USIAA Track & Field Rules:
Scholarship and Roster Rules:
- All programs can only have a max of 40 players during the regular season; this limit is lifted to 150 total players for preseason tryouts only.
- All programs can choose whether to allow athletic scholarships or not; start-up programs are given a max of 5 years to decide whether or not to provide athletic scholarships to players.
- All D1 scholarship programs can only have a max of 12 total scholarships, and a max of 6 full scholarship players.
- All D2 scholarship programs can only have a max of 8.6 total scholarships, and a max of 4 full scholarship players.
- All D3 scholarship programs can only have a max of 8 total scholarship players.
- All D4 scholarship programs can only have a max of 13.3 total scholarships, and a max of 6 full scholarship players.
- All programs can only have a max of 20 players on the active roster for all regular season events.
- Dual Meets:
a) 4 points for a win.
b) 2 points for a draw.
c) 0 points for a loss.
d) 1 "bonus" point for losing by 7 points or less. - Invitationals:
a) 5 points for 1st place.
b) 4 points for 2nd place.
c) 3 points for 3rd place.
d) 2 points for 4th place.
e) 1 point for 5th place.
f) 0 points for 6th place or worse.
- All programs will play a 5-invitational indoor season (may only host 1) beginning on the second Saturday of January and ending on the first Saturday of March with the national championships
- All D1 programs play a 9-invitational outdoor season (may only host 1) beginning on the second Saturday of March and ending on third Saturday of May.
- All D2 programs play a 8-invitational outdoor season (may only host 1) beginning on the second Saturday of March and ending on third Saturday of May.
- All D3 & D4 programs play a 7-invitational outdoor season (may only host 1) beginning on the second Saturday of March and ending on third Saturday of May.
- Scores are determined by summing the top 7 individual finishing places on each team.
- The USIAA Championship is a individual championship beginning on the second week after the regular season ends; the top 16 athletes from each event in each region will compete in the regionals.
Winter (Indoor) Events:
Sprint Events:
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Spring (Outdoor) Events:
Sprinting Events:
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