How Connecticut State Track Qualification Works
Connecticut runs a multi-meet structure for outdoor track. Each of the four enrollment-based classifications — Class S, M, L, LL — holds its own state championship in late May/early June. The top performers from each class then advance to the State Open — a single combined invitational that crowns Connecticut’s overall state champions head-to-head. Many CT athletes also continue to the New England Championships the following weekend.
Connecticut runs all of these on the same venue rotation: Willow Brook Park in New Britain hosts most years. The State Open is the marquee meet for college recruiting purposes — it’s where the absolute best in the state line up against each other, regardless of school size.
This page currently links only the State Open. Per-class meets (S/M/L/LL) and the New England Championships are coming in a follow-up update that adds support for tier-stratified result links to our schema. For now, the State Open is below; we’ll surface the class meets and New Englands as soon as the upgrade ships.
Full Meet Results
CIAC State Open — the top-performers-only Connecticut state championship at Willow Brook Park, New Britain. Brings together the best from all four class meets each June.
2025 · CIAC State Open — Top performers across all classes
2024 · CIAC State Open — Top performers across all classes
2023 · CIAC State Open — Top performers across all classes
2022 · CIAC State Open — Top performers across all classes
CIAC Class Championships
Connecticut’s four enrollment-based class championships — LL, L, M, and S (largest to smallest) — run on the weekend before the CIAC State Open. Each class crowns its own champions, and the top performers from each class advance to the State Open. Below: every CIAC class championship from 2022–2025.
2025 · Class LL · Class L · Class M · Class S
2024 · Class LL · Class L · Class M · Class S
2023 · Class LL · Class L · Class M · Class S
2022 · Class LL · Class L · Class M · Class S
New England Outdoor Track & Field Championships
The post-season regional championship that brings together top performers from CT, MA, RI, NH, VT, and ME. Held the weekend after the CIAC State Open, often at UMass Amherst, UMaine, or UNH. The New Englands is where the best CT athletes face the best of the rest of the region head-to-head, often producing the year’s fastest CT marks.
2025 · New England Outdoor T&F Championships
2024 · New England Outdoor T&F Championships
2023 · New England Outdoor T&F Championships
2022 · New England Outdoor T&F Championships
Live Timing & Records
- CIAC (Connecticut Association of Schools) (the official CIAC governing body site — current-season schedules, sport rules, championship dates)
A Note on the Data
We don’t republish, summarize, or extract from these PDFs. Every link above goes directly to CIAC’s file or its live-timing partner. We checked all of them in May 2026; if you spot a broken link, email info@nextmilerecruiting.com and we’ll fix it.