Meet Information
Meet Flyer
Apalachee Regional Park has been the host site of the FSU Invitational since 2009. The 2022 event will mark the 11th consecutive year it has also served as the Pre-State meet.
While the bulk of the field is comprised of Florida high school teams, the meet is NFHS-sanctioned and therefore open to all of its member high schools in good standing, as well as all middle schools and middle school-aged clubs (grades 6-8). Neither Visit Tallahassee, nor Florida State University is responsible for enforcing competition restrictions in place from specific states or school.
Registration information
(Note: Hyperlinks direct to registration are included in Meet Flyer)
All teams - high schools, middle schools and middle school-aged clubs - must register at directathletics.com
Teams can set up an account with directathletics at no charge.
Middle school clubs must register under the name of the affiliated school and email Bob Thomas bttrackguy@outlook.com with your club name, which will be reflected in the results.
All high school payments must be made electronically through directathletics secure system. They accept all forms of credit and debit cards. This decision was made, with the endorsement of FHSAA officials, to streamline the process and avoid costly no-shows.
Registration for all races closes Monday, Oct. 3 at 11:59 p.m.
Entry fees & Information
High Schools
$125 per team, per gender
$25 per individual.
- Each registered team will receive 20 chipped bibs. A maximum of 10 athletes may compete in the varsity races, and the balance can be used for the junior varsity races.
- Bibs will be assigned for all registered athletes on a team, but coaches will not have to designate which athletes will race in either the varsity or junior varsity races.
- Coaches should register a maximum of 20 athletes upon initial entry and have until Monday, Oct. 3 at 11:59 p.m. to finalize their entries.
- Schools wishing to field a B team in the varsity races must enter them separately at a cost of $125 per team, per gender and will receive 20 additional chipped bibs.
- Individual athletes must be registered through and represent their high schools. Unattached high school runners are prohibited.
- Individual athletes, with their coaches approval, may run in a race apart from their team. They will be accepted to the Elite and Select races with the following verifiable standards. No exceptions: Elite Boys - sub-16:00/ Elite Girls - sub-19:00 and Select Boys - sub-17:00/Select Girls - sub-20:00
- Coaches who wish to have their qualified runners based on the above standards entered in the Elite or Select races - separate of their competing teams - must email high school coordinator Bob Thomas at bttrackguy@outlook.com by Monday, Oct. 3 at 11:59 p.m.
- Participation will be limited to 32 teams in the Elite & Select division. Teams will be placed into divisions by the FSU Invitational/Pre-State high school committee, with the objective being to create balance between divisions.
- Race assignments will be emailed to all coaches by Tuesday, Oct. 4 and published across multiple website and social media channels.
- Box assignments will be available at packet pick-up.
Middle Schools/Clubs
$125 per school/club (unlimited)
$5 per individual
- All schools/clubs must create a team account on DirectAthletics, which comes at no charge. Clubs should enter with their middle school affiliation and notify Bob Thomas as to how their team name should appear in the results.
- Entries are unlimited, but coaches should only build their rosters with those who will compete, mindful when registering that the chipped bibs come at an expense.
- Individual athletes should be entered through their school-affiliated clubs.
Payment will be accepted at packet pick-up for middle schools only. Checks should be made to: Board of County Commissioners, Leon County.
Questions and concerns can be emailed to Bob Thomas at bttrackguy@outlook.com or Joe Piotrowski at PiotrowskiJ@leoncountyfl.gov