2024 IATC Indoor Championships
Below are the initial list of accepted athletes before scratch/adds are implemented.
1A Boys Start list
2A Boys Start list
3A Boys Start list
4A Boys Start list
1A Girls Start list
2A Girls Start list
3A Girls Start list
4A Girls Start list
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025 (boys) and Friday, March 14, 2025 (girls). NOTE this is the same as 2024. Genders will flip in 2026
Note that the boys & girls large/small compete at different times on their respective dates due to boys state basketball
Time: BOYS – Large schools (3A/4A) will compete at the AM session (9:00AM – 2:30PM). Small schools (1A/2A) will compete at the PM session (3:30-9:30PM).
Time: GIRLS – Small schools (1A/2A) will compete at the AM session (9:00AM – 2:30PM). Large schools (3A/4A) will compete at the PM session (3:30-9:30PM).
Site: Iowa State University’s Lied Athletic Recreation Center, 518 Beach Road
Coach’s Packet: 2024 Packet added Feb 19 The info on this page or at the link to the left contains meet info for coaches. If you have additional questions, please contact the meet coordinator, Eric Cogdill at infoiatcchamps@gmail.com
Sanction: This is a sanctioned meet by the IGHSAU and IHSAA and it will count towards your season meet limitation of 16 meets.
Entry Deadline: The entry deadline has been set as late as possible for us to seed the meet. Entries are due Tuesday, March 11th at 9AM for boys and Wednesday, March 12th at 9AM for girls (NO exceptions). This allows results from the UNI Dickinson Relays to be included with entries. Entries cannot be declared without online credit card payment through VarsityBound website. Coaches should also feel free to use 2024 outdoor performances when entering athletes.
Entries and Limitations: Varsity Bound will be used for entries. If you need assistance, email Eric at infoiatcchamps@gmail.com and he will send a video walkthrough of the steps. NO LATE ENTRIES ARE ACCEPTED. Each school may enter up to three individuals per event and one squad per relay per gender. All events have an entry capacity to fit the time schedule of Iowa State’s facilities usage. All entries must be verified performances, see verification section below for more info. Some entries will be cut for this championship caliber event. Schedule and field size per event is listed near the bottom of the page. Field size is per class (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A)
Entry Fees: $25 per individual or per relay with a maximum of $200 per gender. Entries must be paid in full online before a team can declare its entries. No payment = not entered. Non-accepted entrants will be refunded if the final fee owed changes.
There are no other refunds of entry fees. By registering your team, you understand that you are contracting a service with the IATC Indoor Championships and will be responsible for your entry fee even if you do not attend the event. Any team that no-shows the event is taking lanes away from other athletes and will subject the school to a two-year probation from any IATC event or awards.
Wristbands / Team Size: Your entry fee covers admission for competing athletes, up to 2 team managers, and your coaching staff. Those personnel will be given wristbands at the team check-in table. Any additional members traveling with the team will need to pay $5 spectator admission. There are no spaces to conduct practice for non-competing athletes, so please refrain from bringing your entire team unless they are coming as spectators.
Entering Marks & Verification: Teams can use either verified 2024 or 2025 marks. These marks must be on varsitybound. Use outdoor 100m/100H/110H times when entering the 60m/60H and shuttle hurdle. Under no circumstances should coaches enter unverified entries, split times, or time trial efforts into their varsitybound entries. Instead, for athletes that do not have verifiable performances, coaches must email infoiatcchamps@gmail.com with the performance or rationale for consideration. Coaches will receive an emailed response back for what to enter for that athlete. Here are some examples that will be considered – athlete is a freshman who ran at state XC (email time & place), athlete competed in an all-comer indoor meet in Dec/Jan/Feb (send the link), athlete has a verifiable time from summer AAU/USATF (send the link). Here are some examples that will not be considered – athlete ran a time trial the first week of practice, athlete ran xx.xx splits last year. If entries slots remain after filling all verified entries, the remaining slots will be filled by random draw.
Seeding: Because the indoor season does not start until March 10th, any verifiable performance achieved in the 2024 outdoor season is eligible. When entering the mark, it is required that you indicate the date and location of the meet in which the mark was achieved and the performance must be readily found on varsitybound.
Relays – use your 2024 season best mark as shown on varsitybound. A slower seed time can be used, but puts your relay at-risk of not making the field size
Field Events – because we have increased entries to three per school, field event marks must now also be verified and match on varsitybound so we can determine the top 36 verified entries
60m/60H – because we have increased entries to three per school, field event marks must be verified and match on varsitybound so we can determine the top 56 verified entries. Please use outdoor (100m/100H/110H) times for seeding.
Distance events & 200m/400m dash – verified times from open events during the 2024 outdoor or 2024-25 club/indoor season will be needed. For entry marks not on varsitybound, email infoiatcchamps@gmail.com with the performance and link to the results with prior to the entry deadline so that the seeding committee can respond accordingly. Otherwise, non-verified entries will be seeded as “no time” and may be used to fill the fields. Also, enter athletes who are ready to compete as we don’t want someone who is not ready to take away a lane from a more fitting athlete and we also don’t want to over seed someone and have them be grossly outperformed. Relay splits cannot be used for individual verified entries.
Distance Cut-offs
*For the girls 1500, runners must have a performance under 5:55(1A), 5:45(2A), 5:35(3A), 5:20(4A) to be considered for the meet and be one of the top 24 verified times
*For the boys 1600, runners must have a performance under 5:20(1A), 5:15(2A), 5:05(3A), 4:55(4A) to be considered for the meet and be one of the top 24 verified times
*For the girls 3000, runners must have a performance under 12:35(1A), 12:10(2A), 12:00(3A), 11:40(4A) to be considered for the meet and be one of the top 24 verified times
*For the boys 3200, runners must have a performance under 11:10(1A), 11:00(2A), 10:50(3A), 10:40(4A) to be considered for the meet and be one of the top 24 verified times
Substitutions: Substitutions are not allowed in individual events as that circumvents the entry verification and seeding process. Instead, a wait list will be managed to account for athletes who scratch. Please get scratches in early as possible. There are no refunds on scratched athletes.
Scoring: The meet will be scored to 8 places (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1) in all events. All three individual competitors can score for a team. There will be a championship trophy awarded at the conclusion of the meet.
Results: will be posted here:
2023 Results
2022 3A/4A Boys 1A/2A Boys 3A/4A Girls 1A/2A Girls
2019 Boys Results 2019 Girls Results
Awards: Will be given out to individuals placing in the top 6 and relays placing in the top 3. The top scoring team in each gender and each class will also be awarded a team championship. All classes will be competing separately within sessions.
Concessions: We will be operating a small concession stand this year that will offer chips, granola bars, popcorn, water, gatorade, and soda. All concession items must remain outside the perimeter of the track. Only water is allowed inside the track on the field turf.
Clothing Sales: The IATC will be selling IATC Indoor Championships apparel at the event. Cash and card sales will be accepted. The clothing stand will be open from noon – 6pm each day. In the event, that apparel is sold out, there will not be an option to order for later delivery.
Spectator Admission: Admission is $10 per adult and $5 per student. Spectators not yet in school will be admitted free.
Spectator Seating: Limited seating is available at track level and capacity will be monitored throughout the day. Nobody is allowed above the ground floor of the Lied Rec Center.
Bus Drop-Off and Parking: All school buses will be able to drop off in front of Lied Rec Center via Beach Road traveling north. After dropping off athletes the bus should continue to follow Beach Road around the curve, turn right on Wallace Rd, turn right on University Blvd, and return to the Hilton Coliseum/Jack Trice Stadium parking lots (Iowa State Center) along Center Drive. Bus drivers can take the CyRide shuttle bus from the transit hub near the A3/A4/B5/B6 parking lots to return to Lied Rec. Buses should refrain from parking in those 4 lots so they are not taking away spots from students who are utilizing CyRide, adjacent lots would be best.
Spectator Parking: Iowa State classes will be in session so on-campus parking signs will be enforced. Do not park in spaces/lots that say “reserved all hours/all days” or during the reserved hours “reserved 7am-5pm” for example. These spaces/lots and lots are heavily enforced by the ISU parking division and are subject to ticketing at owner’s expense. The Lied Rec Center does have pay-by-the-hour stalls on site, but expect those to fill quickly. There is also pay parking at the Memorial Union parking ramp which is about a 10-minute walk from the Lied Rec Center. Otherwise, plan to park for free at Iowa State Center commuter lots (Hilton Colliseum/CY Stephens Auditorium/tailgate lots) and walking roughly 1/2 a mile north. Or, from the commuter lots, you may also consider hopping on the Cy-Ride bus which loads near lots D1/D2 and drops off in front of Lied Rec Center.
Access to facility: Access to the facility is only available on the day of the meet and only on the ground floor. No athletes are allowed on the second or third floors. Violators will be subject to removal from the event venue and disqualification from events.
Entry Coordinator and Contact Information
Track Location:
The track is located on the Iowa State University campus.
Lied Recreation Athletic Center
518 Beach Road
Ames, Iowa 50011
Entries:
All coaches must use the on-line registration.
On-Line Entries Will Close: Tuesday, March 11 at 09:00AM for boys and Wednesday, March 12 at 9:00AM for girls (NO exceptions)
Registration Links: Registration will be found be logging into your VarsityBound account.
Unattached athletes:
We’ve had prior questions regarding unattached athletes. Please follow the guidance regarding unattached athletes from the IGHSAU/IAHSAA released in their April 2018 memo. While this memo was in reference to several late March/early April weather cancellations and impact on Drake qualifying, it aligns with the event sanctions we have to host this meet. The relevant text follows: “students need to represent their school (they cannot run unattached), and the students must be accompanied by an authorized coach. A parent without a coaching authorization cannot take his/her child to a meet in order for the child to qualify for the Drake Relays.”
Scratches:
Any coach with scratches should get those in as soon as possible. A preliminary set of entries/performances will be e-mailed to registered teams as soon as complete and it will be posted to this site as soon as possible after entries close. It will show alternates. It will also show the entry mark used. If a coach has any scratches, it will be greatly appreciated to notify the Entry Coordinator via e-mail as soon as possible so that the next available athlete can be invited to compete. Again, no refunds on scratched athletes and no substitutions in individual events.
Final heat sheets should be posted 24 hours in advance of the competitions.
Tentative Schedule and Tentative Field Size:
Field Events
Long Jump (top 36 verified entries per class; 3 flights of 12) – 3 attempts each with 9 advancing to finals
High Jump (top 36 verified entries per class) – opening height at 4’5″ for girls and 5’5″ for boys
Shot Put (top 36 verified entries per class; 3 flights of 12) – 3 attempts each with 9 advancing to finals
Running Events
Girls Sprint Med (top 24 verified entries for all classes; 3 heats per class)
Boys D-Med (top 24 verified entries for all classes; 3 heats per class)
4x800m Relay (top 21 verified entries per class; 1 heat per class)
60m Hurdles Prelim (top 56 verified entries per class; 9 heats per class)
60m Dash Prelim (top 56 verified entries per class; 9 heats per class)
400m Dash (top 24 verified entries per class; 3 heats per class)
1500m/1600m Run (top 24 verified entries per class, 1 heat per class – athletes must also meet the cut times)
60m Hurdles Final (1 heat of 8 runners)
60m Dash Final (1 heat of 8 runners)
800m Run (top 30 verified entries per class; 2 heats per class)
200m Dash (top 24 verified entries per class; 3 heats per class) – NEW event for 2024
Shuttle Hurdle (top 12 verified entries for all classes)
4x100m Relay (top 32 verified entries for all classes)
3000m/3200m Run (top 24 verified entries per class, 1 heat per class – athletes must also meet the cut times)
4x400m Relay (top 24 verified entries per class)
Updated March 7, 2024 (added live video and live results links)
