Athlete Info

Table of Contents

• Awards and Prize Money
• Credentialing & Packet Pick-Up
• Criteria for a Legal Meet
• Qualifying Standards

Awards & Prize Money

Awards

A Gold Medal, emblematic of the Championships of the United States of America, will be given to the winner of each Championship event, a Silver Medal to second place, and Bronze Medals to both third and fourth places.

Prize Money

For the 2017 USATF Indoor Championships, USATF will pay prize money to the first through fifth place finishers in each Championship event. The prize structure is as follows:

1st - $6,000
2nd - $4,000
3rd - $2,500
4th - $1,500
5^th - $1,000

Notes

• Athletes are eligible to receive prize money in more than one event.

• Athletes who are eligible to receive prize money will receive their checks via mail (U.S. Postal Service) approximately 2 weeks from the last day of competition (pending proper forms are completed and submitted for processing), of the 2017 USATF Indoor Championships.

• Athletes who are eligible to receive prize money for this event are required to complete the following IRS W-9 form :IRS Form W-9: Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (PDF, via IRS.gov).  When submitting W-9’s via fax (fax number:317-261-0514) attach a cover page with the following information:

  • Attention: Sariyu "Beka" Suggs

  • Event: 2017 USATF Indoor Championships

• Please make sure your mailing address is up-to-date with USATF. Payments will be processed via the address provided on the completed IRS W-9 forms on file for that payment year.

Athletes with remaining collegiate eligibility please check with your university compliance department to see if you are eligible to receive this prize money according to NCAA rules.

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Credentialing & Packet Pick-Up

Packet Pick-Up (Athlete Information Booklet)/Credentialing

Athlete packet pick-up and credential pick-up (athlete-A, coach-RC, support persons-WP/SP) will take place based on the following schedule:

Location: 
Albuquerque Convention Center (Hall 4)

Dates/Times:     
Thursday, March 2: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (revised)
Friday, March 3: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 4: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 5: 10:00am – 1:00pm
 
Click here for Credentials and Guest Passes information.

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Meet Criteria

Criteria for a Meet/Event to be acceptable for qualifying for USATF Indoor National Championships

In order for a mark(s) from a meet or single event to be accepted for qualifying for the USATF Indoor Championships AND for USATF to be able to verify to the IAAF and various track & field ranking agencies the validity of the mark(s) for IAAF World Championships qualifying purposes, the following criteria apply:

1. The meet/event must appear on an organizations’ previously published calendar of events.*
2. The meet/event must be sanctioned in advance by USATF or the National Governing Body of another nation. And while not sanctioned by USATF, higher level collegiate and high school meets - such as a high school or college invitational, championships, relay carnivals, etc. – will be recognized as valid meets for qualifying.
3. The meet/event must be held on a legal facility per USATF and/or IAAF rules & regulations.
4. USATF certified or recognized officials must officiate the meet/event.
5. In the 60 meters, 60 meter hurdles, 300 meters and 600 meters, only marks made using FAT (full automatic timing to the hundredth of a second [.01]) will be accepted for QUALIFYING PURPOSES.
6. In throwing events, all implements must be officially measured and certified according to USATF and/or IAAF rules.
7. At least five (5) competitors of the same gender must participate in each event. Also, the five competitors must be open athletes, and not a mixture of masters and/or youth competitors in Youth or Masters event.
8. Trials & finals, qualifying and finals, rounds in running events, etc. should be run according to USATF and/or IAAF rules & regulations. Duplicate events on the same day, unless they follow the World/Olympic same-day qualifying &finals format, will not be acceptable for qualifying purposes.
9. Meet results, including all field event recording sheet(s) and throwing implement verifications sheets, may be requested- and are to be sent/faxed (317-261-0514) to the USATF National Office, attn: Duffy Mahoney, if verification is needed.
10. Meet results should always be faxed or e-mailed to: USATF at [stats@usatf.org] and T&F News at [stats@trackandfieldnews.com].

*Meets that are last-chance in nature, or not on an organization’s calendar of events, must be reported to USATF at [duffy.mahoney@usatf.org] or (317-713-4673) not later than three full weeks from the first day/date of competition of those Championships. Doing so will permit the USATF staff member, as designated by the Sports Committee Chairs, to review the proposed meet/event. If the meet/event were to be approved, this would allow for sufficient time to disseminate meet information to as many interested competitors as possible. Failure to adhere to this protocol will likely result in the performance(s) being disallowed for qualifying purposes.

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Qualifying Standards

2018 Indoor - Qualifying Standards

ACCEPTED  Dec. 3, 2017                    

Qualifying Guidelines for Senior Championships:

1. All qualifying performances must be made on an indoor track. There are no allowances for altitude, nor for indoor facilities of differing size, banking or other configuration.
2. Qualifying marks must be made in accordance with USATF Rule 149 and verifiable in one of the following:
   1. USATF or IAAF sanctioned events which prescribe to or exceed USATF competition rules, or
   2. Events at college meets which prescribe to or exceed USATF competition rules, or
   3. High school meets, but not dual or triangular meets, which prescribe to or exceed USATF competition rules, or
   4. Meets or events which meet a minimum for competitiveness as set by the Chair of the Sport Committee and determined to be valid by the USATF National Office staff member responsible for verification.
3. This is an annual USATF National Championship which requires qualification within a specific time period. Qualifying marks must be attained on or after Saturday, November 11, 2017 through Sunday, February 11, 2018, except for the Men’s Heptathlon and Women’s Pentathlon as stated below.
   1. Qualifying marks for the men’s Heptathlon and women’s Pentathlon may be obtained on or after must be attained on or after January 5, 2017 through February 11, 2018.
4. Fully Automatic Timing (F.A.T.) is the only method of timing acceptable for qualifying marks for events listed with an asterisk (*). Times submitted in hundredths of a second must be fully automatic times.
5. A manual time may be used for qualifying in events without an asterisk only if no fully automatic qualifying time exists for the individual in that event during the qualifying period. A manual time may not supersede any fully automatic qualifying time for an event.
   1. Women - Qualifying manual times, for eligible events, are the F.A.T. qualifying time without the last zero for events 200m and longer; the F.A.T. time minus 0.14 for events 400m - 1 Mile.
   2. Men - Qualifying manual times, for eligible events, not already listed, are always the F.A.T. qualifying time without the last zero.
   3. Manual times will be converted for seeding purposes using USATF Rule 166.
6. All performances are subject to verification by USATF National Office representative and/or USATF statistician/ marks verifier. For information on what constitutes an acceptable meet for qualifying purposes, refer to the Criteria for a Legal Meet or email duffy.mahoney@usatf.org at the USATF National Office.
7. All eligible entrants who have a verified mark that meets the posted standard are qualified, regardless of the listed field size. If there is an insufficient number of athletes entered who have met the qualifying standard for that event, the Sport Committee will go down the list of unqualified, entered, and declared athletes only as deep as is needed to fill the field to the listed size. Ties will not be broken.
8. In order for an athlete to be accepted for entry into the 2018 USATF Indoor Championships, he/she must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to represent the United States in all levels of international competition.
9. Athletes who have earned Automatic Qualification into the meet under USATF Rule 8 must follow all entry procedures and declarations procedures, and will be counted in that event’s field sizes by the seeding committee.

Note:

1. The Sport Committee Chair may adjust the standards, where necessary, no later than forty-five days prior to the competition, based on received entries at that time. Therefore, early submission of an entry close to the standard is advised.