The Rule changes for 2025 have been released in the annual summary form and are available to review on the NFHS website here. Changes include limiting recalling races only in the first 50 meters and clarifying whether an infraction occurs when a runner leaves the track on a straightaway.

Other rule clarifications focus on warnings for field event time limits and conducting jump-offs when competitors finished at different heights. For the first time, there is also guidance for exact placement of standards and crossbar in the high jump event.

Further information about this year’s changes is available in a separate posting on the NFHS site here.

Additional information will come in the rules explanation meeting at the annual PIAA convention in August.