MG Track & Field

What is a qualifying meet?

When the dual meet season ends, we will have athletes who have qualified for post-season, athletes who are close to qualifying - still trying to qualify, and athletes for whom their competition season is over. How do you know who you are? A great question that we don't always have easy answers for. This will help to explain where to start. 

Check the "Qualifying Standards" page on the website and read along here for each of the upcoming meets.

• Berkshire County Individual Championships @ Wahconah - This is an auto qualifying meet with one provisional entry per school, per event. Everyone who meets the standard is in plus the next closest person to qualifying who has not already qualified in another event. There is no team championship at this event, but we will crown individual champions. A total of 4 events is allowed.

• Western Mass. Championships @ Mt. Greylock - This is a provisional qualifying meet with a limit of 3 events per athlete. A team championship is awarded. We submit any/all times that might be close to being in the top 32/24 for running/field events in all of Div. 5/Div. 6 Western Mass. We won't know exactly who is in/out until after entries close. We can get an idea of what MIGHT make it into the meet by comparing performances from the valley and from the Berkshires to see what others are doing. 

We may also take athletes who may not have qualified individually to fill our relays

• Div. 6 State Championships @ Tufts - This is an auto/provisional qualifying meet with a limit of 3 events per athlete. A team championship is awarded. If you achieve the standard listed on the website, you are in. If the fields are not full (32 running, 24 field), then they will fill the fields with the next best performances.

We may also take athletes who may not have qualified individually to fill our relays.

• Massachusetts Meet of Champions @ Fitchburg State - This is now (almost) a fully provisional meet with a limit of 3 events per athlete. We submit our best, verified performances from the entire season and they will take the top 32/24 performances in the entire state regardless of division. They will also take the Div. 6 champion in each event automatically.