National District Indoor Track and Field Championships 2025

2024-2025 National District Indoor Track and Field Championships

Date, Site, Time:

Day 1  Tuesday, January 28th  @ Mount Vernon HS

Day 2  Wednesday, January 29th @ PG SportsPlex 

Day 3  Thursday, January 30th @ PG Sportsplex

Scratch Meeting: Monday 1/27/25 @ Mount Vernon HS enter door 2 7pm. 

Director: Brian Murphy, DSA, Mount Vernon High School bmurphy@fcps.edu  (703)619-3141

Entry Deadline: All entries must be entered on Milestat by 6 pm on Sunday , January 26th 2025 .

Admission: Adults $7.00, Students $5.00

Scoring: 10-8-6-4-2-1 for all events

Awards: Championship plaques for boys and girls team champions. Medals for 1st through 4th places in individual events. Relay medals for 1st through 4th places. 

Entries: Each school may enter three (3) individuals in each event. Athletes may be entered with NT or ND for pole vault, long and Triple Jump only.

Event Limitation: 84-4-3 -In one meet a contestant may compete in any number of field events but shall be limited to participation in only three running events, except that a contestant who competes in the 3200 meter run may compete in only one other running event on the same day. In any meet contested over two days, a contestant competing in the 3200 meter run may compete in two additional running events as long as only one of the two is contested on the same day as the 3200 meter run. 

Note: The one-minute rule will apply in the throws and horizontal jumps. The one-minute rule will be waived for vertical jumps to allow time for athletes to place and remove sanitary tarps. Athletes who check out of a field event to compete in a running event will be given 10 minutes to return from the time of check out.

Scratches: Any scratches in any seeded or sectioned running event following coaches scratch meeting will not disqualify an individual from all subsequent running events, but will count towards the individuals event limitation

Rules: The 2024 National Federation Rule book and the 2024-2025 edition of the Virginia High School League Handbook are in effect. 

Reporting: In events run by heats, all runners must report to the clerk on first call and if they do not report by the third call, they will be scratched from that individual event. 

Track: inch pyramid spikes are allowed at PG SportsPlex.. 

Long/Triple/Shot Put: Four jumps or throws no finals. An athlete must complete a legal jump in the first 3 attempts or they will not be awarded a fourth jump.

Uniforms: Participants will be required to wear team uniforms while competing. Meet numbers will be issued to each school and required to be worn on the front of the uniform. Running athletes will get hip numbers when they check in for their running events. Hip numbers will be worn on the left hip. In relay events each team member shall wear the same color and design school uniform, jersey, and trunks. 

Track Athlete/Field Athlete/Coach of the Year: During the break on Day 2 all schools should send one coach representative to the timing area to vote for Track Athlete, Field Athlete and Coach of the Year. The athlete/coach with the most votes will be presented with an award at the conclusion of the meet.

Automatic Qualifying: Each school is permitted three entries into the National District Track and Field Championship. If all three entries have met the district qualifying standard (see table below) a school may enter additional athletes as long as those athletes have also met the standard.

Table below lists the automatic qualifying performances for the National District Championships. Each team is automatically given three entries in each individual event. If a team chooses to enter more than three in an event all of the athletes must meet the automatic qualifying standard.

Day One:  National at Mount Vernon

6:00 PM  Pole Vault and High Jump

Day Two:  National & Patriot 

11:30am Enter Building

5:00pm Girls Long Jump (National) (4 attempts, no finals)

5:00pm Boys Long Jump (National) (4 attempts, no finals)

5:00 pm- Girls Shot Put (National) (4 attempts, no finals)

1:30 pm- 3200m Relay   

3:30pm 55 Hurdle Prelims  

4:05pm 55 Dash Prelims  

4:35pm 3200m Run Girls followed by Boys  

5:45pm 55 Hurdle Finals  

5:55pm 55 Dash Finals  

6:05 pm 500m Finals  

7:00 pm Meet Day Completes

***ORDER NATIONAL GIRLS, NATIONAL BOYS, PATRIOT GIRLS, PATRIOT BOYS (except where noted in 55 hurdles)

  Day 3:  Concorde/Liberty District Indoor Track and Field Championships (and National)

11:30AM Team Arrival Time

Weigh in Shot

Weigh in vaulters

Track Open

5:00pm Girls Triple Jump (National) (4 attempts, no finals)

5:00pm Boys Triple Jump (National) (4 attempts, no finals)

5:00 pm- Boys Shot Put (National) (4 attempts, no finals)

1:00 3200 Relay FINALS (4 heats- Concorde/Liberty)

NATIONAL DISTRICT

2:00PM 800m Relay (section on time) (2 sections/gender)

2:20PM 1600m Run-all sections (2 sections/gender)

2:45PM 300m Sections on time (3 sections/gender)

3:15PM 1000m Run-all sections (2 sections/gender)

3:45 PM 1600 Meter Relay (2 sections/gender)

2024-25 Indoor Track Standards