/2/7//2022_Indoor_Track_Performance_List.pdf?id=23428
Record books (2 documents on the page, one for each gender. Is also broken out by indoor and outdoor seasons. Generally lists the top 10 athletes (only their best mark) for each event.) - https://cubuffs.com/sports/2004/2/11/track-field-records.aspx
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