Tournament
Operations Guide.

Youth Club Team Competition

The standard youth format accommodates 96 teams per qualifying tournament: 48 boys teams and 48 girls teams.

Each wave contains 12 boys teams and 12 girls teams. Club teams are designed for athletes ages 14–18 and may be organized by coaches, parents, training groups, school-connected groups or independent athlete communities.

Adult Division

The standard adult format includes separate men's and women's team competitions for ages 18 and over, scheduled apart from youth rounds. A standard qualifier provides for 12 men's and 12 women's teams.

Free Agents

Individual athletes without teams may enter as free agents. Where roster space permits, athletes may be placed with a team according to division, event fit and availability.

Free agents who are not placed may still participate individually and receive TrackFIT results and rankings, subject to event capacity.

Standard Youth Team Roster

Each team designates ten starters: two for the 60M Dash, two for the 60M Hurdles, two for Long Jump, two for Pole Vault and two for the TrackFIT 1600M Predicted Mile.

Each wildcard is preassigned to two eligible events. A wildcard result may replace a starter result within the assigned event according to tournament substitution rules.

Two-Round Opportunity

The standard qualifying structure gives athletes the opportunity to compete in Round 1 and Round 2, improving execution and results before advancement is determined.

Roster Submission

Teams provide athlete information and event assignments by the roster deadline published for their specific tournament.

TrackFIT 1600M Predicted Mile

The Predicted Mile Challenge uses repeated 100M intervals, with rest intervals equal to the time required to complete the preceding 100M interval.

TrackFIT evaluates interval performance, speed consistency, endurance and the relationship between actual interval results and predicted performance.

Complete Standard Friday Heat Schedule

Heat placements are assigned to individual athletes through their event-specific schedule. Friday results contribute to later rounds and finals.

Round 1 — Standard Morning Schedule

All 96 youth teams compete in four 50-minute waves. Each wave contains 12 boys teams and 12 girls teams.

The four standard Saturday event areas are 60M Dash, 60M Hurdles, Long Jump and Pole Vault.

12:00 PM — Free Agent Field Events

The designated independent field-event window accommodates free agents in Long Jump and Pole Vault. The original operating model allows up to 24 athletes per field event, divided between 12 boys and 12 girls.

Individual 60M and hurdle participants are incorporated into available track-lane capacity during assigned waves.

Round 2 — Standard Afternoon Schedule

The same teams return for Round 2. The afternoon wave order changes, with Wave 1 competing first, followed by Waves 3, 4 and 2.

Standard Semifinal Competition

Semifinal TrackFIT results determine the Sunday final seeding. All 48 semifinalist teams advance to the qualifier-weekend finals under the standard format.

Standard Adult Competition

The standard adult wave operates from 8:00 PM to 8:50 PM, after the youth semifinals.

Adult teams compete in their own men's and women's divisions. There is no adult 1600M event in the standard tournament format, and the adult division does not advance to Sunday.

Adult awards and any event-specific sponsorship prize amounts are published on the relevant tournament page.

Standard Sunday Finals Schedule

Four-Day Competition Format

Certain tournaments may use an extended four-day schedule while retaining the same standard competition rounds.

Signature Holiday Tournaments

Special tournaments may incorporate additional ceremonies, entertainment or destination experiences. These activities and any changes to competition sessions are described on the corresponding event page.

The published schedule for a specific tournament governs its dates and daily session assignments.

What Makes WITFL Scoring Different?

Conventional track and field scoring emphasizes recorded performance: time, distance and height. TrackFIT also analyzes how the athlete produced the result.

Individual Athlete Scoring

Athletes receive a TrackFIT score for each event entered. The system considers event performance and movement execution.

Team Event Scoring

Two starting athletes are assigned to each youth team event. Eligible wildcard results may replace starter scores in preassigned events.

Overall Team Standings

Event contributions accumulate into the team's overall score. Teams advance and rank according to the applicable TrackFIT tournament scoring procedures.

Five Core Youth Events

60M Dash

Finish time, reaction time, acceleration, split times, peak velocity, deceleration, force output, execution and performance potential.

60M Hurdles

Start to first hurdle, hurdle rhythm, force, velocity loss, recovery, and execution efficiency.

Long Jump

Approach velocity, takeoff force, force per pound, flight distance, landing mark, execution and predicted potential.

Pole Vault

Approach velocity, plant forces, clearance height, force-to-height relationship, execution and predicted clearance.

TrackFIT 1600M Predicted Mile

Repeated 100M intervals, speed consistency, recovery relationships, endurance and actual performance compared with predicted performance.

WITFL Indoor Competition Environment

The competition venue is configured with designated event zones, athlete warm-up areas, check-in, staging, recovery and results operations.

The proposed large-format venue layout includes a sprint and hurdle straight, long jump runways, pole vault runways and supporting field event areas. Final event configurations depend on the selected facility.

Standard Athlete Movement

1. Check-in and credentials
2. Warm-up
3. Event staging
4. Competition
5. Recovery
6. Performance results and rankings

Specific venue diagrams, lane assignments, warm-up locations and staging instructions are supplied for each individual event.

Two Levels of Competition

Qualifier-Weekend Finals

Each standard tournament includes its own qualifying rounds, semifinals, finals, team standings and awards.

Series Championship Weekend

Multi-weekend tournament series may conclude with a separate Championship Weekend. Championship entry, qualifying positions and eligible divisions are defined by that series' published competition rules.

A participant may compete in an individual tournament without necessarily holding an automatic place in the overall series championship.

Preparing to Compete

Each tournament has its own registration period, entry fees, available divisions, roster submission dates, final event schedule and official housing arrangements.

1. Choose your tournament or series.
2. Review the published event dates and entry requirements.
3. Register your team or individual entry.
4. Submit roster and event assignments by the applicable deadline.
5. Review the confirmed heat, wave and reporting assignments.
6. Arrive according to the tournament's check-in and staging instructions.

Official Tournament Housing

For Las Vegas tournaments using WITFL's official event lodging program, registered participants receive applicable housing information through the registration process.