As with the other more "individual" sports, thought I'd set up this thread to report on notable results for the indoor track and field men's and women's teams throughout their 2024/25 regular season, as the teams released its schedule yesterday. The thread will also be used for any other general news that pops up during the season regarding the teams and any of their individuals.
I plan to set up a separate thread for the post-season meets. (The Big 12 Championships are 2/27-3/1 in Lubbock and the NCAA Championships are 3/14-15/2025 in Virginia Beach).
A couple quick notes:
NCAA's indoor track and field homepage - https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2013/11/5/division-i-men-s-and-women-s-indoor-track-and-field.aspx
Direct link to the official schedule - https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/schedule/2024-25.
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Edit - Mainly copying from prior years' threads, an explanation of how qualifying for the NCAA Championships works for the indoor track and field season:
Unlike outdoors, there are no regional championships competed to choose who advances to the NCAA Indoor Championships. It's merely-
General generic link for live results (Should always forward to the current meet the Buffs are competing at) - http://www.cubuffs.com/tracklive
I plan to set up a separate thread for the post-season meets. (The Big 12 Championships are 2/27-3/1 in Lubbock and the NCAA Championships are 3/14-15/2025 in Virginia Beach).
A couple quick notes:
- The team actually started its season LAST weekend at 2 meets. I will post the cubuffs.com articles with the results from those articles in the next post.
- As I always like to note, my experience is that track and field schedules, at least under the old coaching staff, had / has the most fluid schedule of any CU sport, with meets that Buffs compete at being added and subtracted from the schedule, often with only a week or two notice (at least to the public).
NCAA's indoor track and field homepage - https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2013/11/5/division-i-men-s-and-women-s-indoor-track-and-field.aspx
Direct link to the official schedule - https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/schedule/2024-25.
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Edit - Mainly copying from prior years' threads, an explanation of how qualifying for the NCAA Championships works for the indoor track and field season:
Unlike outdoors, there are no regional championships competed to choose who advances to the NCAA Indoor Championships. It's merely-
- In individual events, it's just the athletes who earn the top 16 times or marks during the qualifying period who accept the invitation to go to the championships for that event.
- For relays, it's the teams with the top 12 times who accept a bid. (A school can only select 1 relay team to represent them.)
- Note that there are adjustments made for (1) altitude and (2) facility rating. (An Altitude conversion app and facility conversion factor document can be found in the next link below.)
- Full explanation of qualifying is at http://www.ustfccca.org/meets-results/ncaa-championship-qualifying-criteria#d1ITF .
- Women's - https://tf.tfrrs.org/lists/4867/2024_2025_NCAA_Division_I_Indoor_Qualifying?gender=f
- Men's - https://tf.tfrrs.org/lists/4867/2024_2025_NCAA_Division_I_Indoor_Qualifying?gender=m
- Women's - https://tf.tfrrs.org/lists/4364/2023_2024_NCAA_Division_I_Indoor_Qualifying_List?gender=f
- Men's - https://tf.tfrrs.org/lists/4364/2023_2024_NCAA_Division_I_Indoor_Qualifying_List?gender=m
General generic link for live results (Should always forward to the current meet the Buffs are competing at) - http://www.cubuffs.com/tracklive