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17. HALF MARATHON – MEN’S & WOMEN’S
Section 1. Meet/Championship Dates
November 17 at Iowa Central Community College; Fort Dodge, IA
November 20, 2021 at El Paso, TX
December 3, 2022 at TBD; TBD
Section 2. Tournament Host Pre-Meet Responsibilities
A. Invitations to participate must be extended to all member colleges of the NJCAA.
B. The NJCAA Championship course must meet the course standards of the NJCAA. The NJCAA Chairperson or his/her designee will
make a final inspection of the course one day prior to the championship meet. Any exception must be cleared through the NJCAA
Representative/Designee.
Section 3. Qualifications of Teams/Participants for Competition
A. Invitations to participate is open to all member colleges of the NJCAA.
B. No contestants shall be permitted to enter an NJCAA Championship Half Marathon Meet unless accompanied by:
1. A coach or faculty member of the sending institution, or
2. A designated supervisory coach or faculty member from an NJCAA member college.
a. A designation of a supervisory person in (2) above must be in writing. It shall bear the seal of the college and the
signatures of the Athletic Director and President or Dean of the sending institution. It shall be sent by certified mail to the
Meet Director. All contestants must remain under the supervision of their coach or the designated supervisory person
throughout the meet and until departure from the site.
C. All entries must be made by each college by the Monday before the national competition. Final entries must be made and fees paid
before the national meet. Final declarations must be made by each college one hour before the first competition held at the national
meet.
Section 4. Meet/Championship Course
A. The Men’s and Women’s course shall be 13.1 miles (21,082.41 meters). It should be planned with due consideration for the safety
and welfare of the contestants. Any obstacles or hindrance (dangerous ascents, descents, ditches, tight turns) detrimental to the
competitors must be avoided. It is recommended that traversing of roadways be avoided. The turf should be of a quality to promote
safety and freedom from injury.
B. The course shall be measured along the shortest possible route that a runner may take. It is recommended that the course be a
minimum of two meters wide.
C. It is recommended that the starting line be wide enough to provide a minimum of 40-centimeter space for each of three front-line
team members. Lane boxes will be numbered left to right facing the running area.
D. It is recommended that the start and finish lines be located in close proximity. Both the starting and finish lines shall be marked 24
hours prior to the race. The finish line will be at the mouth of the finishing chute and be visibly marked (paint, flags).
E. The course must be available for practice on Thursday and Friday prior to the meet on Saturday.
Section 5. Rules and Officials
A. USA Track & Field, Marathon or Half Marathon rules shall be followed with whatever modifications deemed necessary by the
NJCAA Chairperson.
B. The Meet Host will be responsible for securing the services of all necessary officials to satisfactorily conduct the meet as determined
by the NJCAA Cross Country Committee. These officials shall not be drawn from coaches who have teams participating in the meet.
C. In the event of cold or inclement weather, meet participants may wear cold weather gear (i.e. running tights, team sweats, rain suits,
hats) with the approval of the Meet Director and the NJCAA Representative. If runners choose to wear cold weather gear, it must be
of like color and/or matching team colors.
D. Headphones or similar audio devices may not be worn during the championship competition.
E. Meet results shall be made public as soon as results can be tabulated and confirmed for accuracy. One hour after the last race
results have been posted, the results become official and final and no protest can be filed.
F. Jury of Appeals: Members are the NJCAA Representative/Designee, the Championship Meet Director and a person appointed by
the other two members, not to be a coach in the meet.
G. The men’s and women’s championship race shall have a staggered start, 15 minutes apart with the women starting first.
H. Meet will start no earlier than 10:00am. National race schedule:
9:40am National Anthem
9:45am First Call All Division Men and Women
10:00am All Division Men and Women
12:00pm Awards
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I. Half-Marathon tiebreaker for all places of finish; First tiebreaker is highest 4 place finisher, if only one team enters a 4 place
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finisher, the team with the 4 place finisher claims the higher place of finish. The second tiebreaker is head to head competition of
the top three finishers.
J. Team standings to be determined by scoring the first three finishers from each team. A minimum of three finishers from each college
is required to receive a team score. A maximum of five runners make up a team. Fourth and fifth runners will displace. There is no
limitation on individual entries.
K. Separate eligibility (from cross country) must be filed with the NJCAA to participate in the Half Marathon.
L. Female runner(s) may run and score for her college’s men’s team if the Tournament Director is notified in writing upon entry.
Section 6. Squad Size
Participating teams are defined as unlimited individual entries with top three finishers scoring with next two finishers displacing. There
should be no delay of a contest to allow an institution to conform to this policy. Any violations shall automatically result in the
disqualification of the institution(s) in violation. No member institution may run athletes as individuals if they have also entered as a team.
Section 7. Finances
A. Each college shall pay its own team expenses.
B. There shall be a maximum entry fee of $200.00 per team, and a maximum entry fee of $30.00 per individual.
C. Entry fee must be paid at registration. Participation will not be allowed until entry fee is paid.
D. Schools that wish to register or withdraw after the meet deadline may be subject to a fee of $100.00 per team (per gender) and/or
an additional $30.00 per individual entry.
Section 8. Athletes shall not be permitted to participate in and receive USA Track & Field money if he/she has remaining eligibility at an
NJCAA institution.