TicketsOLIVER NIKOLOFF INVITATIONAL
April 3-4, 2026
Updated January 12, 2026
ENTRY PROCEDURE
Register at www.directathletics.com
Please email Chris Wineberg (winebect@ucmail.uc.edu) to request access into the meet.
ENTRY
4 per laned running events - 5 per distance running and field events, 2 per relay.
All entries are not guaranteed acceptance into the meet due to flight/heat limits
ENTRY DEADLINE
Every team and individual MUST be entered on Direct Athletics by 3:00 PM (EST), Tuesday, March 31st, or your entries will not be accepted.
Unattached entries are only permitted by individuals associated with an invited team.
Please email Chris Wineberg (winebect@ucmail.uc.edu) by the entry deadline to make unattached entries ($30).
ENTRIES POSTED
Accepted Entries for the 2026 Oliver Nikoloff Invitational will be posted Thursday, April 2nd, on GoBearcats.com.
ENTRY FEE
$600 per gender. Men’s & women’s teams are separate fees.
Make check payable to the UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI.
Credit card payment available at packet pick up.
Pay team fees and collect meet packet from Bryce Hadley.
Please call Bryce Hadley (704) 804-1068 upon arrival at the meet.
WORLD ATHLETICS / USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFYING
New World Athletics and USA Track & Field policies require that marks to be considered for qualification to their championships may only come from competitions that are sanctioned through World Athletics / USATF and abide by their rulebook. While this meet will be conducted under NCAA rules, it is also sanctioned by World Athletics and USATF. Results will be reported both to TFRRS (the NCAA results reporting system) and to World Athletics / USATF, with notations of any rule violations from the World Athletics rulebook.
The two areas in which NCAA rules and World Athletics/USATF rules differ, where result notations (disqualifications) may be submitted to World Athletics are:
1. Lane Violations: World Athletics / USATF and NCAA rules differ in number of steps permitted on or over the lane line. An athlete could potentially be disqualified by World Athletics / USATF rules but not NCAA rules. Results will be submitted to each organization accordingly.
2. Footwear: World Athletics / USATF requires that all shoes be in compliance with their approved shoe list (https://www.worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/technical-information). Shoes will be randomly checked for compliance at clerking and field event check-in. Those athletes not in compliance with the approved shoe list will be noted and result will be disqualified from World Athletics / USATF. Once again, an athlete could potentially be disqualified by World Athletics / USATF rules but not NCAA rules. Results will be submitted to each organization accordingly.
FACILITY
Gettler Stadium. 400 M. Beynon surface. 8 x 42” lanes. 1,500 seats.
Hammer & javelin at Coy Field - 1.5 miles away, 2797 Coy St. Cincinnati.
(Coy Street – narrow street for car use only, no buses or vans.)
WEIGH-IN
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Coy Field throwing facility (hammers and javelins only)
Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Gettler Stadium Storage Room near the finish line
PARKING
Buses: Park on west side of Jefferson Ave. (no charge)
Vans: Park at the Calhoun Garage next to the track (no charge)
FIELD EVENTS
For all field events athletes will be given 3 attempts in prelims, 3 in finals. Top 9 advance to finals. The flights will be arranged fromworst to best with random seeding.
RUNNING EVENTS
Running events with multiple sections/heats will be run from fast to slow.
TIMING / RESULTS
Meet timed by Finish Timing, live result link: http://live.buckeye-timing.com/timers/425
Hard copies will be posted below the press box.
MEDIA INFORMATION:
Please contact David Cohen, cohend3@ucmail.uc.edu, of the Cincinnati Athletic Communications Department for all media needs.
CREDENTIALS
Please submit all credential requests to David Cohen by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 1st.
LIVE STREAM
Saturdays events will be live-streamed on the Gobearcats YouTube page, https://www.youtube.com/@CincinnatiBearcats/streams