Updated: August 2025
Tryout Dates:
- Before arriving, all participants must have completed their Health Questionnaire and VBRS.
- Once you complete VBRS, you will receive an email with a link to the health questionnaire.
- Note: You Must use your utoronto email
Tryouts for the Varsity Blues Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Teams will be on:
All students trying out for the Varsity Blues Track & Field Team
must attend the scheduled days and times for the events they are trying out for. Please arrive early, prepared to register and warm up.
Monday September 8th, 2025
Track Events – Time Trials
Location: Varsity Stadium
4:30pm – arrive to register and warm up
5:20pm – 60m
5:40pm – 600m
6:00pm – 200m
6:20pm – 1000m
Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Field Events – Testing
Location: Athletics Center Fieldhouse
5:00pm – Arrive to register and warm up
5:30pm – Long Jump
5:30pm – Shot Put
5:50pm – Triple Jump
5:50pm – Weight Throw
6:10pm – High Jump
Wednesday September 10th, 2025
5:00pm – Arrive to register and warm up
5:30pm – Pole Vault
Failure to attend the scheduled tryout sessions will result in forfeiting your opportunity to be considered for the team.
Main Contact: Rostam Turner -
rostam.turner@utoronto.ca
Selection Process:
1. If an athlete has achieved the performance standards below within the last 16 months (2024 outdoor season to present) or is a first year confirmed and posted recruit they will automatically be selected to the University of Toronto Track & Field Team, unless there are more than 40 athletes that achieve the standard. (See section 3. Selection Standard)
- A Team Fee of $350.00 will be charged to each rostered and redshirt athlete.
- Note, if a cross-country athlete is also rostered for the track and field team, the athlete will only pay an additional $150 for the track and field team.
| 2025-2026 Track and Field Standards |
| Men |
Event |
Women |
| 7.10 |
60m |
7.95 |
| 8.50 |
60H |
9.00 |
| 11.05 |
100m |
12.40 |
| 14.50 |
100H |
14.80 |
| 22.50 |
200m |
26.00 |
| 36.00 |
300m |
42.00 |
| 50.50 |
400m |
59.00 |
| 54.00 |
400H |
65.00 |
| 1:23.00 |
600m |
1:40.00 |
| 1:57.00 |
800m |
2:20 |
| 2:33.00 |
1000m |
3:03.50 |
| 4:03.00 |
1500m |
4:50 |
| 8:50 |
3000m |
10:30 |
| 6.70 |
LJ |
5.30 |
| 1.90 |
HJ |
1.60 |
| 13.90 |
TJ |
11.30 |
| 4.20 |
PV |
3.50 |
| 12.00 |
SP |
11.00 |
| 14.00 |
WT |
13.50 |
| 4500 |
Pent/Hep |
3200 |
*Note: times must be verified electronic times (no relay splits, hand times, 200m flat track conversions, or wind aided times)
2. Time Trials
If the above standards haven’t been met in the past 16 months, student-athletes will have an opportunity to hit the standards at the tryouts listed above.
3. Selection Standards
The standards above are subject to change each year based on the current University of Toronto roster, the incoming recruiting class, and the OUA and USPORT Standards.
If more than 40 athletes per gender achieve the standards above it will be left to the discretion of the head coach to determine the final roster.
4. Notification of Selection
Those selected will be notified either at the tryout or by email no later than 24 hours after the tryout.
5. Competition Standards (OUA and USports Teams)
Up to 29 men and 29 women will be considered for the travel roster, OUA, and U Sports Championships.
This will be determined by meet results, health, and training performance.
*Note that
only three per event can be entered in the OUA Championships. If a fourth athlete (or more) is ranked in the top 15 on the Trackie USPORTS list, then all will be entered at the OUA Championships.
6. Coach Discretion
There will always be an element of the head coach's discretion when determining final team roster selection and those competing at away meets and the OUA and U Sport Championships.
7. Requirements To Maintain Roster Standing
It is expected that all Varsity Blues Track & Field student-athletes will comply with the following:
- Student-athletes are expected to attend all practices and training sessions under the exclusive guidance of the University of Toronto coaches. If these sessions conflict with an academic responsibility (class, lab etc.), the student-athlete and coach will work together to find an alternative practice/training session to make up for the one missed.
- Unexpected personal difficulties arise. Should you have a situation that will require an absence from practice/training, contact your coach to let them know so you can make arrangements to make up the training/practice. Unexpected personal difficulties include illness, work, academic issues, etc.
- It is important for clear lines of communication between the student-athlete and the coach and between the coach and all the student-athletes. Should an athlete miss practice or training, it is a show of respect to let the rest of the team know. This can be done without breaching confidentiality.
