IC4A Championships (Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America) is an annual men's
competition
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held at different
colleges
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every year. Association was established in 1875, the competition (started in 1876) served as the top level collegiate track and field meeting in the United States, prior to the establishment the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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's championships in 1921. The IC4A one of the oldest annual track meets in the United States. Currently, the
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 15 sports (13 men's and 13 women's). It has 220 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location fr ...
serves as the administrative unit controlling the IC4A brand.
The IC4A or ICAAAA body (Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America) body controls the
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
contests between the colleges known as the "IC4A." Colleges and universities eligible to compete at the IC4A Championships are those in the New England and Mid-Atlantic States, north and inclusive of Maryland and Delaware. Additionally, teams whose schedules include predominantly teams from that region are also eligible, make the de facto limits of the region reach as far south as North Carolina and as far west as West Virginia. The sobriquet "IC4A" only applies to NCAA Division I competition; men's cross country and track competitions hosted by the ECAC for Division II or III are referred to as ECAC meets. The IC4A and its women's counterpart, the ECAC Division I Championships, are so-called "
super-conference" meets, in that schools belong to other conferences as their primary championship conference, like the Atlantic 10, Big East, Ivy League or Northeast Conference.
The IC4A
cross country championships had their 104th running in the fall of 2012 and is always held at
Van Cortlandt Park
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in
Bronx, New York
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. Following the success of the outdoor meeting, an indoor championships was created in 1921. In both indoor and outdoor track, the top eight finishers in each event or relay earn the honorary designation of "All-East," while in cross country the designation is extended to the top-25 finishers.
Events
1876 the outdoor events included 100 yard, 440 yard, 880 yard, mile, 120 yard hurdles, HJ, LJ, SP, and Walk.
[Boston Globe, Jan 6, 1876]
Retrieved Nov 23, 2020 These events have evolved over the years.
Indoor
#60m Dash
#200m Dash
#400m Dash
#500m Run
#800m Run
#1,000m Run
#Mile Run
#3,000m Run
#5,000m Run
#55m Hurdles
#4 × 400 m Relay
#4 × 800 m Relay
#Distance Medley Relay
#High Jump
#Pole Vault
#Long Jump
#Triple Jump
#Shot Put
#35-lbs Weight Throw
#Heptathlon
Outdoor
#100m Dash
#200m Dash
#400m Dash
#800m Run
#1,500m Run
#3,000m Steeplechase
#5,000m Run
#10,000m Run
#110m Hurdles
#400m Hurdles
#4 × 100 m Relay
#4 × 400 m Relay
#4 × 800 m Relay
#High Jump
#Pole Vault
#Long Jump
#Triple Jump
#Shot Put
#Discus
#Hammer Throw
#Javelin
#Decathlon
References
Resources
Eastern College Athletic Conference
at GBR Athletics
External links
1924 Official Handbook IC4A
University of Pacific, An Historical Study of the Pole Vault; IC4A formed 1875
College track and field competitions in the United States
1875 establishments in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1876
Annual track and field meetings
Track and field organizations
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