One month until the California Winter Track and Field Championships, and qualifying meets will start stacking up across the Golden State this weekend.
| 1/10/26 | Rancho Cucamonga Winter Qualifier 1 |
| 1/10/26 | CSUF Winter Qualifier 1 (Pentathlon) |
| 1/10/26 | Los Gatos Winter Qualifier 1 |
| 1/10/26 | Roosevelt Winter Qualifier 1 |
| 1/10/26 | Great Oak Winter Qualifier |
Related Links:
California Winter Championships Meet Page
Results Hub: California Winter Championship Qualifying Meets
After this weekend, there will be three more weekends of open-qualifying across the Golden State.
Annually, this championship has served as California's pseudo-indoor track and field season, featuring non-traditional events. The track events include the 60m, 150m, 300m, 600m, 60m Hurdles, 200m Hurdles, 4x200m relay, Sprint Medley Relay, and Distance Medley Relay. The field events include long jump, triple jump, pole vault, shot put, weight throw, and pentathlon.
Registration for the championships must be completed at the qualifying meet or, if the meet offers it, online. For more information, scroll to the end of this article to see the information from Prep Cal Track.
Qualifying Standards
| EVENT | BOYS | GIRLS |
| 60m Dash | 7.34 | 8.44 |
| 150m Dash | 17.44 | 19.75 |
| 300m | 37.4 | 44.1 |
| 600m | 1:29.99 | 1:49.00 |
| 1500m | 4:16.99 | 5:16.99 |
| 3000m | 9:26.00 | 11:16.36 |
| 60m Hurdles | 9.3 | 10.39 |
| *200m Hurdles | 26.16* | 30.20* |
| 4x200m Relay | 1:36.99 | 1:55.80 |
| Sprint Medley | 1:40.60 | 2:03.00 |
| 4x800m | 8:50.00 | 10:48.00 |
| Distance Medley Relay | 11:36.00 | 14:19.00 |
| Long Jump | 20-08.00 | 16-03.00 |
| Triple Jump | 41-00.00 | 33-06.00 |
| High Jump | 5-10.00 | 4-11.00 |
| Pole Vault | 13-02.00 | 10-06.00 |
| Shot Put | 45-08.00 | 33-00.00 |
| Weight Throw (25lb/20lb) | By email only | By email only |
| Pentathlon | By email only | By email only |
* The standard for the 200-meter hurdles will be adjusted during Christmas break, after the first weekend of the four qualifier meets. Please check back during Christmas break for the updated boys/girls 200mH standards.