Track and Field Setup

Purpose

Set up a track and field meet in 2Timer before race day, including disciplines, rounds, heats, lanes, seeding defaults, and session structure.

Prerequisites

• Meet created with sport set to Indoor Track & Field or Outdoor Track & Field.
• Divisions created or planned.
• A clear list of events to be contested.
• A seeding profile decision if you want meet-wide default seeding behavior.

Seeding Profile at Meet Creation

When you create a T&F meet, the basics step includes a Seeding profile picker.

Use it to choose the meet’s default seeding behavior by discipline group. This is the best place to standardize:

• sprint vs distance seeding defaults
• relay defaults
• field-flight defaults
• advancement starting points
• team-lane defaults when applicable

The meet can still override those defaults later in the seeding workspace, but choosing the right profile up front makes the queue and bulk-seeding workflow much faster.

Event Disciplines

Each T&F event must have the correct discipline assigned. This controls seeding behavior, result presentation, and whether wind or field-series workflows apply.

If the discipline is wrong, later workflows such as seeding, wind entry, and field-event results will not behave as expected.

Multi-Round Events

For events with prelims, semis, or finals:

1. Open the event.
2. Add each round in order.
3. Set the maximum entries per heat or flight for that round.
4. Enter an expected heat count if you want planning guidance before seeding.

Round order matters:

• the first configured round is round 1
• the last configured round is the finals round

Rounds can inherit capacity from meet defaults when you do not want to hard-code max-per-heat or flight size on every round.

An event with no rounds configured is treated as a single-round finals-only event.

Heats and Lanes

Heats and lanes are usually assigned through the seeding workflow, but your setup still affects the outcome:

• lane capacity comes from event and meet defaults
• seeding-profile defaults can influence effective capacity for some discipline groups
• round structure determines how many heats are needed
• event discipline determines whether lane logic or field-flight logic applies

After seeding runs, heat and lane assignments appear on entries and start-list reports.

If you need to change them manually later, use the entry editor and mark the assignment as an override so reseeding does not replace it.

Sessions

For large indoor or outdoor meets, use Sessions to group event blocks by day or time.

Use sessions when:

• the meet spans multiple days
• you want separate morning and afternoon blocks
• you need schedule reports that reflect event grouping

Typical workflow:

1. Create sessions with a name and start time.
2. Choose fixed mode for clock-time sessions.
3. Choose rolling mode for blocks that run event-to-event.
4. Assign events or rounds into those sessions.

Field Measurement Defaults

Field-event measurement units are set at the meet level:

• metric
• english

This affects how jumps and throws are displayed and entered. Divisions can override when needed, but the meet-level setting should match the way your officials and reports are expected to operate.

Recommended Setup Order

1. Create the meet.
2. Create divisions.
3. Add events with the correct discipline.
4. Add rounds for multi-round events.
5. Check lane defaults, field units, and sessions.
6. Choose or confirm the meet’s seeding profile.
7. Import athletes and entries.
8. Review seeding, team lane slots, and scoring settings before race day.

Related Pages

• Track and Field
• Seeding and Advancement
• Seeding Profiles and Defaults
• Team-Lane Seeding
• Field Events
• Relays
• Track and Field Team Scoring
• Importing Data