USTFCCCA News & Notes
2015 DI Postseason Memo
Division I SIDs:
See below for information, reminders, and a timetable regarding the outdoor track & field postseason. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions!
TrackTown LIVE from the NCAA Championships
The USTFCCCA is once again partnering with TrackTown USA to produce TrackTown LIVE from the NCAA Championships. Two pre-meet, 90-minute live webcasts will feature interviews with coaches, athletes, and special guests from Historic Hayward Field. The event will be available on TrackTown USA’s YouTube Channel and will simulcast online by the USTFCCCA. More details to come in the following weeks.
We will make contact with some of you in the coming days regarding the possible availablity of your student-athletes and coaches. The event will go live on Monday, June 8 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., pacific, and on Tuesday, June 9 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., pacific.
In addition, we are reaching out to air video features that you or your departments produced this season as part of the broadcast. Please contact us if you have something that has been produced or will be produced by June 3rd and we can talk upload/transfer options.
Here are links to last year’s broadcasts: Day 1 | Day 2
Resources
National Championships Central
NEW! Comprehensive Championships History
All-time bests in preliminary rounds. The NCAA does not keep officially keep records or bests from the preliminary rounds in their records books. In addition, even though they are “first rounds” of the national championships, the NCAA also does not consider marks from the preliminary rounds as meet records for the overall national championships. West Prelim All-Time Bests | East Prelim All-Time Bests
Format changes for 2015. In addition to the scheduling-format change for the final rounds there are a few other technical changes that have occured for the 2015 championships. In the preliminary round field events, only three attempts will be taken. In previous years, the top-16 after flights would advance to a round with three additional attempts — not so this year. Also, at the final site, the long jump, triple jump, and shot put flights will be contested simultantiously.
National Championships Calendar
from the Pre-Championships Manual
Thursday, May 21:
NCAA announces those accepted to compete in preliminary rounds as well as those accepted for the decathlon and heptathlon for the final site in Eugene by 1 p.m., eastern.
Sunday, May 24:
Coaches deadline for medical scratches is 5 p.m., eastern.
Monday, May 25:
Deadline for replacements due to medical scratches. No one added to the preliminaries after 8 p.m., eastern.
Tuesday, May 26:
Start lists posted for preliminary rounds by 2 p.m., eastern.
May 28-30:
Preliminary rounds — Austin, Texas (west) and Jacksonville, Fla. (east). The NCAA Technical Manual explains the round-by-round advancement procedures.
Sunday, May 31:
NCAA posts qualifiers from preliminary rounds for review by 5 p.m., eastern.
Monday, June 8:
Start lists for the final site posted
June 10-13:
NCAA final rounds, Eugene
USTFCCCA Awards Calendar
Sunday, May 31:
Nominations for regional athlete and coaches of the year open at 8 a.m., central.
Tuesday, June 2:
Nominations close for regional athlete and coaches of the year, NOON, central.
Tuesday, June 2:
Nominations close for Excellence in Communications Award, 11:59 p.m., central.
Wednesday, June 3:
Coaches voting takes place for regional awards
Monday, June 8:
Latest release date of region award winners
Tuesday, June 9:
Division I Excellence in Communications Award announced
June 15-16:
Coaches vote on national award winners (ballots are updated by USTFCCCA National Office)
June 15-19:
Division I All-Americans, Program of the Year, and national awards are announced
Monday, June 22:
The Bowerman men’s semifinalists announced
Tuesday, June 23:
The Bowerman women’s semifinalists announced
Wednesday, July 8:
Men’s finalists for The Bowerman announced
Thursday, July 9:
Women’s finalists for The Bowerman announced
Monday, July 27: The Bowerman fan and paper voting begins (through August 11)
Thu., December 17: The Bowerman winners announced at USTFCCCA Convention (San Antonio, Texas)