General Info
Regional Entry Deadline:
Regional entries must be done by the head coach of each school by Saturday, May 2, 2026, by 9:00 pm. It is the coaches’ responsibility to enter their athletes into their classification’s regional championship meet on ncmilesplit by the entry deadline.
Regional Entry qualifications and restrictions
There are no qualifying standards for regionals. We will accept the top 16 entries by mark in each event per classification based off entries done by each school's head track head coach by the entry deadline. Only times that are FAT will be accepted in the running events. Coaches can enter up to (3) three athletes per event for their school. Even though coaches can enter up to three athletes per event coaches should use their best judgement when entering their athletes into the regional meet. Remember, we are only accepting the top 16 entries in each event per regional classification.
What happens if there are ties making regional entries go over 16 qualifiers in an event?
In the events where ties occur at the qualifying mark (16th place), all tied athletes will be accepted into the Regional meet up to a maximum field size of 24.
If accepting all tied athletes exceed 24 total entries, then none of the tied athletes at that mark will be accepted, and only athletes above the tie will qualify.
How do I find out who has qualified for Regionals?
After the entry deadline, the meet director will download entries from ncmilesplit and cut the field to the top 16 entries in each event for each classification. An entry list will be posted on each regional’s ncmilesplit meet page, the NCHSAA website, and emailed to coaches by 9 am Sunday, May 3, 2026. Once the entry list has been posted, coaches will have until 10:00 am Monday, May 4 to submit any late entry and scratch any athletes. If any athletes are scratched, athletes who were just outside the top 16 will be moved up. The final list of meet qualifiers will be released by 11:00 am on May 4. Once the final list of qualifiers has been posted, there will be NO MORE SCRATCHES WILL BE ALLOWED, that means athletes that are on the final list of qualifiers must start any events they are in, if they do not start their event they will be disqualified for the remainder of the regional meet..
How do athletes qualify for the NCHSAA State Track & Field Championships
1A-7A Classifications
Athletes that finish in the top four (4) of their event at their regional championship meet will automatically qualify for the NCHSAA Track & Field State Championship Meet. If there are ties for 4th place, ties must be broken for 4th place with the proper tie breaking procedure for that event at the regional meet.
Wildcard qualifiers: We will also take the next four (4) best times/marks in each event across all three regions combined (East, Central, and West) from athletes that did not finish in the top four of their event at their regional championship meet. Athletes must have competed at the regional meet and finished outside the top four of their event at the regional meet.
In the event of ties for these wild card qualifying spots, the first tie breaker will be regional place finish in their event (the higher the athletes placed in their region for their event). The second tie breaker will be regional entry mark (i.e. season best).
CHECK IN
Athletes will check in under our scoreboard closest to the warm up fields and throws. All athletes need to be in the correct uniform when checking in. Any athlete not in the correct uniform will be told to change and after that 1 warning will be disqaulified from competition. All athletes will come to check in race ready and know that they will stay in the clerking area until they are clerked to the starting line for their race.
Athletes should know the order of events and not depend solely on calls before they check in.
WARM UPS
The track will be open at 8:30 A.M for team and athlete Warm-ups. The track will be closed for all warm ups starting at 9:50 A.M when field events start. During the course of the meet, only those athletes called to their events will be allowed on the infield or track. We have 2 practice fields and the rest of our campus for athletes to properly warm up. Any athlete on the infield when they are not supposed to be will first be warned and kicked off of the infield and a if seen a second time will be disqualified from the meet.
LOCATION
1400 Cuthbertson Road Waxhaw, NC 28173