Championship Participant Manual: Outdoor Track & Field

Manuals:
• Track and Field Coaches Manual
• Championship Participant Manual
• 2025 and 2026 NCAA Track and Field/Cross Country Rules
• 2025-26 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Games Committee Manual

 Forms (Deadline): 
• Champions of Character Individual Nomination (April 15) - teams with 5 or more qualifiers
Submit Track and Field Championship Survey/Coach Credential Request (May 14) - REQUIRED
Declarations - through DirectAthletics (May 12)
Athletic Trainer Credential Request Form (May 17 10:00am CST)
Coach of the Year ballot (May 22 - 4:00pm EST)

Additional Resources:
Asheville, N.C. Visitors Page
• NAIA S.A.M. Policy
NAIA Drug Testing & Education Resource
• Shorts Travel Contact Information
DirectAthletics
• Fine Designs Championship Apparel
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Sports Information Resources

Each academic year all eligible NAIA student-athletes must sign a Consent Form in which he or she consents to be tested for the use of drugs prohibited by the NAIA Banned Substance List to participate in any NAIA National Championship competitions (Consent Form). This Consent Form shall be administered and kept by each individual institution.

Each institution will be responsible for verifying a signed consent form is on file for each participating student-athlete on the DirectAthletics roster. By providing a signed roster form at check-in, each institution is officially verifying that all student-athletes on the postseason roster have completed a drug testing consent form and are thus eligible to participate in postseason competition.