New Mexico District Qualifier

for the 2026 National Tournament

Entry Limits (Including BQ)

The following entry limits will be enforced at this tournament:

• A total of four entries into each event, per school, is the limit set by the NSDA. BQ will also have a limit of four students per school.
• Schools also have a limit on their TOTAL entries, as determined by a formula based on how many students/points are on the school's NSDA roster, varies by school.

• Congress: House entry limits are determined by number of students/points on a school's NSDA roster, varies by school. Senate entry limit is two per school.

• Any student may enter congressandTWO speech & debate events, provided they adhere to the following:
• Students may not enter any two main-debate events (no overlapping entries in LD, CX, or PF).
• Students may not enter BOTH USX and IX.
• If a student enters either both duo and PF, or both duo and policy, their partner for both events must be the same student.
• Students may enter BQ as a third event for the weekend of March 20-21, as long as they adhere to the below:
• BQ will run during speech events, so students doing BQ may not enter two speech events, nor enter extemp.

Examples of OK entries for a student (keeping in mind that ANY student in any of these scenarios may also be entered in congress):

• BQ, Oratory and LD

• BQ, Duo

• BQ, policy, info

Examples of NOT-allowed entries:

• BQ and extemp (no BQ and extemp)
• BQ, oratory, DI (no BQ and two speech events)