2025 Outdoor Championship

Host:

UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA at UMass Track & Field Complex

Dates:

Saturday May 10, 2025.

Qualifying Standards

Qualifying standards can be found here.

Keep in mind:
- Field size is capped at 32 for running events, 24 for field events and top 16 for hep/dec.
- Indoor marks WILL be accepted for outdoor qualifying. We are working with Direct Athletics to get this reflected on the Outdoor Performance List. Mile times can be converted to 1500m.
- You may enter 10k runners with No Time. Traditionally, the field has not filled for the 10k. If it does, NT’s will be seeded based on their best 5k time from 23-24. There will be ONE heat for the men’s 10k and ONE heat for the women’s 10k.

Entries

Entries will close at Wednesday May 7 at 3pm. The seeding meeting will take place that evening.
Entry fees are $20 per entry and $50 per combined event participant. Your school will be invoiced based on the number of entries accepted into the meet. If you do not scratch your student-athlete by the scratch deadline, you will be charged.
Please email your preferences to Rick Berryman and Jaime Berryman at rick@lancertiming.com and jaime@lancertiming.com and cc neicaaa1887@gmail.com as well.
If your institution didn’t participate in XC or IT and hasn’t paid the membership dues yet for this year, please take care of that as soon as possible to ensure you’ll be able to participate in the meet.
We will run one section in the men's 10k and one section in the women's 10k. You may enter the 10k with No Time. If the event were to fill, we would go to outdoor 5k times to determine who makes the meet.

Scratches

Scratch deadline is Wednesday, May 7 at 3pm. Any scratches coming in after this point will be charged entry fees (see below).
As we receive scratches, we will call the next performer on the list to ensure full fields. Accepted entries will be posted Wednesday night.

Schedule

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased at https://www.neicaaa.net/shop
Ticket sales on site will be via cash or our website only...no credit card payments will be accepted on site.
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Parking

Buses can drop off and pick up teams in the bus cutout on Stadium Drive, outside the UMass Track & Field Complex. Teams will enter through the Northeast gate of the Complex. Additionally, throwers and implements can be dropped off and picked up at the throws area at the rear of Lot 11, which is accessed by proceeding south from the track down Stadium drive, taking a right adjacent to McGuirk Stadium. When empty, buses will be directed by university staff to an on-campus parking site, either in Lot 11 or on Mullins Drive, as dictated by available parking space.

Facility Maps

Weigh Ins

Weigh Ins will begin at 9:45am on Friday and Saturday. All weigh ins will take place
at the Throws Area. There will be a dedicated weight in official available throughout
the course of the meet on Friday and until 2:00pm on Saturday.

Facilities/Equipment

The UMass Track & Field Complex features a 400-meter Beynon sport surface track with (9) full 48” lanes and (9) 48” sprint/hurdle lanes.
All the open throwing events, except the Javelin will take place at the Throws Area just south of the main track complex.
All Multi throwing events will take place at the main track complex.
Only 1/4" pyramid spikes or shorter will be allowed for all running and jumping events and will be checked by the clerk. Newton, AAE, and UCS Starting Blocks will be provided, however, athletes may use their own blocks. Please supply your own batons.
Triple Jump Boards on the outside runways 30’ 36’ 41’ north pit 9 (choose 2) and 36’ 41’ south pit and on the inside runways 36’ 41’ north pit and 30’ 36’ 41’ south pit (choose 2)
There will be a designated hurdle warm up area in the southwest corner of the track with hurdles and starting blocks available. Please refrain from using the hurdles that are staged for competition use.

Team Camp Areas

Team camps areas are adjacent to the track at Rudd Field. Teams are welcome to bring their own tents delivery and set-up with the tent company.

Medical/Training Room Information

A staffed sports medicine tent at the northwest corner of the track will be open
throughout the duration of the meet.
Dave Maclutsky, Associate Head Athletic Trainer dmacluts@admin.umass.edu
A fire department ambulance staffed at the Paramedic level will be on site for the duration of the meet.
A physician will be on call throughout the meet.
Participating institutions shall follow the concussion management protocol
implemented by their sports medicine staff while participating in the Championships.

Credentials/Wrist Bands

Wristbands are distributed to each team upon their arrival.
Each program will receive up to 4 wristbands per gender for coaches and there will be wristbands
provided for each program equal to the number of student athletes entered.

Hospitality

A hospitality area will be provided for officials and coaches during the championships.

Additional Information

We may adjust the multi schedule if field sizes are small. Final schedule confirmation will be sent out once the meet program is available.
UMASS will provide wristbands of different colors for student-athletes and coaches. Coaches must have these wrist bands to enter coaches boxes.
We will be selling merchandise at this year's championship via Fine Designs.

Hotel

Hampshire Hospitality
- 1 Atwood Dr, Northampton, MA 01060
- Phone: (413) 586-1211