07/29/26 – Board of Control Approves Track & Field and Cross Country Alignment for 2026-27

July 29, 2026 Cross Country Blog Updates

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At the first regularly scheduled meeting of the 2026-27 academic year, the KHSAA Board of Control approved the alignment for the Track & Field and Cross Country upcoming seasons. This alignment will take effect immediately for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years.

The new alignment by class and by region can be viewed here: https://khsaa.org/07-24-26-final-approved-track-and-field-alignment/

REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SITES

• The KHSAA is also accepting applications for the 2026 Cross Country super regionals. If your school is interested in hosting a regional meet in the future, please fill out the designated online form: GE 59
• This form can also be used to submit applications to host a 2027 spring track & field regional. 
• Site selection criteria will include: the course facility and equipment, as well as the host schools’ management ability/experience.
• Due to the new alignment, the sites for the 2026 cross country regionals are still being finalized. They will be posted in the “Cross Country News” section on the Cross Country page of the KHSAA website once available.

POSTSEASON DATES

• Regionals
  • October 24th (*some may be held October 23rd)
• State Meet
  • October 31st
  • Kentucky Horse Park

REQUIREMENT TO USE MILESPLIT REGISTRATION FOR ALL KHSAA MEMBER SCHOOLS

• As we have consistently reminded member schools, any meets hosted by a KHSAA member school must use MileSplit for registration to enable the instant upload of student-athlete results. 
• Following a two-year wind-down period, any member school with legacy agreements or that choose to use registration with other platforms, will no longer qualify athletes for the KHSAA postseason.
• ENSURING MEETS ARE ON THE MILESPLIT CALENDAR
  • It is the responsibility of the head coach to ensure the meet details are on the Kentucky Milesplit calendar PRIOR to attending the meet.
  • KHSAA member school coaches can contact kymilesplit@gmail.com with the meet details (including date/location). 
  • Once it is on the calendar, it provides a place for the results to be uploaded instantly. 
  • The head coach shall ensure that the meet host posts the results to the Kentucky Milesplit calendar within 48 hours of the meet’s conclusion. 
  • Any meet uploaded after that time will not be eligible for seeding and performance times/marks. 
  • Any unattached, unaffiliated, or non-varsity meets would not be counted, as they are not considered school performances under Bylaw 23.
• IN-STATE MEETS
  • If a meet is hosted in Kentucky, meet management shall provide online registration through the Milesplit platform.
  • Only the meets in Kentucky that use the Milesplit registration will be used to qualify athletes for the postseason (seeding for outdoor track, indoor state qualifying, etc). 
  • If a member school is hosting a meet in Kentucky and does not utilize any platform for online registration (i.e Hytek files), the meet manager ensure the meet is on the Milesplit calendar and upload the final results.
  • Meet results must be posted to the Kentucky Milesplit calendar within 48 hours of the meet’s conclusion. 
  • Any meet uploaded after that time will not be eligible for seeding and performance times/marks. 
• OUT-OF-STATE MEETS
• • If attending an out-of-state meet not using Milesplit registration, it is the responsibility of the head coach to ensure the meet details are on the Kentucky Milesplit calendar PRIOR to the meet (see below). 
  • The head coach shall ensure that the meet host posts the results to the Kentucky Milesplit calendar within 48 hours of the meet’s conclusion. 
  • Any meet uploaded after that time will not be eligible for seeding and performance times/marks. 

– KHSAA –

About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 291 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.

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