Athletics: Outdoor Championships 2022-23

Entries Open

Tuesday 7th March 2023

Entries Close

Tuesday 4th April 2023 23:59 - student entry deadline

Thursday 6th April 2023 23:59 - IA entry deadline

Entry Costs

£20 per individual event

£35.75 per relay team

Universities are permitted to make TWO entries by rite into each category at the Outdoor Athletics Championships. To be able to compete a person must have competed in that event since 1^st January 2021 and have a link to a Power of 10 profile, European Athletics Website, World Athletics website, or their national website, providing it take us to the individuals profile, that proves this BP.

Example:

This a correct link and I thank Jonathon Broom-Edwards for allowing me to use his link as an example.

https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=85951

The link below will not be accepted.  As it takes you to a log in page, which requires an email address and password, which we do not have.

https://www.thepowerof10.info/user/potuserloginconfirmation.aspx

A person wishing to compete in the 5000m, Triple Jump or Pole Vault must also meet that Entry Standard. The criteria for those events are explained in the Entry information when entries open (circa March 2023).

Universities may also enter a 3rd and 4^th athlete (which will be accepted if there is capacity).

However, in this case ALL athletes from the institution in that event MUST achieve the “Entry Standard for 3-4 athletes” (see below).

Example:

University A – Enters two males into the 400m, their BPs are 50.33 and 51.43. Entries accepted

University B – Enters three males into the 400m, their BPs are 48.43, 47.50 and 48.12. Entries accepted

University C – Enters four males into the 400m, their BPs are 48.00, 46.99, 49.20, 50.46. Entries rejected

• 48.00, 46.99, 49.20, 50.46 Slower than 49.00.

The University may select TWO of their athletes to compete in the competition, as all four did not meet the standard.

These standards are set at the average result for the 8th qualifier for the final in track events, 12th in the 1500m and 5000m and the 12th qualifier in field events (where possible) over the past 5 years of BUCS Outdoor Athletics competition. 

* Track time Only

Entries should be submitted via BUCS Play.

All students must have an eligible BP within this timeframe (1 January 2021 and 4 April 2023 inclusive) for all events they wish to enter.

To apply for the individual events in the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR RELAY ENTRY INFORMATION:

1. Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
3. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

To apply for the relay events in the competition all institutions must follow these steps:

1. Institution Administrator to apply for relay team. 
   • Please see - How IAs enter event teams Help Guide
2. Students will need to join the relay team on BUCS Play through the event (help guide: How participants join team events.
3. Approving relay entries does not take place on the Dashboard. Prior to the event if you want to approve relay entries, you will need to locate your team within the Event Teams section of the community and manually move your selected students into the Squad. (help guide: Adding team members into the squad of an event team)
4. This can also be done by an appointed captain for the specific relay team
5. ON THE DAY - At least 120 minutes before the event, 8 athletes must be declared per relay to the regestration desk. For the race, 4 students out of this 8 must go to the call room. 
6. Athletes involved in the relay, who have not entered the squad prior to the event, must be entered into another event at this competition or be listed as a reserve to be eligible to compete.

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

For each competitor a URL link to their Power of 10 Profile must be submitted.

For International students a link to their country’s equivalent may be submitted or a PDF of results, (stating the name, date and location of competition). This must be translated into English.

For each event entered by the student their BP – Best Performance must be recorded. This BP must have been achieved within the following timeframe (between 1 January 2021 and 4 April 2023)

For para-athletics events a student’s classification should be recorded.

The following formats must be used for BPs: Sprints (60-400) s.ms

Long distance (800m+) mm:ss.ms Field m.cm

No late entries will be accepted regardless of reason.

Any entry without a Po10 link (or equivalent) will be rejected.

Entries that do not meet an Entry Standard will be rejected.

Entries without a BP achieved between 1 January 2021 and 4 April 2023 will be rejected

Entries without a BP submitted may be rejected.

Entry rejections can be appealed until 21st April 2023 at 12:00 midday. At this point all rejections are final and there will be no appeals process.

Substitutions, Withdrawals and Clashing Events forms will be accepted pre-event via the online forms below until Wednesday 26th April at 12:00 midday.

Following the closure of these forms, substitutions, withdrawals and clashing events forms must be submitted on paper in person at the event. This must be done no later than 120 minutes prior to the beginning of the event discipline it is related to.

Clashing Event Form

Withdrawals Form

Substitutions Form

BUCS incorporate events for eligible student para-athletes.

Classification is an integral part of para athletics to ensure fair competition. All athletes participating in these events must have undergone at least a UKA National Level Classification by the competition date. UKA can advise on details on any classification events coming up soon for athletes requiring a Classification. To do this, please contact Job King.

The Parallel Success events will be eligible for team and BUCS points and medals awarded depending on the numbers of entrants into each event. Events will be mixed categories scored on the RAZA system. If there are vacant lanes in the track events and sufficient space in the field events guest para athletes may be invited to compete.

The RAZA system enables different classifications to compete against each other and RAZA calculates the best performance (BP) based on world records for each classification. In the Parallel Success events, medals will be awarded for the top three competitors in each event. Following BUCS regulation 6.1.2, BUCS points will be only available for events where an individual has beaten another individual. For example, if there is only one individual in a race, they will receive a gold medal. If there are two athletes, they will receive gold and silver medals, and the gold medal winner will also receive BUCS points.

Students wishing to enter these para-athletics events must enter via their Athletic Union/Sports Office in the same manner as all other entries for these events. There is no requirement for athletes to have previously competed in the specific event.

Each institution is permitted unlimited para entries, however only the top two placing athletes will be awarded BUCS points.

As per REG 6.1.2.1.7, If there are less than 8 competitors in an event, a competitor must have beaten a fellow competitor within the same competition to be eligible for BUCS points, but all competitors finishing in the top three for any race will be awarded a BUCS medal.

All performances must be achieved between 1^st January 2021 and the entry closing date 4th April 2023, inclusive.

ENTRY STANDARDS

All athletes must provide a link to their Power of 10 Profile (or international equivalent, emailed to Maddi Cannell and translated into English) when applying for the event on BUCS Play. All electronic links for Best Performance will be checked.

These standards must have been achieved between 1st January 2021 and 4th April 2023, inclusive. This applies to Reserves/substitutes as well.

N.B  If an athlete has both a wind assisted and non-wind assisted BP, preference will be given to the non-wind assisted BP and altered accordingly.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

Please put Athletes 1 & 2 in as guaranteed entries

If you wish to enter a 3^rd & 4^th Athlete please put them in as non-guaranteed entries

RESERVES (SUBSTITUTES)

Reserves must be entered into the BUCS Play system alongside the entries.

If an athlete is listed in a relay or in an individual event they do not need to be put on the reserve list.

All athletes marked as non-guaranteed will be automatically moved onto the institution's reserves list. Only athletes not listed elsewhere need to be entered into the reserve list. 

There is no limit to the number of reserves an institution can enter. Only athletes named on the reserve list or already competing in the competition will be able to be used as substitutes.

Substitutes must have an eligible BP within the following timeframe, between 1 January 2021 and 4 April 2023 inclusive, for the event they are to be substituted into and WILL be checked on the day. Standards will also apply to substitutions.

Following the closure of entries and any subsequent checking of Best Performances, athletes on the reserve list will not be allowed to be substituted into an event from which they have previously been rejected if the reason for rejection was failing to provide a Best Performance within the last 2 years, failing to provide a Power of 10 link (or equivalent results link) or not meeting the required standard where standards are necessary.

Withdrawals after the IA Approval Deadline will still be charged the entry fee. Competitors who do not withdraw, and do not register at the venue, will be classified as a ‘no-show’ and charged the entry fee and an additional £20 fine payable by the competitor’s athletic union or students’ union (Reg 4.4).

Please see our Withdrawal Policy for details.