Qualifying Information

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

1. You must be a 2026 USATF member to enter the USATF Indoor Combined Events National Championships. If you do not have a 2026 membership, please complete a membership application first before attempting to enter the Championships.
2. You must be a U.S. citizen and meet the eligibility requirements found in USATF Rule 1.1(a).
3. Athletes may qualify for the 2026 USATF Indoor Combined Events Championships with marks from Indoor or Outdoor competitions.
4. All entry performances must be legal marks that have been achieved at a USATF-sanctioned meet or at a meet listed on the World Athletics Calendar and be included in the World Athletics Toplists.
5. Marks must be achieved with electronic timing and legal wind readings (2.0m/s or under). On the World Athletics Toplists, you should select "Only Electronic" and "Only Regular" selected from the dropdown menus where applicable.
6. There are no provisions for conversions of entry performances for any reason, although for select events, there are alternate events marks that can be used for qualifying (see standards). For marks that do not meet the automatic standard, marks will be scored using WA Scoring Tables and accepted in descending order to the desired field size, respecting the minimum mark.  You may initially enter the Championships with a "NM" or "NT" and update your entry performance as needed.
7. Shoes used to achieve entry performances must be included in the World Athletics Approved Shoe List. Athletes must provide the shoe model used in achieving the entry performance on the entry blank.
8. USATF Rule 8 entrants shall enter as "NM" or "NT" if a valid entry performance is not available.
9. Once properly entered, all athletes must complete the declaration process to affirm whether that athlete will or will not compete in each event they have entered.

QUALIFYING STANDARDS

1. All athletes who have met the Automatic standards will be qualified for the USATF Indoor Championships, regardless of field size.
2. If the desired field size is not achieved with Automatic qualifiers, fields will be filled to the target field size, while still respecting minimum entry standards.
3. There is a minimum standard in place for all events and fields will not be filled beyond these minimum standards.
4. Entry marks that don’t meet the Automatic standard will be scored using the WA Scoring Tables and accepted in descending order.

​Qualifying and Entry Dates

1. Qualifying Window: January 1, 2025 – February 15, 2026
2. Entry Deadline: February 11, 2026 at 5:00 pm EST
3. Declaration Window: February 7, 2026  – February 13 at 5:00 pm EST

Qualifying Standards

Seeding of Events

Indoor or Outdoor events will be accepted.

The World Scoring Tables will be used for Outdoor marks:

• 100m Hurdles for 60m H and 110m Hurdles for the 60m Hurdles
• 100m for 60m

In the Pentathlon 800m, if there are two sections, the top six scorers will compete in the second section.

GUEST COMPETITORS

New since 2024, in order to be in compliance with World Athletics Combined Events Tour regulations, USATF will allow guest competitors to compete in the USATF Combined Events Championships. Guest competitors must meet the following requirements:

1. Be qualified for the meet with the same qualifying standards as USATF competitors
2. Enter and Declare on-time
3. Guest competitors will NOT be eligible for prize money or travel allocations
4. Guest competitors will NOT be eligible for World Athletics National Championships ranking points because this meet is not their National Championships