The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Event Entry Procedures
2021 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
Important information
• Texas Relays online entry: directathletics.com
• Online entry support email: support@directathletics.com
• Texas Relays email: texasrelays@athletics.utexas.edu
• Texas Relays fax number: 512-471-6828
Relay event entry procedure
When possible, please enter actual relay marks that have been achieved in the 2019 – 2021 season. Relay times may also be determined by adding the four best open/split times for athletes from either the 2019 – 2021 seasons.
NCAA Rule: Section 1. Misconduct: Misconduct is any act of dishonesty, unsportsmanlike conduct, unprofessional behavior or breach of law occurring at the locale of the competition or warm-up, that discredits the event or intercollegiate athletics. Misconduct includes the intentional reporting of false marks for entry purposes. Acts of misconduct are subject to reprimand or ejection by the referee or meet management.
After entering your seed mark for each relay event on-line, you will have spaces to enter up to eight runners' names per relay. Please include all four runners (in order, spaces 1-4) and any alternates (up to four per event, spaces 5-8) in the eight spaces provided under each relay. You must enter each member of the relay team and any alternate(s) for that relay so that we may assign a bib number for each member. Any relay runners who MAY compete on a relay team MUST BE ENTERED into the meet and have a bib number to compete.
Additional guidelines
• Make sure you enter athletes and relays in the proper division.
• One relay team per school will be allowed to run in each relay.
• Two athletes per team will be allowed in individual events.
• An additional entry in the University and College divisions will be allowed for each athlete who has met the Texas Relays standards in that event, with a maximum of four athletes per team allowed in an individual running event.
• In some field events, Section A will be comprised of the top nine entrants and Section B the next 18 entrants.
• Field and selected running events will have limited entries.
• Field events will be flighted based on performances submitted with the top marks seeded in the final flight of the prelims. Others will be seeded accordingly.
• Minimum marks will be used in field events. The marks will be set based on the distances submitted. We will list minimum marks and progressions on the top of the flight sheets.
• Please include 2019 – 2021 seasons best times and marks. No estimated times and/or marks!
• If you do not enter a time and/or distance, your athletes and/or relay teams will be placed at the bottom of the individual event performance list.
• No electronic portable communication equipment (cell phones, iPads, etc.) will be allowed on the infield area.
• Athletes must be in uniform in the competition area.
• No umbrellas will be allowed into the stadium or competition areas.
•A maximum of eight non-collegiate athletes will be accepted into the pole vault; Divisions to then be assigned by performance.
Entry fees and procedures
• There will be an entry fee of $20 per athlete in all High School, College and University/College Divisions (including ALTERNATES).
• Men's and Women's Teams are considered separate.
• ALL ATHLETES, including any potential ALTERNATES, must be entered on directathletics.com by Monday, March 15, 2021 at noon Central.
• Entry fees are for the total number of athletes who qualify for the meet. Any athlete who is issued a bib number in your team packet counts toward your entry fee. No athlete will be allowed to compete without a bib number.
• Any athlete that qualifies for the Texas Relays, effective 10 p.m. Central on March 18, must be accounted for in your team's entry fee.
• Any late entry will incur an administrative late fee of $30 per individual plus the $20 original entry fee, for a total of $50 per athlete.
• Preferred method of payment is check, money order or credit card (on site).
• Please make all checks payable to "The University of Texas at Austin."
Regular Mail: Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Texas Athletics, P.O. Box 7399, Austin, TX 78713-7399
Overnight Mail: Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Texas Athletics, 2139 San Jacinto, RMRZ B.206, Austin, TX 78712
Phone number for overnight mail: 512-232-8093.
Please make sure you have the correct dollar amount on your checks. No refunds will be issued during packet pickup.
To calculate entry fee: Based on the Texas Relays qualifiers list (released Thursday, March 18 by 10 p.m. Central), take your TOTAL NUMBER OF ATHLETES WHO QUALIFY AND ALL ALTERNATES x $20 PER ATHLETE.
Please make checks payable to "The University of Texas at Austin." Those schools that do not pay for their entry fees prior to the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays will not be allowed to participate in the event until the University has received payment.
Important notes regarding online entries
• For each relay squad, you must enter at least four and up to eight relay athletes (four + four alternates).
• You must enter ALL athletes online in order for them to compete. This includes relay only athletes and relay alternates.
• All schools (colleges/junior colleges/high schools) must enter athletes through a TEAM account. No unattached athletes may be entered through a TEAM account.
Heptathlete and decathlete entries
Online entries for the Heptathlon and Decathlon will close on Monday, March 8, 2021 at noon Central. We will post a list of Heptathlon and Decathlon qualifiers on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 by noon Central.
See also Entry Deadlines and Important Dates.