ESAA Entry Standards 2026

ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

STANDARDS 2026

Key to each column:

NS	National Standard: performance level for which Standard Badges are awarded at the National Championships.
ES	Entry Standard: the minimum performance level normally required to be selected for a County Team for the National Championships. The Entry Standard is NOT a ‘qualifying standard’, reaching this standard does not imply any automatic right to be selected for a County team.
CS	County Standard: a good level of performance at a County Championship meeting.
DS	District Standard: a good level of performance at a District Championship meeting.
SS	School Standard: a good level of performance at a School Championship meeting.

JUNIOR BOYS

Event	NS	ES	CS	DS	SS
100m	11.4s	11.6s	12.2s	12.5s	13.0s
200m	23.3s	23.8s	24.8s	25.6s	27.0s
300m	36.8s	38.0s	40.0s	42.0s	45.0s
800m	2m 02s	2m 05s	2m 13s	2m 20s	2m 27s
1500m	4m 13s	4m 19s	4m 36s	4m 50s	5m 05s
80m Hurdles	11.7s	12.1s	12.8s	13.8s	15.0s
4x100m Relay	45.6s	47.0s	49.5s	51.2s	53.5s
High Jump	1.78m	1.72m	1.60m	1.50m	1.45m
Pole Vault	3.30m	3.00m	2.30m	2.10m	2.00m
Long Jump	5.95m	5.80m	5.30m	5.00m	4.70m
Triple Jump	12.40m	12.00m	11.00m	10.00m	9.25m
Shot	13.30m	12.30m	10.50m	9.50m	9.00m
Discus	38.00m	35.00m	28.00m	24.00m	20.00m
Javelin	47.00m	44.00m	35.00m	30.00m	28.00m
Hammer	45.00m	38.00m	27.00m	24.00m	21.00m
Pentathlon	2800pts
3000m Walk	15m 30s

INTER BOYS

Event	NS	ES	CS	DS	SS
100m	10.9s	11.0s	11.7s	12.0s	12.3s
200m	22.2s	22.6s	23.7s	24.4s	26.0s
400m	49.7s	51.1s	53.5s	55.5s	59.0s
800m	1m 55s	1m 57s	2m 05s	2m 10s	2m 20s
1500m	4m 00s	4m 04s	4m 20s	4m 30s	4m 55s
3000m	8m 47s	8m 52s	9m 35s	10m 00s	10m 45s
100m Hurdles	13.5s	14.0s	15.2s	16.0s	17.0s
400m Hurdles	56.5s	58.8s	64.0s	68.0s	72.0s
1500m S/C	4m 32s	4m 37s	5m 05s	5m 20s	5m 55s
4x100m Relay	44.0s	45.0s	47.0s	48.0s	50.0s
High Jump	1.94m	1.88m	1.70m	1.60m	1.50m
Pole Vault	4.20m	3.90m	2.80m	2.20m	2.00m
Long Jump	6.60m	6.40m	5.80m	5.50m	5.30m
Triple Jump	13.70m	13.00m	12.00m	11.00m	10.50m
Shot	14.20m	13.00m	11.00m	10.00m	9.50m
Discus	44.00m	41.00m	33.00m	26.00m	24.00m
Javelin	54.00m	52.00m	40.00m	33.00m	30.00m
Hammer	53.00m	49.00m	30.00m	24.00m	20.00m
Octathlon	4800pts
5000m Walk	26m 00s

SENIOR BOYS

Event	NS	ES	CS	DS
100m	10.8s	10.9s	11.5s	12.0s
200m	21.9s	22.2s	23.4s	24.4s
400m	48.8s	49.7s	53.0s	55.5s
800m	1m 52s	1m 54s	2m 02s	2m 10s
1500m	3m 55s	3m 58s	4m 15s	4m 30s
3000m	8m 33s	8m 36s	9m 20s	10m 00s
110m Hurdles	14.6s	15.3s	17.5s	18.5s
400m Hurdles	55.0s	57.5s	64.0s	68.0s
2000m S/C	6m 08s	6m 18s	6m 50s	7m 15s
4x100m Relay	43.0s	44.5s	46.5s	47.2s
High Jump	2.01m	1.95m	1.70m	1.60m
Pole Vault	4.40m	4.10m	2.80m	2.20m
Long Jump	6.80m	6.70m	5.80m	5.50m
Triple Jump	14.20m	13.50m	12.00m	11.00m
Shot	13.70m	12.80m	10.50m	9.50m
Discus	46.00m	40.00m	30.00m	24.00m
Javelin	56.00m	52.00m	38.00m	32.00m
Hammer	58.00m	50.00m	28.00m	22.00m
Decathlon	6000pts
5000m Walk	25m 00s

JUNIOR GIRLS

Event	NS	ES	CS	DS	SS
100m	12.4s	12.7s	13.2s	13.5s	14.2s
200m	25.5s	26.2s	27.2s	28.0s	30.0s
300m	41.0s	42.0s	44.2s	46.0s	48.0s
800m	2m 14s	2m 18s	2m 26s	2m 33s	2m 50s
1500m	4m 38s	4m 46s	5m 03s	5m 20s	5m 55s
75m Hurdles	11.5s	11.9s	12.5s	13.5s	14.1s
4x100m Relay	50.0s	51.0s	54.0s	55.4s	58.0s
High Jump	1.62m	1.56m	1.45m	1.40m	1.30m
Pole Vault	3.00m	2.70m	2.00m	1.80m	1.70m
Long Jump	5.35m	5.10m	4.70m	4.40m	4.10m
Shot	11.20m	10.60m	9.00m	8.00m	7.00m
Discus	30.00m	27.00m	22.00m	19.00m	18.00m
Javelin	35.00m	33.00m	28.00m	23.00m	21.00m
Hammer	41.00m	37.00m	25.00m	21.00m	20.00m
Pentathlon	3100pts
3000m Walk	16m 30s

INTER GIRLS

Event	NS	ES	CS	DS	SS
100m	12.2s	12.5s	13.0s	13.4s	14.1s
200m	25.1s	25.8s	26.8s	27.5s	29.5s
300m	39.8s	41.0s	43.5s	45.5s	50.0s
800m	2m 12s	2m 14s	2m 25s	2m 32s	2m 47s
1500m	4m 39s	4m 45s	5m 00s	5m 15s	5m 50s
3000m	10m 00s	10m 20s	11m 10s	12m 00s	12m 20s
80m Hurdles	11.6s	12.0s	13.0s	14.0s	15.0s
300m Hurdles	45.0s	46.4s	51.0s	54.0s	60.0s
1500m S/C	5m 13s	5m 23s	5m 50s	6m 15s	6m 30s
4x100m Relay	49.0s	50.0s	52.5s	54.2s	57.0s
High Jump	1.71m	1.65m	1.50m	1.45m	1.35m
Pole Vault	3.40m	3.10m	2.20m	1.90m	1.80m
Long Jump	5.55m	5.40m	4.90m	4.60m	4.20m
Triple Jump	11.20m	10.90m	10.00m	9.00m	8.60m
Shot	12.70m	11.60m	10.00m	8.70m	7.75m
Discus	36.00m	33.00m	26.00m	21.00m	20.00m
Javelin	41.00m	38.00m	30.00m	25.00m	23.00m
Hammer	53.00m	48.00m	34.00m	23.00m	20.00m
Heptathlon	4700pts
3000m Walk	16m 00s

SENIOR GIRLS

Event	NS	ES	CS	DS
100m	12.1s	12.4s	13.0s	13.4s
200m	25.1s	25.7s	26.8s	27.5s
400m	57.0s	58.3s	62.0s	65.0s
800m	2m 12s	2m 14s	2m 25s	2m 32s
1500m	4m 33s	4m 42s	5m 00s	5m 15s
3000m	10m 00s	10m 12s	11m 10s	12m 00s
100m Hurdles	14.6s	15.3s	17.5s	18.5s
400m Hurdles	64.0s	65.5s	73.0s	76.0s
1500m S/C	5m 10s	5m 17s	6m 00s	6m 15s
4x100m Relay	48.5s	49.0s	52.5s	54.0s
High Jump	1.72m	1.66m	1.50m	1.45m
Pole Vault	3.50m	3.20m	2.20m	1.90m
Long Jump	5.60m	5.50m	4.90m	4.60m
Triple Jump	11.40m	11.10m	10.00m	9.00m
Shot	11.40m	10.50m	9.00m	7.50m
Discus	39.00m	35.00m	26.00m	21.00m
Javelin	40.00m	37.00m	28.00m	23.00m
Hammer	47.00m	42.00m	30.00m	22.00m
Heptathlon	4350pts
5000m Walk	27m 30s

MIXED GENDER RELAYS

	NS	ES	CS	DS	SS
Junior	47.8s	49.0s	51.8s	53.3s	55.8s
Intermediate	46.0s	47.0s	49.8s	51.1s	53.5s
Senior	45.5s	47.0s	49.5s	50.6s