The California High School Track Meet Was Cancelled Before It Started: Officials Must File Form T-889 Before Any Athlete Can Run
SACRAMENTO, CA — The 2026 CIF California State Track Championships will not take place. Not because of weather, not because of funding issues, not because of a pandemic. Because the governing body refused to file Form T-889, Section 12, Subdivision C.
This bureaucratic nightmare has left the state’s high school athletes stranded at the starting line, unable to complete even a single lap of the 100-meter sprint without first clearing the administrative gauntlet. The official stance? “Until Form T-889 is filed, signed, and notarized, no track events may occur.”